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Punny, Liz... very punny. Thanks for suggestions, I'll check around those resources for a mouse, becaue all the mice (mouses?) I've seen are basically the same, difficult for her crooked little fingers. The end joint on all of her fingers are bent at a right angle to the outside. Can you believe that she still makes quilts? Ya like marshmallows in your cocoa?

Thanks for advise - Dummys book is a good idea. She won't be mulittasking, but I'm going to find her some more RAM when I caome back down here Christmas time. Liz - that student edition is MS office - I have it, in fact... wish it was Windows! Her hands are pretty crippled up with arthritis (looking for a friendly mouse for her) so she clicks wrong things frequently, I do have AVG, AdAware, Spybot - the standards - installed. Want to upgrade because ME keeps having problems ("___ has caused an error in ___"). and she keeps forgetting and shutting it down improperly. Been working on errors and

You both answered as I had hoped... I was pretty sure it would work, but didn't want to invest a hundred bucks, if it wasn't going to be worth it. Thanks for your help. Just wish MS had a senior citizens discount for 85 year old newbies

ME is so unstable! My 85 year old Mom just got this machine - her first - when my uncle bought a new pc. I'd like to upgrade to XP - Microsoft website says it will work, but need real expert advise from my buddys here. Specs are: Gateway Select 1200 PC - purchased in 2001 Athlon 1.2 GHZ 240MB RAM S3 Graphics Prosavage Graphics Peripheral that might not work: UMAX AstraNet e5420 scanner - although their website seems to say that it will work. Thanks... I know I only come here when I need help, but, with my Dad's cancer & the 700 mile trip down here every few weeks, I don't have 'me' time

Funny... gotta think one up for men, too!

I've got 50 also, PM me.

BozoDog.. when I click your link, I just get a window with that QuickTime Q in the middle. What's this semi-newbie doing wrong? Thanks

Gee, I HOPE that's not where we settled... It IS kinda hot today... lol

As there are still many people using 98, maybe a stickie on the special concerns of 98 users. For example, I was on a 266MHz PII, and had a dickens of a time with browsers - little red ex-es replaced most everything - until I learned of Firefox. I've moved up to a 1.7GHz, barely able to run with 128 RAM, so I'm still struggling, but I know that there are plenty of people out there who know 98, and plenty more who are at sea. Also separate stickies will help to keep our new home organized

I've only been here a few minutes & I like it more and more! I'm sure that eventually there will be a thread pinned to the top, with all the newbie introduction info. I.e. I wouldn't have clicked on My Assistant yet, and was wondering how to find my posts. Beluga, I hope you're having a whale of a time building this place for all of us.

I just read this thread for the first time today, so I don't know the whole back story, or deleted posts, but this is a great example of people offending each other, having a fight, then maturely making up and putting it behind them. Good referee-ing, BestTechie.