Many, many thanks to all who responded helpfully to my techie bleg

yesterday. (And fie! to those who responded unhelpfully–mainly with

schoolyard taunts about the alleged superiority of something called “a

mac.”) I have tried most, and done about 800 system restarts, but am still

exsactly where I was this time yesterday. Upgrade to XP looms… but I

really can’t face it. (And, along with the inevitable e-mails telling me

how appallingly bad WinMe is, I now have an interesting collection telling

me how disgracefully bad XP is. Especially, apparently, XP Home. People

are warning me to be sure to get XP Professional.) Still have some things

to try. Shall report back. Once again, thanks to all.