@tedz... yes, you know i lurvvvve bears flutter... specially disco bears snuggles snoogums @unstrung... yes, she's an iguana named Iggy, about 8 years old :] @MGD & gdv... i really do appreciate your help & knowledge... honestly, as much as i'd like another monitor, it's not high on my list of priorities, just wishful thinking (do that alot) & not much left in the budget but i'll earmark this in case i happen upon a twin monitor lying around & what i meant by nearing capacity... is that my harddrive of 40 gb is 3/4 full & another one is definitely near the top of the wishlist i'm learning, a bit at a time, this being my 1st computer, next time maybe i'll know as much as the salesman @gdv checking out the books o.O! hehe... we did have a book thread around here somewhere... nope, that was the Dune series i saw, but i like the Clan too & all of A. Rice hmmm... ROFLMAO..WTIME...???