Roger.

thanks so much for the information. I have written everything down and will go and buy these after the Thanksgiving Holiday (Happy Turkey Day to you and yours by the way).

I am always amazed that I am continually learning things about my computer. Then I go and watch a tv commercial and I really find out what I DON'T KNOW.

The Blackberry's, the new phones that do EVERYTHING, and you can turn them upside down and they change format, etc. And the new phone that comes with a keyboard that CLICKS when you type.

I only wish I was 25 again so I can really make use of this stuff. Everybody in my age group, either do not have a computer and do not DEFINITELY own a cell phone.

They look at me like I am out of my mind when I go on my computer. To me it's the information super highway. I learn stuff every single day.

I do have a question. Oh, I'd like to tell you something. You indicate that you are a tech person.

I was chosen (among 300 employees), over 30 years ago, to go to IBM computer school. I had the first desktop computer (an IBM of course) and a dot matrix printer. It was so loud they had to buy a special cover for it. It did he dot matrix thing ALL DAY LONG.

No one in my company would speak to me because I was the one chosen to go to computer school. Then, 2 years later, when all the other executive secretaries got their own computers, who do you think they would call us all day long and ask "What does the F10 key do, how do I set my margins.

I'll never forget that time. The word processing software was known as MULTIMATE ADVANTAGE. God, this is taking me back.

And the WHOLE HARDRIVE WAS 20 MGS. Can you believe this? 20 megabyte hard-drive.

I had to quit my job and stay at home to care for my son, so I bought my own computer and did typing at home for a judge.

Do you know what I paid for that first computer that I bought? $3,700.

I will never forget that price.

Times have changed, haven't they?

So I wanted to let you know that you are corresponding with a genuine former computer student of the IBM company.

Now for my question: "years ago, they never had viruses or anything like that. You had AOL, you went online, you had fun. Now I have to watch out every single day for spyware, malware, adware, this ware and that ware, and let's not forget that XP 2009 virus. Good god. What happened?

Melody