Hello All thank you very much for all your feedback, I have done a lot of thinking about this am I am still working out my options, Last Thursday I did offer to copy of all my work on to a DVD, I am more than happy to do that and that offer was gratefully received. I do still want to be able to go into the library and copy cards which I only do in response to requests. I have been spending hours changing from Windows XP to Windows 7 and have yet to get a number of programs back on here. many thanks Beverley Evans Christchurch NZ -- Beverley Evans http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/ transcriber of old newspapers --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com