Yes Windows 7 is on the horizon and MS have supposedly promised that unlike Vista that it will be compatable with current cards etc

. So no more unrecognised sound card dlls etc.
If you believe that then you may also want to join my daughter in her late night vigil as she awaits the immanent arrival of Perez the tooth mouse. She's desperate to see him and wants to ask why she only got 1 Euro for her last tooth whilst her best friend got 20 euros. It's Perez's fault I'm not a miser - honest

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Back on topic - I put SP3 on our internet computer and AVG promptly failed and had to be re-installed. It's noticably slower to start up on this pc but otherwise seems stable. There is very little hardware or software though on this internet pc...