I think I may have solved it & the idea of me dissapearing 'till the summer may have been avoided. I used my XP disk to wipe my lappy & re-install XP. I think tho I created my C-Drive wrong, but I have my external to save things to. The problem is mind that MSN or Windows Live as its now called doesn't seem to wanna play ball. If push comes to shove, it will mean a new messenger program will have to be installed, so, which one are you guys on AIM, Yahoo, something else?

well I hope I'm here to stay :P