Good stuff, spanners, Thank You.
I've stopped making coffe mats and had good success since I changed to Win2K and ahead Nero. I also have a special "User Account" called CD Writer; when I log on as that user, the PC loads a minimum of background programs. And can I then stop the few that load anyway (except McAfee) but recently I've been forgetting to do that and the CD writer (Freecom) and Nero have worked well anyway.