mixture- Agree 100%, wise advice which, as all common-sense advice, needs to be reinforced occasionally
Thanks all!
Maxbert
PS New über-laptop equipped with Mcafee (full version, paid for), Eusing registry cleaner, that's it, although I will invest in defragmenting software.
I have also chosen the anti-spam, anti virus and firewall options from my ISP (upstream protection).
M'bert