One got that, and something about dentists. Oh, my . . . Oh, my oh my.
I just want my Hello Screen. Yes, Home Page with just Google showing under the normal menus.

Possibly the most powerful tool for writers since the Caxton press.
Still, when I get back to the land of Montezuma, I'll get my revenge

format and load W7.
Several odd things have happened on this Vista Vaio in the last few weeks, but I can't risk messing with it too much until I'm back in me den.
EI vanished, as did Google Earth. (when I reloaded the latter from a download, all my pins were in place. That's really odd.) Tonight, I found my Barclay's remembered items were not remembered. (I leave just the later passwords to fill in.)
Thanks for the head-up. It seems I'll not need to go messing with it for now.