This question is probably one for John, but all comers are welcome: I have been installing new software over the last month, and when the offer to install icons all over the place comes up, I decline all except one on my desktop. There is still a preponderance of icons in that have appeared in the "tray" in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. Many come from HP and are to do with their various programs and help options.

There is a program tech friends told me about, called "Tweak UI," that I could never get to work with my old operating system (Win2000Pro) that apparently did work for earlier Windows versions. I wonder if it's out there in some form now? that works with XP Pro? I tried looking for one at Tucows, but come up with programs that do something other than Tweak, which was designed to limit the programs that start when the computer first boots up.

On another topic, yesterday I added a gig of RAM memory to this new computer. Memory costs so much less for this one when compared to my last HP, which had a different form that was good but never caught on, so it never came down in price. Before it was stolen I was preparing to add memory, but always balked at the price. To add 512 meg was going to cost me $400-$500. The gig I just added was around $200.

SRS