Thank you, John. I should be able to cope now. If I'm given the chance. A little knowledge may be a dangerous thing, but operating without it is a worry.
The disk is OEM, so possibly the Help files weren't installed. I had to look up what OEM meant.

Jon and Treewind, I have considered Linux for my own computers, to the extent of a book and system from the library, but the boy needed compatability with his Technical College programs, and if he was struggling with W98SE, guess how he'd go with Linux.

I inherited the boy's PIV when he got WXP because he said it "was running hot...." Formatting fixed that and it is now my Web computer.   My own PIV is my business computer (no modem, no network. Been there.) I may put my old PII back together sometime and use that for the web, and try Linux on a PIV.
Anyone who wants it can collect my Amiga 600. From NZ.
Chris.