On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:49:21 +0000 Alastair McKinley <amckinley03@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ooops sorry I forgot to mention it has been locked to only boot from > the hard drive! This sounds to me like a corporate machine that is subject to IT policy of some kind. If it breaks, who is responsible for getting it going again? You or the IT department? If the answer is the latter, then I suggest that you allow the IT department to what they are paid to do and look after that computer. Just my humble opinion, of course. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com