ok, thank you for that. i read the beginning and thought, this guy thinks im a loser...lol
im just learning how to do stuff and i now know how dumb my post sounded but i had never heard of linux til i came here. i have learned a few simple tricks and do alot of reading on diff stuff and surf all over various sites but AO is the one i keep coming back to. so thank you and it looks like i have lots to learn.