Ranchmama, my computer was scratch built by a store out on Long Island. It was very interesting -- our cousin took us to a Computer Fair down in New Jersey a few years ago, and we followed him around as he queried a bunch of eager beavers in their booths as to the price of what we wanted. In the end, we deliberately chose a vendor whose home office was in Flushing, Long Island, because that's where we drive to when we want some Chinese Dim Sum for lunch --- it's even better than Chinatown. We figured that if the new computer ever needed servicing, we could kill 2 birds with one stone -- like, let's say maybe 2 Peking Ducks...? OK, these people assembled my computer in 20 minutes from all the critical hardware they had waiting, and we took it home in the car. Never had a problem with it - but when we wanted to upgrade, we did drive over to Long Island, and had a ball...! The current problem is that the acrylic bracket which holds the Start button on the computer has fractured, can't imagine how. Jimmie took it all apart today, and we moaned and groaned but we did carry the whole thing out to the front door. That's when Jim decided to attempt to glue that bracket back together -- the missing parts were inside the computer, hiding.... and it seems to have worked! It's all fixed and put together, and I'm in business! No, I do not have the plant data on my computer, altho I do have a program called Garden Plant Selector which I haven't used. The evergreens have been more-or-less stable for 15 years, and the 8 flower beds of annuals vary every summer according to my color whims and what's available. Indoors I have flowers under lights, hoya carnosa Shooting Star especially, plus twelve fancy-leaf geraniums someone clued me to get from Shady Hill Gardens in Illinois, in February. This week they all BURST into bloom and were a knockout -- altho they are not known for their flowers, only their leaves, they do have tall, dainty clusters and I have been learning how to use a borrowed digital camera to capture the scene. In fact, since we cannot send an attachment on this board, if anyone wants to see what these lovelies look like, just send me your e-mail address. Penny, NY . ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.