Thanks for the links aviv00. Not really a fan of Aero etc, so won't be rushing to install it. Good to know it's there though. Not into (PC) gaming [YET!!!], so can't comment on performance. I'm very tempted to use W2K8 as my desktop client OS. IMO the performance boost over Vista is impressive (at least with my setup). I need to see whether I can port my more important apps to W2K8. Graham.