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Its XP pro which I believe ( I know) has an facility for only allowing administrators to make changes...which for some reason it is not letting me do anything \i tried to reinstall from safe mode and still.....

dont really feel confident enough to try to many options but having made enquiries theres a place in Rishton will do the job for £40 (if I have programme reg no and drive discs for motherboard) which seems fair enough

but thanks for your comments and help