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I made a wreath of Rosemary, and used a wire coathanger for the base. Undid the coathanger bend to shape and snip off the excess. Finding a wire coat hanger was the challenge, Dry cleaners came up trumps. For the size you need Im not sure that it would be sturdy enough though, combining a few for the size.

Ive finally managed it!! I gave up after finding out that xp pro was the only thing installed and there was nothing to roll back to - but...... We were so fed up with it, and not being able to update anything because the installed copy of XP pro was hooky that I decided to just try stuff and see. In the end I stuck in the Home Edition disc, rebooted from cd, and when it gave option of different partitions, I deleted the existing partition first, which luckily totally wiped xp pro (it was trial and error because I had no idea) I then installed xp home as a complete new install. It works! Yay No nasty xp pro - Ive updated his IE to 7 , so he now has his tabs, and we can update when needed. Phew!

Thanks Snow, Ive tried to install IE7 for him, but after downloading, I get an error message saying its not supported by my OS. So gawd knows! I will have a look a MS website today to see about rolling back.

poop - aparently I cant update !

Just to add, that the laptop was running IE6 and Im updating to IE7 (as I seem to remember the tabbed browsing being something to do with this) but according to MS my xp pro isnt validated and is hooky Does that now mean I cant update etc?

Thanks for your reply He likes the tabbed browsing that appears with Home, Im not sure if this is something that can be set up - I soooo not techy its untrue, Im not sure that the tabbed browsing was with Home or upgrading IE to be honest. I cant personally see much difference between the two, I cant see what pro offers that is an upgrade on Home, as I said Im not techy. My main worry is the security issue of secondhand pc, I keep worrying about key loggers etc LOL paranoid, which is why Id perfer to wipe and start anew. Although I guess the previous owner cant of been too techy either to leave personal info on the laptop. I had to delete lots of files and docs. The laptop runs quite slowly even though there is very little on there. He hasnt really saved anything on there, as he has used our main pc for important stuff, just in case the laptop suddenly went into meltdown LOL. What are the chances of a secondhand pc/laptop being unsecure for the new user as regards to internet banking/shopping etc?

OMG thank heavens you managed to get her!

Can anyone please help? My Son bought a laptop which had xp pro installed on it, works fine but... he prefers xp home and to be honest, although he had been jogging along okay using it, I would prefer a clean install, as every now and again old stuff will appear from the previous owner, an example of this would be .... I now have all the previous owners log in details to their security settings. I was updating my Sons McAfee and suddenly it logged me into the previous owners account, giving me their full details! including password and address. How do I uninstall xp pro and install xp home. I have a disc already for Home edition with the number etc, as we purchased it to put into another pc for my other son to use (that one was running 98) . Ive tried it on the laptop but I get a message saying I cannot put Home edition over Pro (words to that effect). I tried it by shutting down and rebooting with the xp home disc in the drive and it wont do it, it just gives the message as before. Im guessing that I need to uninstall xp pro and start afresh withxp home , I dont know how to uninstall xp pro so any help and advice would be really appreciated on how to achieve what I want to do. gahhhh its posted this a hundred times - mods please help!

Did anyone else notice the collars on the dogs this week? What were they? spray collars? nothing was said about them - but when each dog was wearing one, a collar with a little box thingy on?

I always have to log in each day, even though I select 'remember me' or whatever it is.

very RMF - on friday I was walking through the little village and a nun came out of the churchyard and was walking towards me , I glanced at her face and thought Wow that nun is wearing rather a lot of makeup , I didnt think they wore any at all! and then I realised Id blundered onto a film set and said Nun was Brenda Blethen LOL! doh!! - ummm annnnnnnnnd Cut! oopss - In my defence I was running abit late for an appointment , I did have a lot on my mind and wasnt paying attention and really didnt notice several crew on the other side of the road with cameras and everything!!

He looks like a normal bulldog to me, Old Tyme bulldogs are taller and leaner looking... thats an old Tyme this is a Bulldog.. edited to add, there is also a victorian Bulldog..

oh Wendy Im so sorry

Poor poppy , I was just thinking of you yesterday irene! wondering how you were doing.