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I think that's something that a lot of people have found is that SP3 on Windows XP has (had) a fair few bugs and general changes which have resulted in a kick in the performance region... I agree with your comment about the whole suite being more "logic" based again.

No problem at all Neil, as I said... exactly the same problem for a couple of weeks, got on the phone to AOL, gave 'em a good ear bashing and the next day my connection's good as new and ignored every word of their advice!! Luke

Hi all Just posting a little thread up here to ask if anyone else is currently using the BETA of Office 2010, and if they are, what systems are you running it on and how are you finding it compared to Office XP/2003/2007? I'm personally running it on Windows XP Home Edition/512MB RAM and finding that it's actually a bit more efficient than 2007! Next time I get/build a PC/laptop, hopefully 2010 will be ready in a stable build and on the shelves! Will definitely be having that... ;) [NB: apologies if a thread exists elsewhere along these lines, please re-direct as necessary!] Ta!

Hi Let's see... I think the first thing we'd like is some more information about what hardware and software you've got! - What PC (make and model) does your other half have (spec' and Operating System please!)?? - What make/model are the wireless keyboard and mouse in question? [N.B I apologise if this topic has been moved/reposted elsewhere] Luke

Ah, excellent. I thought that might be the case. I had exactly the same problem quite recently with my Internet connection. My advice is to phone their technical support people, tell them what's going on and don't take any rubbish from them! They told me that the signal in my cable may be "weaker" as a result of my router being on another floor to my master phone socket and having 10+ metres of cable would result in a weaker signal, so he told me to move it. I didn't. I just sat there and argued the toss with the tech support man for about an hour because there had been no previous problems. I know for a fact I put that cable there and it's worked for 3 years and there's nothing that is obstructing/able to damage it and so on and so forth and changing the cable would of course require pulling the carpet up on the stairs (at least in part!) Funnily enough, about a day later, everything came back and is now as operational as ever. Don't follow their advice whatever you do!! It worked for me. They obviously realised they were in the wrong there and just tried to use their on-screen tech support mumbo-jumbo over the phone to me. Give that a shot and let us know how you get on. Luke

Hi there It sounds as if lots of people are experiencing similar issues to you, owing to graphics card and sound card issues/incompatibilities. Hopefully that may give a few pointers out to someone who knows more about these issues with Windows 7? L

Hi there Who is your ISP? :) Luke