I think u r all missing something.... Happy Birthday;P Have a good weekend folks. George Pullar (Complete Beginner)

Thank You Anonymous I will try HTML / C++. I never realised that linux had these compilers, I will load this on to a partion next chance I get. Please let me know if I can hep yourself outsometime with any support questions as this is my more familiar background. Thank you for the feedback. :-D George Pullar (Complete Beginner)

Justin If you have any success or need more feedback let me know. Its always a pain when things bug u. But the soloutions to such problems r easier to those who r not looking at them 24/7. Take Care DOD George Pullar (Complete Beginner)

Hi Micheal What I really need to know is what the best programming language is for people who have not done any for 13 years is and can I get the software free. (I come from a basic / cobol) backgroung and a bit of assembly. And can I just say the snowman is prescious especially when not made of green or yellow snow. Seriously any help is great thank you for the response. Like my signature says I am a beginner. All the best dod.:) George Pullar (Complete Beginner)

I use Outlook 2000 which you download a routine to backup your .pst files. Presuming you have a similiar option you should be able just to open both your live .pst file on startup and then also open your backup via the open menu in outlook. You can then use the File, Folder menu to copy contacts folder from your backup .pst to your live .pst. I would be enclined to copy your .pst file from cd-rom to your hard disk and make sure you have read/write/modify access to the file and directory you copy it to. Hope this makes sense and I appologise if you have already tried this. Good Luck:) George Pullar (Complete Beginner)

I am very new to this kind of discussion boards and I hope I am using the facility properly. The issue I require some assistance on is where to start really. I have asked for a 60 day trial version of .net from microsoft. However what I would like to do is just find a way back into programming as it has been 13years since I last done some at college (COBOL etc). I went into support and never had an opportunity to go into development. It would be nice to try and do some programming as a hobby and see if I still enjoy it. So does anybody have advice on where a beginner should begin and is there anyway of getting hold of free/cheap software until one finds if they still have the knack. Any feedback would be most gratefully recieved.:| George Pullar (Complete Beginner)