sorry. yea i am using KDE.
thanks for the tips and ill try them as soon as i can and update you guys
oh just one more thing.....i think lol, i have set up an account on here so im not logged in as root but now can shutdown the system. is there a way to edit the account type of the user so he can shutdown?? and do i do this in the console as root or kde as root? again thx guys for any help
Liberto
p.s - this makes computing fun again
trying to figure crap out not having everything handed to you....this is very exciting