yea thanks again for the help, he will most likely just use it for basic purposes, (not to go online) just typing and basic stuff, he has one computer, this will be his second one, but if he does go online, i'll let him know about going on windows update.

1st things first what make of computer is it.
differant sys uses differant ways in which to reinstall O/s and drivers.

mazral, this thread has been dead for 5 years! Unlikely that the poster is still looking for help with it