Thanks Dj for your effort,by using snapfish which came with my new laptop, I was just trying to limit the number of programmes(and logins,and passwords I have already forgotten) to a minimum. Everyone says its "easy' just download "such and such a programme and away you go" and it all ends up adding to further clutter on the hardrive .But of course there is no conformity on these things so one can't complain,yet from here i can't see your "download pictures" tab??. Absolutely love this site but it is kind of frustrating to navigate around sometimes.My pics are on photo bucket but I am still unsure as to how to link them to this post.Maybee you can break it down very simply,step by step,"once more for the dumbies" Cheers GAC