Hoorah, they finally got me a new one after 5 years. XP Pro on a LAN.
Trouble is 24 hours later i've lost most of the options in control panel. yesterday i had 34 today only 7 namely Accessibility, display, keyboard, mouse, power options, region & language, sounds & audio. Also in the display option the tabs options have reduced from 5 to 3, themes and screensavers appear to have gone south :? . Tried other peoples PC's and they're still ok. Everything else seems to be working normally :?
Now our IT boys are on the case but i'm not holding my breath. Anyone have a clue what might have happened, so i can get one up on our beloved IT department.