Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> doreen, From the start menu, select settings, then control panel, then system, then properties. This may get you some of what you want. To find the size of the hard disk,, bring up "my computer"and right click on "local disk" usually drive c: the first screen yu get should have space used, free space and capacity. some of this was taken from a windows ME computer, some from a win95 book, but we think it should work. finding the processor speed is harder, it usually shows when the computer boots, you'll need sighted help. You can determine the ports available most easilly by checking out the connectors on the back unless it has been messed with by a weird hardware geek <G> Luck Tom Fowle Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 - Registered VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html