hi six, thanks for your help. unfortunately when i went to the config screen all the machines were already set with the settings you suggested! on a good note though i flipped the alpha so that they now read correctly thank you.
altharic- sorry cant remember where i got mfme from but it was most likely on a torrent site ( i usually d'load between 10-20gig of random stuff most weeks so its hard to keep track of where i get stuff from, sorry). apologies if i've broken site rules. from what i gather on other posts some people are against it or the guy who made it (or im completely missing something i know nowt about- oops).