Thanks Jane, that's done the trick - would never have found that out for myself. Not sure why it's called "clear type" though when it's quite the opposite.
Gilly - I've got IE7 and Firefox too but wish I'd just stuck with IE6. At least I knew where everything was with that.
Not sure I have any need for all the special features either - I don't like all this change, like things to stay the same.