I agree with Emo- I took me a while.. but I love XP way more than 2000. The tweaks allow you to speed it up and get rid of some unecessary junk. Once I did tweaks XP runs way faster, Is much more stable, (never crashed), and boots in about 1/3 the time. 2000 was getting bogged down w/ all the updates and service packs etc. The only thing I hate is that mushy look to it - blah so I customize it to look like 2000. ( it's probably that look and animations etc. that slow it down ) ["Add-ins = registry havoc and possible death. Be careful what you put in there." dave_baer] So far- so good - no reg havoc. I love the virtual destops! (just get rid of the animating transition between destops) also it's xp - so if your worried, just create a restore point before you install - if theres any reg havoc- just undo it. Joe