You will love XP Akenton! I was going to post but got to the end and saw you had solved the problem. One of the reasons XP is as reliable as it is, is that it is fussy about drivers, old software and makeshift hardware configurations. I've been running XP for nearly two years....after moving to it from 98SE practically kicking and screaming. During that time I've had the equivalent of 2 blue screens (reboots in the case of XP) and then only because I hadn't defraged in 6 months! I spent this entire weekend cleaning up a bunch of messes on an employees computer running 98SE.....you know I almost forgot how much fun those "blue screens" can be!:) I think you will find that XP runs all of your software as well if not better than 9X ever did....good luck!