Sounds like it might be easier to leave the freeking thing alone! :) I run XP Pro and I haven't really noticed any denegration of my system performance after running P5. Once it's closed, XP runs like it always did. I really don't want to go to PACE for an installer....I don't know them....and I don't trust them any more than I trust CL right now. Furthermore, I believe CL should be responsible for providing an update that does exactly what you are describing...including a safe and clean removal of any garbage that their silly protection scheme placed in our registry. If they ever create an SR-3, that should be included.....or better yet, they should provide a seperate tool for that purpose. When the day comes that my machine needs to be reformated, I will never install P5 again....unless CL starts living up to its promises. Hopefully before that happens DAZ will have released their product, or CL will permit PC users to purchase P4 by itself or a ProPack that doesn't require P4 and interfaces with Vue. If I could purchase P4 as a stand alone, P5 would be a gone goose. The little I've spent on P5 merchandise, I would gladly dump for a version of P4 that I could use with Vue. I should have made my Poser purchase a year ago....not waited for P5. I am still interested in finding out what adjustments I have to make to the firewall to use it with Poser, if any.