Probably Norton is the culprit. Very invasive. No easy way to uninstall, it's probably best to reformat your system and install WinXP from the ground up. For security it's probably best to use a dedicated hardware router. A cable or DSL router these days is cheap, has an integrated firewall, and since they run under some Unix variant, they're not vulnerable to attacks on Windows systems. Another possibility - how old is your BIOS? Older BIOSes may not like drives larger than 137 GB. I run WinXP Pro SP2, no firewall or virus protection, behind a dedicated NAT router/firewall/virus checker. Poser 6 runs fine and fast. 300 GB disk fully usable.

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