What I was suggesting, Cheers, is that if Vista doesn't work well, he could format the drive and install XP.  I have XP Pro and it allows me to install as many times as I want.  Since I do my own upgrades this machine is definitely not the one XP was originally installed on but it's still legitimate and I have no problems activating whenever I do a major upgrade.

Hugz from Phoenix, USA

Victoria

Remember, sometimes the dragon wins. Correction: MOST times.