eh...what a pain. Sooner or later I'm going to have to re-install the OS on this one and I'm not looking forward to it...with all the driver and software re-installing and looking for serial numbers and reactivating and all of that...I keep putting it off. Anyways...good luck with that CMOS operation. @ Nukeboy...cash...it's always about the cash. You'ed think that by now everything would be dirt cheap...hopeful thinking on my part.