Noppers, It sound more like a Win98 problem. Win98 is a wanna-be Operating System, and Windows ME, isn't really an operating system. Go for Windows 2000. WindowsXP is a POS. Dispite all the lies... i mean, hype, it's hardware and software compatibility is lower then Windows2k. Don't forget about all of the bloat/junk that you get as well, and all of the RAM and harddrive space it wastes. Windows2k, is really the only way to go if you think about it.