First thing will be the MS updates for XP. I was not online with the new machine when I first booted, so I am naving a difficult time now getting the system to be a network. I just switch the NIC wire and was afraid to do more than install the cable software as a reinstall for fear of what a new install would do to the downstream connection with my old one. I ain't gonna be that easy. MS will not let me D/L an exe patch on my W-98 machine that I can port over it seems. Just getting the new one online looks to be a problem. Setting up a new computer gets worse with each generation. Jeff, ATI 32 - yes beta patch, because the only reported diff. is the logo and the bit about checking your network. I have two , but they are not a network, besides, there is only one port on the Ethernet card, so it is either cable modem or the other computer. There is a USB plug open