I don't work for Microsoft either, but I installed XP Home on an HP 8766C that came native with Windows ME and other than a compatibility problem with a couple of peripherals I've had relatively little trouble. No lockups, and when a program crashes (seldom, and usually after running several different programs without a reboot) the program asks if you want to send Microsoft a message about the failure- I presume so that they can improve compatibility in upgrades to XP.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy