I'm on win2ksp3 with P5 and the two seperate service patches. Last night I had EI Universe open, Amorphium Pro, VIZ something that crunches vrml files, Bryce 5, ICQ, mIRC, Outlook XP, Crossroads, 3dexploration, and yes, P5. All at once, switching back and forth trying to get my unicorn horn set done. Not one single problem at all! amd 1.4 with 512ddr on a homebuilt system. Some folks are having great luck, others arent. I have no junkware on my system, unlike what comes with storebought puters and hartily believe that this is the reason for success. Last year I fought BSOD and finally, with the help of the MS knowledge base, was able to eliminate the culprets (which were not open at the time of the BSOD mind you). I don't know what to say. Other than some minor annoyances such as the neck line, I'm not having the problems that others have reported.