>My suggestion was purely aesthetic,
>being the logical equivalent, it is very
>unlikely that the plan executive changes.
>You can try to using the optimization wizard,
>and see if some statistics and some index provides
>a most efficient plan.

Where is the optimization wizard exactly?

Usually, what I do, is to remove the related indexes. Then, the execution plan will propose one in green. If I can obtain the same without loosing existing indexes, that would be great.