>> ... Best suggestion is to have a second *sub-standard* computer to test on. This is great for testing installation process, apps, etc., with no fear of crapping-out your own computer. I used GHOST software to create an ititial image of my test computer and burned this onto a CD. Then, I can re-dump this image onto the test machine whenever I want to start it over with nothing but Win9x, and the basic software -- i.e., no ODBC drivers, no ODBC connections, no DCOM, no VFP runtime. That way I can find the holes after I install an app for the first time. Dumping the basic image back to the hard drive takes less than 30 minutes!
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>Great ideal Mark. It seems we can't have enough machines anymore. I have a test server, a regular test machine, and now crappy test machine. Thanks.

LOL :). How about crappy test server? :)