>>>That's pretty impressive! I had no idea that functionality was available in XP.
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>>I've been impressed by XP through and through, over and over. IMO, it is worth a whole lot more than the $99 they charge for an upgrade. I haven't had problems activating it either, its a nice, slick process.
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>I'm running W2k which was overlaid on W98. Have a few problems - like screen freezing - and am thinking of wiping the HD. Did you install XP over the previous version or do a clean one?

I've done upgrades and clean installs in the past several months as I've worked with two computers. A clean install is always the safest and it gives you an opportunity to clean out some accumulated junk or a buggy registry. But, it's time consuming, especially if you don't make adequate preparations.

Windows XP also has a nice "restore point" functionality, so if you install something which causes problems you can revert back to what previously worked. Files like mail or any Fox tables or PRGs that have changed during the revert period are unaffected.