Thanks for sharing the "upgrade" experiences. These experiences definitely save tons of frustrations and time, not to mention risk of data-loss and productivity-loss. Just hate and also can't afford to be an upgrade-n-beta slave. But looks like the fire-wire DigiCam and usb ADSL modem left me with little choice. Now I have to choose among win98SE, or winME or XP, and find time to do the upgrade. My inclination is towards XP so as to prolong the next force-migration and upgrade, though I am having a 350MHz AMD. Thanks again. Cheers, LingSM -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics