On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Gordon Williams wrote: > I just replaced my mobo on my computer and reinstalled W2k on it. It is > working fine and I haven't had any software or hardware compatibitly > problems. All the divers are available for the my new hardware and the dual > core works fine. > > I'll be keeping W2k for as long as possible. Desktop is in general less problematic when it comes to driver. Laptop is the main problem. It took me more than three days to install Windows XP for a HP Compaq notebook since the vendor only provides Vista driver. Reference: http://mcuee.blogspot.com/2008/09/install-xp-on-hp-compaq-presario.html Just google "notebook xp driver needed" and you will know how many people are trying to do that. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist