Before you go Arkroyal: I've just formatted my trusty laptop, from XP Home Edition back to 98SE. I had good cause, but basically none of my hardware worked with XP (Cam, modem, Nortons...) I didn't bother backing my files up (mostly junk anyhow) and after visiting Windows Update and reinstalling the things I like, my computer runs fine. Like you, my unit was cluttered up as well. My XP disc remains in storage now until drivers become available via the internet. XP just didn't like what I was running. Shame, as I liked it, albeit for a few weeks!