I'm in a predicament but everything is still operable. My daughter gave me her Dell XP - originally XP1 it is now upgraded to XP3. In case it tanks I don't have the original OEM XP Home but have all of the Dell #s keys etc. If I made a recovery disk, would that serve my the purpose. That and of course a drive image.

Big problem is Windows Genuine Advantage - there's a lot of info how that gets in the way of happy computing and how to make computing happier without it. I'll bet that's your problem.
Also get yourself a keyfinder and see what's hanging around on your computer.

FYI - just learned that Firefox no longer stops cookies - you have to get a free add-on - now that's a bugga . . . . don't get me started. Where's the beer?

Cheers - Ian


Ian
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