Thanks Grant and Geekette, These were the answers and references I was looking for to put the issue to rest. ......Peter Geekette, I'm not a gamer. Rain is particularly helpful on laptops to keep energy consumption down and the fan from running (making noise) too much. > > > > http://monsternet.game-point.net/goodies/rain.html > May I assume you game a bit? whether or not you do, you are > right that you do not need to run RAIN with XP. . . > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/