hi another cute problem that i have come across is that windows nt installation aborts on the latest prescott processors. we have a legacy application which doesn't behave properly on win2k and xp. so i am stuck with nt. i am now sitting duck with 10 systems waiting to be installed with windows nt. windows 2000 installs flawlessly on these pcs. any ideas ? hmmm...... am i the only person having problems these days ? not much activity on the list !!!!!!!! regards bobby