"the only non 9x version worth using is ME" WHAT? I (and EVERYONE I KNOW) avoid ME like the plague. actually, more like the plague that the plague is afraid of. I REFUSE to support ME. I've been offered $50/hour to fix something on an ME machine, and I flat out refused it. now, 98se was a very stable and efficient OS, and I liked it at the time, but it's time is over.