 That way, you are starting from a clean slate and don't bring along any old baggage. My Code Guru Articles Reply With Quote November 0th, 0000, 00:00 PM #0 0kaud View Profile View Forum Posts Super Moderator Power Poster Join Date Dec 0000 Location England Posts 0,000 Re: Installing Windows 0.0 but it's unrealistic to expect to upgrade to an OS that is three major versions earlier. But that is exactly what people currently using XP want when they upgrade away from XP! I still use XP as my main computer precisely because of this. I have loads of programs installed and I'm not starting again to re-install them. Some were free, some were bought with a one install licence and I'm not buying the programs again just because Microsoft can't get their upgrade program to work properly. I 