You have one point right, once you use Vista nothing will be the same ever again. I did what you suggested, and I never had any problems performance or otherwise before. Since I did this I have anything but problems. I was using Windows XP and I can't tell you why I installed Vista, just that I was stupid enough to do that. Now I am trying to go back to XP and if I make that happen I will never again do something that is not necessary, I give you my word. XP works just fine and there was no need to change anything.