I've been trying to install XP Pro on a machine that was /is running Windows 2000. As the suggested upgrade strategy did not work, I tried a complete installation. Although I get further then before, the process halts with a message objecting to 'kbdus.dll'. (I'm not sure why it is looking for that file as I am in the UK and think that I specified that as my location.) I'd appreciate any advice about how to overcome this. Thanks Eric Tanenbaum Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml