I plan to stick with Windows 2000 for a while, but I'm afraid that the existing security and other patches will become unavailable. I remember that there are places where I can download standalone copies, but I don't remember how or where. Can someone remind me? Thanks. David. Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml