I really don't get what all this fuss is about; the 10 year rule has apparently not been in effect for some time and I haven't noticed any sudden flood of questions about WinXP, so why suddenly these demands to have it or some other rule (re-)instated? Seems to me until this present time-waster things were going along pretty well. When I tell my "normal" friends about the current discussion here and show them some of the messages, they can't believe they're meant seriously; talk about confirming the stereotype of computer geeks with too much time on their hands. Even though much of the traffic was of little or no direct relevance to me, I've enjoyed this list for five years or so because for the most part it was informative and interesting; any chance we could get back to talking about computers instead of rules any time soon? mike