My XP pro system is a dream for the most part. I spent 3 weeks trying to get W7 to work as quickly and found it sluggish and unstable, even after a clean install. I have one last sticky point in XP. I use XMPlayer for music playback and it constantly rechecks my visual settings to Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing. Is there some way to alter the registry so that is NEVER an option? I tried removing its key, but that didn't stop the process from happening, just the ability to uncheck it.