OK, new thread for the pics and stuff...
Here's the answers to a few of the above questions. I hope I get them all...
KoOk, well put, not argumentative, but logical, and opinionated. Welcome to the forums
Sarge and mc2phat, the old adage still works, "If it works, don't fix it", especially true when it comes to relationships. My wife won't "go to XP" for probably another 3 months, when her 98 box BSOD's yet again...
mairving, only a couple, but I have big shoulders
Demosthenes and TEEB:
AFAIK, a second activation license will cost approx 10-15% less than the original...I can't find much on that topic, but a quick call to MS would sort it out. There's GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY!
Right now, I'd guess a purchase of the "Corporate" version would work for up to 5 computers...bring $$$ (sucks)...
bozo and others, to do a "clean install", prep the drive as you would in win98, fdisk, partition, make the first partition active, format.
Set the computer to boot from the CD, install.
Option #2, prep the disk as above, browse the CD for the setup.exe file. If you don't have it, browse to the i386 folder, and run the file "winnt.exe".
Computer Hobbyist, the upgrade advisor is right in most cases. The NEC printer will work with the Win2k drivers, as will the keyboard. Adaptec (Roxio) products all have upgrades available already to work with XP. Acrobat simply needs to be reinstalled, NETBEUI is available in the "Addons" folder on the XP CD, Creative has SB drivers available, and the DVD I don't know about, BUT...the WMP included with XP will play DVD's, so...