Ok guys....let me explain.

First of all , my XP's have always been a clean install. Why is it that XP Home is always the one trouble free ? All with the exact same hardware , drivers , software....

My XP's have not been tweaked in the least bit , all are stock as of now. In the past XP Home has been tweaked with great success and never a problem that couldn't be fixed in a flash. I dare not touch XP PRO , it can't even handle it's self let alone a tweak...lol

The only reason I've installed XP Home numerous times is in upgrading my HD and in test of the effects of WPA...XP Home is trouble free in all accounts !

The only reason I've installed XP PRO numerous times is in quest of a fix for the problems it has ! maybe I have a bad model number of XP PRO ?

BB thanks for the DMA info...I tried that awhile back and I found a fix...it's called use my XP Home..hehe I will give your other suggestions a try though

I've had XP Home since it came out and I'm very happy with it. I would surf the net at all the XP forums , not because I had a problem but in search of better understanding & knowledge of the OS. I would see all the problems people were having and I would say to my self how the heck can that be...my XP is stable as hell....well now I know.....need I say more ?

As far as I'm concerned Our Buddy Blackwar sums it up best...
same thing for me, after using it for around 2-3 months without a reformat, it starts to run very unstable and BSOD's , ugh..

Which is exactly why i switched to win2k for the time being.. if XP becomes better with SP1, i'll be glad to go back, but for now, i'm with my old friend 2k with service pack 3

Blackwar
Blackwar it's nice that you have such a strong friend to lean on in hard times...I too have such a friend...his name ?....XP Home