Everyone is emtitled to their opinion on anything. If you hate W-ME, that is your choice. I have very little experience with it and I have to agree with you. It sucks. However, I would like to get the computer working for my grandson. He needs one. I do have W98 that I could install. If I do format and install 98, what about all the drivers for the hardware? I have some of the disks but not the one for the sound system. I have not had much luck with getting drivers off the net that will work. That may just be my problem.
Also, my grandson is wanting me to get a steering wheel and pedals for XP so the he can run his racing games on it. Without adding a card, it will have to be USB. The ones that I have found say they will work with XP but when I go to the XP compatibility site, they are not listed there. Any suggestions on this.
Thanks for all the info all of you have given me so far.