In a message dated 8/18/2004 9:56:05 AM US Mountain Standard Time, wconner@onemain.com writes: I am not sure why you would feel that way, I have been using XP Home Edition for over 2 years and have had absolutely no problems, in fact, XP has bailed me out several times when I have made dumb mistakes. My use is the same as yours, Genealogy, email, news groups, some browsing. I, too, have used Windows XP for several years and have had absolutely no problems with it. LV