oh hey if ya decide to format ya should buy windows 2k pro it is much betetr xp is full of spyware and it is pure bloatware lots of watsful shit and it seems to bog alot of systems down my work has some cps in office one brand new 2.8 giger and has xp but runs slower then my 2.0gig
xp = shit IMO good luck fixing your issues at hand