[the alarming man]

Originally Posted by GMcL

Do you have Vista SP1 installed ?
My machine came with it pre-installed and I have never had any of the problems people have reported regarding Vista not working.
When I bought the machine, last year, I was in two minds whether to run Vista or remove it and install XP. Only issue with Vista is when it goes off and does its indexing thing which hammers the hard drive for an hour or so every now and again.

Only problem is if your machine breaks and you have installed x.p on too it,that will invalidate the warranty