Well if anyone wants info from my system in an attempt to work on the Intel BIOS I'm more than happy to help out. I have a ghosted image so I can restore the system very quickly, so I can try out whatever is requested. As for trying out a VLK, will a VLK from an XP Pro system work on my XP home system? How about some of the methods on this site about extending the trial period out to 36119141 days, or winlogon.exe mods? Did these only work on early version of XP and don't apply to SP2 or SP3? Don't want to distract too much on this thread, so if you prefer I take my questions to the main board just let me know. If VLK is my last resort any links that have up to date info? Thanks. jcg