I decided I had enough with WindowsXP. I've never been accustomed to Windows to begin with - I've been using Linux for the past eleven something years and recently I had to use Windows because my laptop had it and I lacked the time to install and compile all new stuff on the system. To make a long story short; hardware conflicts and problems with the hardrive controller crashed the entire laptop. Now I have to spend the better half of tomorrow fixing the laptop. Ouch! Oh well, I backed up everything - so far so good.