In pre-xp pc's I have always (given a separate partition and sufficient space) copied the whole OS cd to hard disc, <BR>a) to reduce use/potential loss/damge <BR>b) much faster installs <BR>c) ...

I'm setting up some computers for some users at work, and it seems like everytime I'm setting one up, I'm having to log off from their login, log in under my login, make the changes and such, and then ...