I really appreciate all the ideas and effort you have put into trying to solve my problem: I have tried method 1 and worked on it for 3 hours and it does not work. and the download from Microsoft, only does not work with Vista Home Premium, I would have to have at least Ultimate. It just looks like I will not be able to run both Vista and XP on my computer. I just seem to be hitting my head against a brick wall. Thanks again