@ SyKy
No aqctually it's not a problem at all for me.
In fact I have already tried it 4 or 5 times
I work for a large IT ex lease re-furb company dealing in everything from Dell desktops to SGI graphics servers & CISCO gear etc...
So it's easy for me to disconnect my main hard drive and stick another one in.
As I say I have done this 4 or 5 times and the problem is still there !!
At the weekend I am going to try a std Win2000 build with SP3 and blaster patch only, test it, and then start adding patches and SP4 etc, one at a time, testing each add on to see if it is IE's service pack or an IE patch or maybe something to do with McAfee or Media player 9 etc etc.
I notice on another forum re this, (as mentioned earlier on here) that the usual hit count for a topic is average about 60, this topic has had around 39 thousand hits !!
There is a bug somewhere and someone will find it, the sooner the better !
JB - N.W. - UK....
If at first you don't succeed, keep at it until you can't even think straight !