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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 2259694" data-attributes="member: 924">Since it was becoming obvious that Win 98 was no longer being supported and thus not quite compatible with my new computer, I ordered the trial version of WinXP 64 and installed it on my previously unused hard drive (which Win 98 wouldn't support).I have to admit, WinXP is very very slick.  But some questions:1a)When I shut down my computer via WinXP, my mouse's laser still stays on.  As this is in the same room as my bed, this is annoying. It didn't do this in Win98. Any way to fix this?1b) I also noticed that typing seems much slower than in Win 98. I was writing a review of Dawning Star: Operation Quick Launch, and it was like I was typing too fast for the computer to handle. (I don't type all that fast, about 60 words per minute). Is there like a setting for the input rate from the keyboard or something?2) Performance in games, at least the Sims 2, is terrible, much worse than in Win 98 (though not as glitchy - Nvidia hasn't made any stable drivers for my video card for Win 98) . I suspect I need more memory, but is there anyway to get WinXP to use less? I've turned off all the fancy doodads in the interface.3) This is more computer related - As of now, there are no drivers for the 64 bit Win XP for my modem. So in order to go online (like now), I have to boot to Win 98 on a different hard drive.  Which would be no problem, except that Win 98 crashes if I don't turn my my serial ATA hard drive in my bios settings. (And then I have to turn it back on to run WinXP).Does anyone know if changing settings frequently in the bios will cause problems? Like 2-3 times a day? CompUSA (the brand of the modem I bought) doesn't know if they are going to ever release new drivers for the modem, and I'm not sure which modems actually have drivers for WinXP 64, so I dunno when I'll be able to use it for the internet.4) I tried installing PCGen again, but it simply won't work. I click on the bat file for it, a dos box pops up for a second, then disappears. Nothing happens. I have Java installed. But is there anything special I need to do?Thanks for any help. I'll probably ask in the MS newsgroups when I get a chance. But since I was here, I thought I'd ask...</blockquote>

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