I scrapped vista all together. I think you don't get the full affect if you
don't install the software, so I just install them. I'm using my desktop to
write these messages.

I'll try Puppy. I've used Puppy and DSL before. The computers at work (I no
longer do that) were windows boxed and they wouldn't let us install software
on them. Puppy and DSL would install on thumb drives, so I could use them to
get my software to work there.

I don't mind trying different things. I have a fast internet connection, so
downloading ISOs doesn't take very long.

My laptop is almost a year old and the warranty is about to run out. They
told me they wouldn't cover it if it didn't have the original software in
it, so I lived with Vista.