I have come to terms with the fact that F18 is dead for me due to the issues it has with XP. With EA pulling the plug and no Source Code to update F18 to make it playable with XP, It's dieing quick. Sure there are some workarounds and tricks that work for a few people, but they dont work for all of us. The aggrevation is not worth the result in my opinion. Yes, F18 was a great sim while we all used 98 and ME, but with XP it's just not worth the trouble. I can only hope some how some day the source code will be aquired and the issues with XP will go away, but until then I have to look toward some of the newer sims comming out and ones that do work with XP now.