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For instance, XP out of the box insists on opening ALL images with the build in browser, even if you install a third-party app and associate the filetypes with it.

Annoyed me too, I think I read that there are several types of association in XP, and the usual "open with" and then "always open files with this program" doesn't work like it used to. Perhaps somebody has a link with a simple guide to changing this...

Regarding wireless - are you using SP2? XP's wireless was hopeless pre-SP2, but after that it seems to be much better. I admit I don't use my laptop on my access points but it seems to work ok whenever I've used it. One major annoying thing was that it kept popping up the WEP key box whenever it reconnected, now it does everything in the background.

Gareth