Well it's soothing to know that old practices seemingly never change, eh? According to The Register USA, who claims to have gathered information from recently changed Microsoft roadmaps, Windows XP SE is being prepared for release sometime in early 2003. While this will give Redmond - Washington based Microsoft more time to overhaul the next-gen Windows code named Longhorn Windows XP SE will be a cup of semi-warm coffee. Most expect allmost all additions will be included in Service Pack 1 for the initial release of XP. Read more... It would bug the millions of XP first time buyers would decide otherwise. Candidates for inclusion are the essential .NET client-side plumbing: the common language runtime (CLR), Internet Explorer 7.0 and DirectX 9.0, and a mature Bluetooth stack. Source: The Register USA