I gave up on R1 quite some time ago. Too many driver issues. Half the hardware was non-functional -- no sound card, no TV card, no modem, no inkjet, no scanner, no VOIP box, etc..... -- it wasn't something I could live with.

Installed R2. Some improvement on the driver front. But still no sound card, no TV card, no scanner, no VOIP box.

Installed the One Care Beta.

Installed ATI's catalyst drivers and killed the system -- unrecoverable.

Reinstalled R2. Tried to reinstall One Care -- failed. Prompted to seek help. MS help website won't accept the Beta product id. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling -- no go. Dug around a little -- it seems you only get one shot with the Beta One Care. Mess it up and no one care(s).

Thanks ATI -- I am reminded of EISA Mach32 and VLB Mach64 pain and of early Rage 128 pain.