New info: I GOT MY LAPTOP BACK.
I quickly downloaded firefox and the Vista Transformation pack as they hooked my up with a fresh install of XP. After that I was up until 11.45 (Mountain Time) moving over 17 gigs of stuff to it from the computer I had been using since my laptop got sent in.
I still don't have all of it moved over. Oh well, I get Monday of next week off, so I can play with it then
Constantine