"Ron Bartle" wrote:

> I apparently made a mistake when I tried to use WET to shift settings etc
> from an installation of XP on one partition to an installation of Vista on
> another particion *on the same computer?*
>
> This did not work and it now seems that the WET has somehow become a balast
> affecting performance of the pc.

The reason it's not working is simple:
It only works on two different computers, one XP and one Vista and you need
a special cable ( i believe).
I'm not sure it can be removed, maybe disabled.