[LiquidSolstice]

Hey guys. I've done extensive reading on helmi_c, and I only heard of him because I was looking for a smartphone on ebay, and it said that the seller had upgraded to WM6 thanks to helmi_c. Anyways, I ended up buying it, but I'm almost quite sure that it had helmi_c's old version of WM6 on it. I have a coupla questions about what I plan to do. I haven't receieved the phone yet, but it's set to come either tomorrow or Friday.

First off, what I want to do is:
Right out of the box, activate my phone with verizon. I'm only 16, and I'm quite sure my dad is the only one who can do it, so it's best for me to accomplish that.

The questions I have are:
After activating my phone, if I choose to install this kitchen (which I have already downloaded both parts for and have explored BuildOS, which I have to say is impressive and I'm looking forward to using) will it completely write over the old version of WM6? (I want this to happen, i'd like all the free space I can get, since I haven't bought an SD card yet. Also, if it does, will it overwrite any of my phone settings? Like my activation? I can be sure that my dad will NOT be happy if I have to activate my phone again.

Also, does this rom still come with Office 07? Yes, I am using the kitchen, but I do not find any options for selecting office. This is a HUGE aspect of having a PPC for me. I don't know if that is standard with WM6 or not. If it does, I'd like to know if anyone has had issues syncing Outlook with their PC (I use Xp SP2). And as a further side note, I'm interested in the PPCContacts Manager that comes with the OEM kitchen pack. I'd like to know if this manager uses contacts synced from Outlook?

Also, an extremely trivial but perhaps well known question.
I absolutely love the look of the HTC home plugin, and I'd like to know for one if it's the complete replacement for WM6's poorly done "Today" screen, and that it replaces that by default, and also, the screenshot shows the Home screen as an interesting Turquiose color. I personally like the original black one with the digital clock. Will I have options for changing this?

Thanks very much. At 16, I know I don't know nearly as much about this, but I've dedicated quite a bit of time to learn it all.

To Helmi_c and everyone else on here: You guys are really an inspiration. Having people come together, people who don't even know eachother, to help out and make this work is incredible.

Keep up the good work, and I hope you creators get some rest.