Got it working and tresferred all settings from the Access database.
Wow, the XML file is only 18K (database 464K) and of course the service is not doing i/o all the time anymore. And I think the XML file is easier to look at as well.
The main reason XML is not used by default is that:
- for avast Pro, XML is a real drag. We need people to use ODBC to take advantage of all these features
- upgrading from Home to Pro would require us to switch to ODBC - but that would cause loss of all settings
- we like when people upgrade from Home to Pro
A solution would be to write a migration tool (XML → ODBC), but it’s a lot of work - and simply doesn’t exist in the moment.
For the upcoming future, we will probably create yet another storage type - which will overcome the limitations of both of them. 
I wasn’t that hard to move settings from Access to XML (ok, I’m a programmer), so I guess it isn’t that hard the other way either. But a new solution that replaces both would be nice (maybe I’ll upgrade).
Lars, why don’t you help me here?
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=1647.msg106801#msg106801
When I get som time. Right now I’m writing software for scanning election forms for the norwegian election in september
(more info: http://datafangst.ergogroup.no/valg.html)
Sounds interesting, Lars
I really appreciate that… 8) 
But, in the past, other users promissed and did not help… I hope you could help me (and all avast users), for sure