[Paul C. Jesup]

Switching from XP to W2K Pro is real easy, but make sure you install Service Pack 2 or 3 for W2K Pro and that should solve most of the problems. You may have to download drivers from certain devices, but the overall performance of your computer should go UP!!

[Woodman]

True, you should make sure to install all of the updates and service packs while they are still available. At some point they will no longer be available and then if you lose a hard drive or get into some un-bootable situation you will no longer be able to get past the original install. The original install is full of more holes than XP ever was.