[Lazamataz]

When you say that you installed Win2k over WinXP, does that mean you didn't do a clean install? That could be a large source of trouble right there.

Big time. I think XP still runs a DOS kernal, whereas 2000 is a straight 'clean' OS from the metal to the keyboard.

[goldstategop]

Nope. That's incorrect. The Windows NT family, which includes Win2k and WinXP, both have a command line prompt. There's no way to boot into DOS. That was in the old Windows 95-98 family.

[ShaggyBrown]

No. XP is based on the WIndows 2000 kernal. It's basically Windows 2000 with what MS considered a more user-friendly interface. There are plenty of things you can do to raise your computers performance with windows XP. I suspect if you disable a lot of services, including the indexing service and the system restore service, you'll see a lot of gains. If you folks who hate XP dow some research you can find plenty of ways to increase your performance without losing all of the consumer friendly advances that XP has that 2000 does not.

[bobwoodard]

Good news! No more DOS, XP was built on 2K.

[Woodman]

True Laz, today it is. In the old days when a computer was good for about 18 months before it was obsolete, I wouldn't worry about it much. Today however when a 2GHZ Machine, Fast Drive and Plenty of RAM, you should expect many years of functionality. I would be extremely concerned about being able to recover my system 3-5 years down the road when WIn2K is most likely no longer going to be supported.

[Woodman]

"Big time. I think XP still runs a DOS kernal, whereas 2000 is a straight 'clean' OS from the metal to the keyboard."

You are wrong here in so many ways. NT, Win2K and XP have never run on a DOS Kernel, that is the reason why they were so Game and Driver unfriendly from the start. NT 3.x and IBM OS2 were essentially the same OS (developed by MS and IBM as a joint venture).

[TSgt]

Big time. I think XP still runs a DOS kernal, whereas 2000 is a straight 'clean' OS from the metal to the keyboard.

WRONG!

Windows XP is based on NT/2000 technology and has its own kernel. It does NOT run over DOS like the Windows 9x OS's did.

I personally use Windows XP and have never used a more stable OS.

It is very configurable if you know what you are doing...

In any case, upgrading or downgrading is a very bad thing. ALWAYS do a clean install with any OS.

The writer hasn't a clue and shouldn't be writing computer commentaries until he knows what he is talking about.