well i personally have win XP onmy computer and i like it and i have to take off simple sharing so that i can modify the ntfs permissions once that is dont it is really good ...ofcourse u also need a firewall like Tiny (what i use) it is useful and it is not that bad i had once a week of up time wiht no problem...but mnainly it is good for home use win2k is awesome for business...that si all i got to say