Wow Ed, that's alot of information.

>hth,

Uhhhh.... I think it did. I'll check out that FAQ link and stew on this awhile. I think you've backed me up a step or two here. I had myself half convinced that upgrading my home machine to NT wouldn't be that big of deal, and a way to kill 2 birds with one stone (learn more about NT & get a better stand-alone development environment). But now I'm thinking maybe this is a lot more complicated than it first seemed? I would hate to bite off more than I can chew, afterall my home machine doesn't earn my salary, it's more my means of staying current and getting exposure to technologies I don't get to work with from 9-5.

Thank you for the insight here, I guess I got alot of research & thinking to do :)