>Is there a better web server for my NT box? (I currently run FrontPage-PWS32/3.0.2.1330)

Try Apache for NT. www.apache.org

>< sigh > guess maybe it's time to bite the bullet and load Win2K Pro on my laptop? (that also includes a native web server right?)

I don't reccomend that unless your laptop is brand spanking new. Not only is Win2k a big resource hog, it also doesn't support special hardware as well as it was supposed to.