What's this about running with a W2K UI... is it that "Theme" combo in the desktop properties???
IF that's it, that sure represents (at least from what you say) an awfully powerful alteration for such a simple property control. It would also represent MUCH more than the "What's This" describes for that control.

What do you mean by "more stable" (than Win2K)??? I've had several errors where it offers to send info to MS, and the frequency has gone way up (several today) since I uploaded the most recent "critical update".
I can't say that I find it more stable than W2K, but rather the opposite. Neither gives me the "blue screen of death" but then both still cause loss of work in the thing that fails, and so far XP has such failures regularly while they are most rare on W2K.

Finally, can you advise some of the differences that make running W2K UI mode (Theme<>"Classic" I presume) NOT recommended? I am nervous to change from that to try it myself for fear that it may result in things that I cannot undo>I disagree with much of your assessment. I find XP much more stable and much easier to navigate and use. Other people here at my office that have been experimenting with (its not approved by corporate) agree with me. Also, you can run XP with a Win2K UI, but I don't recommend it.

I *do* find XP-Home to be snappier all around and to boot/shutdown faster by far and I do like the ClearType, but these in no way compensate for the Orewellian thinks that XP seems to do in the background.

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>>I have used Xp on Compaq 1.3 workstations, Toshiba laptops and Dell Workstations.
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>>You need, IMHO, twice as much memory as Windows 2000, and a lot of patience especially when setting up networks. Netbeui doesn't exist as an auto option though its not that difficult to install. The interface is overly fussy and the training periods are longer than with other OS. Some software will not run on XP without an upgrade.
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>>To put it in perspective, I upgraded an installation of 20 pcs from Win98 to 2000 with no problems and no training. But with Xp I have to spend hours. With XP the average user (business desktop - let me get on with my job) spends too much time playing with colors and the interface.
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>>Then equally irritating. If I have 3 other users with rights to view files on my pc the sign on screen shows 4 users - very confusing.
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>>Lastly, shutdown is very slow. Because all my installations have Broadband, Virus protection and Firewall Software (they won't pay for hardware) play a very major part. These add to the speed (or lack of it) of shutdown. I may have got round this one by going to the Microsoft Update site and downloading everything in sight - 39 files in all.
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>>My summation - for the home user or tecky OK. As a serious business tool I rank it way behind Windows 2000.
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>>Colin