Kat, thanks for the additional site to research. I'll have some reading to do before I decide. thanks again, Faythe Go here http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/search.mspx for the MS = Hardware Compatibility List. You can insert your hardware by name and it will = tell you whether it works with W2K or XP or you can download the text version there as well. Kat To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk