Idz21

I've used both and I am also back to Win2k Pro. XP Pro has crapped out on me 4 times on 4 different system setups. It works perfectly fine for about 3-4 months, and then it just dies. Out of nowhere it just completely ceases to function. My vote goes towards the more stable Win2k Pro. As far as i'm concerned XP Pro is just a souped up Windows ME.

Cool. Glad everything is running smooth now.

you probably already tried this... but did you check msconfig in the startup tab? It can also be due to network problems. If there's some network trouble with connectivity it might slow up the boot.

Did you try plugging your main machine directly to the modem? W/out going through any routers/switches etc..