You do not indicate what sort of trouble you are fixing. Are they messing up the applications, or is the OS getting corrupt? Are you sure that there is not hardware failure causing corruption? I prefer any version of NT over win9x for reliability. However, for compatibility and appearance, Windows XP is probably better for most users than win2k. Your machine is plenty fast to handle XP. Just my thoughts. Peter ----------------------------------------------- The NoSpin Group [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- I have a customer who I'd have to classify as 'difficult'. 18 months ago, I built him a 1.4Ghz\256 DDR W98SE system. Since then I've lost track of the number of rebuilds and repairs I've had to do to keep it running. He, and his family, just keep breaking it. I'm going to give it one last shot, but it's occurred to me that maybe these people need an OS that'll take more of a hammering than W98SE (like maybe an abacus) So, what do you think? Win2K? XP? NT? Ian Porter PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>