I believe XP pro is easier to tweak for networking your PC than XP home (network login)

I have a download of vista waiting till I get my new PC ready.

From what I gather, to run Vista comfortably you should have an x64 dual core processor (intel or AMD)
A nice graphics card (with a fair amount of memory)
2GB of DDR RAM
A reasonable amount of Hard Drive space.
All connected to a motherboard that can shift large packets of data very quickly from one component to the other...

I'll tell you if I get it working next week!!!

Sounds like a Microsoft bloatware production yet again!!!;)