It actually got farther with W2K than with WXP.
For the time being, since I have a deadline to meet with at least 2 of these machines... I am adding Win98 to the production area. BUT this cannot last, My plan is to rid me the problems of administration of Win9X/ME which is cauing me twice the headache, as I have to have 2 setups for Win9X as compared to W2K/XP.