Thanks for the idea. I was thinking of going straight to 7 or 8 on 64bit, but the problem is that over the years I’ve installed so many programs that I’de rather just keep what I have – it would take me a long time to reinstall everything. The 32bit system that I have now, was originally upgraded from NT4.0 server, and I have continuously upgraded through NT4 to 2000, 2003, and now 2003R2. Honestly I would just stay on 2003R2 if MSFT would continue supporting it. I chose the server O/S (at the time) because I had MSDN and it seemed like the most flexible thing at the time, but now it seems like windows 7 pro or 8 will do what I need just as well (with the PAE patch). I have been imaging my drive to an SSD to try various paths. I can upgrade to server 2008 without any issues, but if I temporarily convert it to XP to do the upgrade to Vista, so much the better since I could go on to a more modern windows 7 or 8.