acbus1, first of all, using Windows 2000 is rather a bad idea because Microsoft have stopped providing support for it as of the 13th of July last year.
Microsoft Support Lifecycle This means no patches, which means the possibility of a malware free-for-all if you're connected to the Internet.
I think window manager behaviour has been improved in NT6 (Vista and 7), and there are a ton of other good reasons to upgrade.
