Yay!
After a long time thinking about it, I installed SPWW2 on my XP system-works like a dream. No crashes and install smooth as anything. Used up a lot of time over the Seasonal Break!
Looks like my previous install on my Win 98SE system fouled up due to my having 768MB RAM installed-this messes up a lot of programs.
Something to watch if you keep an old PC for compatability issues.