startup questions RIS 2.0

Recently picked up RIS 2.0 with the USB tower. 

I'm new to Mindstrorms, so I looked around the web a bit to try to get an idea
of what was going on with it. The first thing that struck me was that everywhere
it said that Win2K was not supported. 

Well..... as best as I can tell so far everything works fine on my Win2K PC, and
I'm most of the way through the various missions. Am I missing something?

Also, with regard to more advanced applications, it seems like NQC is the tool
of  choice, with various front ends. Any issues with this and Win2K.  

Finally.... why can't I find an archive of the Lugnet.robotics newgroup
postings? It must be there somewhere. I'd hate to keep asking stupid questions. 


Thanks for any and all who can answer these preliminary questions. 

Gyl