W2K Pro Update... Is there a bulletproof install yet?

I'm being facetious of course, but I tried updating my rock-solid W2K
desktop machine a few weeks ago and it was crash and burn.
Thankfully, I saved the files and uninstalled the update and my
machine is once again stable.

I did a Goggle search on the updates and there are literally hundreds
of newsgroup posts showing an uncanny number of problematic attempts
to install the latest updates.

I'll give MS a little slack, and hope that maybe some genius in their
marketing department pays attention to all the pleas for help... and
has instructed their techies to come up with a step-by-step procedure
so that we can update without having our machines crash, crash, and
crash. So the question of the hour is just that; Has Microsoft posted
a layman's guide to updating W2K in a Knowledge Base article?

My two home desktop(s) are on a LAN behind a LinkSys Cable/DSL Router
and LinkSys Switch, and I have a IBM T21 notebook that I connect via
the switch occassionally. Is it imperitve to update as the
administrator in each machine or can I logon asa a user?

Thanks in advance for any tips and advice!

Mike

Gee... I asked this question a month ago, and never got one single
response. Is this NG monitored by anyone resembling a Microsoft MVP
who can explain why my system crashes every single time I try to
install the service pack?

Is there a knowledge base article on why hundreds if not thousands of
us are having so many problems with this particular SP? Every other
SP installed in a flash.

Mike