You need to upgrade to SP1 to make USB 2.0 devices work.
<b><A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312370" target="_new"><font color=red>Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Support in Windows XP</A></b></font color=red>
Good or Bad have no meaning at all, depends on what your point of view is.
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