After reading many posts here and there (THANK YOU ALL!) I managed to run LB2 on XP SP2, I just have some joystick issues but I hope to work them out soon (another session of reading and using the "search" function ).
My question now is, are there any "suggested" or "recommended" mods/patches/upgrades to apply?
Thanks in advance.

No mods yet.
There's a mission-pack here .
I've just started modding the object-table (adding more neutral objects to the world). I have'nt got a clue how long it will take to mod one region. But I will post updates.