Welcome to the boards, randynovotny! May you spread the joy of life in the Gael Serran to many unbelievers...
Sad to say, but you can pretty much discount what Activision support says the game can and can't do (or be run on). We've been able to run it on XP here for some time, along with many other things.
Check that Tech Tips thread for issues related to Win 2K and XP -- in addition to Win95 compatibility, there are other things you'll want to consider like virtual memory size, virtualdubbing your video files, defragging, and halting other processes.
And be sure to come back and let us know how your game is going!
