Hi, Kurt...

KW>There are a couple of things people can do to continue running Windows XP an
KW>minimize risks.

KW>There's a package out there called LitePC that lets you streamline your XP
KW>installer. Take out most of the stuff from Windows and there's less to explo

KW>There are versions of XP out there called MicroXP and TinyXP available as
KW>torrents on the net. The maintainer has taken the majority of Windows
KW>components out and left just the OS and UI bits - including removing IE.
KW>MicroXP runs in 45 megs of RAM and has 30 processes running. You'll need to
KW>determine legality of running one of these versions as they come with a reg
KW>key. You may feel that putting a non-OEM registration key into one of them
KW>would be OK.

KW>My gut feeling is that as long as you're careful about what you add (.net fo
KW>example) and have an updated virus scanner you should be safe.

  Interesting. I've saved this message, and will check it out later. I
do have a valid copy of XP on all my systems, and my Mom does on hers as
well.

KW>All of this is outside of the reach of ma and pa user; my father has an XP b
KW>and a birthday in May, so we're replacing his system as a present.

  My Mom will be 88 this fall, and I just turned 54. We're basically
"too old" to learn a new OS...especially since I'm her computer guru. :)

Daryl

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