From: John Beckett 

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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> Really, what you want to do and what hardware/OS you have to do it on

Thanks for info. I'm vaguely thinking of:

1. A more secure way to browse Internet. 2. Experiment with Linux on XP or
W2003 computer. 3. Experiment with W2003 on XP, or maybe vice versa.

Experiment = Try stuff without worrying about long-term effects. Perhaps
play with some security-related stuff that I don't trust. Take snapshot and
re-run later. Roll-back to earlier snapshot.

Essential: Need a way to copy data files between host and guest. If
necessary, I thought I could use USB drive.

Also, need a way to update guest Windows. I saw a suggestion that WGA says
a guest OS is not genuine (fair comment) ... but I don't know what the
consequences are. Maybe I could update anyway, or maybe I could use MBSA,
or even a WSUS server.

For (1): I've been thinking of what Geo mentioned about booting Knoppix,
but a VM sounds interesting. I suppose that in a year or two, malware
running in a guest system will have figured out how to exploit the host
system...

John

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