Another vote for 98se
No updates
Nobody bothering to write malicious code
Modern themes available
Printer and other win hardware support
The only reason I started installing xp pro was related to networking, wap,
wep, remote boot, logon, vnc, & multimedia/social sites, the cloud, etc.. &
not relevant to this case. I would store my documents somewhere separate
from the os and use ie6. 
Clyde 

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Phil M Perry
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 2:19 PM
To: MHVLUG mailing list  
Subject: [mhvlug] Best choice?
 
My father is trying to set up an old PC...................

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