On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 20:51, Keith Powell wrote: > I hope this isn't too OT and that I am not prolonging the thread. > > I was interested to read all the things Kaj and Stephen listed to make XP a > *little* more secure, and would like to ask a question. > > Very occasionally I have to use Windows, and XP was installed when I bought > the computer. I have several hard drives in trays, so no multiple-booting. > This means that, for most of the time, the XP hard drive is about eight feet > away from the computer! However, I hate XP and think that my old 98SE is a > better version. > > I have heard that 98SE is, in fact, more secure than XP, so am wondering > whether to format the hard drive and go back to 98SE. Can you confirm this? > I know that 98SE is almost at the end of being supported, but it does all I > want in that particular OS. > > Many thanks for any advice. > > Keith
That's not entirely true. XP (when setup/configured/tweaked just right) is going to give you a much higher level of security. Bear in mind that Win98SE runs on top of MSDOS and there is no way to really secure it at all. -- YankDownUnder aka stephen kuhn #mandriva channel op - irc.freenode.net Mandriva Official IRC Support ----------------------------------------------- Registered Linux User # 267497 ----------------------------------------------- Real computer scientists don't program in assembler. They don't write in anything less portable than a number two pencil.
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