[Slynky]

I have a pretty fair working knowledge of all the Windows OSs. 'Cause of my job. Of course, at work, we all used Win2K. Now, we switched over to XP Pro. At home, we use XP Home (well, mostly because we don't need the extra benefits of XP Pro...go read the differences and you will see what I mean).

Though I loathe MS OSs, I have to admit XP Home has been the best yet. I don't load a lot of crap on my system...no IMs of any sort, no meters, no cute little programs to sit in the tray and screw around with stability...so this and XP may account for the lack of a crash in, well, I can't remember...perhaps a year or more.

If you have the opportunity, I'd offload everything you can (and need), wipe the HD clean, and install from the getgo. Then, get your antivirus loaded. Next, get your internet up and get all the virus updates and XP updates. If you are on dial-up, this will take a while but live with it. It's worth it. Once you are safe, rebuild the rest of your system.

You won't be sorry.