Al wrote...

You would be so much happier with Windows 2000 or a Mac.

Well, I have to do something, someday.  Maybe I can avoid moving into XP.

Security problems seem to be getting worse, not better, and I don't get the
feeling that Microsoft is getting a handle on the problem.  Never saw a bad
word about Macs.  Reading a little about Mandrake-linux, and they claim to
be user friendly, and also very secure...

CU,
       -Neil-