Originally Posted by shanff
Windows itself isn't the problem as much as Internet Explorer and Outlook are. Try the Firefox/Thunderbird combo and see if things don't settle down a bit. Also, are you running any kind of firewall? You'll expose yourself to infections again within 15 minutes (so say the estimates) without a firewall.
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IMHO, Longhorn will not be the savior for anything. I for one will never install it, especially if they incorporate all of the DRM they are talking about. Linux is going on my network as I write this.