RE: Which Windows OS is Safest

From: Boaz (boclark_at_cox.net)
Date: 06/28/04

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    Wow what timing, I was going to post the following, I have a friend that has
    a small business, and is using Win 98 on two machines, Win 2000 pro on two
    machines, XP Pro on one machine and XP Personal on another. There is a
    Linux firewall, and the server is running Novell. Since he needs to upgrade
    the two machines running Win 98, he want to standardize on one OS.

    He is leaning toward XP. If I am reading the results of this original post,
    Win 2000 Pro (patched to current versions) would be a better choice. Is
    that correct? If so should he also get rid of XP. This is a business that
    needs security and confidentiality of files.

    It is not possible to go to any other OS for the workstations other than
    Windows.

    Thank you in advance for any replies.

    Bo Clark

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