Time For a New Operating System

[billroper]

It's apparently no longer possible to download XP security updates from Microsoft without first loading their so-called "Windows Genuine Advantage Tool", which can malfunction and shut down your entire computer even though you have a perfectly valid operating system license.

If I didn't have so much software that required Windows to operate, I'd download and install some version of Linux this second.

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[mdlbear]

There are two commercial Wine derivatives: Crossover Office for M$ Office and other business-related programs, and one for games whose name I can't remember off the top of my head.

Also consider OpenOffice.org, which is a good cross-platform replacement for M$ Office.