Side-track to the side-track : I totally agree with Christian. My DSL router blocks all incoming traffic to my network except for a few ports on a Linux box. I also NEVER use Internet Explorer or Outlook Express or MSN or any other such MS network app on my home machines. Given that, I have had a long list of 98-then-XP machines without patches, SPs, updates, or problems. And I'll rather switch do desktop Linux that let that WGA stuff in.