  Well, I have downloaded the dreaded Windows XP Service Pack 2 from the Top Secret Übergeek site. The install actually took LONGER than installing XP from a CD. SO FAR everything is working but I have only tried the "common" applications -- IE and the like. The new "Windows Security Center" looks suspiciously like McAfee's Security Center. No doubt I will crash into some horrendous difficulty in a matter of seconds -- particularly because, despite grave warnings, I have both the Windows AND the McAfee firewalls turned on. My favorite "mine canary" is working quite well thank goodness -- Yahoo Chess. More reports as situations warrant. 
