Some sound arguments, and of course sandboxing any internet apps is always a good idea on an officially obsolete OS. However, I would not be entirely comfortable installing unofficial updates that have been reversed engineered from official updates designed for Windows XP, no matter how stable they might be. Has whoever backported XP updates for Win2K, been given any authorisation from Microsoft to do this? I would guess MS might be turning a blind eye to this if they're already aware of it, but nothing can stop them changing their minds and issuing cease and desist letters against it. Ultima