Harry Binswanger wrote: >Here's another solution: buy two machines, one XP one 98SE (or whatever) >and network them. The price of the basic box is very low now. (OTOH, >weren't there some issues about networking 98SE and XP machines)? > >You can even have one monitor and keyboard physically switchable between >the two machines, I believe. Yes. Robert Holmgren suggested this solution years ago. And I have done it, taking an old Win95 machine, adding a second large harddrive to it and turning the box into a Linux machine. I then put that machine on my desk next to my primary computer, a Win98SE box, and added it to the home network. Rather than have two keyboards, two mouses, and two monitors on my desk, I bought myself a KVM switch (which stands for Keyboard, Video, Mouse switch) on ebay for $15 and plugged it into both desk computers. By pressing Scroll Lock twice, then Escape, I can instantly switch from the Win98 to the Linux box and back again, using only one keyboard, mouse, and monitor. Bob __________________________ 4708 Montgomery Place Beltsville, Maryland 20705 301-937-0394 See my books and essays at: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3cxxp/zimbib.htm