[Greenbuilding] Saving millions of XP PCs/Laptops
RT
archilogic at yahoo.ca
Fri Mar 28 19:08:46 CDT 2014
On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:47:36 -0400, Jason Holstine <jason at amicusgreen.com>
wrote:
>
> You can keep using the machines but the biggest issue is that Microsoft
> will stop writing security updates, so it will create vulnerabilities
> for your
> machine to get hacked with viruses, trojan horses, Target credit card
> breaches, and all that.
I haven't thought this through much but...
Would it not be possible to create a new partition on the hard drive and
install something like Ubuntu OS on it to create a dual-boot system ?
Use the Ubuntu OS (or other) when connected to the internet and when using
the Win XP partition for work applications, disconnect from the internet.
ie no Internet connection = no exposure to viruses, Trojans, hacking
etc. ?
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Rob Tom AOD257
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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