[Greenbuilding] Saving millions of XP PCs/Laptops

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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
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