I have no criticism yet of xp home. Mine was an upgrade version and I've done a few things, such as remove the media player and disabled windows update and the messenger. I don't need Bill telling me what I want to update. The messenger (not msn, which I also got rid of) is another thing and I'm not sure what it's purpose was. I didn't like it so turned it off. XP home has yet to crash or freeze on me. My wife's xp pro is solid and stable.

I do have a correction. I mentioned slack linux on the old box through which we're networked. It has never crashed. I, on the other hand, have managed to crash it a few times. I have this crazed need to play with it when the wife isn't online.