Why You Need to Upgrade your Version of Windows
With Identity theft and viruses on the rise, Windows users are vulnerable to many attacks via your home computer. If you have Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, and ME users should upgrade to Windows XP. It has been 11 years since Windows 95 and 8 years since Windows 98 has debuted. A lot has changed since since 95. Windows XP is far superior in terms of security and performance. Modern Windows uses a journaling file system which makes crashes far safer and far between. The second point is that Microsoft stopped supporting old legacy operating systems, such as 95, 98, 98 SE and ME. If you are using your old windows computer on the net, you are vulnerable to many unfixed holes in the operating system. Many known Viruses and Spy-ware are free to infect your system though your browser. Microsoft has even offered large upgrades to Windows XP. The upgrades are, XP Service Pack 1 and XP Service Pack 2. Make sure you upgrade your version to at least SP2. SP2 is a big upgrade in features and security. Upgrading is free with any legal version of XP trough Windows Update.
If you don’t have the money to move to XP, consider using the free Linux operating system Ubuntu. Ubuntu Linux makes switching easy and offers much more features and security then pre 2000 operating systems. Installing Linux has become very simple. Download or have a disk Mailed to you, Back up to CD all your important files on your current version of Windows. Place the new Linux disk into the CD drive and reboot. If your computer is set up to boot from CD, Linux will automatically start and guides you though the installation process.
