when looking at all those lovley pages that dgruzing refers to, then might i suggest using linux. i use puppy linux - a small, fast operating system - and there is no need to worry about all those things that upset the system. a reinstall, only takes minutes - and sure beats windows
on the topic of windows, a friend was showing me something that he had - it was called "tiny windowsxp" beast edition - or something like that. it was a fraction of the size of windows, as it had all the rubbish stripped out
watso just did a search - and for those interested
TinyXP - Run XP from 400MB HDD and under 40MB RAM | SecGurunew windowpreviewpreviewshow in clusters There is a great version of tinyxp called tinyxp beast edition that removes outlook and ie from the instalation. Check it out here: Pirate Bay - Tiny XP Beast Edition
