> Why would you not turn on the built-in firewall (in XP) and patch the
> machine? Unbinding Client for MS Networks is more of a dirty
> hack than a solution.

you should do both. if your machine does not require connections to
microsoft networks, unbind it, save a little memory, and add another LAYER
to your security.

-d

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