Well it's certainly not worthless to the millions of businesses who've depended on either the windows operating system or spin off applications such as word, excel, powerpoint etc...over the past 20 odd years.

The availability of such software has enabled businesses to adapt and evolve.


I for one would register it. The only really considerable alternative is linux, but that is certainly not a suitable operating system for the general public. Aside from windows and linux where are the alternatives?...there are none!


It's a good job you aren't a lawyer..."joe *most likely* killed fred so let's lock him up and throw away the key"


XP hasn't crashed in the two years I've had it installed. I'd say most crashes are down to external influences such as virii and user activity. I treat my pc with respect and in return it behaves well. I keep my antivirus software active at all times and the virus definitions up to date, I keep my firewall rules tight, I make sure all the software I install is compatible with the operating system and I frequently defragment my drives and scan the disks for errors. A lot of crashes come about as a result of not treating the pc properly.