It is not a Windows limit. The new AMD processors can handle much more ram. If you get an external HDD -two of eighty is better than one of 160- don't plug it in all the time as that way it'll crash much earlier. Only connect when you want to back up. Keep your old puter for the Internet, and install all protection on that one.. Use a crosslink cable to link both puters. Yet, if you do this, never enter a diskette or a CDRom in your workstation. Always scan first on he protected internet puter.

I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now I'll be mad. (Rumi)