>Thankz for the tips guys. Sounds like Win XP is the way to go mainly cuz >it's in the box already. I think the Co. mainly wants to cover their butts >if confidential info gets nicked. Passing the buck back to uSoft is probably >gonna sound petty good to them. ;) I would have thought the primary way around this is not to have the info on the laptop, but rather on a USB memory stick. These are available in decent sizes these days, and should allow the most sensitive info to be stored on them, such that any working files that may then end up on the hard drive are useless without the memory stick. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads