[Bigh4u2]

I never install Linux on the same hard drive as Windows.

I have a separate 40gig drive devoted strictly to Linux (Mint).

What I don’t like about Linux, is every time you want to access something on the drive or even do updates, you have to put in your password.

Too much of a pain for me. So I just run WinXP.

[fremont_steve]

Then you get the security you asked for!

You CAN set up Linux to boot without a password. But you wouldn’t be clever if you did so!

[zeugma]

What I don’t like about Linux, is every time you want to access something on the drive or even do updates, you have to put in your password.

Too much of a pain for me. So I just run WinXP.

Uh, that password prompting is what keeps your system from getting p0wned by viruses/trojans/worms.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

What I don’t like about Linux, is every time you want to access something on the drive or even do updates, you have to put in your password.

I think that varies across various distros...

With Mint select the autologon option without password when it is installed and the entry of the password is greatly reduced.