Keep Your Windows XP Running Steady
Depending on the activities you engage in and the sites you visit, you can get some questionable, or sometimes outright malicious stuff installed on your computer. When you have a PC for your kids, or if you are sharing a PC with your kids, this can be an even bigger problem. Windows XP and Vista offer System Restore that will allow you to “go back in time” and restore your computer to a previous state, but there are even better solutions available as well. Windows Vista has excellent parental controls, but if you are running Windows XP you have to install the right tool for the job. Microsoft developed Windows Steady State to allow users of Windows XP more control over how the system is accessed and used (particularly by children) and to provide users (or parents) with a simple method for returning the computer to its formerly pristine state.