<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>I know this is a bit of a long shot but I have a second laptop running XP Pro and about 36 hours ago I plugged it in for the first time in a while and downloaded the new IE patch that's supposed to prevent a security glitch. Within 24 hours my hard disc crashed. I wouldn't put anything past Microsoft and just wondered if it was bad luck or sinister? I'm back on my regular ubuntu laptop again.<br><br>Keith, Bargara<br></div></body></html>