Hi! Matt,   
      
   In a message to All you wrote:   
      
    MM> HAs anyone tried keeping a windows 98 box up without the security   
    MM> patches, or is that sound like a pointless idea?   
      
   This copy of Win98SE has been running almost continuously since May 2004.  It   
   started life on various 486s & Pentiums, the last of which was a P90 with 64Mb   
   of RAM.  It currently runs in a VirtualBox VM, and has been running so since   
   Februrary 2012.  It's never seen any 'patch'.   
      
   Mind you, were you after something of a typical 'user' environment?  Oops,   
   this installation has only been used for running Fidonet applications &   
   servers.  Although... at one time it was also running a firewall doover with   
   inherent POP3, SMTP, SOCKS servers, together with HTTP, FTP proxies and FTP &   
   Telnet servers, and, a HTTP server.  I eventually had to strip that out to a   
   separate Win98SE VirtualBox when I added a JamNNTPd server.  I figured that   
   the Fido POTS/binkD/RAW/Telnet & NNTP server functions was enough of a load   
   for a 128Mb VM, and it was time to split-off that functionality.   
      
   Too much information?  Oops.  Sorry.  8-)   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   ... It must have been good; can't remember anything & my ears are ringing!   
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)