You should be careful. A lot of security features that we take for granted nowadays (stack protection, privilege separation, etc.) are poorly featured or nonexi

You should be careful. A lot of security features that we take for granted nowadays (stack protection, privilege separation, etc.) are poorly featured or nonexistent in Windows XP. If you aren't running any services and are running behind a firewall it may not be a big deal, but it's a good thing to keep in mind.