said by JBear:Now on saying that, if I disable internet access but have the XP computer able to access other computers on my home network it should be fine, right?
You can't have a machine connect to a home and it not being able to access the Internet. Of course, if you disable the NIC, then yes the machine is protected since there is no Internet access but you won't be to access your home network. Do you see what I'm trying to say? Also, even if you take out Internet Explorer (which you can't as it is tied to the OS), when you open My Computer you can type a website address in the address bar and it WILL connect to the web.