The good news is that any system builder can build safer, more secure PCs by bundling just a few items in with a corporate desktop and making a few non-invasive tweaks to a Windows configuration.

it can be installed in Windows 8 if a user has technical expertise and a Windows XP installation disc. See desktop virtualization and Windows 7.

Microsoft had offered the Virtual Desktop Manager as part of the Windows XP PowerToys, and a little while later released the SysInternals Desktops add-on which enabled similar functionality.

XP added a personal firewall (see Windows Firewall ... See HyperThreading and Remote Desktop Services.