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The stability only came with Service packs though. Initial XP had terrible security. I remember installing an out of the box xp in early 2000 and without doing anything it was infected by malware within 15 minutes of being put online.

The stability of connecting a fresh XP install to internet and immediately getting exploited.

> I miss XP because of its stability

Ah yes, the grand stability of plugging in the wrong USB accessory into the wrong USB port and the computer crashing. Great times :)

I don't remember this being the case. Keep in mind driver issues are not XP specific.