From Alice Hill's RealTechNews.com, is this article about setting up an instance of Windows XP on a USB drive.

There is news, and there is NEWS.

This is NEWS.

It allows me to go around on my t-shooting trips - granted, I never really do any of those any more - with another weapon in the toolkit.

I will definitely use it.

I will not be breaking my Windows XP EULA: I have a Microsoft Action Pack subscription allowing me this license.

Thanks, Alice.

For IT professionals, the Microsoft Action Pack, TechNet or MSDN subscriptions are the best values on Terra. Period!