A live cd of xbuntu is 600 MB, that is the full os being able to run, yes packages are in a compressed environment, but you can't stick a full install of XP on a cd and expect it to run.
In fact I have XP instalation CD and it works fine even without running updates.
That is an installation cd, can you put that disk in your computer and play on xp before you install it?
My statement stands, please read it again if you didn't understand it fully, but I will help out. You cannot have a live cd of xp under 2GB, I am not talking about XP PE either, that isn't the full os.
Your righ, but how is the live cd of xbuntu secure without patches when you connect to the internet ?
ubuntu is more secure on that live cd then your fresh install of xp any day.
You want a secure out of the box solution, let me introduce you to: Lightweight Portable Security
http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.htmI do this for a living, I build linux, apple, and microsoft servers.
I had to build a secure network in Iraq with limited resources when we deployed. We couldn't connect to the satellite without the secure network so I went with linux to get us started then migrated to Windows server for compatibility.