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Microsoft Pushes Windows XP SP2 Out The Door
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| August 6, 2004
| Gregg Keizer
Posted on 08/06/2004 3:04:17 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: BobS
It's very cool. I re-image once a week. I like a clean box (so to speak). I just keep my images on my server on a separate drive, of course.
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posted on
08/06/2004 3:49:30 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("Meanwhile, the Midvale police visit his locker and find out why they call him 'Buzz'...")
To: ryanjb2
Ditto. XP is great.
I guess admitting that doesn't get others' ya-ya's off as much as joining the crowd, ragging MS.
Dan
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posted on
08/06/2004 3:50:02 PM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: jbstrick
Actually YES!Then I wouldn't deploy it.
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posted on
08/06/2004 3:50:42 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("Meanwhile, the Midvale police visit his locker and find out why they call him 'Buzz'...")
To: SamAdams76
Six boxes at our house, all great.
Dan
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posted on
08/06/2004 3:53:37 PM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: HAL9000
What spyware can destroy XP?
We remove adware and spyware all the time, I have never seen it destroy XP.
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posted on
08/06/2004 3:54:10 PM PDT
by
CyberCowboy777
(Veritas vos liberabit)
To: TomServo; BobS
Most of the spyware and adware issues I have seen can all be traced to "free" software downloaded and purposely installed.
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posted on
08/06/2004 3:56:26 PM PDT
by
CyberCowboy777
(Veritas vos liberabit)
To: ryanjb2
"..I look forward to this update. Windows XP is already an excellent operating system that has served me very well for going on 3 years now."
Ditto, from a former Mac fan. Since Win NT, I threw in the towel as a Mac man, and haven't looked back since.
-- Joe
To: CyberCowboy777
Most of the spyware and adware issues I have seen can all be traced to "free" software downloaded and purposely installed.Exactly. I have an Aunt who can't help but click on every damned link (i.e. 'Click Here - You've Won [insert crap here]) on the I'net. She has to call tech support every other damned day.
She won't listen to me, though.
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posted on
08/06/2004 3:59:07 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("Meanwhile, the Midvale police visit his locker and find out why they call him 'Buzz'...")
To: HAL9000
He's not doing his homework. The simpliest way to avoid spyware is:
a) Install Spybot scan, repair and immunize then select advanced menus and go to IE tweaks to turn off the ability to change home page or access the options box. That'll thwart 99.99% of the spyware hacks.
b) Never ever download 3rd party shareware CODECS. These are being used as trojans for loading spyware.
c) Use Norton Firewall.
That should do it.
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:04:29 PM PDT
by
kinghorse
(http://www.demsextrememakeover.com/)
To: CyberCowboy777
"
Most of the spyware and adware issues I have seen can all be traced to "free" software downloaded and purposely installed."
AND clicking on one of those stupid emails that look interesting. My browser was hijacked 2 months ago. I researched and found the 2 files and deleted them. Only buy stuff from well-established places.
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:07:53 PM PDT
by
BobS
To: CyberCowboy777
We remove adware and spyware all the time, I have never seen it destroy XP.Destroy it? No. But Cool Web Search is one of the nastiest. Spybot, Ad-Aware, CWS and many other spyware removal software cannot remove its latest variant.
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:14:17 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: TomServo
Not going to. Since it would adversely affect your gasoline prices. =)
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:14:29 PM PDT
by
jbstrick
(War is not fought for peace. War is fought for victory.)
To: TomServo
*L* Exactly.
We got a nice setup here. Cable modem through a router. Got Zonealarm Pro ($30), AVG Antivirus (free), Spybot and Adaware (free), and Google toolbar (free) for the pop up blocker.
Cheap yet effective...
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:17:14 PM PDT
by
Severa
(I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
To: TomServo
"
I just keep my images on my server on a separate drive, of course."
Do you build you own? I do. Maybe I should upgrade from my 1 GHz CUSL2 MB, but the SCSI320 card handles everything but the memory. Can this handle Doom 3? My ATI video card records TV well in any format.
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:20:47 PM PDT
by
BobS
To: BobS
Yeah - build my own. And I think you're gonna need some more horsepower to drive D3.
Minimum: P4 1.5Ghz CPU (or equivalent).
384MB of RAM.
64MB graphics card (see below for chip details).
2GB of free hard drive space.
Lowest supported GPU is a Geforce 4 MX (worse than Geforce 3).
Supported cards:
GF 4 MX.
GF 3.
GF 4.
GF FX (and higher).
Radeon 8500s, 9000s and higher.
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:24:52 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("Meanwhile, the Midvale police visit his locker and find out why they call him 'Buzz'...")
To: HAL9000
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:33:59 PM PDT
by
Cacique
To: TomServo
I re-image once a week.So that's why you haven't had a crash since '98!
Don't let that registry even think about fragmenting. ;-)
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:48:00 PM PDT
by
TechJunkYard
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: TechJunkYard
LOL - well, actually I only started imaging about 2 years ago.
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:50:32 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("Meanwhile, the Midvale police visit his locker and find out why they call him 'Buzz'...")
To: TomServo
My All-in-Wonder has the 8500 chip and works well. I guess I'll break down and get a 3GHz MB. I NEED 6 slots with full control per bios like my current ASUS. I have a client computer that needs a new MB anyway. I drilled through it a few years ago putting wheels on the case and repaired the traces, LOL. I have a long umbilical cord attached to it so it can roll around when I do "experiments". I download large files into it (like CDs and proggies) and test them there.
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posted on
08/06/2004 4:53:44 PM PDT
by
BobS
To: TomServo
I have an Aunt who can't help but click on every damned link (i.e. 'Click Here - You've Won [insert crap here]) on the I'net. I can think of at least two ways to fix that right off the top of my head.
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:01:43 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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