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Establishing a self maintance routine is no longer optional but mandatory. If you incorporate the Microsoft patches, latest versions of antivirus, spyware removal, software firewall you basically eliminate your vunerability and do not have to use another OS...if its not a 2004 version its outdated, would be a good rule of thumb to use. Plenty of freeware to subsitute paid subscriptions, and they work better than the 2003 versions with subscriptions. No longer an excuse not to, otherwise its your own fault for not being proactive and protect your system....not trying to be harsh, just realistic...
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Thanks Chief for the kind words!!
Oneace,
If I can give you some advice, I would never rely on XP's firewall. Microsoft over steps their expertise and tries to be the do all of everything. Stick with the folks who know how its done right. Zonealarm ( now Checkpoint) have been the reference point for sometime. They are not the only ones of course. Once you have another software firewall shut off XP's...even XP's SP2 has a lame firewall defaulted
to the "On" setting, however its not enough...
If you want you can check your ports at www.grc.com
with the XP firewall on...the ideal result is "Stealth"
Duc
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kwschumm ,
Or you can throw out your PC alltogether !! other than that extreme, I find no reason not to run Windows...
I find using "non standard OS" like Linux tiring and overated - and it has more holes in it than swiss cheese. The fact is most people who use linux dont know they are there (but they are). I admit its difficult to configure and tweak, and I lose patientence with it. I dont make money spending long periods of time trying to make a machine work correctly - sometimes the tried and true method works best....IMHO
Duc
AV8R,
Sounds like something went wrong (obviously) I would remove the program, install "Goback" by Roxio and try it again...I have the freeware version on a few 98se machines and no problems
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kwschumm,
I hear you but we need to keep the focus on the typical PC user who barely have the skills to operate a PC. You throw in some basic maintance and they fall to pieces.
As for the security holes regardless of OS they all have them...never seen a security flaw on Linux? they exist and the only reason why its not ulilized is because not enough are in service to be worth the trouble. Its an open source, and the focus has been on MS products. Its there and only the few who trully master it, actually will know if there was an intrusion or not....this is not a qualification comparision by anymeans, and I respect your experiences and I try to surround myself with people with more knowledge than me all the time - its sometimes comes down to the basic which is better VHS or beta , MAC or Windows argument..again this is just my view on things
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kwschumm ,
Its a smaller world than people think...even the customers  Fedex being one of those from past and present..For propriatry applications or imbedded ASIC
operations its seems like the better fit, I agree...
I like MS windows 2000 and XP, thats just me I guess. I have found it easier to create a product around that OS
that is not so dependant on custom drivers or commands to be compatible with simple devices or simple configurations. Just my own thoughts and experience nothing more than that. By creating a product for resale i need to have a clear idea who uses it, and how dependant the user will be on the provider/mfg. or will they be self sufficient (ideal)
Nowadays I stick with regional (for me) customers like financial insitutions and mfg's in the NY area...keeps my cupth full enough....
Its good to know you have extensive experience besides tractors, i will keep that in mind - you never know what opportunities arise...
peace,
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