Has anything changed in this decade? :roll:Caj wrote:.... the firewall is so fake that programs can just turn it off without your knowledge or permission.
Back in the 1990s executives snorted at the suggestion and barely spent a dime making things safe.
Caj
Windows XP Service Pack 2 – WARNING!
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- Tell us something.: I play whistles. I sell whistles. This seems just a BIT excessive to the cause. A sentence or two is WAY less than 100 characters.
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Linux sure has. It just gets better and better.....
I dropped Microsoft like a hot potato in 1999 and have been amazed at the progress in the last 5 years and watching poor Windows <put whatever here> users struggle with the mysterious goings on..
I just got DSL and had no problems setting it up, but when I booted to Windows so I could tell my son how to set it, I had to call tech support..
I dropped Microsoft like a hot potato in 1999 and have been amazed at the progress in the last 5 years and watching poor Windows <put whatever here> users struggle with the mysterious goings on..
I just got DSL and had no problems setting it up, but when I booted to Windows so I could tell my son how to set it, I had to call tech support..
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My exact question. I have Zonealarm and Norton Antivirus. I now use Firefox and Thunderbird. I never use Instant Messaging programs. Can I not bother to download the thingy?Roger O'Keeffe wrote:... As I already have Norton Internet Security, I'm wondering if I shouldn't just give it a miss altogether. Any thoughts?
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I may have figured out how to turn off the antivirus bugger as well, as I have some friends that ignore me and run Microsoft Windows XP.
You can turn it off by opening the "Security Center" in the ControlPanel. Click the "Recommendations" button in the "Virus Protection" box and click the "I have an Anti-virus Program that I'll monitor myself".
I disabled the Microsoft firewall and installed ZoneAlarm and I think I got it to working properly for them.
You can turn it off by opening the "Security Center" in the ControlPanel. Click the "Recommendations" button in the "Virus Protection" box and click the "I have an Anti-virus Program that I'll monitor myself".
I disabled the Microsoft firewall and installed ZoneAlarm and I think I got it to working properly for them.
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Yeah, once my house sells I think it it time to byte the bullet and get a modern Mac again. I have 4 of them, but they are all from ages ago. None internet capable as far as I know.MarkB wrote:
This thread makes this Mac user very happy. I've been away and this thread has made me think that I haven't missed anything.
Hope all you guys and gals solve your problems!
MarkB
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This might help those experiencing slowdown.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/window ... 428,00.htm
Owners of Dell Inspiron notebooks have reported that Microsoft's Windows Service Pack 2 is cutting their system speeds dramatically -- in some cases by a factor of almost ten, from 2.6GHz to 300MHz.
According to postings on Dell's support forums this week, owners of the notebooks experienced the slowdown after installing the update for Windows XP Home Edition. One owner reported similar problems at work. "I tested SP2 for a week or two before it came out and before I deployed it on my network," wrote a correspondent identified as Blane. "I was prepared for [almost] anything except this issue," said Blane, who found that deleting and reinstalling printer drivers helped.
Blane added that scanners should be removed and reinstalled as well, noting: "it seems that SP2 moves or removes some of the required dll files for these peripherals. Reinstalling them replaces the missing dlls and everything seems to run fine."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/window ... 428,00.htm
Owners of Dell Inspiron notebooks have reported that Microsoft's Windows Service Pack 2 is cutting their system speeds dramatically -- in some cases by a factor of almost ten, from 2.6GHz to 300MHz.
According to postings on Dell's support forums this week, owners of the notebooks experienced the slowdown after installing the update for Windows XP Home Edition. One owner reported similar problems at work. "I tested SP2 for a week or two before it came out and before I deployed it on my network," wrote a correspondent identified as Blane. "I was prepared for [almost] anything except this issue," said Blane, who found that deleting and reinstalling printer drivers helped.
Blane added that scanners should be removed and reinstalled as well, noting: "it seems that SP2 moves or removes some of the required dll files for these peripherals. Reinstalling them replaces the missing dlls and everything seems to run fine."
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Thanks a million BillChin!BillChin wrote:I " wrote a correspondent identified as Blane. "I was prepared for [almost] anything except this issue," said Blane, who found that deleting and reinstalling printer drivers helped."
That really was an unexpected and illogical solution to the problem, but it worked beautifully.
It didn’t solve all the problems with XP SP2 but got the speed back to what I at least believe once was normal. I can’t say exactly where and what caused the problem but in this case it seems to be related to our Samba 2.2 network. It’s strange that this conflict didn’t affect all the updated clients in the network, just a few. I have had similar experiences with samba and windows IP addressing. Hard coding the IP address instead of obtaining the same IP address by the DNS server, lead to data losses in the client-printer communication for some computers, which resulted in a slow down of preformance and printing.
Bless you both, Blane and BillChin!
/MarcusR
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Hey, I was just prompted to install SP2, and I was in the middle of allowing it to proceed when I remembered this thread...
So I've cancelled the installation. Anybody know what it was meant to do in the first place? Obviously, it was meant to be an improvement, but I'm gathering by all your comments that it's actually more of a detriment than anything else...
Any advice? Should I install, or no?
So I've cancelled the installation. Anybody know what it was meant to do in the first place? Obviously, it was meant to be an improvement, but I'm gathering by all your comments that it's actually more of a detriment than anything else...
Any advice? Should I install, or no?