Why do you say that? I don't doubt that there are other ways, but it has been that way for a while, I've used them as my home ISP for a few years now. I don't prefer that method, but you can remove their program after and you do not lose connectivity or anything. It just validates your account number with Comcast and sets your DNS (probably fiddles with other settings too, not really concerned about it).
Valdis, I have exactly 1 Windows machine, dedicated for something else, but it came in handy when I last moved. I would imagine that I could get the link working via a phone call to support. Thanks, James On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Terrence <[email protected]> wrote: > To the guy saying that comcast requires an executable to authenticate you. > Ha. You should prolly wipe your install. > On Oct 7, 2011 10:41 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:36:39 EDT, James Wright said: >> >> > That would probably explain why the Comcast service page downloads an >> > executable to authenticate you. At that point they have control over >> the >> > end user's machine and can either clear the DNS cache or force a reboot. >> >> That must suck if you're a non-Windows user. ;) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. >> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html >> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >> >
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