On the other hand, it can be rather amuzing... I was Googling for what "System error 85" meant, and I went to a Microsoft link...
The article seemed to apply to Windows 2000 systems (not Win XP). The notice that I was using a more up-to-date OS than what this article addressed had a link to the XP pages. Wanting to see how to fix this problem in XP, I clicked the link... First thing I saw was, "How to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7". -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Sherry Abercrombie <[email protected]> wrote on 12/11/2009 08:56:55 AM: > I just have to wonder what kind of other information are they > capable of gathering? Just makes me a little paranoid ya know...... > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:54 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 on target audience > +1 bazillion on ?they go hacking up their registry without ever > looking at the ?Applies To? section of the article? > +1 on fixit button ? same audience. > > Sorry Sherry, you?re too far above the skill level of their expected > audience. :-P > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > From: Joe Tinney [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:33 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT Kinda: Interesting Message on Web Page > > I doubt that admins are the target audience for those messages. In > fact, this thread pretty much proves that. :-) > > I?m just guessing, but I bet the target for that is for those true > users looking for answers via a search engine and coming across a KB > article for Windows (enter ancient version here). So, then they go > hacking up their registry without ever looking at the ?Applies To? > section of the article, which is at the bottom of the page. > > This would be the same target audience for the ?Fix It? button. > > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:07 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT Kinda: Interesting Message on Web Page > > Thanks Andy and Angus, I 'know' how it's happening, but you're both > missing my point. Why the heck does Microsoft need to know what OS > I'm on when I'm browsing their site & telling me I may be on the > wrong page? I'm a network admin, I try to keep browsing from an > actual server to a minimum, if I'm researching an issue then I'm > going to be doing it from my workstation. > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected] > > wrote: > On 9 Dec 2009 at 11:00, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > > > So I'm clicking on a link for a Microsoft KB article sent to me by > > Sunbelt support pertaining to Windows 2000 & 2003 Server OS from my pc. > > The top of the screen has this rather interesting message on it: "This > > article applies to a different version of Windows than the one you are > > using. Content in this article may not be relevant to you. > > Visit the Windows XP Solution Center" > > > > Kinda scary I think...... > > Not at all. If you change your browser's UserAgent you can fool the > web server into thinking you're anything, including an iPhone or the > GoogleBot (this last one is very useful for reading news sites > which require accounts -- they almost all let the GoogleBot in). > > If you're curious about what your browser is divulging, go here: > > Whats My User Agent? > http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ > > Firefox has a nice add-on that makes changing your UA on the fly trivial. > > User Agent Switcher > http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/ > > My default UA is > Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) > Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 > But I can also "be" a Mac: > Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-GB; rv:1.7.10) > Gecko/20050717 Firefox/1.0.7 > or even a Palm Pre: > Mozilla/5.0 (webOS/1.0; U; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.27.1 (KHTML, like > Gecko) Version/1.0 Safari/525.27.1 Pre/1.0 > > HTH! > > Angus > > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-895-3270 > ~! > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
