In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> In all fairness here this is not a M$ problem but sheer laziness on the >> part of the companies concerned. Vista was available as a free time >> expired beta version for over a year.
<Clip> >> Oh yes, and maybe they >> want to sell you a new Web Cam, Video Card, Sound Card, USB coffee >> heater which does have Vista drivers. Cynical, me? > >I teach cynicism (I'm just not very good at spelling it !) so I suepct >I might be better at it than you :o) What ? A cynic ... you ... ? Never noticed ... :-) >Vista is just a glorified Windows 95 - it's vastly expensive, it under >performns, it requires a huge investment in hardware and provides >nothing much in return. Stick with XP if you have to run Windows - or >come over from the 'dark side' and try Linux. Actually I believe that all of the M$ output since WIN95 is just a better, extended version of that way of designing and operating a computer interface ... that is if you not an out and out M$ hater ... :-) I have just this week received an automatic update for XP Pro, which now tests to see if it is an authentic version of the OS. >And another thing, which may not be related, has anyone noticed a huge >increase in spam and phishing emails recently (especially 'Dear Paypal >customer') I've had over 400 this week so far and it's only Wednesday. >The usual reason is a new Windows version leading to lots of new >unprotected connections to the internet and withing 15 seconds (I have >read) an unprotected Windows box will be detected and zombified into >sending out spam, trojans, etc. I suspect that Vista is not quite as >well protected as we are being told. Generally I think that "spam" ... etc, has gone beyond a joke ... there is so much time, bandwidth, and general annoyance from it all. One simple way that I stopped receiving the majority of the rubbish was to set the envelope with the Demon software to reject anything that is not for an authentic address. >I know for a fact that the default administrator password on XP is not >to actually have one, and that that information is buried 'deep' in the >tiny handbook thatcomes with XP - and whihc I presume nobody reads due >to its total lack of usefulness ! I guess it only makes sense to people that passwords have a useful place when they use networks ... >Enough ranting :o) Or fun ... ? -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
