Thank Rick, It sounds like it might not be such a good idea.
> I've never used this app so I can't comment one way or the other, > I'm just a messenger! ;D > > Here's a review I found, although it was almost 2 years old.: The > review was taken from: > http://fileforum.betanews.com/review/1071298252/1/view > > > "Poorly designed, and I'll tell you why: > > (1) Safe XP creates any missing registry values, and unless you > explicitly set every option shown on the main window, it sets > those values to the setting that leaves then enabled. > > For example, I had my "Help and Support" service set to Manual, > because that is the best setting, as far as I'm concerned. I > didn't enable the option in Safe XP to disable that service, so > Safe XP set it to Automatic! > > This poor design can also have the exact *opposite* effect as > what is intended--it can leave you *less* secure. Suppose you > don't have a particular registry value, but upon seeing the lack > of that value, Windows uses a secure default. However, Safe XP > comes along, and creates the registry value, and sets it to the > opposite of the default. Unless you know that Safe XP is too > stupid to know about the concept of "no setting exists--using > defaults", you'd be screwed. > > (2) It makes many changes to the registry which are not reflected > in the main window. I guess they think everyone is too stupid to > comprehend the implications, and that they just know better. > Well, their poor application design left me with a "Your > Computer" security zone, on top of the "My Computer" zone I > already had there. > > In short, Safe XP might be helpful to novices, or people who just > can't be bothered doing these things carefully by hand. But for > those of us who have already reviewed many points of security, > it's a poorly-designed total kludge that will mess everything up. > " > > > Regards, > ************************************* > Rick Cogan from Melbourne, FL > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
