[OT] Attention all Win XP users!

[Grazzt]

*shrugs* There are keygens out now, as well as programs to retroactively change your cd key. Not that anyone here uses stolen software, but if they did, they could probably figure out a workaround.

Besides, Microsoft publically stated that they only blocked two known pirated keys. The infamous "Dell" key and one other. It was in their press release regarding SP1.

 

[Grazzt]

Ahem... notice that if you install SP1, you'll have to agree to the new Microsoft EULA which states, among other things, that you agree to let Microsoft remotely install new software on your machine without warning, which may interfere or block the functioning of other software without them being accountable.

Make sure Windows Update is turned off and doesn't automatically update by itself. Install a hardware or software firewall. And don't use the included XP firewall. It isnt really all that good.

 

[LcKedovan]

Make sure Windows Update is turned off and doesn't automatically update by itself. Install a hardware or software firewall. And don't use the included XP firewall. It isnt really all that good.

True but the included one is better than the nothing that most people use .

It is best to have auto update prompt you, but auto update is highly recommended since you are basically patching potential critical problems.

-Will

 

[maddman75]

You know, more and more, my decision to stick with 2K is seeming wiser and wiser...

More and more, my decisiton to switch to Linux is seeming wiser and wiser. Keep win around for games, use Mozilla for web, mail, and news on the rare occasion I get online under windows.

I do have a buddy that uses XP, thanks for the heads up Psionicist!

 

[Piratecat]

Personally, XP is my favorite operating system that I've ever used. I have auto-update turned on, set to have me review and approve any updates before it installs them. No complaints at all.

 

[Darkness]

You know, more and more, my decision to stick with 2K is seeming wiser and wiser...

Seconded.

 

[Buttercup]

More and more, my decisiton to switch to Linux is seeming wiser and wiser. Keep win around for games, use Mozilla for web, mail, and news on the rare occasion I get online under windows.

I do have a buddy that uses XP, thanks for the heads up Psionicist!

The problem with Linux is that not all of us have the knowledge base, nor the time to acquire it, to run a Linux box. The day that Linux truly becomes a turnkey operating system is the day we switch.

 

[Zappo]

I soooo agree with Buttercup. I could get a computer to run Linux, barely. But setting up network, modems, or even sound, that's beyond me. I don't even want to think about a RAID configuration. I'm sure I could learn those things in a few days, but I don't have those few days. And there are millions of people who couldn't learn it in a few days.

Really, the best thing that could happen to IT right now is a Linux distro that can detect and install stuff as well as any Windows does. Unfortunately, Linux does everything better than Windows, save installing itself - which is exactly the most important thing for mainstream.

 

[Psionicist]

I soooo agree with Buttercup. I could get a computer to run Linux, barely. But setting up network, modems, or even sound, that's beyond me. I don't even want to think about a RAID configuration. I'm sure I could learn those things in a few days, but I don't have those few days. And there are millions of people who couldn't learn it in a few days.

Really, the best thing that could happen to IT right now is a Linux distro that can detect and install stuff as well as any Windows does. Unfortunately, Linux does everything better than Windows, save installing itself - which is exactly the most important thing for mainstream.

Hehe the MS Windows installation is da*n scary if you look at the nice GUI when you install newer versions of RedHat and Mandrake. High resolution, LOTS of colors, mouse support from the start and so on. As userfriendly it can ever be

 

[Jarval]

Personally, XP is my favorite operating system that I've ever used. I have auto-update turned on, set to have me review and approve any updates before it installs them. No complaints at all.

I agree. There's a lot to be said in favor of XP, although this is a bit major in terms of security breaches.

Going even further OT, how do you all rate Zone Alarm as a firewall?