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Harvey R. Stone - 10 Aug 2005 13:09 GMT

I hope you have already got yours but if you have not updated,,,,, its an 8
parterrrr.

Harv

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Duckie - 10 Aug 2005 21:22 GMT

I am assuming it is SP2 update?
I am still happily running SP1. Had a nightmare of a
time with SP2 so did a system restore and things
settled down [this was at least a year ago] and have
not really done anything but load updates which seem to
know I am running SP1.
Duckie

> I hope you have already got yours but if you have not updated,,,,, its an 8
> parterrrr.
>
> Harv

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Brad Clarke - 11 Aug 2005 01:33 GMT

>>I am assuming it is SP2 update?
>>I am still happily running SP1. Had a nightmare of a
>>time with SP2 so did a system restore and things
>>settled down [this was at least a year ago] and have
>>not really done anything but load updates which seem to
>>know I am running SP1.

I'm assuming your SP2 problems were related to software
incompatibilities.

You're going to run into problems eventually by not updating to SP2.
There are a lot of security fixes that depend on SP2 being installed.

By not having SP2 installed, your PC "could" be at risk to some security
flaw.

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Duckie - 11 Aug 2005 18:31 GMT

It was something in the first of SP2 that didn't agree
with the wireless router. My husband has finally loaded
SP2 on his computer with no trouble so I guess it is
time. Guess it is time to do a system checkpoint and go
for it again.
Duckie

> I'm assuming your SP2 problems were related to software
> incompatibilities.
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> By not having SP2 installed, your PC "could" be at risk to some security
> flaw.

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spodosaurus - 11 Aug 2005 18:32 GMT

> It was something in the first of SP2 that didn't agree with the wireless
> router.

Router or NIC? What brand was it?

> My husband has finally loaded SP2 on his computer with no
> trouble so I guess it is time. Guess it is time to do a system
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>> By not having SP2 installed, your PC "could" be at risk to some security
>> flaw.

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Duckie - 12 Aug 2005 04:16 GMT

Starts with an L and sounds like link something. Can
you tell I don't really care. rofl SP2 messed up his
puter too when we first downloaded it hence the wait.
BTW, he told me he just downloaded the new big update
on his work computer and it cause his Zone Alarm to not
allow him to be able to de-bug what ever he was working
on. [computer software geek] He finally had to
uninstall zone alarm to be able to work today. He says
4 others at work use zone alarm too and 3 of them had
this trouble and the other did not. Go figure.
Well, not going to do it now as heading to Nashville
tomorrow for a week. As Scarlet said
"I'll worry about that tomorrow".
Duckie

>> It was something in the first of SP2 that didn't agree with the
>> wireless router.
>
> Router or NIC? What brand was it?

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spodosaurus - 12 Aug 2005 11:31 GMT

> Starts with an L and sounds like link something. Can you tell I don't
> really care. rofl SP2 messed up his puter too when we first downloaded
> it hence the wait.

Probably Linksys. I had problems after a driver update from Microsoft
Windows Update for a Netgear wireless card (router works fine in most of
these circumstances, it's the client cards that are the problem). It was
shortly after SP2, and the problems were immediate.

> BTW, he told me he just downloaded the new big update on his work
> computer and it cause his Zone Alarm to not allow him to be able to
> de-bug what ever he was working on. [computer software geek] He finally
> had to uninstall zone alarm to be able to work today.

I had some zone alarm issues with my Samba (Linux + Windows) network,
but only on one of the virtually identical windows xp pcs! I switched to
Sygate on that PC and the problems disappeared. Not that I really need
it, being behind a router, I'm just extra paranoid.

> He says 4 others
> at work use zone alarm too and 3 of them had this trouble and the other
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>>
>> Router or NIC? What brand was it?

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spodosaurus - 11 Aug 2005 03:36 GMT

> I am assuming it is SP2 update?
> I am still happily running SP1. Had a nightmare of a time with SP2 so
> did a system restore and things settled down [this was at least a year
> ago] and have not really done anything but load updates which seem to
> know I am running SP1.
> Duckie

Many/most of these updates apply to both SP1 and SP2

>> I hope you have already got yours but if you have not updated,,,,, its
>> an 8 parterrrr.
>>
>> Harv

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MikesBrain - 12 Aug 2005 16:02 GMT

2005-08-10, Responding to Harvey R. Stone...

> I hope you have already got yours but if you have not updated,,,,, its an 8
> parterrrr.
>
> Harv

Must... resist... can't... must... can't... must...

Aaaagh!

BEGINRUN

IF ($OS=M$) OS="XP" then

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Upgrades that actually work! 8)

(Sorry Harv! Nearly got past this one, nearly! ;)

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Harvey R. Stone - 12 Aug 2005 18:50 GMT

> (Sorry Harv! Nearly got past this one, nearly! ;)

I want you to keep in mind that we may not understand the workings of
computers as well as you do. We have to do the best we can and we make
mistakes. If you can help,,,,,, do so with all our blessings,,,,, it does
not mean we need to be talked down to or laughed at or ridiculed. We use
WinXP,,,98,,, ect,,, because as a rule it does what we want to do without
too much trouble until some little basxxxx with a twisted mind decides to
give us a worm or virus or what you.
They atleast are trying to make the abusers work for it now with these
updates.
Harv

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MikesBrain - 12 Aug 2005 21:15 GMT

2005-08-12, Responding to Harvey R. Stone...

>> (Sorry Harv! Nearly got past this one, nearly! ;)
>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> updates.
> Harv

The only think you need to keep in mind with me is that,
apart from having some strong opinions and principles, I
also have a warped SOH, and encourage others to at least
treat it with the triviality it deserves. :)

On your second point, has it occured that those who make a
huge amount of money selling anti-virus "solutions" have all
the phone numbers of those who make a huge amount of money
selling the software that suffers from those viruses, and
vice verca? Some of those "twisted little basxxxx" may
indeed be the ones "protecting their investments".

BTW. The latest VectorLinux SOHO (Kitchen sink edition!) v5
is IMO far easier to install and configure than any
WindBlows OS I've seen, so there's little excuse for
sticking with "Billy's Folly" these days. Anyhoo, thats
beside the trivial self depreciation I offered for your
amusement earlier. ;)

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