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Zac
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 Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 2:10 am Post subject: public access computers..security with xp/2k |
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Zac
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 2:10 am Post subject: Re: public access computers..security with xp/2k |
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| Quote: | If you backup your system, what are those "utilities" needed for?
They are for the the inexperienced user who never backs up, and
downloads and installs blindly malware that will screw their systems.
Regarding the network setup, again, these disks are for people who
want the quick and simple way without really understanding what is
going on in the background,
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Dude, they're called customers. Have fun trying to talk a customer
through a backup restore on the phone. If you have to restore a backup,
you're going on site, and your customer has to pay more. Additionally,
it takes a lot longer. On the other hand, you can walk them through
system restore, driver rollback, etc., in no time.
By the way, those 2 items were just the differences between XP Pro and
2000 Pro that I've gotten some use out of. There are plenty more.
XP Pro is not responsible for all of the commercial crap you got on your
laptop, the maker of your laptop is. Clean install is the only way to
go for any OS.
On the network setup utility, I don't think you would say that if you've
used it. Using that utility doesn't prevent you from knowing how to
setup a small network, just as repeatedly typing in the same information
on 8 different workstations doesn't enhance your understanding of
network setup (peer-to-peer workgroup).
Time is money! These "toys," as you call them, save you time, and your
customers money.
TTYL Pikoro
Zac
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Pikoro
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: public access computers..security with xp/2k |
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Hey Zac,
OK man, I won't fight with you if you like them.
Matter of taste, I would never recommend anybody to use them, most of all in
the light of the recent nasties spread, please read the post on XP and
security.
Customers? Oh well, try to talk a customer who has an infected System
Restore on how to purge it according to Microsoft's guidelines.
Isn't that a service call?
Cheers, bro.
Pikoro
"Zac" <Please_Post_Replies@NewsGroup.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | If you backup your system, what are those "utilities" needed for?
They are for the the inexperienced user who never backs up, and
downloads and installs blindly malware that will screw their systems.
Regarding the network setup, again, these disks are for people who
want the quick and simple way without really understanding what is
going on in the background,
Dude, they're called customers. Have fun trying to talk a customer
through a backup restore on the phone. If you have to restore a backup,
you're going on site, and your customer has to pay more. Additionally,
it takes a lot longer. On the other hand, you can walk them through
system restore, driver rollback, etc., in no time.
By the way, those 2 items were just the differences between XP Pro and
2000 Pro that I've gotten some use out of. There are plenty more.
XP Pro is not responsible for all of the commercial crap you got on your
laptop, the maker of your laptop is. Clean install is the only way to
go for any OS.
On the network setup utility, I don't think you would say that if you've
used it. Using that utility doesn't prevent you from knowing how to
setup a small network, just as repeatedly typing in the same information
on 8 different workstations doesn't enhance your understanding of
network setup (peer-to-peer workgroup).
Time is money! These "toys," as you call them, save you time, and your
customers money.
TTYL Pikoro
Zac
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