[olug] Windows XP SP2

Sean Edwards cybersean3000 at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 12 20:32:29 UTC 2004


The default browser for the XP machine is FireFox. 
Netcape is on there too.  Someone could use IE on that
computer, but not by accident or default.

-=Sean Edwards=-

--- David Loyall <david.loyall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Sean.
> 
> I use google mail, which has the sometimes-annoying,
> sometimes-useful
> feature of parsing my emails for keywords, and then
> displaying
> advertisements that match those keywords.
> 
> In response to this thread, google mail presented an
> advertisement for
> this article:
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> 
> Good luck, =)
> --David Loyall
> 
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:00:42 -0800 (PST), Sean
> Edwards
> <cybersean3000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The machine is locked down with non-mircosoft
> security
> > and anti-virus software.
> > 
> > This is why I had no problem removing SP 2, the
> > "security features" are too little, too late, and
> too
> > broken.
> > 
> > -=Sean Edwards=-
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- David Loyall <david.loyall at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Careful.
> > >
> > > If your unpatched windows machine becomes part
> of a
> > > DDoS network, it
> > > could be used to attack me, or any one of us.
> > >
> > > Firewalls and NAT don't protect against
> client-side
> > > exploits, like
> > > viral code embedded in web pages.
> > >
> > > Have a nice day. =)
> > > --David Loyall
> > >
> > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:11:42 -0800 (PST), Sean
> > > Edwards
> > > <cybersean3000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > After configuring the "security settings"
> every
> > > which
> > > > way from Sunday, and no success with making
> the
> > > > computer internet usable, I remove XP SP2.
> > > >
> > > > Everything works fine now.
> > > >
> > >
> > 
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