Re: Thank God for Winblows

PC Guy <pcguy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Megadave" <megadethguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <8LidncAf4efBMCXbnZ2dnUVZ_q2hnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"PC Guy" <pcguy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Y'know Stevie.. you make a good point. IF you configure the accounts
to
be "regular" or "constrained" users then you're right... most of the
viruses and trojans out there can't be installed because they require
administrator access to propagate.

However, any access you set can be gotten around. And since may of
even
the most mundane software packages needs Admin access to the computer,
most people become too lazy to keep admin access turned off, or simply
cannot.

Fixed with Vista. Perhaps Mactards will let this "argument" die in 10
years
or so.

I'll believe it when Vista's been out for a year and a Service Pack (or
two) have been released.

Like I said: Perhaps Mactards will let this "argument" die in 10 years or
so.

Longer than that. It'll take decades to replace even half the current
PCs with machines running Vista.

And it's not an "argument" it's an argument.. and a valid point up thru
XP.

Which is no longer the current version of Windows. The problems been
addressed.

Any fool can "address" a problem. We've yet to see proof that Vista is
as secure as you claim. Maybe, just maybe, if in a couple of years
there's been no exploits then you can claim the problem's been addressed
*successfully* and Vista is as secure as Linux or OS X..

Let it go.

We'll "let it go" when conditions justify. Until then, kindly refrain
from telling us what to do.

Assuming for a moment that Vista is as secure as you claim, why didn't
Billy Boy and his crew address the problem a decade ago, just as
exploits were becoming big business? Had they done so then, a lot of
pain and suffering would have been avoided. Microsoft should be sued to
bankrupcy.

--

Immunity is better than innoculation.

Peter
.

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