Re: OT: Update Virus Checker


"GaryM" wrote ...
> "Daniel-San" wrote :
>
>>:-) Slightly more clear than mud. Is this what Microsoft was
>>:attempting to
>> duplicate with XP's differing levels of access, or is it deeper
>> than just administrator/user?
>
> You are describing on XP's fundamental flaws: that most users are set
> up as Administrators and thus are entitled to change any file in the
> system. A virus run under most users can do almost anything it wants
> to. Vista is going to change this so that admin rights are not easily
> granted, making it more like Unix based systems.
>
>

I guess I'm showing my ignorance of the real workings of Windows. I know
many little tricks and such for how to operate the program, but apparently,
I know bupkis about how it operates.


>> Biggest problem for me (in regards to IE/OE, anyway) is inertia.
>> I've been using the two together for quite some time now, security
>> issues notwithstanding.
>>
>
> You can import almost everything from OE into Thunderbird. Likewise
> your bookmarks can be imported to Firefox. It should be easy to move
> even just to try out the alternatives.
>
>

Thanks.
Dan


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