Re: XP Repairing System.

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Johnny B Good wrote:

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Johnny B Good wrote:

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:25:58 -0700, travolta002 wrote:

Speed up your system, repair registry base, uninstall
hidden.windows
components and get rid of boring errors with powerful tips and
tricks...

http://windowsxpsp2pro.blogspot.com

And this relates to Linux, how???

Well, I'm reading this from uk.comp.homebuilt, but I guess the
erroneous reference to linux not being able to read/write FAT32 is how
it relates.

He basically spouts half truths about the relative merits of
NTFS over
FAT32, neglecting the fact that the 'so called' security
features of the
former, are a joke in an OS that effectively forces the typical home
user to log in with admistrator privileges in order to avoid the
problems associated with a limited access account.

I disagree. It is simple to set up selected permissions for NTFS
directories,
this is the strength over FAT32. You can set it up so only the
administrator
acc has full control, then run internet from non-admin account.
This is a
sensible thing to do. Yes, certain updates from internet require admin
account, but then you only use it for trusted sites e.g. Windows update.

You say that as if you believe browsing the internet from a limited
account is a guarantee that winXP can't be compromised by malware (which
can then utilises the security features and ADS of NTFS to secure itself
against removal).


No i didn't say that!!!

True, but your statement seemed to imply that.

If you think that selected permissions and use of a limited rights
account is sufficient in itself (without the aid of decent antivirus and
anti-spyware tools) to keep malware from getting a grip on your system,
I'm afraid you're being rather naive (and also expecting a lot out of
the typical winXP user).

I didn't say that! Of course you need firewall protection and generally
keep an eye on anything going on. What I was saying was that NTFS provides
policy settings not available for FAT32, these policy settings can enhance
security. Of course I didn't say that then you should ignore all other
security features. Internet security is a never ending problem. If in any
case, a malicious program should get through all the fences, then the
NTFS policy setting can catch it out if it tries to change system settings.
And how could that program get trough? Any program that you download or
buy, you have to take on trust. More and more programs like to 'write
home' and their 'privacy policy' terms tends to be more open ended.

The big problem with NTFS policy settings is that, in the context of a
home computer environment, it's a double edged sword that can be (and
often is) utilised by malware. Since the OS is so 'feature rich' (and
horribly complex), it's a safe bet that, even in the hands of 'someone
with a clue', there's no guarantee that the security measures taken will
prevent a breach.

Using FAT32 instead of NTFS on a desktop PC for the OS partition at
least, gives you a fighting chance of evicting any unwelcome guests
using nothing more complicated than a reboot with a win9x boot floppy
and a printout of RootKitRevealer's scan results to provide the list of
files and directories to be deleted (quite often, you don't even need to
use attrib to remove the read only and hidden and system attributes that
you'd expect to be set - Oh, the arrogance of the rootkit authors! :-)

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Regards, John.

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