Computer Discussion (Split from Free MMO thread)

Medieval Bob

There you go!! They say Xp has better security, yet who uses it??!

Another problem with XP is that SP2 conflicts with many of the good security programs that clever Xp users download instead of using Xp's own...such as Spybot, or AVG, or ZoneAlarm.

And Firefox doesn't stop you getting malicious ware. I used Firefox for about 6 months, and got a lot of viruses. I used IE, same sites, not as many viruses, and now Maxthon, and I get about one or two viruses a month...if i'm LUCKY!

And thanks to XP's absolutely wonderful access restrictions I can't get rid of them the way I would have done in ME. I find that even Norton can't work properly because of XP (compared to how well it worked in ME). It's got to a point where I've just thought "Sod it" and created a System Restore point when the computer was completely free of anything (spyware, trojans, hijackers, the lot) and keep on reverting to that whenever somethign happens.

Sure, XP may be more stable and doesn't crash as often as ME did, but ME is a far better OS.

Out of interest, have you ever used ME?? And if so, for how long??

Lenny

I used ME for about 4 months when it came out then I went back to Windows 2000.

Btw, who doesn't run Norton?

Medieval Bob

You'd be surprised...of the top of my head I can name at least 6 people I know who don't use it.

4 months isn't really long enough...I've been using it since it came out...up until Saturday.

Lenny · 03:42 PM

I think 4 months was plenty of time.

(Btw, this needs a split. We're WAY off topic. I'd do it, but... not mod in here.)

Also, since we're off-topic, I'll throw this here, as it doesn't deserve a thread of its own:

Lenny's Interviewer said:

What makes you angry/scared?

Lenny said:

Angry? Dom (Lord), some of the time. Road works. And of course, Mr. Tony Blair and his Labour Government.

Scared? David Dickinson! I have nightmares about orange skin because of him. Seriously, erm, deep water. In fact deep, moving water (such as rivers, or lakes, or the sea), being on boats in that water, and the deep end of a swimming pool. Ive never been the same since I watched Jaws (or Toy Story for that matter. I used to lock my toys up at night. Ah, happy times).

Aren't lakes stagnant?

Medieval Bob

I agree...but where'd we put it??

And I don't think 4 months is enough. There are some situations that only happen after a year or so of being on ME...

Medieval Bob

ME was horrible for the first year or two. Microsoft actually did a good job of patching it to the point where it didn't bluescreen randomly and then lock up when you tried to restart.