On Saturday 12 June 2004 16:00, Damon Jebb wrote:
Well, given what you know about XP you could have planned for it and downloaded the patches before connecting it to the internet - I would have, and installed an antivirus product and a firewall. Did you bother to activate the (admittedly limited) inbuilt firewall?
Damon
Yes, yes, I'm sure Pieter is well aware of his blunder, but you miss his point entirely. How is Ma and Pa Polyester spozed to know that AFTER buying the new computer and the cable modem that its UNSAFE to use them untill they go out and drop another $30-$70 bucks on a router? Where is the user-friendlyness and end user satisfaction in this scenario. (Of course, I won't mention the fact that even with Windows 98-XP installed you STILL are not thru buying stuff just to finish your next great novel or balance your checkbook. - No, you have another couple hundered bucks of software to buy). Ooops, I guess I did mention it. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen