Re: Weekly routine
From: Bren (bren_at_chariot.net.au)
Date: 02/23/05
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Date: 23 Feb 2005 00:15:00 -0800
Thanks for your comments to date.
winged <winged@nofollow.com> wrote in message news:<cvgodq$9fu@dispatch.concentric.net>...
> Leythos wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:13:52 -0800, Bren wrote:
> >
> > Are you behind a NAT device with no forwarded inbound ports?
> >
No LAN, or router. Just a DSL 300 modem with WIN SP2 firewall.
> > Do you use a non-IE web browser?
> > Do you use a non-MS email client?
Using IE6 and OE6
> > One more thing - if you really want to check your machine, run the AV and
> > Spyware removal tools in Safe Mode.
Sounds good. Switch off System Restore first or does Safe Mode do this
automatically?
> Many Sp2 users will be shocked to find out their system restore
> functionality Pre SP2 has been broken and you can't go back. Especially
> since a number of mass producers don't provide a win install disk.
Vital information!
> You might want to invest some effort on backup and recovery. It is
> often easier to rebuild a properly backed up system than it is to figure
> out how to fix it. Hardware does fail. New exploits are a daily event.
> Backups are your best friend! It can take a long time to recover from a
> disaster, crap happens, a system can be rebuilt in minutes from a
> properly backed up system. My method would not work for most folks (I
> use virtual machines, it works for me) however find a method that works
> for you, do a backup and test it to ensure your methodology works. Try
> to automate the process as much as possible so the system does the work,
> not you.
>
My newsagent, has a wealth of both local (Aus) and overseas magazines
giving WIN XP support.
Thanks for your comments.
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