Re: micro$oft firewall *is* good for something
From: Pokee Joe (nospam@dont.bother)Date: 06/10/02
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From: nospam@dont.bother (Pokee Joe) Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 03:38:23 GMT
On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 09:04:55 -0400, "GuitarMan" <usa@yourface.com>
wrote:
>
>"Pokee Joe" <nospam@dont.bother> wrote in message
>news:3d02055a.2523914@news.wfeca.net...
>> I am not looking for help, just passing on this tidbit of information.
>>
>> My dad (in his 80's) bought a computer to help keep his mind active
>> with a new challenge. It came with XP on it and he hasn't been able to
>> get it to go online at all. He has spent weeks struggling with this
>> problem, constantly on the phone to micro$oft support. Nothing they
>> tell him to do, works. They even sent him a "remote access program" to
>> install, so they could get into the computer to correct his problem.
>> It didn't work. Looks like the built in micro$oft firewall is good for
>> something...it keeps the micro$oft people out of the computer.
>>
>> regards,
>> Joe
>>
>For one thing...doesn't XP have a built-in Remote access? Why would they
>need to send him one?
>Another, how would anyone be able to get remote support if he can't get
>online in the first place?
>
>
He kept talking to them on the phone and they kept trying to tell him
how to configure it so they could help him. When they couldn't help
him that way, they sent him a cd to stick in it. That didn't do the
job either.
>From the comments I have seen here about Microsoft's firewall, maybe
microsoft needs to hire a couple script kiddies with tool kits to
teach them how to break into their operating system.
regards,
Joe
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