I am an IT professional that has a lot of penned up aggression towards MS. :mad: Why do you ask? :mad: I'm glad that you asked. First of all, MS has all of the newbie users convinced that their OS' are the best.
This is only an opinion comming from Redmond, mind you, but it has control of over 50% of the market share. They hurry to market to release what they call innovation, but I call a nightmare. For those of us that have MCSEs (Microsoft Certified System Engineer), and have worked on any release of their many OS', we can tell you nightmares of service pack updates, bug fixes, legacy application conflicts, etc...I could go on all night. :mad: But, I decided, to enlighten the masses to what MS has planned. You, the masses, can do what you will with the knowledge. I just felt that all of you should know what you're getting from them, and how they're just robbing you blind...Imho, everyone here should format their drives, and just install Linux; you'd be better off in the long run, and you would be enriching your computer experience because you would want to learn how to use your computer more effectively (to all newbies: don't take this as an insult, but to be proficient with your computers, you have to ask other users howto...you also have to be willing to read more into how your computer and operating system works. Don't be afraid to ask; we aren't going to think you're stupid. What is stupid, is when someone doesn't ask, and then the problem escallates to the point that the machine needs work...)http://www.theregist...et_spells_doom/
This article is targeted for Win2k users...
http://www.theinquir...t/?article=1995
This article is targeted for XP users...
http://www.theregist...nce_worse_than/
Another article targeted towards XP users...
http://www.theregist...your_bandwidth/
This is important for those of you that use broadband with XP...
And, finally, for all of you MS Internet Explorer (any version...) users, this little tidbit...
Another MSIE Vulnerability
@ Dec 15 2001, 09:12 (UTC-7)
From: stand__sure :
(© by bugtraq) There is a bug in the Microsoft.XMLHTTP component shipped with Internet Explorer 6 which allows reading and sending local files (example).
This component doesn't handle http redirects to local files properly. In order for this exploit to work the file name must be known. The exploit doesn't distinguish between extensions, binary or textual content which may make it a high risk exploit. The bug has been demonstrated on Win98/IE 6 and WinXP/IE 6 and probably exists in previous versions as well. The workaround is to disable active scripting or set it to promp. (look on menu bar. Click tools\internet options. Then, look for the file tab labeled "Security," and click on it. Click on the custom levels button, then scroll down until you see a section labeled "Scripting." Look for "Active Scripting," and you'll be presented with 3 options: 1)Disable, 2) Enable, and 3) Prompt...Click the option labeled "Disable" to be safe.)
The best fix for this problem is not to use IE6x, but rather, install Mozilla Firefox, and the email client application, Thunderbird...
http://www.mozilla.org is where this can be found. Trust me, you'll love both of them, and all of your internet problems will be fewer and far between. Remember, there are alternatives to Microsoft OS', they just don't want you to be aware of them...
Edited by ke6ziu, 20 April 2005 - 02:37 AM.
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