[Linux-Anyway] Re: Damn P-II
- From: Meph Istopheles <meph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 16:54:34 -0700 (PDT)
> I somehow have the feeling that you're trying to start the
> wrong thing.
Hmm. Maybe. I'll look again to see if there are any other
likely exe's on it. The only other one I'd found was another
setup.exe in the I386 directory.
> If he's behind a firewall, just leave him at w98. XP is
> probably a bit too much for an oldish machine like that (and
> installed with defaults it has bugger all security benefit
> compared to w9x). He'll probably catch himself a couple of
> nasties eventually, so think about backups/ghosting too, and
> blocking outgoing smtp on the firewall.
Now, but for the time being -- & possibly indefinitely -- he
won't be connecting to anything. But yes, he ~will~ pick up
nasties -- that's how he is;-).
> A w2k would be far more appropriate for such a machine than XP,
> IMHO.
Hadn't thought of that. I'll consider it, as I do have a W2k
cd lying round here too. Thanks.
--
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they wish to be addressed, to treat them in a way they think
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different standards of courtesy, not expecting everyone else to
adapt to one's own preferences. Only then can we hope to
restore the insult to its proper social function of expressing
true distaste.
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