----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger" Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 11:36 AM Subject: FYI- 64 bit Tolja >I tolja over three years ago when I downloaded and installed MS XPPro64 >trial<G>. > Somebody has been paying attention! > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10004816-56.html > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=506&tag=nl.e539 > > Some info for Lil...................... > AVG including Anti-Spyware works fine with XPPro64........... Avast > doesn't support 64 bit. > Ad-Aware, SpyBot S&D, SpywareBlaster, Spyware Terminator all work fine > too. > I use an old DLink router as a hardware firewall and the Windows Firewall > from the OS. I use the DLink because when I started with DSL the ISP > didn't supply a combo modem/router as they do now. As with Gman, my ISP > doesn't give you the option of using their modem or supplying your own. > When I got mine they cost about $50 from the ISP but Google turned up > hundreds of used/? units of the same model for as low as $5. Maybe a > handling charge accounted for the difference??? or not? <g>. > > FWIW........... I consider a hardware firewall much more important than a > software firewall and highly recommend you use one, whether it's built > into your modem or a stand-alone model. > > Cheers > > -------------- > "From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with > which I will not put." > - Sir Winston Churchill --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------