-=PCTechTalk=- Fw: FYI- 64 bit Tolja

  • From: GuitarMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "PCTechTalk Group <FreeLists>" <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:11:17 -0400

----- 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 


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