RE: Firefox is a slow pig
- From: "Ball, Dan" <DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:02:18 -0400
Eeeeek! Teenagers with admin access! Whenever I get asked advice about
what might be ailing someone's home computer, one of the first questions
I ask is if they have teenagers in the household. No surprise to me, 9
times out of 10 they say yes. I then answer "there is your problem".
For some reason, teenagers just seem to "have to have" every little
software add-on that they know of. Give them 20 minutes with admin
access on a computer here, and I'll find AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and all
sorts of similar programs installed on the computer.
My personal favorite is Kazaa, what a piece of work that is... If I see
the icon for that program on a computer, I'll immediately run a virus
check. Just about EVERY time, I'll pull off dozens or more of Trojan
horses. Why does it seem that teenagers cannot live without that
program?
*grumble*
</RANT>
-----Original Message-----
From: Quillman Shawn (RBNA/CSA1) * [mailto:Shawn.Quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:08 AM
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Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig
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All XP Home. Not that big of an issue in my professional environments
because of all of the added security measures I have in place (only a
few that have gotten eaten) but you get those people home and all hell
breaks loose... Actually, you get these people home letting their
teen-agers on the machines and all hell breaks loose. Especially the
guys hitting the gaming sites.
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Robert Bosch Corporation
Technical Systems Analyst (RBNA/CSA1)
Corporate Sales Reporting Systems
38000 Hills Tech Drive - Farmington Hills, MI 48331 - USA
phone: 1 (248) 553-1164 fax: 1 (248) 848-6969
shawn.quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.bosch.us
-----Original Message-----
From: Ball, Dan [mailto:DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:44 AM
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Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig
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What OS are you running? I have thousands of kids using these computers
in ways that would make you pull your hair out watching them. I have
only maybe 2-3 computers per year that get messed up to the point where
a "rebuild" would be necessary (I just re-image instead). Out of about
1200 computers, that is an extremely low percentage. I remember
problems like that with Win98, but WinXP is awfully solid.
-----Original Message-----
From: Quillman Shawn (RBNA/CSA1) * [mailto:Shawn.Quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:23 PM
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Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig
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One sole reason to switch a lot of my folks: No ActiveX support. No
BullSh!+ making it in through piss-poor security configurations and
eating the machine. 100% of the people I've switched have not touched a
Windows disc since while previously I was rebuilding every 6-8 weeks.
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Robert Bosch Corporation
Technical Systems Analyst (RBNA/CSA1)
Corporate Sales Reporting Systems
38000 Hills Tech Drive - Farmington Hills, MI 48331 - USA
phone: 1 (248) 553-1164 fax: 1 (248) 848-6969
shawn.quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.bosch.us
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