[triadtechtalk] Re: Putting used XP computer online
- From: "ROBERT BURGER" <RobertBurger36@xxxxxxx>
- To: <triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:52:54 -0400
I was calling Verizon to check to see if I had a router in my DSL modem. Since
I was on hold (surprise?) I googled Westtell Model 2200 and one site read that
it said it was a router on the hardware. So I looked at mine and sure enough,
it said "DSL router.
It is XP Home, Version 2002. Only SP1 shows up so I will need to install SP2.
I ordered the SP2 disk last night.
The modem did not come with a manual so I looked at one today on the net. It
was only a quick glance but it seems that installing it on XP is more detailed
and gives more choices than when I installed it on the Win 98. Win 98 did not
give a choice of changing the password, which makes it kind of useless
(Everyone knows that Admin and Password are the two default words), XP did.
I looked at the router box on the dining room table and it said that to change
the default settings, XP is needed.
I plan on using the same modem for both computers, just unplugging and
re-plugging rather than setting up a network. I will mainly be using only one.
I will be downloading Ad-aware, Spybot, Spyware Blaster, a-squared and AVG to
Win98 and running them on XP to make sure that the XP is clean before I install
SP2.
Thanks for the good input.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Armando Barreiro<mailto:avbsantos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:32 AM
Subject: [triadtechtalk] Re: Putting used XP computer online
Xp can see FAT and FAT32.
It's 98 that can't see NTFS, unless it is networked, then it can see the NTFS
boxes in which it is part of the network.
You can download in 98 and transfer into XP.
You can also see NTFS in 98 with 3rd party software.
Which version of XP is this and which service pack? [Windows
key]+[Pause/Break] pressed simultaneously will bring up the System Properties
API and there you can see which XP and SP.
If you're on SP2, you're covered. If you have DSL, then there's a builtin
(hardware) firewall in the router.
NTFSDOS will see NTFS from DOS:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsDos.html<http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsDos.html>
Armando
-----Original Message-----
>From: ROBERT BURGER <RobertBurger36@xxxxxxx<mailto:RobertBurger36@xxxxxxx>>
>Sent: Jul 13, 2006 12:39 AM
>To: TriadTechTalk
<TriadTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:TriadTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>Subject: [triadtechtalk] Putting used XP computer online
>
>Hi,
>
>I have a Win98 computer and bought a used XP computer. I have MSN with DSL
and AOL with DSL (got both for $23) on the Win 98 and plan to install both on
the XP computer.
>
>Can I download AVG, Zone Alarm and other anti-malware programs on my Win98
machine, copy them to a USB drive and copy them to my XP before I connect to
the web? I think not because FAT32 is not compatible with NTFS. True? Or can
XP read both NTFS and FAT32?
>
>I have read that an unprotected computer can be infected within 20 minutes
(12 minutes according to Sophos) of connecting to the web. If this is true,
what is the best way to get the XP computer protected as quickly as possible.
>
>1. Install AOL version 9.0 on XP and use the dialup modem to download the
AVG and other programs limit my exposure. AOL has a built-in A/V.
>
>2. Install MSN on XP and download the programs via DSL. MSN has Webroot
Spy Sweeper for A/V.
>
>3. Buy a boxed version of an A/V and install it on XP.
>
>If I am connected to the web with either MSN or AOL, can I still get
infected? Can the "bad guys" use other open ports to get to me?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Robert
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