XP v Vista - Feedback/Comments Wanted

Originally Posted by Sandi Bowman

Thanks, Marye. Took your advice and downloaded the personal one to try safety.net. Can always go back to Kerio, if needed, as I have a paid for copy of it. BTW, if anyone is trying to find safety.net, it can be found at http://www.netveda.com/

The reason I turn off MS firewall is because Gates is 'in bed' with Gator/Claria et al...and that makes it a huge bad joke IMHO. I've been told it's only a one-way firewall at that so...only partial protection, if anything.

Sandi

Originally Posted by Sandi Bowman

Thanks, Marye. Took your advice and downloaded the personal one to try safety.net. Can always go back to Kerio, if needed, as I have a paid for copy of it. BTW, if anyone is trying to find safety.net, it can be found at http://www.netveda.com/

The reason I turn off MS firewall is because Gates is 'in bed' with Gator/Claria et al...and that makes it a huge bad joke IMHO. I've been told it's only a one-way firewall at that so...only partial protection, if anything.

Sandi

You'll want to pay attention to one of the tabs marked "app trust." Sometimes, when you're trying something that needs to talk to the outside world, safety.net will block it. When you click on that tab you'll see that the firewall is blocking it. Right click and allow it, and you're back in business. You can also do it through "control service" in the tray icon, but it doesn't "stick." It's just for that time. If you need to, you can reach me at meevansatswbell.net. (Insert appropriate markings.)

I read today that the "Leopard" version of the Mac OS X which is due out in September has been dubbed "real Unix." Only three other companies producing Unix have been so certified! It means a really good GUI built on a stable, time-proven operating system! Ease of program installation, no/few malware threats to worry about, no beau coup bucks for upgrades that amount to "fixes!"

I'm saving my money. It's gotta be cheaper in the long run than the cost in time and money of maintaining Windows.

It also means with a little effort in your spare time, you can discover the thousands of freebies that are produced for Unix.


Have fun!

Marye
P.S. I turned off XP firewall and all the other cr*p that want's to "call home." I want to upgrade/fix when I want to, without worrying about whether a Microsoft automatic download has been compromised again.