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Mike Davis Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 240 Credit: 5,402,361 RAC: 0 
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Technet subscriptions are pretty good if you have a few machines :) ID: 1356979 ·  |
 zoom3+1=4  Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 
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I have not updated yet, so just checked and see that in the list of updates, Update 2823324 is unchecked by default. Phew, lucky that I don't always follow what MS wants me to do. :) Me too, It's not on those that I haven't downloaded yet, nor did I install it. :) Endless reboots I've heard, sounds nasty. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's 
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Sirius B   Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 
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Technet subscriptions are pretty good if you have a few machines :) Even better since last year when MS included the TechNet Sub with its MAPS sub, double the value with no increased cost. ID: 1356981 · |
kittyman     Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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2823324 appears to have installed on my Win7 x64 rig on the 10th. I haven't noticed anything terribly wrong since then, I wonder if I should uninstall it anyway? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster 
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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Of course here in the UK you can upgrade to Win 8 for £49.95 Supposedly some code was spotted that would allow "Windows" 8.1 to boot directly to the Desktop, Microsoft may be listening to their sales plummet over Win8 being a flop, that's what I read at least. http://www.neowin.net/news/will-windows-81-allow-users-to-boot-to-desktop The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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2823324 appears to have installed on my Win7 x64 rig on the 10th. If u don't, don't reboot... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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2823324 appears to have installed on my Win7 x64 rig on the 10th. I have rebooted since then. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster
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Tazz  Send message Joined: 5 Oct 99 Posts: 137 Credit: 34,342,390 RAC: 0 
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2823324 appears to have installed on my Win7 x64 rig on the 10th. From what I've read, if it works for you then you don't have the offending third-party software installed that causes the problem so you should be OK. However, if you install one of those programs then your screwed. I've uninstalled it because I'm always trying new software. Edit: Yes, Technet subscription works quite well if you have multiple machines. </Tazz> ID: 1356987 · |
KB7RZF  Send message Joined: 15 Aug 99 Posts: 9549 Credit: 3,308,926 RAC: 2
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I apparently had this installed on my Win7 laptop, I didn't have any problems, but someone posted a link where it said Kaspersky and that update can cause a conflict with a subscription, and since I use Kaspersky, I went ahead an un-installed it. 
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Wiggo  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34756 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 
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There hasn't been any problems with that update on any rigs around here either (and not just the 4 at my place). Cheers. ID: 1356994 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 
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Windows 7 works a treat ?... We're talking digital. Either it works, or it don't. Consistently. Defined and expected, no surprises or 'magic'. In the world of computers, any such of "10% chance it might not work" is just 'silly'... I've done a lot of development work on DOS and Win3.11 (WfW). I stayed with WfW throughout all the nefariousness with Win98 and variations. WinNT worked very well despite some very tedious service packs. And then WinXP was to bring true preemptive multitasking and some real computing. Well... It didn't come true for the preemptive multitasking and the virus silliness became unacceptable by the time of SP1... And about that time the desktop managers for Linux offered a vastly better and more robust and reliable experience. All resplendent with many years of a solid unix-like background, including real preemptive multitasking. No viruses either. Never have suffered the anti-virus silliness. Why waste such a ridiculous amount of effort to catch a horse after it has bolted?! Why buy 3rd-party fixes for something that the OS inherently should never need?... I'm still amazed the Microsoft patch Tuesday 'fun' is considered 'normal'. IT is what we make it! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1356998 · |
spitfire_mk_2  Send message Joined: 14 Apr 00 Posts: 563 Credit: 27,306,885 RAC: 0
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We are well trained. 
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65749 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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Indeed. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34756 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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I see that Martin is still flogging that same old horse but he won't explain why his most loved OS still sits well below 3% usage on desktops/laptops if it is suppose so good (and the virus part hasn't washed for a few years now Martin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware, as it's gradually getting worse). Cheers. ID: 1357013 · |
Mr. Kevvy  Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319
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Linux has been very successful... just not on the place it was expected to be: desktops. But you may have heard of this variant of it called "Android" among others. :^) 
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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I see that Martin is still flogging that same old horse but he won't explain why his most loved OS still sits well below 3% usage on desktops/laptops if it is suppose so good... That's a very good question that you should be asking whatever authorities about regarding (anti-competitive) commercial practices for the desktop... Meanwhile, Linux scarily dominates for supercomputers and then also for embedded devices. Even more scarily, Google is dominating the world by the power of Linux and already has an effective monopoly for smartphones... No monopoly is good for the users, even if based on Linux! ... (and the virus part hasn't washed for a few years now Martin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware, as it's gradually getting worse). There's still no "Patch Tuesday" equivalent outside of Microsoft. Still no need for any antivirus here... But we digress. New thread needed if you want to thrash again. IT is still what we make it, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1357018 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware, as it's gradually getting worse). Quoting from there: ... There has not yet been a widespread Linux malware threat of the type that Microsoft Windows software faces... The "gradually getting worse" is a very slow 'gradual'. There's no self-propagating viruses 'in the wild' for any *nix systems and you can bet world-wide headline news for the first one. There are the expected rogue applications that users can be conned into installing. But even then, the damage is limited to only whatever the conned user suffers. Indeed, some people may even consider various "social networking" sites themselves to be "malware" for all the personal details that are harvested and sold onwards... IT is what we make it, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1357019 · |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34756 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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The place for Linux is in Linux threads not Windows ones but this has been pointed out to you so many times Martin by so many people over a very long time now so why do you still persist? Cheers. ID: 1357020 · |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7
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Aw, let him be. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day! ID: 1357026 · |
Darth Beaver  Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3
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Chris your lucky you don't have to buy your softwhare and hardware from oz it is anywhere up 150% more than the states ,it's so bad here that the gov is at the moment got a inquiry into it and Apple and Microsoft have had to front up and PLEASE EXPLAIN why web sites keep sending ozzies back to Australian sites where they have had to pay rediculase prices for hardware and software and it is no better in the shops .Seeing as the ozzie dollar has been on parity with U.S dollar for a long time there is no reason we are being riped off the way we are win7 home version $179 and that was at the markets and you can't trust weather it's a ligit version or not So until company's stop ripping us off people are going to use hacked versions of all software Remember ozzie dollar is in fact above the U.S and is about 0.65 - 0.70 pence 
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