Re: changing to XP
From: Nathan McNulty (525676_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 06/29/04
- Next message: R. McCarty: "Re: changing to XP"
- Previous message: Pablo: "Re: Network drives"
- In reply to: Jake: "Re: changing to XP"
- Next in thread: Ken Blake, MVP: "Re: changing to XP"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:09:36 -0700
The improved functionality and stability of Windows XP is well worth the
upgrade. As for not getting many viruses and spyware attacks. Almost all
of these are designed to attack both Windows XP and Windows 9X. There
are some that exploit only known problems in XP, but if you stay current
with the updates, you should be fine. The problem is that almost all of
the big viruses and security problems had a patch available, just nobody
installed the patch until they started having problems.
Also, if you are concerned about getting viri and such before you get a
chance to get it up to date, you can request the security updates on CD
from MS and you can update it before you connect to the internet. It is
best to have a good virus scanner and firewall installed before you
connect to the internet anyways. And most XP CD's are now patched with
SP1, and soon will be patched with SP2. That is another huge, and I
mean HUGE, update that will fix a lot of problems
Nathan McNulty
Jake wrote:
> Yeh there is a very good reason to change to XP, its a dream to use
> compared to 98se. Its also a lot more stable.
>
> If you have a good virus scanner like Norton anti-virus installed, and a
> good third party firewall (i.e. not he built in one) then you should be
> fine. Get Zonealarm www.zonelabs.com That's one of the best firewalls
> available and its free.
>
> Jake
>
>
>
> "anne" <anne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0B6E8C4C-0E15-4F62-981F-54DC83E6CFD6@microsoft.com...
>
>>I run 98SE and as such don't get much in the way of viruses and spyware
>
> attacks. My question is this ... is there a very good and strong arguement
> for me to make the change to XP and leave myself wide open to viruses etc;
> the very minute I connect to the Internet to collect the SP1 and other
> dates? Hope you understand the question.
>
>
- Next message: R. McCarty: "Re: changing to XP"
- Previous message: Pablo: "Re: Network drives"
- In reply to: Jake: "Re: changing to XP"
- Next in thread: Ken Blake, MVP: "Re: changing to XP"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
