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An XP review
Calum:
quote:No intelligent person would switch to it (apologies to anyone offended).
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that was nice of you to say that, but if somebody is offended by this statement, then frankly, they deserve to be.
RudeCat7:
X11:
I want to add one thing to the annoyances:
when you exit, you have to wait for IMGICON to exit before shutdown. I don't know why.
And then xpee asks: "do you want to wait, or do you want to terminate this program now?"
Why would you make waiting longer an option? :mad:
Centurian:
Heheh. Yes I know everything that all of you have said. I have been an active user/programmer/artist since 1989.
Now lets get back to the review. As I said I do like XP it is a very nice and efficient OS. It does however have a serious problem that I do not like. It "DOES" call in.
I went through about 10 firewalls before I found one that was 100% configurable and fully controllable by the user. I finally found Outpost which works great with XP and gives the user complete control over what is going up and down your line.
First make sure you have turned off XP's default firewall because it will try to override any other firewall.
Next run the install for Outpost. Once installed it will ask you to reboot. When you reboot the first time you connect to the web it will tell you the following info.
SVCHOST.EXE is trying to access the web.
Protocol UDP
Address 239.255.255.250
Create a rule and do a partial block. Blocking SVCHOST from accessing 239.255.255.250.
Now your computer will NOT be able to call in.
IMPORTANT DO NOT completely block SVCHOST! Just block the address I posted above. Without SVCHOST you will not be able to access the internet at all.
IMPORTANT DO NOT use a cheap firewall like ZoneAlarm or any other that automatically lets SVCHOST have its way. Use Outpost or another firewall where you have complete control.
I don't know what 239.255.255.250 is but SVCHOST continually wants to send something there.
Now having said that I find Windows XP to be a very pleasant experience to use. It is extremely easy to use and all the included tools work very well together.
So in closing I would definitely say that XP was worth the money if you can afford to spend the extra hundred or so for an OS. I do recommend turning off the callin as I posted above though.
[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Centurian ]
distortion:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
The reason people here flame it is because they have never used it, don't know how to disable the troublesome stuff((Messenger, Sys Restore, Auto Update and Remote Assistance isn't really troublesome for some people, I prefer to leave the stuff disabled though ;P)[ October 17, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
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i really don't think that is true. i see quite a few of the people who post here have to use it for work or school. my parents use that OS, and i have to fix that thing everytime it crashes. early today it wouldn't let anyone use it because it claimed that too many users were logged in. it was just stuck there on the login screen. (no one was logged in at the time).
its stuff like that makes me greatful i run linux.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Centurian:
Heheh. Yes I know everything that all of you have said. I have been an active user/programmer/artist since 1989.
Now lets get back to the review. As I said I do like XP it is a very nice and efficient OS. It does however have a serious problem that I do not like. It "DOES" call in.
I went through about 10 firewalls before I found one that was 100% configurable and fully controllable by the user. I finally found Outpost which works great with XP and gives the user complete control over what is going up and down your line.
First make sure you have turned off XP's default firewall because it will try to override any other firewall.
Next run the install for Outpost. Once installed it will ask you to reboot. When you reboot the first time you connect to the web it will tell you the following info.
SVCHOST.EXE is trying to access the web.
Protocol UDP
Address 239.255.255.250
Create a rule and do a partial block. Blocking SVCHOST from accessing 239.255.255.250.
Now your computer will NOT be able to call in.
IMPORTANT DO NOT completely block SVCHOST! Just block the address I posted above. Without SVCHOST you will not be able to access the internet at all.
IMPORTANT DO NOT use a cheap firewall like ZoneAlarm or any other that automatically lets SVCHOST have its way. Use Outpost or another firewall where you have complete control.
I don't know what 239.255.255.250 is but SVCHOST continually wants to send something there.
Now having said that I find Windows XP to be a very pleasant experience to use. It is extremely easy to use and all the included tools work very well together.
So in closing I would definitely say that XP was worth the money if you can afford to spend the extra hundred or so for an OS. I do recommend turning off the callin as I posted above though.
[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Centurian ]
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I've had that IP blocked for a while in my firewall config. That is the IP for Alexa(a spyware registry key). If I were you I'd go to http://www.lavasoftusa.com and download+run Ad-Aware. I bet Alexa will be detected. Delete that bitch and your worries will be gone. ;P
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