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How to make your Windows machine more stable and secure
muzzy:
--- Quote from: GeoTube ---Thats going right in my n00b quote of the day.
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Hey, I was being serious. Well, kinda :)
So, who's the n00b, the guy who has problems with his system and doesn't know how to explain them and blames the software supplier, or the guy who has perfectly running system without problems at all?
Well, I have to admit I was being a little provocative there, but didn't find a better way to introduce myself to these forums. I'm a Windows user, and happy to run windows. I consider linux to be simple system, for the simple users. IMO, if you feel you're bound in windows and only able to express yourself in linux, it's probably because you can't use Windows :)
Refalm:
--- Quote from: muzzy ---Well, I have to admit I was being a little provocative there, but didn't find a better way to introduce myself to these forums. I'm a Windows user, and happy to run windows. I consider linux to be simple system, for the simple users. IMO, if you feel you're bound in windows and only able to express yourself in linux, it's probably because you can't use Windows :)
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Wow, first people complain about Linux being too hard, then people won't use it because it's too easy (which it isn't).
You can make Linux as easy or as hard as you want.
Have you actually used Linux?
muzzy:
--- Quote from: Refalm ---Wow, first people complain about Linux being too hard, then people won't use it because it's too easy (which it isn't).
You can make Linux as easy or as hard as you want.
Have you actually used Linux?
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I'm not complaining about linux being too hard, although I don't particularly see the two being mutually exclusive. Easy and hard are bad words anyway, they don't really describe much objectively.
Linux is definitely a simple system, while windows is more complex. Straightforward comparisons tend to suck, though, as both systems approach problems from quite a different (yet, somehow similar) perspective. In *nix systems, the ideology is that everything is a file, while in windows everything is an object. Average linux users know how to manage files, but how many windows users know how to manage objects?
And yes, I've used linux, but my home systems stay 100% Windows powered, because it's a better system for me and my needs.
jtpenrod:
My two windows systems are both completely stable and secure. Haven't had any real problems with them, ever.
I never said that this couldn't be done. I ran Win-95 for years, and learned a thing or two about various registry hacks that stabilized it. Of course your average, atechnological, non-geek user won't know these things and "regedit" should be kept way away from them. Sort of like loaded machine guns and chimpanzees. :D
I suspect windows is just too complex OS for you guys, so linux and such systems might be a better choice for your needs.
Oh! Now there's a new one! Haven't you guys been telling us for years now that Linux "isn't ready for 'prime time'" because it's too hard for "grannies" to use? Looks like someone's getting desperate here. :D
And yes, I've used linux, but my home systems stay 100% Windows powered, because it's a better system for me and my needs.
Fair enough, but what are you doing here then? Is it your intention to show us "the light" and give up our "apostasy" from Redmond-land? :D
muzzy:
--- Quote from: jtpenrod ---I never said that this couldn't be done. I ran Win-95 for years, and learned a thing or two about various registry hacks that stabilized it. Of course your average, atechnological, non-geek user won't know these things and "regedit" should be kept way away from them. Sort of like loaded machine guns and chimpanzees. :D
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Indeed. The default windows configuration is quite braindead, and the users who are ignorant of how the system works will typically have a bad system as the result. If Microsoft made it easy to create installers for custom configurations, and made it legit to distribute these to whoever wants them, we could have a totally different windows world out there.
--- Quote from: jtpenrod ---I suspect windows is just too complex OS for you guys, so linux and such systems might be a better choice for your needs.
Oh! Now there's a new one! Haven't you guys been telling us for years now that Linux "isn't ready for 'prime time'" because it's too hard for "grannies" to use? Looks like someone's getting desperate here. :D
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I'm not a believer of the "computer is a media center" ideology. I think computer is a general purpose tool, particularly practical for all sorts of automation and computation. If people want to use computers yet are unwilling to learn to use them, they should be given Live CDs to boot from along with their internet connectivity subscription, and new CD mailed in every month. It could run on xbox. This would eliminate a lot of the problems, and the real computer users could focus on actually using the computer.
--- Quote from: jtpenrod ---And yes, I've used linux, but my home systems stay 100% Windows powered, because it's a better system for me and my needs.
Fair enough, but what are you doing here then? Is it your intention to show us "the light" and give up our "apostasy" from Redmond-land? :D
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Ah, this is a tricky one, and I was wondering how long it'll take until it gets asked. Basically, I think windows haters are just ignorant, and want to see if this hypothesis holds true. On the other hand, I want to sharpen my windows skills, and to better oneself one must first know what he's lacking. I think you guys could be very good at pointing out things I need to know, and things I can't do with windows and never knew I should.
So, would you be so kind to entertain me, and tell me why you think windows is such a bad OS? To narrow the focus, I'm only talking about the NT series (Windows 2000 and 2003 particularly), and just the operating system.
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