http://www.markusjansson.net/exp.html
A very active member in an other forum found here: http://www.dslreports.com
D/L his guide and print it out for newly installed computers.
Great guide for securing windows XP
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Faram
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Great guide for securing windows XP
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"Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. ... If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. ... If, as they say, God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?" -Epicurus
Fear is the mother of all gods.
Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods. -Lucretius
"Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. ... If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. ... If, as they say, God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?" -Epicurus
Fear is the mother of all gods.
Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods. -Lucretius
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Durandal
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Securing Windows XP.
Step 1: Install Linux.
Step 2: Spend hours fucking with Linux and trying to set it up.
Step 3: Get fucking fed up with Linux and all the "RTFM!" responses you're getting on Linux message boards and IRC chats.
Step 4: Reinstall Windows XP.
Step 5: Continue with normal tutorial.
Sorry, had to do something aside from the standard Linux plug.
Step 1: Install Linux.
Step 2: Spend hours fucking with Linux and trying to set it up.
Step 3: Get fucking fed up with Linux and all the "RTFM!" responses you're getting on Linux message boards and IRC chats.
Step 4: Reinstall Windows XP.
Step 5: Continue with normal tutorial.
Sorry, had to do something aside from the standard Linux plug.
Damien Sorresso
"Ever see what them computa bitchez do to numbas? It ain't natural. Numbas ain't supposed to be code, they supposed to quantify shit."
- The Onion
"Ever see what them computa bitchez do to numbas? It ain't natural. Numbas ain't supposed to be code, they supposed to quantify shit."
- The Onion
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EmperorMing
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If that wasnt so damn long, I'ld stick it in my sigDurandal wrote:Securing Windows XP.
Step 1: Install Linux.
Step 2: Spend hours fucking with Linux and trying to set it up.
Step 3: Get fucking fed up with Linux and all the "RTFM!" responses you're getting on Linux message boards and IRC chats.
Step 4: Reinstall Windows XP.
Step 5: Continue with normal tutorial.
Sorry, had to do something aside from the standard Linux plug.
And a good link too.
"Okay, I'll have the truth with a side order of clarity." ~ Dr. Daniel Jackson.
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias." ~ Stephen Colbert
"One Drive, One Partition, the One True Path" ~ ars technica forums - warrens - on hhd partitioning schemes.
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias." ~ Stephen Colbert
"One Drive, One Partition, the One True Path" ~ ars technica forums - warrens - on hhd partitioning schemes.
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Darth Wong
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Don't waste your time. I have a one-step guide to securing Windows XP:
1) Disconnect your modem.
Trust me, it's the only foolproof way.
1) Disconnect your modem.
Trust me, it's the only foolproof way.
"you guys are fascinated with the use of those "rules of logic" to the extent that you don't really want to discussus anything."- GC
"I do not believe Russian Roulette is a stupid act" - Embracer of Darkness
"Viagra commercials appear to save lives" - tharkûn on US health care.
http://www.stardestroyer.net/Mike/RantMode/Blurbs.html
