__/ [ Jim ] on Friday 07 July 2006 14:31 \__
> nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> When will the last genuine copy of Windows XP fail to successfully run
>> Microsoft's ever-growing gauntlet of anti-piracy weapons? If you think
>> about, it would seem to be just a matter of time until all copies of XP
>> are deemed counterfeit. The only question is just how long after
>> Windows Vista ships that day will come.
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>> http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2006/6/27/0543/50236
>>
>> Don't like WGA? Try Linux!
>
> Hate WGA. Hate Windows even more. Now totally without Windows. Ripped out
> XP from this laptop this morning 'cos it had slowed to the speed of a drunk
> slug, and installed SuSE. Everything works. Screen's at 1600x1200, wireless
> works, sound works (listening to Eddie Izzard right now as it happens!),
> camera works, IRDA works to my iPaqs, my Bluetooth gear works, the KWorld
> composite capture works (albeit in usb1.1 mode which is a limitation of the
> hardware), firewire HDD picks up immediately... no complaints at all this
> end.
>
> Oh yeah, and the 3GB of software installed initially took a scant 40
> minutes to do. On a Dell C840 P4m 2.0, 1GB RAM, GF4 MX440 Go 64MB graphics,
> 15" SXGA panel, Intel Pro2100 wireless.
>
> /me goes back and has some more kittens at his newfangled XGL/Compiz
> desktop...
This truly sounds like a success story. Brought a smile to me (sic) face.
Many of the above things do *not* work under Windows XP... not out of the box
anyway. The customer relies on QuickRestore (recovery to factory default
state) CD's in the case of laptop (and sometimes desktops too). These are
customises images that are pre-loaded with all the drivers, albeit that also
contains all the spyware and unwanted trial versions (for monetary
concessions). *And* it's unpatched and vulnerable once installed (defective
by design, to use a slogan).
By the sound of it, XP was probably infected (yet undetected) when you wiped
it. Been on that train with Wintendo 2000. Very few people are aware of the
marbid state of their system, which is why Windows security issues are
/grossly/ underestimated.
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