2010/4/28-5/10 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:53807 Activity:nil | 4/28 Win 3.1 was more widely adopted than Win 3.0. Win XP (5.1) was more
widely adopted than Win 2k (5.0). Now it looks like Win 7 (6.1) is
going to be more widely adopted than Vista (6.0). Is this a trend on
Microsoft x.0 versions being bad?
\_ duh.
\_ "more widely adopted" ... well... what are you basing these numbers
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2006/9/12 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:44358 Activity:nil | 9/12 I haven't used MS windows since the win95 days. Can someone please
explain to me what in the world a "domain" is? I'm familiar with
IP addresses like 128.32.112.233 or domains like http://csua.berkeley.edu
but what are things like "\\My Workgroup" or "\\MYCOMPANY"?
Is Microsoft inventing new linguo?
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2006/7/25-26 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows, Computer/SW/OS/Linux] UID:43790 Activity:nil | 7/25 Running Linux: any technical reasons to reboot on a regular basis?
\_ No. -tom
\_ Like with any other OS, it can help if your apps have memory leaks.
If every program running on the machine is written perfectly
and never fails in any strange or unexpected manner then you're
fine without rebooting. I've had machines up for almost 1000
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2005/1/18-19 [Computer/SW/Security] UID:35774 Activity:moderate | 1/18 Looking for a good backup program on XP. I like the simplicity
of the default XP backup program, but I'd like to have encryption
on top of it. I've considered WinZIP with encryption but it is a
bit clumsy, and I've considered tar/pgp, but I'd hate to tar and
then pgp separately. What are some alternatives? Thanks.
\_ Can you just create an encrypted volume with Pro and just dump
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2004/9/16-17 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows, Computer/SW/Compilers] UID:33574 Activity:kinda low | 9/16 I want to compile a simple Windows console app, are there any
gnu/free compilers for windows that would do it? I'd rather not
install visual studio and all its crap... my app is in C and calls
windows APIs.. thanks.
\_ I'd say Cygwin but it probably doesn't support your Windows calls.
Just out of curiosity, what sort of console app could you write
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2003/8/13-14 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:29336 Activity:high | 8/13 Is there a security patch against the Blaster Worm for NT Workstation?
All I see on the MS web site are patches for NT Server, NT TSE, and
versions of 2k / XP / Server 2003, but not NT Workstation. Thanks.
\_ yes, just delete winnt/system32/msblaster.exe
\_ I don't think it's that easy, since that program
was constantly being called upon by some key in
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