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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12/15   Ran through AdAware and SpyBot but computer still slow and still
        getting weird pop-ups from http://casalemedia.com. Best solution? Block
        all of these IPs in less than a minute!
        http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
        Click on the "To view the HOSTS file in plain text form"
        and then put it in your /etc/hosts file. If using Winblows:
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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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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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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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8/11    I recently installed XP on my laptop, and it's been fine for the
        past few days. STarting today though, I get an error during
        boottime saying Windows can't open up the file TFTP2396, and
        it prompts me to give it a program to open it up with. I hit
        cancel, and then about 10 minutes later the "WinNT Authority"
        hits me with a dialog box saying it has to shut down the machine
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1/17    Is it possible (advisable) to upgrade from Windows 98 SE to
        Windows XP?  Win2k?  Is there a way to safely convert a FAT32 FS
        to NTFS?
        \_ w2k and I assume wxp have a converter for f32->ntfs.  I've always
           found that doing an MS 'upgrade' leaves you with a broken fucked up
           system and in the long run you're better off with a fresh install
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1/8     I'm really tempted to buy a powerbook.  The design and the OS is
        what I like.  But I'm worried about the small things.  I know that
        there's MS office, so no problem there.  But what about:
        1. sharing info on floppy with a PC?
           \_ get a USB disk drive.
        2. ability to use network printers with winNT print servers?
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1/30    On NT, what's the difference between a full-duplex sound card and one
        that's not full-duplex?  Thanks.
        \_ IIRC it was something about being able to process incoming and out-
           going sound at the same time.  For example, you'd need a FD sound
           card for playing a game which had voice inputs or team shared
           voice communications.  Or for some sort of telephone-over-net thing.
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9/19    What is the Code Blue worm.  Is it related to Nimda?  And how is it
        different from Code Red?  I know nick wrote something about Code
        Black, as well.
        \_ I used to make fun of nweaver, now I am a believer.
           Where can I get his web site that explains it all? -nweaver #1 fan
        \_ It's always Micro$oft OSes that fail on virus attack.  Can we file a
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