In alt.fan.frank.mccoy ararghmail511NOSPAM@NOW.AT.arargh.com wrote:
>On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:16:41 -0600, Frank McCoy <mccoyf@millcomm.com>
>wrote:
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>>Most of that stuff is built to respawn itself if you try to delete it.
>So I found out.
>
>>That makes the proper removal of some of that stuff rather hairy.
>>I know ... It took me almost two days to get rid of all the stuff on the kid's
>>computer, so it *stayed* removed. That wasn't the OS, but the kid loading
>>zillions of games on the system and accepting everything from each website.
>
>>Spybot Search-and-destroy is kind of nice; not to mention Bazooka.
>>Each one finds some stuff the other doesn't.
>AdAware, also.
>>
>>Hell, I got ONE piece of ad-ware on my own computer the other day.
>>How, I'm not sure. Probably some malicious website.
>>
>>>IMO, windows peaked somewhere around 98SE or W2K, and has been going
>>>downhill since.
>>
>>98SE.
>The only problem with 98SE, is that it can't mirror the hard drive,
>while W2K (server) can. Also, if you need REAL user level security,
>W2K would be better.
For mirroring a hard-drive, buy a motherboard with it built-in.
Personally, I don't believe in mirroring a drive.
If something is done wrong on one drive, you've just duplicated your problem on
the backup. Much better to use the space to do regular backups onto a second
hard-drive when you *know* things are working good.
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