Not everyone does experience that. I have a 3.2GHz P4 with 1GB RAM and Vista runs fine with CPU idling at 0%-1% (although the 0% obviously isn't really 0%)
The poster you're replying to either has issues with their PC/setup, Norton, or mistakenly included the spike caused by Task Manager starting.
Actually, what you're doing is illegal. After reading your Copyright Law, it expressly permits private copying of sound recordings only, so downloading TV and movies off BitTorrent could still get you in a whole lot of trouble.
In Microsoft speak, I don't have a firewall. I do however use Port Forwarding. DIE, NAT ROUTER!!
Either way, if it were possible I could expose it directly to the internet with no troubles (but it's not possible).
Until I configured the port blocking on my dedicated server hosted at a datacentre, it was exposed directly to the internet too. No issues there either.
You can still replace explorer if you want to. You can even set it in Group Policy to apply it to your whole domain at once. Kind of handy if you don't like what Explorer exposes to your users.
So? That's a GOOD thing! Or do you think the government should be forcing computer makers to use the cut down versions? Legislation is not the answer. Better marketing by the competition is the answer (marketing is what got Microsoft where it is today in the OS market, and Apple where it is today in the music player market).
"You can be forced to unbundle but MS would be screwed if they had to ship an OS without any browser since it's not easy to get a browser without a browser, forcing them to pick between no browser or competing browsers is fair IMO."
What? Everyone doesn't know command-line ftp?
:-)
Coming soon: CuteSoft Files EU Complaint Against Microsoft... alleging unfair bundling of a command line FTP product with their operating system.
And they're all related to viruses designed to attack Windows Update from other compromised PCs. Not Windows Update ever been broken into/hacked. So I'm not surprised he failed to find anything. Or do you expect that when hit with a massive DoS Sourceforge wouldn't just as quickly shut down sf.net or Slashdot.org?
Actually, when you first boot Windows Server it pops up with the "Configure Your Server" page, and an extra note that until you've set up roles on it, nothing will work. As in, it hasn't started IIS, it hasn't started AD, it hasn't even started Terminal Services. And until you've picked which ones you want to run, it wont even allow inbound connections whatsoever!
No, because you'd have to go to considerable effort to configure it in such a way that what you say would actually happen. Hell, even my Windows Server 2003 machine is still running stable and virus/spyware free after about five years (or so).
Or you just have a ridiculously misconfigured SA install. I know PEOPLE that can achieve scores of more than 5 with manually composed emails! Change to at least 7!
What will Microsoft provide? We will provide to you the software and necessary licensing to accomplish the data collection. Specifically Microsoft will provide you with:
* All software, including documentation, required to gather data regarding your home computer use.
* In consideration of your participation, a license covering the software provided, under the terms and conditions that accompany that software. Please note, except as expressly licensed to you in those Licenses, Microsoft retains all right, title, and interest in and to the Microsoft software provided under the Windows Feedback Program.
But that's ONLY for the Automated Feedback Program option.
Note that opting out is still an option. That page also expressly says what they collect too - nothing too spectacular.
Are they kidding? Even stupid people can't be that stupid! Surely anyone smart enough to figure out HOW to transfer data from Outlook or Yahoo would also be smart enough to know better? Surely somebody that tech savvy wouldn't even USE Outlook, right? Outlook is not that bad - if properly configured. That simply involves actually using the latest version (where they use Word's HTML renderer rather than Internet Explorer's, since it's not capable of running script or ActiveX) and in Vista you're automatically protected (Outlook runs in sandbox mode, I believe)
Yes, but he loses something significant if you were to photocopy all of "Needful Things" and give away/sell it, then he has lost something other than control - the cost of that book. When you infringe copyright there IS a direct loss to the producer (so don't try the crappy excuse that there is nothing lost), when you sell a secondhand copy there is not (as you have deprived yourself of the work at the same time as someone else gaining it - you would need to repurchase it to get another copy).
Noone's complaining about secondhand sales. If they are, they shouldn't be. But copyright infringement (as in, copying without compensating) is a problem. If you want to argue that copyright is wrong and stuff, and use the tired old plumber or carpenter argument, ask yourself this: do you really want them to have to price music in the same manner as every other product, namely at above the production cost? (I'm sure you'll be happy to purchase a new CD if it costs you $1.8 million). Then while we're at it, we'll treat the unauthorised theft of the first copy as theft - for $1.8 million that would get you a hefty jail sentence (much like Grand Theft Auto - the crime, not the game)
except the right to manage the music they create, own, or both, in the ways they and their duly authorized agents see fit
Why should this apply just to music, movies and software? Why shouldn't a painter be able to control who looks at or uses a house he painted, or a plumber be able to demand a license fee for using the toilet he installed? Why should music producers (etc) get a special treatment?
Because you can't easily copy a toilet or a house. That's why music producers/movie producers/software producers get different treatment - because if they didn't they'd spend thousands of dollars to make a single song/movie/program and get one sale to some ass that copies it and gives it away.
And you're the reason noone likes the Playstation and the millions of dimwitted Sony fanboys.
It's a console, not a fucking religion. I suppose you own an Apple iMac and iPod and iPhone and use iWork for everything in your iLife too - since Apple users are the most likely to make a religion out of a piece of equipment.
It's not that simple. The credit card organizations prohibit the stores from passing their transaction fee on to customers as a condition of having credit cards as an option. Brick & Mortar stores presumably price this into the regular prices for things, or just eat it as accepting credit cards increases the volume of the store. Not quite. They prohibit you from having a "Credit Card Surcharge". They say you are more than welcome to offer a "Anything But Credit Card Discount" instead. It's all marketing.
Or, they could have a system where 1 point is roughly the same price in all markets and just have one currency. They could even name it after their company, and call it "Microsoft Points" or something.
There, problem solved. It's even easier than your suggestion!
The absense of NTLDR is the only thing that can cause the MBR bootstrapper to assert it's missing. This will simply result in a message that boot.ini is missing or corrupted (and NTLDR will attempt to boot up \Device\HardDisk0\Partion0\Windows).
Wow, that's the biggest load of shit I've read in a while. In reality, any legit Windows XP owner can pop in the boot CD and hit F2 for "Automated System Recovery". Any recovery disk owner is going to have a tad more trouble unfortunately, but blame the OEM for that. Microsoft just gave them files and said "go hard".
You can only change ownership of files TO yourself or a group you are a member of without arcane measures (i.e. third party software) no sane user or administrator would know of.
You can't, therefore, change a file's ownership to system because you aren't System yourself.
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My god, Twitter, how many accounts do you have?!?
Really? DVDFab on Vista works for me. Either Microsoft aren't really blocking your attempts to copy the disc or Fengtao Software are bloody geniuses.
Not everyone does experience that. I have a 3.2GHz P4 with 1GB RAM and Vista runs fine with CPU idling at 0%-1% (although the 0% obviously isn't really 0%)
The poster you're replying to either has issues with their PC/setup, Norton, or mistakenly included the spike caused by Task Manager starting.
Actually, what you're doing is illegal. After reading your Copyright Law, it expressly permits private copying of sound recordings only, so downloading TV and movies off BitTorrent could still get you in a whole lot of trouble.
Reference: your own damn law
In Microsoft speak, I don't have a firewall. I do however use Port Forwarding. DIE, NAT ROUTER!!
Either way, if it were possible I could expose it directly to the internet with no troubles (but it's not possible).
Until I configured the port blocking on my dedicated server hosted at a datacentre, it was exposed directly to the internet too. No issues there either.
You can still replace explorer if you want to. You can even set it in Group Policy to apply it to your whole domain at once. Kind of handy if you don't like what Explorer exposes to your users.
So? That's a GOOD thing! Or do you think the government should be forcing computer makers to use the cut down versions? Legislation is not the answer. Better marketing by the competition is the answer (marketing is what got Microsoft where it is today in the OS market, and Apple where it is today in the music player market).
What? Everyone doesn't know command-line ftp?
:-)
Coming soon: CuteSoft Files EU Complaint Against Microsoft... alleging unfair bundling of a command line FTP product with their operating system.And they're all related to viruses designed to attack Windows Update from other compromised PCs. Not Windows Update ever been broken into/hacked. So I'm not surprised he failed to find anything. Or do you expect that when hit with a massive DoS Sourceforge wouldn't just as quickly shut down sf.net or Slashdot.org?
Actually, when you first boot Windows Server it pops up with the "Configure Your Server" page, and an extra note that until you've set up roles on it, nothing will work. As in, it hasn't started IIS, it hasn't started AD, it hasn't even started Terminal Services. And until you've picked which ones you want to run, it wont even allow inbound connections whatsoever!
No, because you'd have to go to considerable effort to configure it in such a way that what you say would actually happen. Hell, even my Windows Server 2003 machine is still running stable and virus/spyware free after about five years (or so).
You think that's a bad thing?
Or you just have a ridiculously misconfigured SA install. I know PEOPLE that can achieve scores of more than 5 with manually composed emails! Change to at least 7!
But that's ONLY for the Automated Feedback Program option.
Note that opting out is still an option. That page also expressly says what they collect too - nothing too spectacular.
Yes, but he loses something significant if you were to photocopy all of "Needful Things" and give away/sell it, then he has lost something other than control - the cost of that book. When you infringe copyright there IS a direct loss to the producer (so don't try the crappy excuse that there is nothing lost), when you sell a secondhand copy there is not (as you have deprived yourself of the work at the same time as someone else gaining it - you would need to repurchase it to get another copy).
Noone's complaining about secondhand sales. If they are, they shouldn't be. But copyright infringement (as in, copying without compensating) is a problem. If you want to argue that copyright is wrong and stuff, and use the tired old plumber or carpenter argument, ask yourself this: do you really want them to have to price music in the same manner as every other product, namely at above the production cost? (I'm sure you'll be happy to purchase a new CD if it costs you $1.8 million). Then while we're at it, we'll treat the unauthorised theft of the first copy as theft - for $1.8 million that would get you a hefty jail sentence (much like Grand Theft Auto - the crime, not the game)
Why should this apply just to music, movies and software? Why shouldn't a painter be able to control who looks at or uses a house he painted, or a plumber be able to demand a license fee for using the toilet he installed? Why should music producers (etc) get a special treatment?
Because you can't easily copy a toilet or a house. That's why music producers/movie producers/software producers get different treatment - because if they didn't they'd spend thousands of dollars to make a single song/movie/program and get one sale to some ass that copies it and gives it away.And you're the reason noone likes the Playstation and the millions of dimwitted Sony fanboys.
It's a console, not a fucking religion. I suppose you own an Apple iMac and iPod and iPhone and use iWork for everything in your iLife too - since Apple users are the most likely to make a religion out of a piece of equipment.
Or, they could have a system where 1 point is roughly the same price in all markets and just have one currency. They could even name it after their company, and call it "Microsoft Points" or something.
There, problem solved. It's even easier than your suggestion!
No, no it will not.
The absense of NTLDR is the only thing that can cause the MBR bootstrapper to assert it's missing. This will simply result in a message that boot.ini is missing or corrupted (and NTLDR will attempt to boot up \Device\HardDisk0\Partion0\Windows).
Non-standard. Some tool you install does that.
Wow, that's the biggest load of shit I've read in a while. In reality, any legit Windows XP owner can pop in the boot CD and hit F2 for "Automated System Recovery". Any recovery disk owner is going to have a tad more trouble unfortunately, but blame the OEM for that. Microsoft just gave them files and said "go hard".
You can only change ownership of files TO yourself or a group you are a member of without arcane measures (i.e. third party software) no sane user or administrator would know of.
You can't, therefore, change a file's ownership to system because you aren't System yourself.
The installer is signed, so the button is "Continue", not "Allow". Unsigned applications are the only ones that trigger "Allow" and "Cancel"