I never see ads. Except Google's, since I have Gmail, which is also fine with me. It's pretty simple:
- get Firefox
- get the Adblock and Flashblock extensions.
- use a hosts file too; just in case you ever need to fire up IE.
I can so relate to this. I go through the same shit. Fortunately, a few of "my" end-users are such total newbs that since all they use their machines for is email and a little known-safe-site visiting, I can just essentially disable *everything* risky. When they tell me something doesn't work, (e.g. an ActiveX widget or Flash) I just tell them that's because they don't need to go there!
As for the other folks, after a few instances of total system hosing, and subsequent clean installs where their data was clobbered, they have learned to *back up their stuff* now. Not a perfect system, but it at least it doesn't take so much time.
I miss Win 98. I could really lock it down. "'Twas a simpler, more natural time..."
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I never see ads. Except Google's, since I have Gmail, which is also fine with me. It's pretty simple: - get Firefox - get the Adblock and Flashblock extensions. - use a hosts file too; just in case you ever need to fire up IE.
I can so relate to this. I go through the same shit. Fortunately, a few of "my" end-users are such total newbs that since all they use their machines for is email and a little known-safe-site visiting, I can just essentially disable *everything* risky. When they tell me something doesn't work, (e.g. an ActiveX widget or Flash) I just tell them that's because they don't need to go there! As for the other folks, after a few instances of total system hosing, and subsequent clean installs where their data was clobbered, they have learned to *back up their stuff* now. Not a perfect system, but it at least it doesn't take so much time. I miss Win 98. I could really lock it down. "'Twas a simpler, more natural time..."
Next Fox TV special.
again