I've had it with you. I've kept silent, but no longer. Why is you always have a "come back" for every single one of my posts regardless? Do you have nothing better to do than to "police" my every post, and twist everything I say around to suit your own agenda??
I'm usually among the first to say that "John Q. Public" is intellectually challenged, but even I give people 'some' credit. It's just plain common sense to check for AV updates every day manually, or AV software to be set to auto-updates (which I was NOT referring to below, that was Windows Auto-updates). I don't recall seeing in my post where I stated to NOT USE AV SOFTWARE, nor do I see where I said to NOT UPDATE IT. When installing AV software, they are set to update automatically BY DEFAULT. A user would not be installing AV software if they did not know what it was for. XP's Native FW on SP2 is ON BY DEFAULT. It also doesn't need to be monitored by the Center. Also, a user would not be installing a 3rd-party FW if they did not know what it was for. They are also on and active, and protect by DEFAULT. Regarding M$ updates: All of my posts at this list, are of course meant FOR the USERS OF this list and are directed at said users/subscribers. All of my posts can be found in the archives. Except for newbies at this list, all others are familiar with posts at this list by myself. Those that subscribe to this list receive M$ patches and update information posted BY ME (or sometimes by Peter). (I also inform all of our custom PC customers of these things). I maintain (as I have for nearly 10 years at this list), that blindly letting M$ install every single patch and update on one's PC is what is "extremely BAD ADVICE". Most vulnerabilities are negated (as seen under "Mitigating Factors" when reading about the updates), by a FW (firewall), even the Native FW. These said updates are NOT NEEDED, nor "should they be installed anyway" because it's been proven time and time again that many if not most of the M$ updates create more problems than they cause--hence the reason for nearly countless updates to FIX what PREVIOUS updates have screwed up, or never even patched in the first place. Additionally, many updates are only needed for those that use IE as their browser, or read OE email in HTML format...or are ONLY FOR OE and of course are not even needed if one uses another email program, (or another browser). These type of updates are also unneeded. Furthermore, many of the other updates that are not mitigated by FW use are not needed if certain XP Services are not used/or disabled. It's also senseless to blindly install these for the same reasons mentioned above. The Auto-Updates "does not discriminate". It does not care what you have or don't have installed, nor what Services are disabled, and it will with total disregard for one's setup, blindly install ALL of the updates. NOT a good thing. Then users realize and cannot understand why their PC has: grinded to a halt; and/or certain features no longer work; and/or why certain programs no longer work, etc., etc. Anyone at this list is of course always free to reply with a "please explain" or similar to any of my posts; for which I will gladly do. I suggest that would be a more appropriate course of action for you in the future, if you feel the need to reply. Thank you, -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Vandervoort" Extremely bad advice. MS Security Center should be on for everyone who's not a techie. AV Monitoring and auto updates are critical components that will save the average user from potentially serious problems. A very worthy use of memory and resources, because so many are clueless about AV and firewall issues. Support-OrpheusComputing.com wrote: > Everyone should do that anyway. That's just another M$ thing to suck up memory and resources. I never understood the point of it, all it does is monitor your AV, Auto updates (which also should be off), and the XP firewall, and lets you know when you've turned them off--something of which I do not need to be told because I KNOW when I've turned them off. I also know by just looking at the System Tray if my AV and 3rd party firewall is running. (I just opened up mine and I don't even see that it even monitors your AV software anymore. Maybe the center has to be "on and running" to do that). > -Clint > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale E. Heltzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have ZoneAlarm Pro and Norton Antiv1r's, which I keep updated > religiously. > > Can I uncheck the Security Center entry in Msconfig/Services? ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
