Comments on: Stuff that doesn’t make it to my Windows machines http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/03/06/stuff-that-doesnt-make-it-to-my-windows-machines/ I'm feeling pretty good about myself right about now. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:11:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Laura http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/03/06/stuff-that-doesnt-make-it-to-my-windows-machines/#comment-3436 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:17:45 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/03/06/stuff-that-doesnt-make-it-to-my-windows-machines/#comment-3436 "UAC+WinPatrol+anti-spyware application" Which anti-spyware app do you use? “UAC+WinPatrol+anti-spyware application”

Which anti-spyware app do you use?

]]> by: Kroc Camen http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/03/06/stuff-that-doesnt-make-it-to-my-windows-machines/#comment-3435 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:13:16 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/03/06/stuff-that-doesnt-make-it-to-my-windows-machines/#comment-3435 I've this week purchased a 3G enabled netbook, the first additional XP licence I've had since 2001. Very much like you, there are things that are simply not allowed on this computer, so that it will operate at it's best. Here's how I have it setup: - Boots to wireless connected and disk idle in exactly 30 seconds - 124 MB used on boot, 18 processes. No pagefile. - No Adobe software of *any* kind. No Flash player - I'm putting my money where my mouth is - Again, no Apple software - No Antivirus. With no Flash, and Firefox using NoScript / AdBlock, and customised XP security settings nothing should walk in, the rest is just being careful and I already do that I’ve this week purchased a 3G enabled netbook, the first additional XP licence I’ve had since 2001.

Very much like you, there are things that are simply not allowed on this computer, so that it will operate at it’s best.

Here’s how I have it setup:

- Boots to wireless connected and disk idle in exactly 30 seconds
- 124 MB used on boot, 18 processes. No pagefile.
- No Adobe software of *any* kind. No Flash player - I’m putting my money where my mouth is
- Again, no Apple software
- No Antivirus. With no Flash, and Firefox using NoScript / AdBlock, and customised XP security settings nothing should walk in, the rest is just being careful and I already do that

]]> by: rinkevichjm http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/03/06/stuff-that-doesnt-make-it-to-my-windows-machines/#comment-3434 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:14:59 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/03/06/stuff-that-doesnt-make-it-to-my-windows-machines/#comment-3434 Office 2007 has a horrible UI too. As a matter of fact OOo 3.0 is superior to O2007 in its interface - at least I don't have to switch the toolbar modes in OOo on practically every other insert of an equation (insert the equation, then center it when everything else is flush left (and right justified) , then insert a caption and write some text that uses a cross reference to the caption. The number of keyboard clicks for that is awful and breaks my train of thought practically everytime. Office 2007 has a horrible UI too. As a matter of fact OOo 3.0 is superior to O2007 in its interface - at least I don’t have to switch the toolbar modes in OOo on practically every other insert of an equation (insert the equation, then center it when everything else is flush left (and right justified) , then insert a caption and write some text that uses a cross reference to the caption. The number of keyboard clicks for that is awful and breaks my train of thought practically everytime.

]]> by: Eugenia http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/03/06/stuff-that-doesnt-make-it-to-my-windows-machines/#comment-3433 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:41:16 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/03/06/stuff-that-doesnt-make-it-to-my-windows-machines/#comment-3433 I hate Miranda. One of the worst consumer app designs ever. I hate Miranda. One of the worst consumer app designs ever.

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