My other computer, the one I use for back up when my newer one is in the shop is a little old poke. It is soon to find itself a Windows 98 orphan. My scanner, printer, and fax/modem are not Linux complient, if they were, I'd install Linux on the old goat. The old computer is too slow to handle Windows XP and has only 4 gigs worth of hard drive. Will the free software community look after these sad little waifs in the dark security wise? A VM would be too hard a load for this old clunker to carry.
Good site though it needs some Windows XP-specific how-tos too.
Oh, yeah, make sure you apply the Microsoft GDI+ patch that came out, I think, last year. They may have also done one for WMF, otherwise, use the Microsoft-recommended workaround for disabling WMA/WMF support. I'm still seeing hackers trying to use that one.
-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
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