07-13-18 21:09 Sean Dennis wrote to Ed Vance about Windows Azure   
   Howdy! Sean,   
      
    SD> @MSGID: <5B496765.15274.windowsa@capitolcityonline.net>   
    SD> Hello Ed,   
      
    SD> 12 Jul 18 23:02 at you wrote to me:   
      
    EV> Even though I don't 'think' I have any MS Azure software on this XP   
      
    SD> You never will. :)   
      
    EV> I began using the internet in 1996.   
      
    SD> I started using it in 1983 when it was still ARPANET.  I had this   
    SD> gigantic UUCP email address that was three lines long.  Thought it was   
    SD> neat but moved and lost access.   
      
   I moved to a place nearer to where I worked, 20+ miles away from Town.   
   On my Heathkit Sixer there was one Ham I could chat with in the area.   
   So I used CW and AM on HF most of the time.   
      
   The installation I worked at was being shut down and I got transferred to   
   a job in Town so moved back to Town to be closer to my new workplace.   
      
   After getting back in Town I could talk to more Hams on the Sixer.   
      
    EV> But because I have read BBS Messages (since 1984) about tricks some   
    EV> people do over the internet I got paranoid, and I try to be "very   
    EV> very" careful.   
      
    SD> Right now, running XP is a giant, screaming, oozing security hole.   
    SD> You're not being careful in that respect.   
      
   I just wrote Mark some comments about my using XP.   
      
    SD> As an IT professional, I'm telling you you're asking for it running XP.   
    SD>  As a friend, I'd recommend moving up to Windows 10 when you can (you   
    SD> can still get it for free).   
      
    SD> If you have issues getting W10, let me know and I will send you a legal   
    SD> (but non-registered) working copy of W10 on a USB stick that you can   
    SD> plug in and set up on your computer assuming it can run W10 on its   
    SD> hardware.  There's a bunch of silly telemetry stuff that you have to   
    SD> turn off but there's fast and easy ways to do that.   
      
    SD> If you have a legal Windows 7 or 8 key, that will work to register W10   
    SD> with the same version of WinX that you are using (Home, Pro, et   
    SD> cetera).   
      
   I'm a Computer Hobbyist.   
   I tell the people who I talk to about their computers that My Knowledge is   
   just a little bit above the Kindergarten Level.   ....  ..   
      
   I don't own a pc newer than Vista.   
   I don't use it as frequently as I do the XP pc.   
   I do turn on the Vista more often than I do the C=64 pc.   
      
    EV> After I turn a MS Windows pc ON I usually don't use it until after   
    EV> I've updated the Definitions for the 'Watchdog' programs I use on my   
    EV> pc, i.e.: AntiVirus, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot S&D and   
    EV> Winpatrol.   
      
    SD> If you are using multiple antiviral software packages on your computer,   
    SD> you are going to have serious issues.  Only use one antiviral software;   
    SD> the spyware stuff may conflict with each other also.   
      
   I only use one antivirus program, Avast!, along with those other programs.   
      
      
    SD> All of that software should automatically update.  You should never   
    SD> have to do that task yourself if the software is configured correctly.   
      
   As I mentioned to Mark, I'm too Cheap to pay if a Free product is offered.   
   So I Update the Definitions Myself.   
      
    EV> It doesn't take that much time for the Windows pc to do the updates,   
    EV> and I feel better after I've done the updates, that maybe the   
    EV> 'baddies' won't get access to my computer (this time).   
      
    SD> If you're running a modern version of Windows, have your Windows   
    SD> Firewall configured correctly as well as your router's firewall, use   
    SD> antiviral/malware software correctly, and are careful where you go on   
    SD> the Web, you're fine.   
      
   I would still be using Windows 98 SE if My Brother hadn't asked me to go   
   look at this HP XP MCE pc model and tell Him what I thought of it.   
   I told Him that it looked good to me.   
      
   I liked the specifications so much that I bought one of those HP XP MCE pc   
   a few weeks later in 2006.   
      
   I thought it would be O.K. in 2006 to start using a "Modern" computer since   
   lots of people in this Echo were having good experiences with their XP pc's.   
      
   The Price of the HP pc was reasonable for me to buy, it was a lot cheaper   
   that what I paid to have the DOS 5.0 486DX33 pc built for me back in 1994.   
      
   Iirc XP computers started selling about 2001 (???)  ..--..   
      
    SD> All of my Windows machines update automatically with the security   
    SD> software whenever they're turned on and normally will check every 24   
    SD> hours for updates unless the provider pushes out a mandatory update.   
      
   Since I got the most recent Version of Malwarebytes, I noticed that it   
   will grab a Definition Update automatically when I turn the power On and   
   begin to use the pc each day.   
      
    EV> I try not to be stupid, just careful.   
      
    SD> That tagline wasn't chosen by me, I promise.   
      
   I wouldn't have minded if You had chose it.   
   If I don't like the Tagline MM picks out I look through the list for   
   another one to put in the messages that I write.   
      
   I have MM set to select a Random Tagline, but "I" decide which one goes with   
   a message.   
      
   73 de Ed W9ODR     .      .   
      
      
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