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purplerabbits) wrote2004-02-09 01:26 pm
purplerabbits) wrote2004-02-09 01:26 pm
I can't unfold the layers of mystery
A few geek queries - Windows XP based.
1. Is it safe to let LiveUpdate update stuff when I don't know what it is? At the moment I'm letting it do anything that says it's a security patch, but what of other stuffs - are MS try to plant spyware on my machine or what?
2. On the subject of Spyware - why does every single programme I open, including Spider Solitaire, ask for Internet access? I've got ZoneAlarm set up to warn me and so far everything seems to work when I say no, but what's going on?
3. (...and this is the tough one) Does anyone know why I might be having problems getting my XP box and my '98 box to see each other over the network. So far I've told them both the name of the workgroup and their own names, and marked some folders for sharing, but nothing shows up...
1. Is it safe to let LiveUpdate update stuff when I don't know what it is? At the moment I'm letting it do anything that says it's a security patch, but what of other stuffs - are MS try to plant spyware on my machine or what?
2. On the subject of Spyware - why does every single programme I open, including Spider Solitaire, ask for Internet access? I've got ZoneAlarm set up to warn me and so far everything seems to work when I say no, but what's going on?
3. (...and this is the tough one) Does anyone know why I might be having problems getting my XP box and my '98 box to see each other over the network. So far I've told them both the name of the workgroup and their own names, and marked some folders for sharing, but nothing shows up...
Windows XP
"They've taken all the sharp edges off the windows so people can't hurt themselves".
Give me OpenVMS, any day.