As mentioned on Slashdot this morning, a new vulnerability has been released which shreds all the security built into Vista. Yes, Windows Vista is considered to be much more secure than XP. I was actually starting to use and like Vista on a new hard drive I recently purchased. This newly discovered type of attack … Read more
I have now ditched Microsoft Vista on my T61 laptop. Actually, I have simply put a fresh hard drive in, and installed Windows XP on it. I tried in earnest to give Vista a go. When I first turned on my laptop with Vista, I was pleased with the graphics and recognition of all my … Read more
This is more for my own memory than anyone else’s. I installed RSA on my new Thinkpad and received an error message the next time I started it up. “jvm terminated exit code=1”. I think my problem was that Vista failed to properly suspend, and I shut it down as it was unresponsive. Subsequently, this … Read more
Got a heck of a deal on my new T61. Core2duo, 4GB, bluetooth, 100GB 7200 RPM drive, 15″ wide screen, DVD+-RW. All for $1800. Gotta love ebay. Anywhoo, my new machine has Vista Business on it. Being the Linux fan that I am, I am skeptical of it. I want to like it. Its got … Read more