Peter Clark
December 5th 03, 07:51 PM
i understand what you mean - i've helped out enough
"average" people to know exactly what you mean. trustworthy
computing? - i'm getting mixed signals here. if only
microsoft would explain in simple terms exactly what was
happening, people might not get so confused and frustrated.
i advise that you either attempt to learn alittle about
system you are using. - or get somebody (better if in first
person) to help you out. - or, there are other operating
systems you may want to try instead.
>-----Original Message-----
>In summary: the problem is that by default my PC is open
>to someone remotely getting control of my drive and being
>able to do anything they want to it, purely because of
>the failings of XP.
>
>Nothing that anyone's said here negates that fact.
>
>Other people's [Use a firewall] response is irrational as
>99% of people who use a PC don't even know what a
>firewall is, let alone know how to configure it.
>
>Contrary to what techies here might think, people who
>know how to configure the nuts and bolts of every aspect
>of the comms on their pc are in the tiny minority -
>normal people just don't have the time to deal with such
>things as that's considered the job of the people who
>make/maintain the software and hardware.
>
>Most people just want to plug the computer in, and go.
>
>Most people don't want to spend days configuring and fine-
>tuning their PC/OS, and they assume that it comes off the
>shelf with at least some form of default protection.
>
>Most people assume that when they buy a pc and use XP,
>that microsoft would/should not by default allow other
>people to gain access to their PC as soon as they plug it
>into a phone socket.
>
>Besides which, the XP firewall doesn't work properly.
>
>Does anybody here understand/appreciate my argument, or
>is everybody on the planet supposed to have a degree in
>comms ?
>.
>
"average" people to know exactly what you mean. trustworthy
computing? - i'm getting mixed signals here. if only
microsoft would explain in simple terms exactly what was
happening, people might not get so confused and frustrated.
i advise that you either attempt to learn alittle about
system you are using. - or get somebody (better if in first
person) to help you out. - or, there are other operating
systems you may want to try instead.
>-----Original Message-----
>In summary: the problem is that by default my PC is open
>to someone remotely getting control of my drive and being
>able to do anything they want to it, purely because of
>the failings of XP.
>
>Nothing that anyone's said here negates that fact.
>
>Other people's [Use a firewall] response is irrational as
>99% of people who use a PC don't even know what a
>firewall is, let alone know how to configure it.
>
>Contrary to what techies here might think, people who
>know how to configure the nuts and bolts of every aspect
>of the comms on their pc are in the tiny minority -
>normal people just don't have the time to deal with such
>things as that's considered the job of the people who
>make/maintain the software and hardware.
>
>Most people just want to plug the computer in, and go.
>
>Most people don't want to spend days configuring and fine-
>tuning their PC/OS, and they assume that it comes off the
>shelf with at least some form of default protection.
>
>Most people assume that when they buy a pc and use XP,
>that microsoft would/should not by default allow other
>people to gain access to their PC as soon as they plug it
>into a phone socket.
>
>Besides which, the XP firewall doesn't work properly.
>
>Does anybody here understand/appreciate my argument, or
>is everybody on the planet supposed to have a degree in
>comms ?
>.
>