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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The only problem I've found with a windows update was with win2k SP3 creating DCOM errors on older systems... By older, I mean high end p2's and low end p3's. I had to rebuild a couple of them, so gave up installing it on them at work. I tried SP4 on a pc I was building for my brother at home, and it worked, so they appear to have corrected the error. But that's been it...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Although I have noticed that since I installed the Lovsan patch last week, on more than a few pc's the Internet Explorer icon has disappeared from the desktop... Any ideas???</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Jon </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: John Colby [<A HREF="mailto:jcolby@colbyconsulting.com">mailto:jcolby@colbyconsulting.com</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 27 August 2003 23:20</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Security measures</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>It's strange that so many people report problems with Windows updates. I have 4 computers - an OLD dual Pentium II 233, a "newer" Toshiba laptop PII 233, and two ~2 year old "modern" computers (1.4g AMD Athlon - "homebuilt"). I run windows update religiously and have never had a problem on any of them. Win2K Pro, Office 97/2k/XP, NAV, etc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Further I was the Sys Admin for the screw company and regularly updated their ~12 computers - Gateway / Dell. Always just applied all SPs, updates. Always worked.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>John W. Colby</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.colbyconsulting.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[<A HREF="mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>]On Behalf Of Francisco H Tapia</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 5:17 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Security measures</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Steven W. Erbach wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><snip></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> VERY good advice. I use Norton Ghost on a regular basis though I have</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>never</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> needed to make the Ghosted drive the main drive due to a failure of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the primary. I assume that all that needs to be done is for the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> master/slave jumpers to be moved around and you're back in business, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> right?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I create images not ghost to a mirror drive... the diffrence is you can (depending on the amount of data on your main hdd) have 2-3 or more images on one hdd... I've got an old 300mb Original image for win2k w/ nothing loaded except the SP2 patch and Office 2000. It's quite a bit easier this way cuz you can just take your corrupted OS dump the image on it placing you back before the patch was installed. Windows Update unfortunately loads a whole lotta stuff that more often than not breaks your stable OS.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>>>>Mozilla Thunderbird <<</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> You're one of quite a number of people that have said that OE and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Outlook are to be avoided. Thanks for the input.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I was a DIE hard OE user until very recently... I have never liked Outlook because it causes system instability and that's when it's working right!... The main reason that I always stuck w/OE was because I liked the integration between it and Hotmail, but have recently been introduced w/ a little program called Hotmail Popper (www.boolean.ca) it's very neat... you can now use ANY email program to access your hotmail account, and it's free.. and works.. so far so good at least.. I've been using ThunderMail full time now for almost a week and find that all the features I liked in OE are better in Tbird. PLUS now I use mailwasher less because Tbird has built in Junk Mail detection... so far no false positives.</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-Francisco</FONT>
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