[dba-Tech] Security measures

Agreed, I've never had a problem either. But after reading of all the
problems from the various newsletters, mags, etc. it seems to me that most
of them occur on specific platforms or with specific and generally rare
configurations.

I did have an issue back with NT4 and IIRC SP2. But that was before I had an
internet connection (and maybe before Windows Update). And I think everybody
had that problem!

John B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Colby
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 5:20 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Security measures
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.colbyconsulting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco H
> Tapia
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 5:17 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Security measures
>
>
> Steven W. Erbach wrote:
> <snip>
> > VERY good advice. I use Norton Ghost on a regular basis though I have
> never
> > needed to make the Ghosted drive the main drive due to a failure of the
> > primary. I assume that all that needs to be done is for the master/slave
> > jumpers to be moved around and you're back in business, right?
>
> 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.
>
> >>>Mozilla Thunderbird <<
> >
> >
> > You're one of quite a number of people that have said that OE
> and Outlook
> > are to be avoided. Thanks for the input.
>
> 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.
> --
> -Francisco
>
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