Jon Tydda
Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk
Fri Jan 28 09:46:00 CST 2005
That's what I thought. I've got Zonealarm and a Router with NAT so I should be ok on that front. I think I've even got all the software should any reinstallation be required :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: 28 January 2005 15:31 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Office 2003 Jon, I use XP SP2 on all my machines now. It is completely stable and functions well. The only gotcha is that their firewall is turned on by default and gets in the way of many things. The first thing you need to do is turn it off, as well as the service that checks that you are "protected", then make ser you are either behind a firewall or running a software firewall (zone alarm for example), plus norton etc. But of course you probably already have that. XP is where all their focus lies and will get the fixes first. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 10:19 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Office 2003 Hmm, I've seen that you can get Windows XP with SP2 upgrade for £60... I'm very tempted by that. Is it worth upgrading my P3-700 512mb ram pc that's currently running Win 2K? I've got a LOT of stuff on that I don't really want to lose, but I can back it up... Jon -----Original Message----- From: Admin Sparky [mailto:dba.email at gmail.com] Sent: 26 January 2005 17:28 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Office 2003 Francisco, Watch for line wrap. http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sa/productivity/home_use_rights. mspx Don't forget though that this is a subset of the Software Assurance program. http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sa/default.mspx M$ is not in the business of giving away their software, they will get their money one way or another;) Mark On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:51:46 -0800, Francisco Tapia <fhtapia at gmail.com> wrote: > Do you have a link to the details of this program? that is very > cool... I mean... I will never pay $300+ for MS office, however if a > program was available at the price listed here man that's a diffrent > story all together. > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 07:46:42 -0500, Admin Sparky <dba.email at gmail.com> wrote: > > ...there is another alternative for a VERY small percentage of > > people. My enterprise maintains a licensing agreement with > > Microsoft that includes "software assurance". Part of that > > agreement is the ability for any employee to purchase the full > > version for $20...it's called the home use program. The Office Pro > > 2003 package includes the normal plus Outlook, Access, Publisher, > > and InfoPath. It might be worth a look to some people to see if > > their company participates in this program. > > > > Mark > > > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 14:44:17 -0500, John W. Colby > > <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > > > You have to look at the features in whatever version of whatever product you > > > are talking about to see if the version contains the features you want. > > > >From the Amazon page: > > > > > > The Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003 is basically identical > > > to their standard Microsoft Office 2003. It contains: > > > - Excel 2003 > > > - Outlook 2003 > > > - Powerpoint 2003 > > > - Word 2003 > > > > > > What it does NOT contain (compared with the professional and small business > > > versions) is Access 2003, Publisher 2003 and the Outlook 2003 > > > version that > > > has a Business Contact Manager - none of which would be > > > particularly necessary for students. > > > > > > Microsoft stresses that this version of their Office 2003 is only > > > for non-commercial use. You qualify for this edition so long as > > > you are 1) a > > > full- or part-time student enrolled in a K-12 institution, 2) home-schooled, > > > 3) taking at least 6 credits at an accredited college/university, > > > or 4) a > > > full- or part-time faculty member and work 20+ hours at a school. > > > > > > It retails at the Amazon price, which seems like a lot until you remember > > > that the Standard version is sold for over two hundred dollars > > > more. There > > > is no discounted upgrade price for the academic version, but this > > > is still > > > probably the best price you can get. AND you can use the software > > > on up to > > > three computers, so long as someone in your household qualifies > > > (for instance, if you have a child who qualifies for this version, > > > you can upload > > > it onto your computer as well and use the software even if you do > > > not qualify for the discount). > > > > > > If you are a college/university student, I would suggest visiting > > > your school bookstore before purchasing this software. Microsoft > > > offers academic > > > volume licensing through a lot of colleges/universities, where you > > > can get > > > the same software for up to 70% off if you qualify. Check out [Microsoft > > > website] for more information. > > > > > > John W. Colby > > > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > > > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > > > http://folding.stanford.edu/ The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. 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