[dba-Tech] Outlook question

I remember that, you used to HAVE to reinstall Windows once a year, because otherwise you wouldn't be able to do anything with it after about 14 months. It's a lot better with XP - I hadn't had to reinstall a computer due to a software problem in nearly 10 years until I had a WMI problem at home a couple of years ago, and someone convinced me that life was too short to hunt the error down :-)

Good (and getting better) anti-malware software is probably a big help in this too, but better Windows software is undeniably at the root of it.


Jon

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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:40 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook question

Some people who consider themselves "techies" never let go of old procedures and can't be convinced that they should. A very arrogant fellow I know (on university staff) I know still reformats and reinstalls windows every year because that was considered by some to be a good practice back in Windows 95 days. I doubt he will ever stop doing this.

I optimize and rejuvenate PCs all the time and in ten years have probably had to reformat and reinstall a dozen times. That's generally caused by a bad infection that someone else tried and failed to remediate, not because windows needs it. He doesn't care because some "expert" recommended that he do what he does and I'm certainly not as much of an expert because I don't have my PhD.


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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Outlook question

Thanks Lambert -- exactly what I needed. :)

You know -- like John -- the first thing I thought of was... who's not running virus protection? But, even so, I have to be responsible for what I write.

Now, I vaguely remember all this, but I guess it's just so old that my old brain has let it go to make room for newer more exciting stuff. :)

Susan H.


> AFIK, Outlook has had various security patches in place for year that
> prevent it from running any scripts in HTML formatted messages and to
> hide

> unhealthy attachments. See this old article for instance...
> http://windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=9132
>
> In any case it's pretty lame to say "don't open a message, you might
> get a

> virus infection." This might be true of you have no or out of date
> anti-virus software but only a very foolish Windows user would do that.
> No?
>
> Lambert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan
> Harkins
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:36 AM
> To: DBA Tech List
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook question
>
> In a recent blog, I showed the readers how to disable the automatic "read"
> setting -- you know how Outlook bolds messages until they're "read?"
>
> So, there's a simple setting that still allows you to view the message
> in the Reader Pane, but doesn't unbold the message header.
>
> Well, I've got a couple of readers who are claiming that this
> "automatically opens" the message and allows viruses in.
>
> They might be right, but I admit I'm confused. Anyone know what
> they're talking about?
>
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/msoffice/?p=2354&tag=leftCol;post-23
> 54
>
> Susan H.
>
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