Breaking news.....

[Josieclick]

http://tinyurl.com/jy96x

Looks serious

[Rowan]

Sure does.

[Oddquine]

Looks as if if your 'puter ain't a server, you should be OK with decent firewalls and Virus protection.......................but I do hope that there isn't still anyone stupid enough to have the pane which automatically opens emails working in their OE or Thunderbird.........that is just looking for trouble.

Frankly, I think that Windoze is absolute crap.......bugs out the ying-yang..............and, one of these days, when I ain't doing animal and building maintenance, I'm going to have a go at Linux.

[Polter60]

Have a shifty here Oddie http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

[doreen]

Oddquine. Hello swiss is back.
I read the word LINUX in your last post.
I have on my old Dell computer Linux.
Have been trying it for a long time but never got very far.
Last Month I installed *Fedora Core5". it is the English version and it seams to be easier to work with.
I have my e-Banking there and I am told it is safer.
It would be nice to have someone to compare notes with.

[Polter60]

Went for look, and they are up to Fedora Core6 now ......... unfortunately the sites down ......... and looks like it'll be down for some time.

[doreen]

Polter I see that you are a Worker (that is the wrong word) should it be Developer.
I am only a User and get in a mess with things that are not compatible.
I started trying to learn Scribus but find it hard to understand.

[Anya]

Get an AppleMac

[doreen]

I have just bought a new Dell , now I am Broke.
My work table is full to burst as I have one computer (new Dell)with IE in German and the old Dell with Linux in English.
That's my life, sometimes too complicated.

[Dragon Lady]

Hi Doreen - long time no see! I think you can change the language in IE by going to Tools - Options, if that is what you want to do.

[doreen]

Yes Dragon Lady but when I do this it also changes my Keyboard and I have a German keyboard.
It doesn't matter. I can work in both Languages.
I am going to spend the winter, which will last 3 months, learning.
I find Adobe Photoshop difficult so I am getting down to that.

I am not very good at Forum chatting but I enjoy my Computer and Internet.

[Clara]

Looks as if if your 'puter ain't a server, you should be OK with decent firewalls and Virus protection.......................but I do hope that there isn't still anyone stupid enough to have the pane which automatically opens emails working in their OE or Thunderbird.........that is just looking for trouble.

D'you mean the Preview Pane in OE Oddquine? Only I always have that on. But.... the mail does go through Mailwasher before downloading and I do have a virus checker which checks all my e-mails, well, everything I download, as I download it, plus a firewall.
As for the Microsoft Updates, well, the last couple mucked up my security settings something awful! Caused me a ever such a lot of hassle! There were some sites I couldn't access or use the tools on and I couldn't answer any surveys without a blasted little pop-up box asking me if I wanted to use my clipboard or not! No matter what I answered, the damn thing wouldn't go away and I couldn't go any further. Microsoft are marvellous for altering your settings without telling you aren't they?

[Emm]

Get an AppleMac

Er - I shall ask again . . . why?

[Clara]

Only because (as mentioned in another thread) Macs; having a relatively smaller number of users; aren't targeted like PCs running Windows are. That is changing fast as Macs become more widely used.

[Vince]

I agree Clara I'm also a Mac user and changed about a year ago from windows XP ,
Vince,