Re: Daughter's computer

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Brian Loe wrote:

> That's certainly an option - and virtual pc software is now,
> essentially, free - so why not?
>
> Well, there is a lot of overhead in running an OS on top of an OS,
> especially when the pay off is just web browsing.
>
> Perhaps you should just invest in some decent anti-virus software and

Is there some? I'm not too keen on installing software that's been written 
and tested and distributed in less than 24 hours.

> point her to the various adware and spybot cleaners available - which
> are also free. 

In my experince of a driveby, cleaners didn't and I had to reinstall. And 
Microsoft says the same. I rather like the idea of following the Microsoft 
recommendation and reinstall Windows, even though in this case, it means 
I'll be installing Linux (if I can talk her into it).

> For beginners who aren't stupid I often point them to
> the Langa List (www.langalist.com). Its not for everyone but I've
> found people with zero experience to people with 20 years experience
> can both enjoy it and learn something from it.
>
> On 4/27/06, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com> wrote:
> >  Surfing the internet through a VMWare session that can be reverted back to a previous snapshot at the click of a 
> > button is also a good way to go.  She can have all her important data on the host OS, and then when she wants to 
> > head on the I'net just open up the VMWare session and off she goes.  Doesn't matter what piece of scumware 
> > comesdown, she can simply click on the "revert" button and presto Changeo! Nice pristine OS again and she doesn't 
> > have to learn a no OS :-)

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