SP2 Can eat me SP2 for XP. Ba humbug! Can Microsoft make me any madder? They are soo dang busy with security patches that they can't give us any descent, inventive new features.

SP2 gives us a new firewall, bet it will suck just like the first one! I don't run the XP one, I trust my D-Link. If you need a firewall use Zone Alarm.

OOOO, a popup blocker for IE. I would say it's about time, but IE is so dang out of date and clumsy that it doesn't phase my total and complete reliance on Firebird.

Accidental download/install program protection - bit woop, $10 says that it won't be as close to being as good as the Imunize function is SpyBot S&D. Not only does it keep you from installing it, but it also detects crap loads of nasty stuff on your machine and whipes it off the face of the planet.

Enhanced File attachment handling - Geez, another things I'm looking forward to --- not! Run a good AV people. AVG is a great app, even better if you pay for it. I've never had a virus in my life and that is why? Because I never open attachments? No, I do when I know they're ok. Because I don't accept attachments? No. It's because I have always either ran Norton AV or AVG. These apps detect and screen bad attchments.

What am I saying here? Microsoft needs to keep it's customers happy. Am I a Mac user? Nope, hardware is TOO expensive for my budget plus I don't like the propriterness of the hardware and the lack of upgrading choices. Do I use Linux? No, I've got crap loads of work and need to be able to do it as fast as possible and I can't get it done with linux. I'm stuck with windows. But all I use is XP and Office and use 3rd party apps to fix the other lacking things in XP. Comon' MS, gives us new things that work well and we auctuall like. Get your code in gear so we don't have regularly scheduled updates every month. MS is like a girl, having a monthly cycle. If I win the lottery, I'm buying a Mac! Posted by chris at 08:58 PM Windows • (16) Trackbacks