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BTW, if you're REALLY geeky, you may be interested in purchasing a copy of Vista that is signed by Bill Gates:
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I installed Vista Ultimate last night. Overall a pretty painless experience. Wow, it is really NICE. Very pretty.#birdsarentrealComment
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Yeah? it's worth it then?To be a professional means that you don't die. - Takeru "the Tsunami" KobayashiComment
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methinks I'll wait until the first service release.....I also have waaaaay to much on my current build of XP. Reinstallation of all my crap will take a weekend ....Got Kneecaps?Comment
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Slif, we all have different priorities so I can't quite answer your question. It's worth it for me, but I'm a geek and enjoy investigating these things lol. It might be more of a pain in the ass to someone like you, I don't know.#birdsarentrealComment
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IE7 is smokin' fast in Vista, btw. It was really starting to annoy me in XP, but now it seems very natural and speedy.
I'm still trying to find a Vista-compatible firewall. The built-in one is better than the one in XP, but that's not saying a whole lot. Let me know if anyone runs across a stand alone firewall that works in Vista!#birdsarentrealComment
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my puter keeps shutting down, finally saw a message that said cpu overheating.. must be the dang fan. would it help to blow out the whole thing with some air or do i need to look at replacing the cooling fanIf you keep shootin, you can turn any piece of meat into burgerComment
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if the overheating just started and it worked fine before that, I'd guess that it just needs a cleaning to clear out the vents."This is an empty signature. Because apparently carrying a quote from anyone in this space means you are obsessed with that person. "Comment
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Make sure the fan still works. If so, yeah just cleaning it may help enough. Also make sure it is in a ventilated area.#birdsarentrealComment
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Deb - do you not use a router?Got Kneecaps?Comment
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Yep, Coop. The router does not stop rogue apps from phoning home, a firewall does.#birdsarentrealComment
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most have built in firewalls - but I'm guessing you're looking at specifically outbound port monitoring?Got Kneecaps?Comment
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Again, a router can not distinguish whether the outgoing traffic is something you intiated or not. A firewall can. If your pirated copy of Photoshop wants to phone home to Adobe and you don't have a firewall running, it will phone home. Unless I'm missing something, I don't see how a router would know to stop that.#birdsarentrealComment
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or you can just let it crash and then it will cool naturallyOriginally posted by THE STEE View PostComment
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