I just finished up my order of the Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Kit 2003. All I had to do was pay for the shipping and I get a ton of stuff to play with and learn for the next few months. That will most definitely keep me busy, but it will also keep me learning and being challenged. I’ve got a feeling that if I’m still working at my current job this summer, I’m going to need a new challenge!
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I don’t usually step up to defend Microsoft. I don’t usually bash Microsoft either. I try to basically stay out of those arguments. But when an article comes along trying to use the new licensing program as a way to bash Microsoft by not telling the truth, I have to say something. I have to…
Interesting, given my recent post about switching to Microsoft Security Essentials, one of our home PC’s was infected with a drive-by download of Antivirus Action. As much as I would have normally lectured my wife about using Internet Explorer, in this case she had to use it to access certain work-related tools, including getting full…
Senate group to consider copy controls Yes it’s back! The SSSCA bill! Learn more about it here. If you want the government completely involved in making sure you don’t break any potential laws with your PC, then feel free to ignore this. But if you feel like the government has gone too far in considering…
I’ve been linking early reactions to the beta of Microsoft’s anti-spyware tool over on the link blog. I haven’t had a chance to download it yet, but perhaps later today I’ll find some time. (I worked out my work schedule to be home today to meet the gas meter-reader guy to try and get the…
Spent a good amount of time switching over my Survivor of Child Abuse blog to blogger. I hadn’t really done much with it and so I simply started over. The commenting was something I was concerned about going in. I use aspcomments over here because it’s a paid hosting service and I have access to…
Things like this are why I think IT people consume more aspirin and migraine medicine than the average person. It’s probably why we cuss more too! I wonder though, now that my educational efforts are apparently doing more harm than good, should I just stop? No more virus warnings no hoax warnings, just leave them…