Some days you’re sitting here and everything’s working well, no one really is hitting you up with requests and you’re almost, dare I say it, a little bored. Other days, well, many things don’t work and everyone needs something from you now, and you just don’t see how you can possibly get to everything. Needless to say, every day since coming back from vacation (including last Sunday, and this past Friday night!) has been in the latter group.
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In addition to tracking down mysteries of not getting virus def updates or Windows Update automatic downloads this week, I’ve also been working on a few other projects. The first thing I wanted to accomplish was using a trial edition of Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2004 to setup an NT Workstation install alongside my XP machine….
Things to read over the holiday. We’ll be on the road to the in-laws later today, and tied to dial up for the entirety of the weekend, so don’t expect there to be much around here. These links should hold you over… Dave Kearns : Ease of use wins over security. MT ‘Mail this entry’…
Courtesy of John Robb comes this article about Intel putting in some security measures in their new chips, due next year. John’s response: “Intel to include copy protection functionality in new chips. I personally won’t ever buy a chip with type of stuff on it. Unless there is an alternative, my aggressive upgrade cycle has…