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    PC-WELT discovers and fixes serious security issue in Windows XP SP2

    This has to give you that warm, fuzzy, secure, feeling inside. As soon as you install SP2 on a Windows XP PC with a certain configuration, your file and printer sharing data are visible worldwide, despite an activated Firewall. This also applies to all other services. The PC only has to...
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    Compaq Presario Dilemma

    Recently was given a dozen Compaq Presario PC's (various flavors - 4000, 5000 series) These are to be fixed, polished, updated and DONATED. I do not have the original CD's, but was given Certifcates of Windows 98 that were purchased but never used. The PC's were wiped clean. (I know, I did...
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    A Word of Warning for the XP users

    If you think Service Pack 2 will be XP's saviour, read on..... Windows XP SP2 could break existing apps - Microsoft has made something of a trade-off with the update, focusing on security improvements at the expense of backward compatibility. The company has called on all software developers to...