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  1. Jody Thornton
    So what basically are the conditions to getting infected at home? I just have a DSL router/modem, and I'm wired directly.
  2. Jody Thornton
    You'll want to follow greenhillmaniac's instructions. Basically, I'll be installing Windows 8 updates until January 2016 (and remember there's an update you'll want to block because it nags you to update your version of Windows). After that, I'll go through all of my updates manually (which is nearly fourteen month's worth). Also yesterday's patch for the WannaCrypt issue, was not compatible with Windows 8, likely because the issue was previously patched from a Server 2012 update recently.
  3. Jody Thornton
    I was just thinking about that. Perhaps it can be adapted from XP's update.
  4. Jody Thornton
    Interestingly, even though there's a patch for Windows 8, there was already a patch installed from Server 2012 that adresses the same issue, so I guess I'm not affected.
  5. Jody Thornton
    Obviously a doozie. Patches provided by Microsoft for XP, Vista and Windows 8 https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/13/Microsoft-WindowsXP-WannaCrypt-NHS-patch/
  6. Jody Thornton
    Whew! Checked Help -> About in Windows Defender. It appears I'm good.
  7. Jody Thornton
    Thanks Dencorso. I'm not currently running Vista either, but I'm closely watching this
  8. Jody Thornton
    What is the final verdict on this? Can MSE be still used with Vista? I was sorta confused with all of the multiple threads going on ....lol
  9. Jody Thornton
    I think it uses the same current definitions as MSE or Defender, and does a system scan on your HDDs. It works fine on XP and above (at least it did last spring). Just a simple window with a progress bar.
  10. Jody Thornton
    That was especially good news. I'm getting a new machine to eventually transfer my Windows 8 license to. Makes me wonder if I want to put my Vista Ultimate x64 installation back on, and run it, until I get my new PC.
  11. Jody Thornton
    Posted the good news on the DM Vista Forum. Let's see if this brings that forum out of the doldrums. There were some naysayers regarding the ability to continue updating Vista.
  12. Jody Thornton
    Only KB4014577 did not install (likely because I don't have that .NET revision installed.) However, for the fifteenth month, we have lift off. Yay! Windows 8 updated for May 2017.
  13. Jody Thornton
    Woohoo! At least we have all of the Security updates. Sounds great! Hmmmm! Maybe I should go back to Vista - just for a short while ...lol
  14. Jody Thornton
    April showers bring May .... updates. It took awhile for KB4019214 (Security Only for 2012) to appear, but it's now on the Update Catalog. So are the IE 10 update (KB4018271), the Adobe Flash update (KB4020821), and the .NET updates (KB4014577, KB4014589, KB4014586, and KB4014597) for each version. I guess I'll just run the one I need for v4. Ahoy Mateys! Let's install and boot!
  15. Jody Thornton
    Has anyone attempted this today? Just curious.
  16. Jody Thornton
    So see? Isn't that just as "condescending" to someone who does engage in modern-day social media? But I don't see that statement as trolling. I wholeheartedly disagree with it, but Nomen should have the right to say it. This is precisely what I'm getting at. So why is it any different when I've expressed my views? I think it's an important point to make.
  17. Jody Thornton
    OK so Lone Crusader. Let's be friendly about it then shall we? That are many who are legit experts in the IT field that would not see calling Windows 9x being a "threat" to others online, an arrogant theory. IT experts would fired en masse if they ever recommended it in the business world. How is that arrogant? Just because you don't agree with it? And further more, I did use Windows 98 SE and ME extensively for many years, so I do indeed have authority to speak on it. The system does have its limitations. It's not a stable protected mode memory model. Those aren't lies Lone Crusader. Those are facts. If I really, genuinely thought something was a poor decision to do (as in running Win9x online), why can't that be expressed? If someone new came along and read this thread, I wouldn't want them to just read all good things about Windows 9x in 2017. People should have a fair and balanced view of all sides, including those who disagree with the bulk of the views here. Besides, many of you balk at Windows NT 6x systems. There's one fellow who calls Windows 10 the "terrorist edition". Really? I loathe Windows 10, and even I think that's ridiculous. So come on, everything should be fair game. Strong opinions are not equivalent to trolling. If you're just wanting everything to be all nicey-nicey to Windows 98 users, isn't that equally biased? There's no hate or anger being expressed on my part. Just strong opinion, and that never hurt anyone.
  18. Jody Thornton
    See Guys? I'm not the only one. I was never trolling. If you want to use Win9x to run older local software, go for it. I even use XP as a media jukebox. But I never put it online. And there was never anything wrong with saying so.
  19. Jody Thornton
    I said I won't. I promised to leave it at that.
  20. Jody Thornton
    That's not being fascist. That's what I (and many others who are WAY MORE informed than me believe). Hey, at any time, we all smoked around each other care free and drove without seat belts. We don't do that anymore. Why? Because we know better and it can affect others. So if I want to belittle Windows 9x because I truly think it's obsolete and dangerous to run online, you won't stop me from saying so. This is a Windows forum for everyone; it's not your private club, so you shouldn't be able to say, "I won't have any of that around here". You don't censor this forum. Good AND Bad should be allowed on this forum when it comes to Windows 9x. Besides, plenty of commentary deriding Windows NT 6x class stuff here, so I'll go right ahead with my opinions about Win9x. Thank you. And now, I will leave it at that.
  21. Jody Thornton
    No it doesn't. Have you actually left your XP cave long enough to try Windows 8 Dibya? It's been flawless and I've ran it for a year and a half now. Stable as anything.
  22. Jody Thornton
    I'm not bashing. We're having a discussion, and we're allowed to disagree. My Win9x was very stable thank you very much, but even Windows NT 4x and Windows 200o were WORLD'S BETTER. I see anyone as spouting Win9x as being current and usable (by a 2017 definition) to not be truthful or honest. There are people (like me now) that think no one should run 9x on the Internet because it can be a threat to all of us. So what, I have to keep quiet about that? I don't think so. I will leave it at that though because you're signature graphic says "Windows 9x Diehard", so there's no room to enlighten
  23. Jody Thornton
    Gamepad support was removed from recent builds of Pale Moon. This was decided after a survey which cited the featured was less desired. Could that be the issue? https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15075&p=111545&hilit=survey#p111545
  24. Jody Thornton
    She could have easily clicked on a similar link and infected herself in a Win9x system. Come on now, I remember people infecting their systems all the time in the late 90s and early half of the 2000s.
  25. Jody Thornton
    Sorry that seems a bit tin-foil hat-ish to me. For all of the security holes there may be, Windows 9x is basically a house of cards structurally. Security by obscurity first off isn't a strategy in my mind. But running a partially protected mode environment on top of MS-DOS is flimsy. Besides what devices do I no longer have access to in Windows 8? And I'll tell you, Windows 8 runs WAY MORE stable than 9x ever ever did.
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