Re: Daughter's computer

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

That's certainly an option - and virtual pc software is now,
essentially, free - so why not?

Well, there is a lot of overhead in running an OS on top of an OS,
especially when the pay off is just web browsing.

Perhaps you should just invest in some decent anti-virus software and
point her to the various adware and spybot cleaners available - which
are also free. For beginners who aren't stupid I often point them to
the Langa List (www.langalist.com). Its not for everyone but I've
found people with zero experience to people with 20 years experience
can both enjoy it and learn something from it.

On 4/27/06, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com> wrote:
>  Surfing the internet through a VMWare session that can be reverted back to a previous snapshot at the click of a 
> button is also a good way to go.  She can have all her important data on the host OS, and then when she wants to head 
> on the I'net just open up the VMWare session and off she goes.  Doesn't matter what piece of scumware comesdown, she 
> can simply click on the "revert" button and presto Changeo! Nice pristine OS again and she doesn't have to learn a no 
> OS :-)

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