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Re: Point of No Return? Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impo ssible

From: Ron <iago () valhallalegends com>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:45:48 -0500

Drsolly wrote:

Maybe MS should do "Windows for Grannies", along the lines of grannix.
If all the software is on CD Rom and you can't install software on thehard disk, then you've moved quite a long way to hardeing the system.

The problem is that your idea doesn't coincide with the idea ofCommercial software. It's one thing to install Linux, OpenOffice, TheGIMP, and gcc on a live cd, but it's entirely different to installWindows, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, and Visual Studio.

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