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Lauren's PC You've seen that ad, right? Lauren, supposedly just an average person pulled from Craig's List, is very comfortable and relaxed on-camera. That might be because she's coincidentally an actress, but we'll pretend Microsoft didn't know that. With her sporty clothing and her black Volkswagen convertible, she seems like a pretty cool chick, but in the ad she says "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person". Gosh, she sounds a bit disappointed.. and she should be.
Frogs, Greed or What? I spend a good amount of time this morning reading "Interview with an Adware Author" at Philosecurity. The Adware author is Matt Knox, who worked at Direct Security before they were sued by the New York Attorney General's Office. The article itself is interesting though probably nothing that most readers here will find surprising. The comments are more fascinating as most of them are back and forths between co-workers at Direct Revenue and Christopher Boyd (paperghost) of Vitalsecurity.org.
Why defrag Windows XP Desktops? People argue about whether you need to bother with defragging Linux and Mac OS X drives. A very few people even bother to argue about defragmentation of Windows machines. It's just a given - the machine is slow, defrag it. Case closed.

Title	Date	Comments
17,000 Net Illiterates Can't be Wrong!	2009 06	2009/07/03 16:07 TonyLawrence

WPSM54G Wireless Print Server	2009 05	2009/06/05 10:28 TonyLawrence

Account Currently Disabled	2009 05	2009/05/19 13:38 TonyLawrence

Windows 7	2009 05	2009/05/15 20:07 Althage

Testing for Conficker with Nmap	2009 04	2009/04/30 15:49 TonyLawrence

Windows Performance Boosts	2009 04	2009/04/28 19:40 TonyLawrence

Switching to Windows	2009 04	2009/04/22 12:18 NickBarron

Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac	2009 05

Are we ever going to get serious about	2009 04	2009/04/17 13:19 TonyLawrence

Microsoft move stuns nation	2009 04	2009/04/09 15:06 TonyLawrence

Dealing with Duplicate IP addresses	2009 04	2009/04/30 11:53 TonyLawrence

Backing up Virtual Machines	2009 04	2009/04/02 20:20 TonyLawrence




No Indian Support?	2009 04	2009/04/07 11:32 TonyLawrence

Lauren's PC	2009 03	2009/04/14 13:53 BigDumbDinosaur

These are a few of my favorite things	2009 03	2009/03/29 11:40 TonyLawrence

Why I love Unix	2009 03	2009/04/02 00:55 anonymous

WHY I hate Windows	2009 03	2009/03/26 12:35 TonyLawrence

Switching to a Mac - not yet	2009 03	2009/03/24 22:28 TonyLawrence

Kerio Mailserver vs. Microsoft Exchange	2009 03	2009/06/10 11:52 TonyLawrence

Kerio Webmail	2009 03

I hate Windows	2009 03	2009/03/24 21:51 TonyLawrence

Spoiled Brat Printers	2009 03	2009/05/04 21:55 AndrewSmallshaw

Choosing your perfect Operating System	2009 03	2009/03/12 19:44 TonyLawrence

Not enough innovation?	2009 03	2009/03/08 00:25 BrettLegree

Multiple IP addresses on one interface	2009 03	2009/03/07 23:50 TonyLawrence

The Linux Nuclear Option	2009 03	2009/03/05 22:31 drag

Why is Microsoft suing TomTom? Why	2009 02	2009/04/05 16:54 TonyLawrence

When it comes to bashing Microsoft	2009 02	2009/02/24 19:04 BrettLegree

Who's at fault? Programmers or	2009 02	2009/02/24 16:38 TonyLawrence

Peddling Papers	2009 02	2009/02/22 23:15 Friar

Windows could die soon! Isn't life	2009 02	2009/04/13 16:28 TonyLawrence

Arguing the cost of Windows	2009 02	2009/02/17 02:48 bob4linux

More backup, please	2009 02	2009/02/12 11:36 TonyLawrence

Is using Windows Dumb? It will be.	2009 02	2009/02/11 22:36 BrettLegree

Microsoft Fans can be touchy	2009 02	2009/02/09 15:48 BigDumbDinosaur

Why Microsoft will fail	2009 02	2009/02/03 22:08 TonyLawrence

Frogs, Greed or What?	2009 02	2009/02/27 13:56 anonymous

Using Jing for support	2009 01

Vista Boomers - Microsoft's Power	2009 01	2009/04/05 17:19 TonyLawrence

Do you absolutely need Anti-Virus (even	2008 12	2008/12/28 01:23 TonyLawrence

Responsibility and Honesty- watch your	2008 12	2008/12/27 19:24 TonyLawrence

Why defrag Windows XP Desktops?	2008 12	2009/01/04 20:51 TonyLawrence

Terminal Server Install	2008 12	2008/12/09 23:13 BigDumbDinosaur

Microsoft Office for Mac, Home &	2008 11	2008/11/25 18:39 BruceGarlock

I'm a PC (not)	2008 11	2008/11/11 16:50 BigDumbDinosaur

Windows death?	2008 11	2009/03/17 08:20 anonymous

Windows 7 learning experience	2008 10	2009/04/30 19:53 TonyLawrence

Chrome	2008 09	2009/04/08 14:50 TonyLawrence

Bad day all around	2008 08	2008/08/07 14:03 rbailin

Samba Configs - six hours!	2008 07	2008/07/30 05:02 JohnB






Changing Primary Domain in Kerio	2008 06

Microsoft eats its young	2008 06	2008/06/06 12:38 TonyLawrence

Fixing Large Kerio Mailboxes	2008 05	2009/03/31 16:23 TonyLawrence

Jungle Disk - no geeks needed	2008 05	2008/05/22 05:00 drag

Kerio Troubleshooting	2008 05

Extending XP	2008 05

Kerio Configuration	2008 05

Why won't companies track Windows	2008 05	2009/03/11 19:05 anonymous

But I need windows!	2008 04	2008/04/25 02:49 TonyLawrence

No plans for a Mac or Linux version	2008 04	2008/05/29 23:12 BrettLegree

Vista Home Premium	2008 04	2008/04/29 00:45 TonyLawrence

Vista Home Premium - Installation	2008 04	2008/04/17 17:51 TonyLawrence

Kerio 6.5 review	2008 04	2008/11/27 23:54 TonyLawrence

Succession Matters for Linux (and	2008 04	2008/04/09 10:16 TonyLawrence

Safari 3.1	2008 03	2008/03/20 09:10 TonyLawrence

Shed a tear for Microsoft	2008 03	2008/03/14 11:15 yungchin

Insulting Windows Admins?	2008 03

Dual Boot Vista	2008 02	2008/02/28 20:35 TonyLawrence

I can't get to the Internet!	2008 02	2008/02/16 14:00 TonyLawrence

Windows philosophy is so different from	2008 02	2008/02/19 15:08 BigDumbDInosaur

Windows Seven may distract, but doesn't	2008 02

What to do about IE6?	2008 02	2008/04/12 16:16 RobO

Printing from Solaris to Windows	2008 02	2008/02/01 21:20 TonyLawrence

Selling the Mac	2008 01

Windows inefficiency	2008 01	2008/02/01 16:49 BigDumbDinosaur



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The upgrade that wasn't	2008 01	2008/02/01 20:18 BigDumbDinosaur

MacBook Air - the tipping point?	2008 01	2008/01/21 22:03 drag

Save Windows XP	2008 01	2008/01/16 16:04 BigDUmbDInosaur

Microsoft Windows Internals	2008 01

Microsoft is so last year!	2008 01	2008/01/14 12:33 TonyLawrence

Mac Screen sharing is not just for Macs	2008 01	2008/05/30 03:40 Paul

Copy pictures back to your camera	2007 12	2009/04/04 21:47 TonyLawrence

10 Reasons you need Vista	2007 12	2007/12/23 11:30 anonymous

Engraved Thumb Drives	2007 12

Macintosh - the ideal tech's machine	2007 12

Dueling DOM Inspectors	2007 12

Microsoft and Linux	2007 12	2007/12/13 19:17 TonyLawrence

First Vista	2007 08	2007/09/07 15:46 TonyLawrence

The Patent Ploy	2006 11	2009/05/25 15:24 TonyLawrence

Virtualization and Microsoft	2006 10

More Microsoft Patents	2006 09	2006/09/12 05:23 drag

A Mac Hypervisor?	2006 08	2006/08/08 02:16 TonyLawrence

Are we tired of easy yet?	2006 08	2006/08/04 01:05 drag

The Great Gates-by	2006 08	2007/02/16 06:48 anonymous

Microsoft Promises	2006 07	2006/07/21 14:51 BigDumbDinosaur

Office on Terminal Server	2006 06	2008/02/06 19:28 TonyLawrence

Death of a thousand cuts	2006 06	2006/06/30 11:30 TonyLawrence

No Docs?	2006 06	2006/06/10 16:02 BigDumbDinosaur

Invent like Microsoft	2006 06

Security or not?	2006 05






More RAM, please	2006 05	2006/05/26 14:47 BigDumbDinosaur

SMB Caching	2006 05	2006/05/23 14:00 BigDUmbDinosaur

New Mac Ads	2006 05	2006/05/03 18:31 bruceg

Crippled Vista	2006 04

IE7 beta 2	2006 04

The Last Windows OS?	2006 04

Microsoft, Linux and Patents	2006 04

XP on Mac	2006 03	2006/03/26 13:07 TonyLawrence

Doing it the hard way	2006 03

Lorum Ipsum Dolor	2006 02

The power of custom	2006 02	2006/02/21 09:54 drag

Misunderstanding Security	2006 02

New Dell machine kills server	2006 02	2009/04/05 02:11 oldmacminiman

Backing up Windows machines using rsync	2005 12	2009/05/12 16:48 Igor

You don't have to own the world	2005 12

Microsoft File Sharing	2005 11	2005/11/18 16:09 BigDumbDinosaur

New Interfaces for Microsoft?	2005 10	2005/10/18 07:35 anonymous

Oh, the irony..	2005 10	2005/10/25 15:13 taplintoys

An Annotated Guide To Samba	2005 09

Inexplicable errors	2005 09

Through a Window (Darkly)	2005 08

Set Startup..	2005 07

Samba-3 By Example and The Official	2005 07

BartPE (Windows live CD)	2005 07	2005/12/17 04:41 anonymous

Multi-User XP	2005 06



Macworld Digital Music & Video Superguide $12.95


Printing from Unix to Windows Printers	2005 06

SP2 (Windows Service Pack 2)	2005 06	2005/06/24 10:49 drag

LUA (Least-Privilege User Account,	2005 06	2008/04/04 12:43 TonyLawrence

BSOD	2005 06	2005/06/11 05:59 drag

truecrypt	2005 05

smbclient (Samba)	2005 05

Microsoft Bob	2005 05	2005/07/05 09:57 anonymous

captive: Tech Words the Day	2005 03

Samba problems	2005 02	2006/02/21 15:41 anonymous

Map network drive, connect as different	2005 02	2009/04/22 14:27 anonymous

Keeping Microsoft Exploits out of your	2005 01	2006/06/26 18:02 anonymous

Microsoft's MSH shell	2005 01	2008/03/06 00:30 TonyLawrence

Eating your own dogfood	2005 01

Graphing Calculator (Mac, Windows)	2005 01

Linux\|UnixWorld Expo using IIS?	2005 01

More amazing Microsoft IE features	2004 12	2008/04/19 00:55 drag

IBM: Linux Desktop Migration	2004 12

You may discover things about Microsoft	2004 12

More folks dumping IE	2004 12

Help Google See The Light	2004 12

local security policy won't permit	2004 12	2005/04/22 19:08 anonymous

Some control of XP with GPEDIT.MSC	2004 12	2009/01/22 05:23 Naldpopr

Word HTML Cleanup	2004 12

Dead Rat fixes computer problem	2004 11

Is Microsoft getting used to hearing	2004 11



Macworld Digital Photography Superguide


Hubris to Go	2004 11

Terminal server, Remote Desktop, thin	2004 11	2007/09/06 18:01 Marc

Microsoft and SCO	2004 11

Windows Startup Programs, viruses,	2004 10	2009/04/18 11:53 anonymous

quite the hoot if true	2004 10

Debugging Facetwin Remote Printing	2004 10

Setting up Mozilla Roaming Profiles	2004 09	2006/12/17 17:39 BigDumbDinosaur

When the how gets ahead of the why	2004 09

FUD about Linux costing more	2004 08

Hating Microsoft	2004 08	2008/06/30 10:33 TonyLawrence

Microsoft just can't help itself	2004 08

The Catch-22 of XP Service Pack 2	2004 08

Candidates Web Sites	2004 08

Windows Isn't Ready For The Desktop	2004 07

So weary of Microsoft junk	2004 07

Alternative Browsers	2004 07

Unix vs. PC again	2004 07

Windows vs. Linux/Unix	2004 07

Using File and Settings Transfer Wizard	2004 06

XP File and Settings transfer Wizard	2004 06

Windows XP patches on CD	2004 06

Creating Log Files (Windows)	2004 05

XP Service pack 2 may do some real	2004 05

Microsoft and pirates	2004 05

Microsoft works hard for small	2004 05



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Microsoft abuse	2004 05

Is Linux gaining or not?	2004 05

Stop Windows Messenger Spam	2004 04

So called free software	2004 04

That Darn Spyware	2004 04

Microsoft C/C++ Compiler free download	2004 04

Microsoft and Sun	2004 04

When will Microsoft die?	2004 03

WinPopup	2004 02	2005/05/29 06:26 anonymous

The Fox explains why locking up chickens	2004 02

Microsoft's opinions of its own code	2004 02

Windows XP Annoyances	2003 12

Kerio Mail Server with SpamAssassin	2003 12

Learning from Microsoft	2003 11

Something all Open Source folks need to	2003 11

Microsoft Security Patches	2003 11

Microsoft low balling not working	2003 11

Abundance of Choice, says Microsoft	2003 11

Longhorn competition?	2003 11	2007/12/09 05:27 BigDumbDinosaur

WinFS for Longhorn	2003 11

Gartner Prejudiced?	2003 11

WINDOWS NETWORKING: Doing It the	2003 10	2006/12/17 18:00 BigDumbDinosaur

Tightvnc, Chicken of the VNC	2003 10	2007/06/04 17:48 anonymous

IP vs. Open Source	2003 10

Rebuttal	2003 10



Macworld Mac Security Superguide $9.99


Microsoft Security	2003 10

Tablet PC's	2003 10

Russia's Richest Man	2003 10

Linux\|Unix not accountable	2003 10

Microsoft Interoperability	2003 10

More threats to Microsoft	2003 10

Poor Microsoft	2003 10

Unix is NOT just as expensive	2003 10

Microsoft's new SMB server	2003 10

Class Action Suit against Microsoft	2003 10

PlanetLab	2003 10

Monoculture may be bad, but it's	2003 10

Microsoft BIOS danger to Linux?	2003 10

Microsoft Admits Linux is Cheaper?	2003 10	2005/05/09 19:30 anonymous

I don't need no stinkin patches!!	2003 09	2009/02/08 20:49 MikeDesrosiers

Microsoft Word - the early days	2003 09	2005/08/08 14:53 BigDumbDInosaur

It's getting really nasty out there	2003 09

Microsoft, SCO, Linux, Intel	2003 09

Microsoft Search	2003 09

No XML, thanks	2003 09

Windows in your ATM?	2003 09

Keep dealing till you get what you want	2003 09

XP Security	2003 09

Gibson says Microsoft hasn't fixed DCOM	2003 09

Microsoft gives something away	2003 09



Macworld Mobile Mac Superguide $9.99


What's up with Longhorn?	2003 09

The chokehold loosens?	2003 09

Criminey! Not another one!	2003 09

Is Microsoft Nuts?	2003 09

Preserving Windows 98	2003 09

Microsoft objects to unfair play	2003 09

Corporate Open Source	2003 09

Unix to Windows to Linux	2003 09

Another critical Microsoft Security	2003 09

HP offers Linux box	2003 09

Why does Microsoft oppose spam	2003 09

Accidentally Blocking Windows Update	2003 09

Longhorn Delayed, Panther is not	2003 09

Microsoft Digital Rights Management	2003 09

PC Hardware in a Nutshell (3rd Edition)	2003 08

Visionfs and Samba	2003 08

Mozilla Firebird	2003 08	2005/07/26 13:55 TonyLawrence

Cool Tools: Network View - a network	2003 08	2006/12/04 19:04 anonymous

Eola says it won't license to Microsoft	2003 08

Microsoft deletes 35 weeks of email	2003 08

Microsoft Invincible?	2003 08	2009/05/26 12:32 TonyLawrence

CCIA says don't use Microsoft	2003 08

Microsoft comments on security	2003 08

Tablet PC	2003 08

Microsoft donates to schools	2003 08



Learn Mac OS X Command Line


Nix to Microsoft in China	2003 08

Microsoft Updates	2003 08

Fashionably Late	2003 08

Spread the word - $36.00 Office	2003 08

Forced to set up Passport account	2003 08

Just an email address	2003 08

Mission Critical Linux	2003 08

Barbarians at the Gates	2003 08

Using rsync to update laptop	2003 07

Virtual PC for Mac OS X	2003 07	2005/10/25 14:43 TonyLawrence

SCO Lawsuit - Another shoe drops	2003 07

Microsoft's Services For Unix	2003 06

Network Neighborhood, Visionfs, Samba	2003 05

Held Hostage by Microsoft?	2003 04

Kermit 95 2.1.3	2003 03

Microsoft Antitrust Settlement	2002 11

Noted in Passing June 2002	2002 06

Multitech RF550VPN SOHO VPN Router	2002 03

Windows Admin Scripting Little Black	2002 02

Windows 2000 and RIP	2001 10

Synchronics Counterpoint on Red Hat	2001 06

Connecting to the Internet	2001 06

Monitoring Windows NT with Unix syslog	2001 02

New machine had IP address but wouldn't	2000 11

Couldn't see Samba shares	2000 11



Unix and Linux Support


Hacking Exposed (Second Edition)	2000 10

Perl for System Administration	2000 08

Windows 98 annoyances	2000 07

Unix and Windows 2000 Integration	2000 07

Using Samba (O'Reilly)	2000 05

Win4Lin	2000 04

Windows Network Configuration	2000 02

Visionfs Printing to LaserJet- J.P.	1999 12

AlphaCom3 Terminal Emulator	1999 12

Under the Radar-Robert Young	1999 10

ICE.TEN & ICE.OFFSITE	1999 09

ICE.TEN and ICE.OFF.SITE	1999 09

Samba	1999 08

MMDF to Exchange- and Back!	1999 06

Windows NT and Unix Integration	1999 03

Visionfs Printing	1999 03

Setting up a Small Office Network	1998 12

NT vs. Unix	1998 10

Overview of Visionfs	1998 08

SCO OpenServer-The Windows Network	1997	2009/02/28 20:46 anonymous

Accidental Empires	1997

How do I use a printer that's shared	1997-2003

Can I use Windows printers?	1997-2003

How do I configure Windows Dial Up	1997-2003

How can I send WinPopup messages to	1997-2003






How can I make Windows machines use	1997-2003

How can I mount Windows shares on the	1997-2003

How can I write an image diskette from	1997-2003

I can't access my Windows 9x FAT32	1997-2003

Re Software running on SCO OpenServer	1997-2004

Re .smi -> .img conversion on Windows	1997-2004

Re I'VE SWITCHED Windows Outlook to	1997-2004	2005/08/19 00:59 anonymous

Re VisionFS and Windows XP Home	1997-2004

Re VisionFS and Windows XP Home	1997-2004

Re VisionFS and Windows XP Home	1997-2004

Re VisionFS and Windows XP Home	1997-2004

The best Windows Scoansi Terminal	1997-2004

Re Windows Printer as a terminal??	1997-2004

Re OpenServer 5.0.6a and Windows NT	1997-2004

Re OpenServer 5.0.6a and Windows NT	1997-2004

Re Migrating from Openserver to	1997-2004

Re problems printing from Windows 2000	1997-2004

Re Loading linux.EBDA too big	1997-2004	2006/06/19 21:08 TonyLawrence

Re Windows NT (Excel VB) to Unix	1997-2004

Re Cranky Guru's in NG	1997-2004

Re W2k passwords and VFS	1997-2004

Re NT Workgroups	1997-2004

Merge Floppy access	1997-2004

Visionfs printing	1997-2004

Using Windows telnet	1997-2004






NT registry and Security Policy	1997-2004

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