WinUAE exposing how crappy Windows is

[the_leander]

I could have all my games and apps installed on a portable HD.  Take it with me and plug it in a friends house and be able to run all "my" apps from "my" drive.  You can do this with Amiga.

Try that with WordWorth, or any other application that installs assigns and libs necessary for it to run on a system that hasn't had it installed. Watch as they fall on their arse.

The fact is, you're talking utter nonsense. Especially when it comes to the more complex applications the Amiga has.

There are plenty of apps out there, including big name apps that offer "portable" versions, as Arkhan says, a lot of games are going this way.

[the_leander]

Too much unnecessary stress.

Reducing your risk to malware and every once in a while having to type in an admin password counts as stress these days?

Regardless, the best computer WAS Amiga.

And not even the best in it's class.

[the_leander]

Well, if it happens then I allow my antivirus and malware programs to fix it.

I'll let you in on a little secret here.

Pay close attention to this bit:

If your system is compromised by anything even remotely modern in terms of malware, the chances of you being able to remove the infection is somewhere between no chance and nada.

When you get hit, the only way to genuinely be sure of it being clear is to do a clean install from behind a router or hardware firewall.

By running as Admin, you make the malware writers job a damn sight easier since you offer them complete open access to all the recesses of your computer.

It is a truly massive vector for infection you are exposing.

[the_leander]

Great so I should run as a limited user while my Malware runs as Admin.  

You really should have taken Arkhans advice and quit whilst you were behind.

By running as a limited user, you reduce the risk of having malware that has unfettered access to your system. A lot of malware needs that full access to do the things it needs to.

What reason is that?

There are no demotivators I know of that could truly quantify how dumb that question is.

And you had the gall to bitch about OS architecture without understanding the benefits inherent within a multi user environment...

[the_leander]

So it's possible, and I do not think this is possible with Windows.

Sure it's possible to do backups with Windows, both of the OS, installed apps and everything in between.

There is a whole subset of the computing industry dedicated to offering a variety of backup solutions.

[the_leander]

I said nothing about backups, why worry about backups?

Transferring complete installed systems between disks as you described generally comes under the umbrella of backups in terms of software.

 Well, it's necessary with Winshit.

It's necessary with all computers.

[the_leander]

@the_leander
You did not understand what I wrote. I just copyed (moved) the system to a new drive and this is not backuping, it's upgrading since the system continued to evolve and I do not fell back on the previous.

I understood what you meant, thanks.

There is software that allows you to move a complete windows system over to a new drive.

That software is usually considered to come under the heading of backup software.

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What I mean is, if you were looking for software to do this for you within a site along the line of say download.com or something similar, you would look under the heading of "backups".

[the_leander]

Most winodows machines are full of crap and will be re installed since the backup is too old.

Prove it.

[the_leander]

Prove the opposite.

Uh, no, you made the claim, the onus is on you to back it up.