OS4 on the pegasos

[mikeymike]

I had an AGP4x graphics card work in an AGP 2x system ok.  There's a voltage difference between 8x and 4x, but AFAIK most AGP4x capable motherboards can use an AGP8x graphics card.

[mikeymike]

Agree with Hammer, but minus points 4 - 7 and replace with "use a different web browser, and don't use crap apps that require IE to work".

PS: There are guides on my site to installing Win2k/XP to be secure, as well as seperate articles about tweaks to disable DCOM etc.

[mikeymike]

Hammer wrote:

minus points 4

Note that cookies can be use for spy/tracking.

Yes, but cookie settings for IE won't affect cookie settings in another web browser such as Firefox, Mozilla or Opera.  

**Some people likes IE6, who can argue with them?  

Some people are stupid, and/or don't realise the danger that the web browser is to system security.

"Point 7" follows a standard *inux regiume for using a limited user account.

TBH I stopped reading after about point 5 because it looked all IE-related from there :-)  Yes I agree, but the practicality of it on Windows isn't 100%.  I've worked on a high-security installation of Win2k/XP for a long while and still haven't worked out all of the holes in it.  There are a stupid amount of obscure things that don't work for a normal user which should.  For example, default security settings don't even allow a normal user to double-click on the systray clock to see the calendar, let alone edit the time.  On my website, there is a primer for filesystem permissions on Windows, and I have come up with a set of tight yet practical permissions which is in place on my parents' machine and has stopped a virus from infecting the system (because it couldn't write to key locations on C drive).

[mikeymike]

Hammer wrote:

Yes, but cookie settings for IE won't affect cookie settings in another web browser such as Firefox, Mozilla or Opera.

Post made in the context of IE6 only systems.

Sorry, your later replied seemed to imply... nevermind :-)