Posts by Socrates

Ms can't identify their own browsers

I'm running IE8 on Win7 x64 with Protected Mode, SmartScreen filters etc., but the website said I have IE7, and scored it only 1/4.

By my reckoning, it should have scored it 3/4 - epic fail....

Complete nonsense - check your facts next time

"...applying a Master Boot Record fix before using a recovery disc is going to strip infected systems of both installed applications and associated data."

What complete and total nonsense! Maybe the author should read the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record) next time before writing fiction like this.

To be precise, the FixMbr command overrides the MBR *code* in bytes 0 to 440, and not the partition table information at offset 01BE as the author incorrectly assumes.

Multi-layered security

So the banks are finally all with the programme - hooray!

"Multi-layered security" is not regarbled RSA speak, it's good practice. Anyone that cares to read a few technical manuals about VPN and remote access will know that this means tokens, certificates, firewalls, IPS, access control lists etc., so no need to make this out to be a mystery when it isn't...

Why

Enough with the regurgitated press releases. While Med-V 2.0 may be a slight improvement over 1.0, it's still built on the Virtual PC hypervisor, so continues to have many of the same limitations as before. For example, you can't use a NAT'ed network for the guest OS unless you have administrative rights on the Win7 *host* system.

Med-V is a wasted effort for enterprises trying to get rid of WinXP, as it simply provides developers with an excuse not to fix their dodgy applications; sysadmins are still have to manage that instance of WinXP, and in a much more complex scenario than before it was virtualised.

Opt out option - PLEAAAASSSSEE

So you thought no-one noticed the change? Wrong.

While we appreciate your new focus on things Down Under, one the primary reasons some of us read El Reg is to find out what is going on elsewhere. The last thing we want is the front page to become another insular, syndicated Australian publication. So, don't patronise us, and give us an opt out option, please....

Someone is still maintaining VB3 code for the ATO

Thanks to the ATO's appetite for 16-bit applications, Australians are "recommended" not to install 64-bit operating systems...

http://www.ato.gov.au/businesses/content.asp?doc=/content/16275.htm

Actually *ALL* of Egypt is now gone

The Egyptian government has pulled the plug on all it's ISPs - the whole country is off the air...

http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml