Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Win2k woes

[Jennifer Dozar <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 03:21:55PM -0500, Spurling, Shannon wrote:
> LOL! I could have told you that. I was wondering what you guys were
> thinking. I was actually shocked to see her admitting to running Win2K.
> Probably why she had Michael ask the question in the first place. :-)
> 

I"ve been using my 2k box mostly for homework and gaming. Consideirng i have to use MS programs for my school work. :P *cringes*  but i use opensource stuff when i can. Like the usefulness of Dia! :-D

Like i said, i asked mike to ask for me cause i was having trouble sending mail 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross, Matthew [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 3:12 PM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Win2k woes
> 
> > From: Jennifer Dozar [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> 
> Oh, THAT Jennifer. Guess the "switch to linux" suggestions weren't
> neccessary...
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:40:47AM -0500, Ross, Matthew wrote:
> > > Has she kept up to date with her patches, what login error 
> > is she recieving, and did she notice an inordinant level of 
> > internet activity just prior to rebooting?
> > 
> > considering i had closed all but like my putty windows for 
> > internet access, i didn't really notice any additional 
> > activity.
> 
> With that, you shouldn't have seen much activity at all. When under
> attack from a worm or a script kiddie, your internet activity would be
> heavy.
> 
> > I was on eq atlas and all those sutpid pop up 
> > windows kept going prior to all that.
> 
> Some of those popup windows load virii. Booting to safe mode and running
> a virusscan would be a good idea, if it lets you.
> 
> > I am not sure why 
> > Putty kept locking up. it would lock up my m lug window. and 
> > not lock up my other windows or lock up my other ones and not 
> > mlug. very strange. Putty locked up on me on the laptop last 
> > nighttoo.  So, that is probably just a putty problem.  I 
> > guess i should find SecureCRT now? heh. 
> 
> I've not had any such troubles with Putty, but its worth a shot.
> 
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