And he switched to another newsreader to hide the fact that his machine is
vulnerable to all sorts of security exploits due to the fact that it's no
fully patched at Windows Update. Five'll get you ten that he's running a
pirated version of Windows, too! eg

Bruce Hagen wrote:
~PAB. If you notice, PC's address has changed three times just in this
thread. I guess he's used to getting kill-filed. VBEG


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
[snicker Even PCButts1 wasn't this dense.]

p.cbuilder98 wrote:
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in
:

From pcbuilder98's message headers:

X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165

It appears that he is running Windows XP with SP1, (circa 2003
version).

No I am not running XP with SP1.

I would never claim that Outlook Express or Internet Explorer are the
best e-mail client and browser, (far from it). Nor would I disagree
with someone that preferred to use different ones. I am only involved
with newsgroups to help people with MS issues, not to tout MS
products. But for someone to be so concerned with security, I find it
amusing that he is lacking in about four years of updates.

I stopped updating long ago after an update destroyed my printer driver.
It
took almost a year for me to create a workaround to restore full
functionality to my printer. I have been delighted with the results ever
since. Re; the printer and updates.

This
version of IE/OE surely is a less secure version than it could be.

Now that I use Xnews the NG posting part of that problem is solved.

What's that about taking advice "with a grain of salt"?

When I have completed my evaluation of all available browsers and email
clients I will cease using Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Put
your
grain of salt on that.

I'm using the computer I just built as a test bed for my evaluation.
When
I
find replacements for IE OE I will do a clean install of the OS along
with
my Microsoft replacements.