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Re: IE patch causes crashes

____/ High Plains Thumper on Friday 21 December 2007 06:11 : \____

> SW wrote:
>> HighPlainsRafaelToiletwaterNymshifter wrote:
> 
> This is an example of:
> 
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/
> 
> [quotes]
> 7.6 Trespasser Disinformation Tactics
> 
>     This is a list of the disinformation tactics that the that
> the anti-Linux propagandists who post in COLA have been using.
> All of these tactics have been used in COLA by the anti-Linux
> propagandists against the Linux advocates and the rest of the
> COLA readership to further the cause of the anti-Linux
> propagandists. This list has been worded as though you are one of
> them, so that you can better see through their eyes how they think.
> 
>     13. Embarrass your opponent.  Locate or create apparently
> embarrassing information or detail and utilize it out of all
> proportion-trying to create a scandal around it, to hijack a
> thread or drive everyone to distraction.
> 
>     14. Blackmail your opponent.  Locate or create apparently
> embarrassing information or detail and threaten your opponent
> with exposure to force him to do as you want him to. This tactic
> can be combined with the "Embarrass your opponent" tactic if you
> can no longer get your way though Blackmail.
> [/quotes]
> 
>>> Also some seem to have amnesia regarding use of Windows
>>> system utilities in Command Prompt (AKA DOS) mode window.
>>> This includes utilities to set system time to correspond
>>> with an Internet time server or internal server.
>>
>> The command prompt in XP is not DOS.
> 
> Command Prompt Window text looks like DOS, types like DOS,
> commands worked like DOS with DOS command line extension.  Thus,
> "quack, quack, quack".
> 
>> No, HighPlainsRafaelToiletwaterNymshifter, it does not require
>> the CLI.
>> 
>> Date & time>Internet time tab>Update now  Syncing with an NTP
>> server is the default in XP/2003/Vista.
> 
> Guess again troll.
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307897
> 
> [quote]
> When the computers are part of a workgroup, you must manually
> configure the time synchronization settings. You might identify a
> computer as a locally reliable time source by configuring the
> Windows Time service on that computer to use a known accurate
> time source, either by using special hardware or by using a time
> source that is available on the Internet. You can configure all
> other workgroup computers manually to synchronize their time with
> this local time source.
> [/quote]
> 
> [quote]
> How to synchronize an internal time server with an external source
> 
> 1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and
> then click Command Prompt.
> 
> 2. Type the following line, where peerlist is a comma-separated
> list of Domain Name System (DNS) names or IP addresses of the
> appropriate time sources, and then press ENTER:
> 
> w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:peerlist
> 
> 3. Type w32tm /config /update, and then press ENTER.
> [/quote]
> 
> Not all PC's operate in a corporate environment.  This feature is
> not available in Windows XP Home Edition.
> 
> Quack, quack, quack.

Repairing Windows XP in Eight Commands

,----[ Quote ]
|     * C: CD ..
|     * C: ATTRIB ?H C:\boot.ini
|     * C:ATTRIB ?S C:\boot.ini
|     * C:ATRIB ?R C:\boot.ini
|     * C: del boot.ini
|     * C: BOOTCFG /Rebuild
|     * C: CHKDSK /R /F
|     * C: FIXBOOT
`---- 

http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=313

Now, now. Go and explain this to your technophobic uncle. He's using
that 'user-friendly' Windows, right?

-- 
                ~~ Best of wishes

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