Category: Computers & the Internet
I finally got a replacement media disk from Microsoft and eventually did a clean install – it worked perfectly.
I’ve often wondered about the usefulness of anti virus software & whether we really need it. Yes I have collected a few viruses over the years (starting in 1984 with the famous Stoned virus) but except for Stoned none of them has done any damage and all (except stoned) were caught by me and not my anti virus software.
And now after moving me to a new technical expert – Guess what? We go back over the same old ground we’;e already covered. I can sympathise with their point of view. The probably feel that anyone contacting them because SP1 wont install probably knows very little about computers.
After being asked too many questions about how Vista works from numerous people I decided to take the plunge & buy a copy a few months ago. Personally I like XP and understand how it works but it seems that its become inevitable that sooner or later we’ll all be using Vista whether we want to or not. If I had my way I’d use Linux but that’s another story.
I suddenly discovered yesterday that Nero 6 which I’ve used for years doesn’t work with Vista. What to do? The obvious option was to upgrade. Although like most things if you need something new its an opportunity to re-think the whole thing. A quick google search & I found InfraRecorder.