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'SP2' a Must For XP Users (washingtonpost.com)
by Acidus at 11:45 am EDT, Aug 15, 2004 |
] the default choice is to decline an ActiveX
] program,
]
] When you use Internet Explorer to download new software,
] Windows will ask if you're sure you want to run each of
] these programs,
]
] The Outlook Express e-mail program, meanwhile, no longer
] allows any access to programs sent as file attachments.
] Hiding a program inside a compressed "zip" file won't
] work either -- you can decompress the archive, but
] Windows won't let you run its contents.
]
] Many non-program attachments, such as Microsoft Word
] documents and MP3 audio files, also require a second
] click to confirm that you really want to open them.
]
] Outlook Express also stops the display of Web images in
] messages, a common trick spammers use to see who opens
] their junk. Hello, I'm Acidus, and I like to welcome you to 2004. |
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RE: 'SP2' a Must For XP Users (washingtonpost.com)
by Decius at 1:02 pm EDT, Aug 15, 2004 |
Acidus wrote:
] ] The Outlook Express e-mail program, meanwhile, no longer
] ] allows any access to programs sent as file attachments.
] ] Hiding a program inside a compressed "zip" file won't
] ] work either -- you can decompress the archive, but
] ] Windows won't let you run its contents. This "feature" is such a fucking pain in the ass. Microsoft Windows would be so much better if there was a switch you could flip that put it in "No, I'm not a moron." mode, where email attachments are your responsibility and "End Task" actually ends the kills that damn process. I don't care how hard you make it to switch to this mode. Put it in the registry. Make me hex edit the switch in one of the DLLs. |
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