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From: za kAT on 28 Mar 2010 15:37 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:28:48 +0200, Ace wrote: > On 28.03.2010 19:08, Craig wrote: >> - MSE is free for commercial & non-commercial, > > Free to use for home and non commercial use! Free? You have to pay for > Windows ;) Ha! Actually, it's 'free' for home and home-based small businesses. Actual wording EULA "Use. You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your devices in your household for use by people who reside there or for use in your home-based small business. " So 'commercial' is a tad misleading, and I call for Craig to fall on his sword! -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - www.zakATsKopterChat.com Posted from my kopter!
From: Craig on 28 Mar 2010 15:42 On 03/28/2010 12:37 PM, za kAT wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:28:48 +0200, Ace wrote: > >> On 28.03.2010 19:08, Craig wrote: >>> - MSE is free for commercial& non-commercial, >> >> Free to use for home and non commercial use! Free? You have to pay for >> Windows ;) > > Ha! Actually, it's 'free' for home and home-based small businesses. > > Actual wording EULA > > "Use. You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your > devices in your household for use by people who reside there or for use in > your home-based small business. " > Luckily, our 8,000 sq-meter production facility has a couple of cots in its office... > So 'commercial' is a tad misleading, and I call for Craig to fall on his > sword! Duly noted & summarily seppuku'd. -- -Craig
From: John Corliss on 28 Mar 2010 16:52 WaIIy wrote: > Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: >> species8350 wrote: >> > >>> McAfee is about to end and I will be installing a new anti-virus >>> programme. I want a free programme. I was thinking of installing >>> AVAST. Should I consider any competition >> >> Microsoft Security Essentials is free, brilliantly well designed and >> so simple to use. > > and so totally invasive Just curious, would you care to elaborate? TIA. -- John Corliss No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: za kAT on 28 Mar 2010 16:57 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:42:14 -0700, Craig wrote: > On 03/28/2010 12:37 PM, za kAT wrote: >> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:28:48 +0200, Ace wrote: >> >>> On 28.03.2010 19:08, Craig wrote: >>>> - MSE is free for commercial& non-commercial, >>> >>> Free to use for home and non commercial use! Free? You have to pay for >>> Windows ;) >> >> Ha! Actually, it's 'free' for home and home-based small businesses. >> >> Actual wording EULA >> >> "Use. You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your >> devices in your household for use by people who reside there or for use in >> your home-based small business. " >> > > Luckily, our 8,000 sq-meter production facility has a couple of cots in > its office... > >> So 'commercial' is a tad misleading, and I call for Craig to fall on his >> sword! > > Duly noted & summarily seppuku'd. If not for you, Craig, Pooh and I would be so lonely... :( I support Bear Bottoms. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - www.zakATsKopterChat.com
From: species8350 on 28 Mar 2010 21:40
On Mar 29, 1:29 am, WaIIy <WaIIy@(nft).invalid> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:52:25 -0700, John Corliss <q34ws...(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > >WaIIy wrote: > >> Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: > >>> species8350 wrote: > > >>>> McAfee is about to end and I will be installing a new anti-virus > >>>> programme. I want a free programme. I was thinking of installing > >>>> AVAST. Should I consider any competition > > >>> Microsoft Security Essentials is free, brilliantly well designed and > >>> so simple to use. > > >> and so totally invasive > > >Just curious, would you care to elaborate? TIA. > > I use a batch file to turn automatic update services on or off and > manually check if I want to d/l updates and choose which ones. > > NET STOP "Automatic Updates" > SC CONFIG wuauserv start= demand > NET STOP "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" > SC CONFIG bits start= demand > pause > exit > > MSE went around all that and set my machine to auto-update even things > like Outllook updates and I don't have Outlook installed. > > My mistrust of Microsoft looking through everything and keeping records > of who's who and what's what is part of it. > > Yes, my Winxp is legal. Thanks to all for responding. The list enables me to make comparisons. I may return with questions. Best wishes. S |