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Story: Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'

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Posted by: David Wright (Thursday 30 March 2006, 10:49 PM)

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"He admitted older Windows operating systems did not have the level of security necessary to counter cybercriminals."

The problem is that Microsoft keep pushing the release date of a newer Windows into the future...

I've been a Windows user since 1987, but I finally gave up using it as a daily desktop over a year ago, and today my Windows PC rarely gets switched on.

A life without Windows is a life without viruses, without spyware, I can just get on with doing my work.

I do hope Microsoft can pull a trim rabbit with a good chastity belt out of the hat when Vista finally arrives, but I'm not holding my breath...

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