[LMB] AKICOTL: Computer Question

[Mark A. Mandel]

Seconded. I had no end of grief with my Logitech marblemouse. I finally took out the driver -- I think -- and am using it on my thinkpad as a MS mouse. The big trackball is still very handy, but I don't dare try to reprogram the extra buttons to PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN the way I want to. Also killed the phone-home crap.

m a m

----- Original Message ----
From: Azalais Aranxta <tiamat at tsoft.com>
To: Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold. <lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 1:06:36 AM
Subject: Re: [LMB] AKICOTL: Computer Question


On 
Sat, 
26 
Jan 
2008, 
James 
wrote:

> 
This 
is 
actually 
a 
very 
good 
point 
- 
a 
lot 
of 
PCs 
come 
loaded 
with
> 
tons 
of 
crap 
on 
them 
- 
lots 
of 
trialware 
and 
demo 
software.

Yeah, 
this 
is 
why 
I 
always 
get 
ThinkPads, 
and 
don't 
bother 
with
home 
user 
oriented 
companies 
like 
Gateway 
and 
Dell--the 
only
thing 
IBM 
gives 
me 
that 
I 
don't 
want 
is 
Norton 
(it's 
not 
bad
antivirus 
software 
but 
it 
eats 
memory, 
so 
I 
always 
take 
it 
off
and 
install 
AVG 
instead).

You 
also 
have 
to 
be 
careful 
of 
peripherals.  
My 
Firefly
flashdrive 
came 
with 
a 
bunch 
of 
crap 
software 
installed 
on 
it.  
I
once 
bought 
a 
Logitech 
mouse 
that 
came 
with 
a 
lot 
of 
crap
software 
on 
the 
install 
CD--and 
if 
you 
didn't 
UNcheck 
all 
the
right 
boxes 
when 
you 
ran 
setup, 
it 
would 
auto 
install 
no 
end 
of
garbage.

A 
lot 
of 
these 
programmes 
are 
designed 
to 
"phone 
home" 
when 
you
get 
on 
the 
internet.  
I 
don't 
let 
any 
of 
my 
programmes 
"phone
home" 
except 
my 
antivirus 
and 
antispyware 
software, 
which 
want
updates.  
And 
I 
have 
Windows 
set 
to 
notify 
me 
of 
updates 
but 
NOT
to 
auto 
install 
them, 
or 
else 
it 
not 
only 
installs 
new 
versions
of 
IE, 
which 
I 
don't 
use, 
but 
tries 
to 
install 
through 
IE, 
which
is 
blocked 
from 
contacting 
the 
internet 
via 
my 
firewall 
because
IE 
is 
the 
primary 
tool 
in 
a 
virus 
developer's 
box 
of 
fun.

~malfoy 
:)

****************************************************************
Azalais 
Aranxta 
(~malfoy)
ataniell93 
on 
LiveJournal 
and 
Vox







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