From: "Robert Comer" 

>If I actually documented everything that happened/I did
> in a day I would spend 90% of the time writing about it.

Same here.  :(

> I just finished doing this, so I feel that pain.  I try not to get
> sucked into doing it at all, but sometimes I just can't refuse a
> challenge.

I just have a problem saying no to people I know. (especially women and
high management. )

> The one I worked on had two or three viruses and quite likely the
> complete spyware inventory; no antivirus and no firewall.  MS woefully
> underestimates the ability of the average user out there; security can
> not be left to them.  Heck, it can hardly be left to the
> professionals!

Yep, but I also think they have to give us the tools to free up things that
do need to be done on the PC's.  One of the most frustrating things I know
of is when I have to do something on a machine and security gets in the way
making it so I can't do my job.

- Bob Comer



"Richard B."  wrote in message
news:j6n1uvgfmje48fg71ecu179jc56cc1jc8a{at}4ax.com...
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:46:37 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
> >It'll wait to show itself until you forget what you were going to do
about
> >it, that's what usually happens to me on things like that. 
>
> No kidding.  If I actually documented everything that happened/I did
> in a day I would spend 90% of the time writing about it.
>
> >I can't believe how many user's home PC's I've had to
"fix" this last
year,
> >and all but one of them was because of spyware utilities downloaded from
the
> >internet. :(
>
> I just finished doing this, so I feel that pain.  I try not to get
> sucked into doing it at all, but sometimes I just can't refuse a
> challenge.
>
> >And the one that was about that had a bunch of it on it too, but it also
had
> >the HD going out on it. (and IBM 80G drive)
>
> The one I worked on had two or three viruses and quite likely the
> complete spyware inventory; no antivirus and no firewall.  MS woefully
> underestimates the ability of the average user out there; security can
> not be left to them.  Heck, it can hardly be left to the
> professionals!
>
> - Richard
>
>

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