TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: nthelp
to: Geo
from: Ellen K.
date: 2005-02-13 20:54:40
subject: Re: feb security patches

From: Ellen K. 

Symantec would probably sue them immediately if they did that.

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:42:09 -0500, "Geo" 
wrote in message :

>No, there are client side addons for W2K so you can connect from W2K to an
>XP box, I believe there is also a client for linux (at least I think I saw
>one in the latest knoppix).
>
>Personally I think MS should make both the client and host sides for every
>version of windows and supply them with no licensing restrictions at all,
>from a windows uses pov it's basically like supplying telnet or ssh or
>xwindows with any unix distribution. It's a basic requirement in todays
>world just like email or browser.
>
>Geo.
>
>"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>news:54st01tfojmatv3vqundffoajhvuoa3ted{at}4ax.com...
>> ?  Probably a dumb question, but wouldn't the remote desktop thing only
>> work for talking to other XP machines?
>>
>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:07:42 -0500, "Geo"
 wrote in
>> message :
>>
>> >"Jeff Shultz" 
wrote in message
>> >news:pan.2005.02.11.03.10.41.344380{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
>> >
>> >> Due to some incompatibility problems (PC Anywhere, Norton
Corporate AV)
>we
>> >> haven't gone to SP2 yet on any of our XP machines. We've got the
>Symantec
>> >> upgrades... it's gonna be interesting in a couple of weeks.
>> >
>> >incompatibility? Doesn't the EULA for SP2 specifically state
that you are
>no
>> >longer allowed to run PCanywhere type applications and that you have to
>use
>> >remote desktop for that now? (as for nortan AV, it's incompatible with
>> >pop/smtp so..)
>> >
>> >Geo.
>> >
>>
>

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5
* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45)
SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 5030/786
@PATH: 379/45 1 106/2000 633/267

SOURCE: echomail via fidonet.ozzmosis.com

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.