Cheap Windows comes under fire
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Microsoft's attempt to win over new users with a cut-down edition of Windows comes in for strong criticism.
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To see the e-mail I get every day from readers about security issues is to develop a deep discomfort with the state of computing today. Keeping a Windows PC safe can demand a high degree of vigilance. -Rob Pegoraro
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PC World: Businesses don&#39;t have to dump Windows to test drive free or low-price applications whose use may improve the bottom line.
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Even as Microsoft appeals a finding that it broke antitrust rules, the company says it has spent millions to make a stripped-down version of Windows.
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Even if they're cheap, the timing may not be right.
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More PCs run the alternative OS, but many will end up with a pirated version of Windows, report says.
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"And there I stood: alone in the dark, unknown terrors approaching, armed only with a bucket of water."  "Which is, curiously enough, almost exactly the position that Windows users find themselves in today: alone in the dark, unknown terrors approaching, but in their case, having a bucket of water would be an improvement."  "MS04-028 is, perhaps, the epitome of bad technical writing - the literary equivalent of spaghetti code. I've read through it far too many times, and I still understand far too little."  And who is at fault here?  You or Microsoft?  Microsoft has for years demonstrated that they hate their customers.  Yet its people like Tom Liston that keep coming back for more abuse.  T ...
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Start a debate on Microsoft and there will be a thousand people ready with a hundred errors they have faced in the last 2 days! Give them a chance and the world will pounce on this monopolistic company ready to sue them for the craziest of reasons.
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Some sales reps at brick-and-mortar retailers convince PC purchasers to buy unnecessary store-made backups.
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Microsoft calls in police over employee "abuse" of discount program.
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Most users think their computer is safe from adware and spyware--but they're wrong.
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Millions of computer users are at risk of attack because flaws in the way Windows handles some images.
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Letters And cheap tinsel worries wifi fans
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Users who fear that their Windows XP software might be counterfeit could get free legitimate replacements from Microsoft under a scheme announced last week.
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There&#39;s only one problem with Microsoft&#39;s Service Pack 2, a key upgrade to the popular Windows XP operating system: It turns some computers into large, expensive doorstops.
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Microsoft is pointing to a server error that caused a weekend snafu in which legitimate customers were accused of stealing software. Thousands of legit copies of Windows XP and Vista were identified by Microsoft&#39;s Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation system as pirated.
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A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe.