OneCare Live

[Humpty Dumpty]

Should I install Window's new OneCare Live Beta, which is offered through WU
newsletter? I am an XP Home single personal computer user.
Thank you,
Peter

 

[Phil Anthropist]

Should I install Window's new OneCare Live Beta, which is offered through
WU newsletter? I am an XP Home single personal computer user.
Thank you,
Peter

I don't know, but I would create a system restore point first in case it
messes up your computer. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Phil
http://www.freeinformationcentre.co.uk/html/computing___internet.html

 

[Alias]

Should I install Window's new OneCare Live Beta, which is offered through WU
newsletter? I am an XP Home single personal computer user.
Thank you,
Peter

Unless you're a BETA tester and have a machine to BETA test on, NO!

Alias

 

[George \(Bindar Dundat\)]

This was written specifically about IE7 but if you read it you might catch the
general idea about beta software.
http://dundats.mvps.org/Internet/InternetExplr/index.htm#Beta

--
George (Bindar Dundat©)
http://dundats.mvps.org
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| Thank you,
| Peter
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[Winux P]

No don't do it, better still implement YouCare since You can't go wrong, and
if you do you can go straight to the complaints department, You.

Take a look here;

http://www.microscum.com/comsense/

- Winux P

: Should I install Window's new OneCare Live Beta, which is offered through
WU
: newsletter? I am an XP Home single personal computer user.
: Thank you,
: Peter
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[kurttrail]

Should I install Window's new OneCare Live Beta, which is offered
through WU newsletter? I am an XP Home single personal computer user.
Thank you,
Peter

Beta software is meant for testing purposes only. Do you want to make a
Guinnea Pig out of your computer?

There are FREE AV software titles that are available that are fully
developed. Try AVG and Avast!

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Should I install Window's new OneCare Live Beta, which is offered through WU
newsletter? I am an XP Home single personal computer user.
Thank you,
Peter

No. Who would you rather trust to maintain *your* computer and the
security of *your* data, a faceless corporate entity, or yourself?


--

Bruce Chambers

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

 

[kurttrail]

No. Who would you rather trust to maintain *your* computer and the
security of *your* data, a faceless corporate entity, or yourself?

I just woke up from a nap. Did hell freeze over or something while I
was napping?

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I just woke up from a nap. Did hell freeze over or something while I
was napping?

Why the surprise? Haven't I always advocated the responsibility of the
individual to safeguard his own interests, as well as accepting
responsibility for the consequences of his own decisions?


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

 

[kurttrail]

Why the surprise? Haven't I always advocated the responsibility of
the individual to safeguard his own interests, as well as accepting
responsibility for the consequences of his own decisions?

"a faceless corporate entity"

Never quite like that, Bruce. Sounds much more like my turn of a
phrase, than yours. But do keep it up.

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Rock]

Should I install Window's new OneCare Live Beta, which is offered through WU
newsletter? I am an XP Home single personal computer user.
Thank you,
Peter

Beta software should never be installed on a production machine - that
is a machine you want to get work done with. It should only be used in
a testing environment for which you are ready to accept the risk of the
system getting messed up by the Beta software.

Additionally there are some problems with OneCare. There are some nice
features to it and the concept is good, but for one thing the anti-virus
is substandard.