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General Software Discussion / Re: ReactOS 0.3.0 released
« Last post by f0dder on August 28, 2006, 05:19 PM »I wonder at which point Microsoft will shut ReactOS and http://tinykrnl.org/ down :/ - both are pretty interesting projects.
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i sincerely hope in the future that we put an end to this Install hell we have now.How do you handle per-user settings, then? There's several ways to go about that, each with different backup strategies as well...
"Installing" a program should mean simply copying its directory to a Programs directory, nothing more. It would then automatically appear on whatever kind of start menu is used. Uninstalling should be as simple as deleting it.-mouser (August 25, 2006, 07:57 AM)
Anyway, lets say a user wants to scan through a HDD for possible hidden threats, does KAV use that "persistant database" to bypass "this file is clean" files during this "on demand scanning" process? Or instead, it builds and updates the database during that process?I haven't looked into how this works, so it's just guessing from an end-user perspective. In a previous version, KAV used NTFS "alternative file streams" to store the "this-is-clean" data, and then used some rootkit-like methods to hide/protect those streams, and this got sysinternals' rootkit revealer "up and ringing". Now it seems that it uses a few database files stored somewhere instead.
That depends on whether you ordered the install/recovery CD "extra option"Not my Dell. I got two CDs with my system. One was the Dell Windows Restore CD. This just installed a bog standard Windows installation with the addition of one additional icon on the Start Menu linking to the Support area of Dell's web site. Nothing extra from a store-bought Windows CD installation besides that.
All the "junkware", trialware, etc. came on the second CD. HPs, Compaqs, etc. don't have that luxury, I hear. Heck, I hear some of those systems don't even come with a CD at all. You're at the mercy of a Restore Partition on the computer's hard drive. :: shudder ::-Innuendo (August 14, 2006, 04:24 PM)
Well, DELLs As The Dimensions (5150 Is An Example) Or Inspirons (6000 For Example) Don't Give You Any CD Either And Rely On A Restore Partition Too!!!!-dieferman (August 19, 2006, 03:27 AM)
For some reason you don't like bloated do everything programs, but I do. ZoneAlarm with virus protection, firewall, email scanner, etc. does it all. Why run multiple programs to get the job done when you can run one?If one app doesn't do the job properly, I'd rather have a couple running...-bratliff (August 17, 2006, 09:06 PM)
