I was called today to go look at someone\'s computer that was \'running slow\' as it was described on the phone. when i got there I found a fairly new PC running Windoze XP.
\'Slow\' was not exactly what it was. Damn near stopped and choked to the top with malware, junk progammes, spyware- you name it. I tried to remove stuff, then reboot after reboot it still kept coming back.
Frankly the thing was in so much of a mess the only thing i could recommend was a total re-install of the OS. This machine is 18 months old.

This is going to mean a search for driver disks, and backing up files- which are probably infected anyway.

The scary thing is that people generally seem to accept this as normal. When you consider what most people actually use their PC for, there isn\'t anything that they do that couldn\'t be done better by running Linux.

I just shrug my shoulders and reflect on the fact that I am running machines here that were made in the late 1990\'s. They run fast and clean and do everything that is expected of them and more besides. Oh- and they run Linux!:D

-Telepod

I note that Micro$oft\'s new advertising slogan is:

\'Windows: Life Without Walls\'.

That\'s exactly what the problem is with Windows. They are even telling you!!

I am wondering if M$W7 is any better.  I am assuming not?