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• How schools run themselves
  I am a school governor. Your comments about highly managed and well managed systems by experts is not quite there. I also ran a school IT network for 3 years many years ago.
  
  Systems get attacked from the outside in and from the inside out. They need protection at both levels. The security features in Vista would help there.
  
  On the UI front, some people find XPs interface great, others need a bit more encouragment - Vista can offer something more exciting that a change of icons.
  
  On the search front - being able to find information in a school setting would be amazingly useful - think how much time you spent searching for information at a school - having it onhand would be a superb benefit for both students and pupils.
  
  Finally, surely it is about choice. No one should deploy Vista or Office without the skills to do so (either the school or a consultancy who can help) and a knowledge of the needs it will fulfil.
  
  Some people will see those needs sooner than others, but I am sure that plenty will deploy before a service pack and be as happy as larry!

  January 11, 2007

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• Have you tried configuring XP SP2
  I have found XP SP2 easy to configure and use. Key things are that when a site is blocked - if I trust it, I add it to the trusted sites list.
  
  If I have a site wanting to use cross-site scripting I don't trust that site - cross site scripting is evil!! (INHO) Especially given the number of attacks on users at the moment where people are phishing for credit info.
  
  Acitve-X controls, pop-ups - I use the little yellow bar at the top of the screen and either allow or disallow.
  
  An example of where this is all goodness is the recent patch MS released for a problem in IE - it is not needed if you are running XP SP2.
  
  I love it - it keeps mine & my wife's PCs very safe.

  July 3, 2004

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