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  1. Comment - Want to Test Vista? Better Act Fast

    (Jun 29, 2006 - 6:27 PM)

    I think what they are implying.. is.. that maybe they are thinking about anybody that has activated might get access to future betas..

    but don't quote me on that, it's just a guess, can't think what else it might be..

    Personally, i'm trying to get in the games beta program - I'm dying to test flightsim X

  2. Comment - Google Launches Payment Service

    (Jun 29, 2006 - 6:23 PM)

    One could argue that paypal *is* a deathstar, and it aint under constuction, some good friends of mine have had some very bad experiences.

    my suggestion is use a credit card if you can and think twice if you can't, you get absolutely no protection with such services despite what they might say

  3. Comment - Microsoft: Please Don't Disable UAC

    (Jun 29, 2006 - 2:13 PM)

    Suspicion would be it behaves like linux where you can remember the password for the session for every specific task?

    As for Bill Gates, we've not heard the last - he's just going to be more hands-off, and we can verify what he says, his charity is well known, and another prominant american businessman with a fridge-full of cash has pledged alot of money to his charity - and it's well documented how many billions the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given to charity - not least to his commitment to wiping out TB and Malaria - and the Queen doesn't give out Hounoury Knighthoods for making lots of money - you have to do something special like the aforementioned

    Just had to reply to that :)

  4. Comment - Microsoft: Please Don't Disable UAC

    (Jun 29, 2006 - 2:03 PM)

    I've got it disabled for now, but I will totally be testing it on final release, which way it goes I don't know - some things it interceeds with are totally unessecary - like emptying the recycle bin if non-admin users put their self-owned files in there, it's the recycle bin, who cares if it gets emptied?

    I'm sure it will make sense in the end, even now it behaves pretty much as linux does - asking you for your 'root' password if you've asked to do admin-related suff, which is as it should be. Just annoying at the moment :p