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    Secure Windows PCs, What are M$ up to now?

    I think that heres the correct place for this.
    Discussion on the philosophical thinking behind M$ latest money spinner.
    M$ to secure windows PC's
    Call me a synical old git but I think that M$ have found a new way to fleece it's punters.
    Bugger me.

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    So, instead of making Windows more secure (which will cost them lots of money to do, no doubt), they just bought out anti spyware and anti virus companies and will charge more for people to make their copies of Windows more secure?

    "Fleece it's punters" indeed.....

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    A secure Windows is an nLited windows is what I say...that and turn off half the services that run by default...

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    Wat, secure windows? Windows cant use linux can it? this makes no sense
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