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OT(kinda)-OS upgrade

John, did XI have all the right drivers in a list for XP Pro?

After reading the latest exploit which Russian hackers use Internet Explorer to put Trojans onto people's computers to swipe info on SSL transaction passwords & financial data, it just confirmed again, that I really REALLY do not want to see my SolidWorks computer on the Internet.

The article is written for programmers, & the discussion about this can be found on today's

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article titled "Trojan Analysis Leads To Russian Data Hoard".

I really wonder how the likes of SolidWorks will respond to these issues of users staying off the net, because of all sorts of safety issues and slowdowns.

Bo

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Bo
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Well, I finally had a day to get my workstation moved from running 2000-pro to XP-pro so that I could install SW2007. This machne is exactly 3 years old, and has been solid. This is the first time I have been disciplined enough to keep my working computer off of the internet except for special cases-and I highly recommend it. Got it from XI Computer in SoCal, and they were moderately helpful in helping me get the drivers I needed for this exercise. What I had not anticipated was needing drivers for items related to the motherboard itself. I know this makes me sound like a newbie, but this is one task I had never tackled before.

I was just talking to my Dad and he asked me how I had changed OS's before this . The answer is that my computer would usually die or get corrupted and I would just get a new one. With the current state of affairs with Vista and the strong-arm tactics of M$oft `encouraging' the computer makers to sell only Vista machines, now doesn't seem like a great time to get a new machine.

Anyway I see that my data is just about finished copying over from my external drive, so I can get to work. Just in case, I have SW2006 running alongside 2007 on my notebook with no difficulties. Onward into the future..........

jk

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John Kreutzberger

No-that's why I said `moderately' helpful. I actually needed to open the box and tell the guy what model my motherboard was and then we went to the web site together and he showed me which drivers I needed. Seemed sort of crude to me, but at least he answered the phone (in English) and it just took a couple of calls to get things sorted out.

jk

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John Kreutzberger

John - beware the upgrade from sp0 to sp2.2 for sw2007. There is a known bug and this direct upgrade does not work - it creates an eternal loop asking for CDs it does not recognize.

Better to go sp0 - sp1.1 and then sp2.2 .

Others here might give better advice - I just know I spent a morning wondering what was wrong with my cd drive, when it was SW all along.

Jonathan

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jjs

Jonathan, the other option is to get the Swk 2007 SP2.2 DVD direct from your VAR, to get rid of the issue directly, since it is a known problem.

Bo

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Bo

Is there a fatal issue with sp3.0?

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Dale Dunn

sure hope not-I went right to there. Been running sp2.1 on my notebook with no issues either.

jk

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John Kreutzberger

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