| MSN Premium features are not free I don't know how they can compare windows defender to webroot spysweeper, mcafee firewall to windows firewall, and windows live scan to mcafee antivirus. If you relied on windows live for security, you would easily get viruses and spyware installed. Windows live academic search is not equal to encarta and windows live picture gallery does not have many common functions digital imaging 2006 has.
MSN premium is a lot better than the "free" offerings. You get no ads in your email, no ads on your spaces, and no ads in msn messenger. You do get a great browswer in MSN premium, with lots of services and software integrated, a and you do get a lot of security software that protects the pc, not just the web browser. You also gets a favorites folder that synchronizes, so whatever pc you use, you always have the same favorites. Yes, MSN premium runs slow and consumes lots of resouces, but windows live whatever doesn't compare to what MSN Premium offers. |
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Arlington, VA | Now that is a falacy. I have been an avid user of Zone Alarm until this year when I switched to Windows Live OneCare. The transition was seamless and the program runs so smoothly that I don't even know its there. You should also check your claim that "If you relied on windows live for security, you would easily get viruses and spyware installed".
Did not happen with my PC and I've been running OneCare since August. |
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Windows live one care is not free. The article was saying that everything in msn premium is available for free. The free things microsoft offers is laughable. Their free antivirus is an online scan. That doesn't prevent viruses, that tells you if a virus is already present. And most viruses disable web browsers and mess up the internet connectivity so you wouldn't be able to scan. So Microsoft's free stuff doesn't stand up the the payed stuff in msn premium, or in your case, windows live onecare. |
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join:2001-03-28
Arlington, VA | Oh yeah, I know Windows Live OneCare is not free. My 90 trial ended just two days ago. Cost me 50 bucks but I paid the same for ZoneAlarm.
Anywho, I might owe you an apology because I may have jumped too quickly. I was disputing what you said about "windows live". I took what you said and read "windows live" to mean Windows Live OneCare (which are not the same product).
But if I remember correctly "windows live" is not a particular product so to say. Its more of an umbrella of services that MS offers. So if that is correct, then we both misspoke.
Now, if you were speaking of Windows Live OneCare then my dispute stands. |
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NPGMBR
join:2001-03-28
Arlington, VA | reply to jim20332
But I do agree that free offerings from companies do tend to be meager. I wouldn't doubt that MS's free offering was crappy either. |
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| Lol, microsoft has got to get someone with good english and marketing skills. Windows Live, windows Live one care, Windows live premium. If there's one thing their competitor does well, is naming. The ipod, ipod nano, ipod shuffle, ipod touch, etc. All of those are easy to distinguish. But windows live anything is a mess. |
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| By the way, webroot is offerning spysweeper for free for 1 year. I heard you have to do a custom installation or it will install an annoying toolbar.
I have the previous version 5.3 through msn premium, and it does consume lots of resources and is annoying with its updates, but it does catch a lot of stuff, including bad web sites.
»www.webroot.com/activate |
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