64-bit Windows wide open to viruses

From: "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]"


| Actually the x64 version of Windows XP Professional is priced the same
as
| the x86 version.
| Also as an OEM product and the fact that a lot of OEMs are switching to
| supplying x64 based systems and they will come preinstalled with Windows
XP
| Professional x64 Edition this OS will be mainstream and not just a
corporate
| product.
|
| --
|
| Regards,
|
| Mike
| --
| Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
|
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Really ?

That hasn't been the information thus far. Including the cost of the
platform to support
WinXP/64 and Win2003 Server/64.

From: "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]"


| Actually the x64 version of Windows XP Professional is priced the same
as
| the x86 version.
| Also as an OEM product and the fact that a lot of OEMs are switching to
| supplying x64 based systems and they will come preinstalled with Windows
XP
| Professional x64 Edition this OS will be mainstream and not just a
corporate
| product.
|
| --
|
| Regards,
|
| Mike
| --
| Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
|
| This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
| rights
|
| Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
| newsgroups
|


Really ?

That hasn't been the information thus far. Including the cost of the
platform to support
WinXP/64 and Win2003 Server/64.

Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-tr...dware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

From: "DevilsPGD"

| In message "David H. Lipman"
| <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
|

From: "DevilsPGD"

|> How do you figure? WinXP is, by definition, a consumer product. WinXP
|> Pro is targeted at businesses, but isn't exclusive to that market.
|>
|> --
|> If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest, will it make a sound?

The $ cost.

|
| It's the same price as XP Pro...
|
| --
| Politicians, like diapers, have to be changed frequently,
| and for the very same reason.

What about the cost of the platform that supports it ?

64-bit Windows wide open to viruses

Users of the latest 64-bit version of Microsoft's Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition operating system will not have the option to
install Norton or McAfee antivirus software, vnunet.com can reveal.
Users trying to install the Norton Internet Security 2005 security
suite for consumers on the 64-bit version of Windows see an error
message stating that the product can not be installed.

They are referred to a web page which states: "Symantec currently does
not sell any consumer products that are certified to be compatible
with 64-bit processors and operating systems."

Full story: vnunet.com

http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?shownews950

CA eTrust is also available as an x64 anti virus product.


Regards,

Mike
Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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> 64-bit Windows wide open to viruses
>
> Users of the latest 64-bit version of Microsoft's Windows XP
> Professional x64 Edition operating system will not have the option to
> install Norton or McAfee antivirus software, vnunet.com can reveal.
> Users trying to install the Norton Internet Security 2005 security
> suite for consumers on the 64-bit version of Windows see an error
> message stating that the product can not be installed.
>
> They are referred to a web page which states: "Symantec currently does
> not sell any consumer products that are certified to be compatible
> with 64-bit processors and operating systems."
>
> Full story: vnunet.com
>
> http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?shownews950