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Posted by Dudley Henriques on September 25, 2006, 6:44 pm
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About your reference to testing and systems;
What I do testing wise is sort of unique; as I advise on realism and
immersion for the flight simulator alone and don't deal in "games" as such.
Frame rates and speed in the "gaming sense" isn't an issue for me. I use a
high end system because most of the new programs being designed for FS
function better and more smoothly on higher end systems. In other words, my
interest is centered on whether or not the airplane is doing what it should
be doing aerodynamically and not necessarily in the programming required to
make that happen. There are much more computer savvy folks at MS doing that.
Also, I enjoy the simulator myself so there is a selfish factor as well :-)
The need to keep 3rd party software minimized is to eliminate any additional
programs as an conflicting error source. This keeps my troubleshooting
issues to a minimum, which from a time standpoint is important to me.
Dudley Henriques
>>Dudley Henriques wrote:
>
>>> I've always used a simple dialup for my on line work and have not had
>>> any
>>> virus issues at all using the EZAntiVirus from CA that I have installed.
>>> Along with this, I use the XP in-house firewall. This combo has worked
>
>>> My situation is unique as I need my system as free of 3rd party software
>>> as
>>> possible for the testing I do for developers producing add on software
>>> for
>>> the Microsoft Flight Simulator program.
>
> Hmm... does this mean that use in the real world, where folks do
> indeed have all sorts of 3rd-party sware, isn't tested? ;-)
>
>>> This being said, I have just signed up with RCN for their broadband
>>> cable.
>>> This of course will change my on line scenario, as the port will now be
>>> open
>>> all the time the system is on.
>
> We don't have cable here, but we do have ADSL - and there I'd go for a
> combination Ethernet NAT router and ADSL "modem", so that the PCs are
> hidden behind the router's NAT. Try to do the same thing with cable,
> i.e. don't allow anything to assign a globally-unique IP address to
> your PC (rather than to a router that NATs it down to private IP).
>
>>> What I need to know is this; RCN offers free Mcafee software
>
> AVOID!!
>
> Usually, when a bank, ISP etc. offers "free McAfee", it's a ghastly
> "MyCIO" thing that gives you no control over it at all - there's
> almost no UI at all, so you can't see what it's doing.
>
> Run away screaming... use your existing av and XP firewall instead.
>
>>> my experience with Mcafee is that it is invasive to the registry
>>> and slows my system, which is not the best thing when you need
>>> every once of performance for testing.
>
> Hmm. To test whether a game is fast enough, you should test on the
> minimum-spec PC it's to be sold to - not an optimised best-case.
>
> Earlier testing that looks for bugs etc. is easier on a clean system
> with duhfault settings, but passing that doesn't make the sware fit
> for sale; interactions with underfootware need to be tested too.
>
>>> Will my present combination of AV and using the XP firewall be
>>> sufficient to
>>> protect the system with the new broadband in operation or will I need to
>>> make changes in the way I protect the computer?
>
>>You need a multi-layered approach to security on your PC(s). The router
>>suggestion is a good start.
>
> Agreed.
>
>>I would also add Zone Alarm Professional to have protection at
>>both the hardware level and secondarily at the software level.
>
> That breaks the OP's need to keep the system clean :-/
>
>
>
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