I consider myself to be of average intelligence, & to have an OK understanding of computers & such.

I'm try not to delve too much into the innards of Vista, or some of the newer utilities - like Windows Defender.

While Defender has been around for a while, it is my first look at it. Ditto for Windows Firewall. I expect that they do whatever it is that they do - they did come preinstalled in Vista, & I expect them not to harass me, or to cause me problems. And I don't really want to look at them if I don't have to.

I'm pretty much just trying, as a new user would, to take whats given, & go with it. I'm expecting that what I install - works.

Thats where I'm coming from.


I'll post things as I came about to them, or as I come to them.


nit = nitpick = to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details