ComputerWorld - Defensive Computing: Defending an operating system

January 2, 2012
by Michael Horowitz

I recently spent hours setting up a new Windows 7 laptop computer; removing pre-installed software, installing new software (IrfanView, Chrome, 7-Zip, etc.), tweaking, configuring, yada yada yada. A good few days from start to finish.

Then I made an image backup and gave it to a client all squeaky clean.

The first thing he did was install a software application he needs for his business. And it brought Windows to its knees.

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