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OneCare: A subscription service from Microsoft that provides a one-stop source for protection against malware (viruses, spam, spyware), system maintenance (disk cleanup, defragmentation, etc.) and backup and recovery. The beta...; Full OneCare Definition >>

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I say crapware; you say 'performance enhancer': I say crapware; you say 'performance enhancer'agreedall trialware should be treated as crapware.OneCare offered as TRIAL is crapware.OneCare offered as TRIAL is crapware.I want the full version or nothing. Trial is useless.Anyway I don't like OneCare because it's a security suite. I would like a simple antivirus only programohgreat.One problem...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, OneCare, performance enhancer, software, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer, performance; Discussion threads 2008-08-01
Microsoft Equipt: student productivity rise likely?: Probably not. But it's not a bad thing Microsoft have done, and it really shows that they're committed to this "student malarkey" we have going. Today, they announced that project "Albany", now called Microsoft Equipt, has been released into the wild, for the masses who want an all-round suite of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Microsoft inches toward public beta of 'Stirling' security suite: Microsoft inches toward public beta of 'Stirling' security suiteBug Fender scheduled for 2010Following the success of getting people to buy security software enabling Microsoft to profit from poor programming practices, Microsoft have now extended this philosophy into dealing with all of their other software bugs."This is great news" said a...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, OneCare; Discussion threads 2008-03-20
A new Microsoft-hosted security service in the making: Forefront Online: A new Microsoft-hosted security service in the making: Forefront OnlineMicrosoft? Security?Surely you jest.Is this serious!?Can't be serious!!! MS is selling the most insecure operating system in the universe, and then selling a security solution!? I think the best thing the civilized world could do is ban Windows computers from connecting...; Tags: Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, OneCare, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-hosted, Microsoft-hosted security service, new Microsoft-hosted security service, Forefront Online; Discussion threads 2007-10-22
Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta due imminently: Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta due imminentlyRegistry CheckI would like to see something similar to TuneUp Utilities 2007 built in that would scan the registry etc for errors.You mean the $50 boxed version will be due out?Most of their 'official' gold software is beta in quality, so why bother with...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, OneCare, Microsoft Corp., Live Care, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare; Discussion threads 2007-07-05

Microsoft quietly patches Windows Live OneCare to fix Outlook problems: Microsoft quietly patches Windows Live OneCare to fix Outlook problemsOneCare apptly namedAt least M$ named their product accurately even if they left out a bit of detail. M$ Onecare, demonstrates M$ single defining 'care', profits for M$. For the customer of course, they couldn't care any less, apart from taking...; Tags: Patches, Operating systems, patch management, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, Patch Tuesday, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows Live; Discussion threads 2007-03-12
Microsoft quietly patches Windows Live OneCare to fix Outlook problems: Microsoft is not going to patch the latest version of its Windows Live OneCare service on March 13 to remedy Outlook compatibility issues, as a number of news and blog sites are reporting. The reason? Microsoft already issued the required OneCare patch with no fanfare on March 11. ...; Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, patch management, OneCare, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live OneCare, OneCare-Outlook, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows; Blog posts 2007-03-12
MS OneCare nukes MS Outlook data!: Microsofts OneCare has had a rough start in the Anti-Virus market with a recent poor showing in an AV shootout. If that wasnt bad enough, the engine component of OneCare was ironically the first serious remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Vista though Trend Micro beat them to the...; Tags: Groupware, OneCare, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook; Blog posts 2007-03-09
OneCare 1.5 goes gold: The retail and Web versions of Microsofts Windows Live OneCare 1.5 wont be out until the end of January (allegedly at the same time as Windows Vista launches to consumers on January 30). But Microsoft officially released the code to manufacturing on January 3, according to a post on the...; Tags: Microsofts, OneCare, Security, Windows client, Vista; Blog posts 2007-01-04
Analyst: Microsoft OneCare market share non-existent: Analyst: Microsoft OneCare market share non-existentYetThere's no guarantee that the others will continue to work at all reliably, after all.I certainly don't trust OneCare!This line from the article sums it up for me:"Folks...don't want Microsoft – which created vulnerable operating systems in the first place – securing their PCs."If they...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Microsoft OneCare, OneCare, security, operating system, antivirus, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-01-02
Analyst: Microsoft OneCare market share non-existent: Microsofts OneCare security suite is apparently having little if any impact on rivals such as McAfee and Symantec. In a research note, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, citing NPD data, said Microsofts security suite has less than 1 percent (technically 0.8 percent) market share. "While OneCares exact market...; Tags: OneCare, Microsoft, Security, General; Blog posts 2007-01-02
Microsoft adds Vista support in OneCare: Microsoft adds Vista support in OneCareMicrosoft adds Vista support in OneCareBranching out to 16 additional markets. Sounds like they are succeeding when so many people said they would fail. HAH!!; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OneCare, Vista Support, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-10-10
Microsoft's predatory pricing of security software: SunbeltBLOG has posted an analysis of Microsoft's pricing for their new security products, OneCare and Antigen, calling Microsoft on predatory pricing aimed at putting the rest of the security vendors out of business. Even though Sunbelt Software is in the security business, too, I don't think this is sour grapes....; Tags: Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2006-06-20
Google Spreadsheets, Dell's 9th, OneCare, Intel vs. AMD and more...: Google Spreadsheets, Dell's 9th, OneCare, Intel vs. AMD and more...d&d show-david's OS start up time commentsI don't know what would cause your OS to take 20 minutes to load, but I just run a standard pavilion notebook with a crappy 3200 AMD processor and it takes my machine 30 seconds...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Google Spreadsheets, OneCare, spreadsheet, Intel Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-06-09
Microsoft shakes up security fray: Microsoft shakes up security frayTrust those two?Frankly I trust Symantec and McAfee less than I do Microsoft. All three of those products will be staying away from my network, thank you.I'd trust this more to our Linux Geekwho's looking out for the best interests of all users, inclusive of his...; Tags: Kinda, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, security, Symantec Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-06-07
Microsoft's OneCare fails to impress: Join Joris Evers and Robert Vamosi for this week's Security BiteJoin Joris Evers and Robert Vamosi for this week's Security BitesMicrosoft's OneCare fails to impress, but McAfee, Symantec and others respond. Also, Vista plays hide-and-seek with hackers, a limited Microsoft firewall and Firefox patches.; Tags: OneCare, Robert Vamosi, Join Joris Evers; Videos 2006-06-03
Customer Support Issues Will Kill OneCare: Customer Support Issues Will Kill OneCareYeah, customer service killed Windows..It also Killed Word, Excel, Access, blah, blah, blah...Go back to reading your Linux manual...True and not trueI work for a software development company and my primary role is supporting our customers. We field calls for a variety of clients...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OneCare customer, OneCare, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2006-06-01
Customer Support Issues Will Kill OneCare: I put forth the following scenario to contest Microsoft’s claim published yesterday in USAToday: “Hamlin OneCare General Manager Ryan Hamlin said he expects the product to be profitable for Microsoft.” Now I have heard this from Microsoft product managers...; Tags: OneCare; Blog posts 2006-06-01
Symantec challenge to OneCare faces delay: Symantec challenge to OneCare faces delayLike so many say about Vista, it's vaporwareuntil it sees the light of day. Put the Symantec product with Duke Nukem 3D, . . until they can purchase another company to prop up the product portfolio.funny name...360...linux360? tiger360?Symantec sounded so upset by MS,...; Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp., OneCare; Discussion threads 2006-05-31
A OneCare success story: A OneCare success storyToo bad about Drive ImageI used PowerQuest's Drive Image as a backup for years and thought it to be the friendliest backup program I had ever seen. Then Symantec bought it and buried their only real competition. Ghost will never visit my computer.Isn't the latest...; Tags: Backups, Drive Image, OneCare, success story; Discussion threads 2006-03-21