Opinion on Windows Card Space
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From: Allan on 19 Jul 2010 21:13 "~*Laughingstar*~" <tiredofthis(a)nospam.att.com> wrote in message news:uBIfPSjJLHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > ref > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/cardspace/default.mspx > > I noticed this on my system, and wonder what our "aces" opinion is of this > program? Shall I delete it? If so, how? Don't worry about the control panel applet but do *disable* the service. It only helps you to login securely over a network.
From: Unknown on 20 Jul 2010 10:18 Never have used autoupdates nevertheless 'cardspace' appeared on my control panel. "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:oiG0o.281513$k15.99497(a)hurricane... > ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote: >> Thank you - I'm in the dark about this, too. Found it on my Control >> Panel, which irks me no end. It wasn't there the last time I looked, >> which is not long ago!! > > So turn off automatic updates. > > dadiOH > ____________ > >> Motor T wrote: >>>> ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote: >>>>> ref >>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/cardspace/default.mspx >>>>> >>>>> I noticed this on my system, and wonder what our "aces" opinion is >>>>> of this program? Shall I delete it? If so, how? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Glad you asked this question. I was wondering the same thing 2 days >>>> ago. My research (= 5 minutes) seems to indicate it will make >>>> Internet surfing and private information on your PC more secure. I >>>> don't know anyone, however, who has used it. "Long live newsgroups". > > >
From: ~*Laughingstar*~ on 20 Jul 2010 18:29 oh lovely!!!! Unknown wrote: >> Never have used autoupdates nevertheless 'cardspace' appeared on my >> control panel. >> "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in message >> news:oiG0o.281513$k15.99497(a)hurricane... >>> ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote: >>>> Thank you - I'm in the dark about this, too. Found it on my Control >>>> Panel, which irks me no end. It wasn't there the last time I >>>> looked, which is not long ago!! >>> >>> So turn off automatic updates. >>> >>> dadiOH >>> ____________ >>> >>>> Motor T wrote: >>>>>> ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote: >>>>>>> ref >>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/cardspace/default.mspx >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I noticed this on my system, and wonder what our "aces" opinion >>>>>>> is of this program? Shall I delete it? If so, how? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Glad you asked this question. I was wondering the same thing 2 >>>>>> days ago. My research (= 5 minutes) seems to indicate it will >>>>>> make Internet surfing and private information on your PC more >>>>>> secure. I don't know anyone, however, who has used it. "Long >>>>>> live newsgroups".
From: Twayne on 26 Jul 2010 19:53
In news:OSdBBaoJLHA.5424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, ~*Laughingstar*~ <tiredofthis(a)nospam.att.com> typed: > Thank you - I'm in the dark about this, too. Found it on my > Control Panel, which irks me no end. It wasn't there the > last time I looked, which is not long ago!! It was part of an SP3 update. Totally useless IMO, but only the USER can make that decision based on their own needs wants and experience. It also conflicts with a past-used file extension from Windows Cardfile back in the 95/98 era (and which I still use) and steals the file association. HTH, Twayne` > Motor T wrote: >>> ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote: >>>> ref >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/cardspace/default.mspx >>>> >>>> I noticed this on my system, and wonder what our "aces" >>>> opinion is of this program? Shall I delete it? If so, >>>> how? >>>> >>> >>> Glad you asked this question. I was wondering the same >>> thing 2 days ago. My research (= 5 minutes) seems to >>> indicate it will make Internet surfing and private >>> information on your PC more secure. I don't know anyone, >>> however, who has used it. "Long live newsgroups". |