Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 2nd Sep 2004 19:56 UTC, submitted by Jon Cooper
"We evaluated the security features of Windows XP SP2 on a test machine, following a clean install of XP Pro with no configuration changes and no third-party software or drivers installed. We installed XP with the NTFS file system, choosing all of the factory defaults, then patched it with each recommended security update including SP-1 (required), before installing SP2." Read the rest at TheRegister.
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His whole rant is written with the assumption that the users will have the knowledge to re-enable things they need. That he tries to insinuate the average home user is going to even know what a DHCP Client service *is* - let alone to enable it - so they can dial in is ridiculous.
Most of the services he thinks should be disabled have perfectly good reasons for being enabled *when you realise the competence level of the typical end user*. That he has no concept whatsoever of the target audience is demonstrated no better than in the suggestion Automatic Updates should be disabled by default.
This is nothing more than Anti-Windows FUD. Even for El Reg, it's outrageously biased.