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09-21-2008

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My personal experience with TCB has been that it provides little benefit. If you must install it, then I wouldn't bother configuring it unless you know what you want to do with it.

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Hey,

Thanx again for all the feedback and helpful info. I will see what the client wants to do and hopefully get a chance to test out TCB.

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