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I don't have a crush on FF. In fact I hate it. I prefer IE7 or IE8 beta2 with IE7Pro.

I don't need Shockwave but only have two Flash Player entries

I only worry about them if there is an insecure version on my system so I use Secunia Online Software Inspector to scan my PC for the most common programs and vulnerabilities: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online

I'm not sure that Defraggler supports double byte languages.

I like FileHippo.com Update Checker to check for updates:http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker

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I tend to loose interest after the first page if there is no interesting thought other than what appears to be ramblings of someone with way too much time on their hands or a 13 year old computer whiz kid that knows everything.

Welcome bobc Please read: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...51&hl=/auto Welcome to the Beginner?s Guide to CCleaner (Crap Cleaner)! http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=1504 Search is a wonderful thing

Just goes to prove that Firefox is not a safe browser like most people think. My IE7 with IE7Pro and OpenDNS passed with flying colours Test Your Browser's Security Now http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/index.php

How to get into your computer's BIOS: http://www.cyberwalker.com/article/28 Like I said before I dumped all the Nero software and now use CDBurnerXP. I would make sure that the IDE cables are of high quality and are plugged into the drives in the correct sequence as having the cable plugged reversed could cause the symptoms you indicate. http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/conf_Cable80.htm Make sure that each drive has the small jumper in its correct place and that there is a jumper as not having one installed leaves the drive susceptible to its lowest performance capability: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/op/jump_IDE.htm

It has been discovered why Vista runs slowly: http://img260.imageshack.us:80/img260/7203/003yy65pmz1.jpg

Not so much an illusion but interesting images: http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_oct2008/LipGloss.htm http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_oct2008/GoldenNugget.htm

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Welcome Roman This has been discussed before: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...p;hl=pagedefrag The hibernate file is a special file that Windows has total control over. The best way that I have found to defrag it is to disable Hibernate in Power Options then reboot then enable it again.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chsafe.htm#02 Maybe this should be a "Sticky"?

I can't figure it out. I like my XP Home's eyes

Oh dear: http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=..._gone_wrong.wmv

Sidewalk artist: http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/newt.html

Welcome Kraut173 The best thing to do is to remove Norton and install another anti virus application like Avast or Avira AntiVir First: Download and run the Norton Removal Tool http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgen...005033108162039

It has to do with addressing on the IDE bus:http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confJumpering-c.html

These are interesting: http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/young_lady_old_lady.htm My last attempt at programming was with FORTRAN way back in university.

Where I grew up in the north east of England farmworkers dressed like that to shield their head from the Sun as they could get badly sunburned if they didn't. Every once in a while Monty Python comes back to one of the local Public Broadcasting channels usually during a fund raising drive so I like to watch them. Faulty Towers is another one I like.

The question is does Ad-Aware or Spybot S&D find anything to remove other than tracking cookies? If they find adware or spyware then you need to block them with the HOSTS file, Windows Defender and WinPatrol. HOSTS files I use: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download Managed with HostsMan and I use its HostsServer proxy to speed up browsing: http://www.abelhadigital.com

The same applies to personal PCs http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/06/...er-myths_1.html

This is from my XP Pro system Make sure that you use good quality Ultra DMA (80-Conductor) IDE/ATA cables and purchase good quality CD-RW or DVD-RW CDs for reliability. The DVD player is Device 1 ( slave ) and the CD player is Device 0 ( master ) I like CDBurnerXP http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home