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"norty ppl"?? Haven't a clue what that is, but Firefox is generally very reliable when in comes to keeping me in touch with updates. No need for "norty" here thanks.

Its really just out of curiosity. I'm a great fan of them, and a lot of them are just as functional as the installed versions. At my latest count I have 12 not installed! My newsgroup reader (xnews) My email client (Scribe) CCleaner Unit Conversion utility FsCapture Jpeg cleaner mediaplayer classic Anagram solver/finder (Teabag - haven't found another version of this for years) Pdf reader HjSplit Mrublaster Dscypryt Firefox Anybody have any more they'd recommend? (Many thanks to the members of this forum who led me to dscrypt, unit conversion and Fscapture... )

Its nice to see there are a few likeminded people round here. In the UK you can buy the scramblers, which basically block the phone signals with whitenoise, with prices starting from around ?250, depending on theyre range/power. The problem is they are illegal to use. As I slowly turn into a grumpy old man, I just might make an investment and have some fun..

I must be one of the few people left in the modern world who doesn't own a cell phone, and I never will. I dislike the dammed things for many reasons - far too many to go into here

The last freeware edition is still widely available... http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Pura...load-81639.html or http://freewarelist.net/Puran-Disk-Defrag....374a523e98a6b4c

I think the guy who took these photos is not only a great climber but also a fantastic photographer. http://www.gdargaud.net/Photo/Rockpaper.html Worth a look

I admit I have done a fair bit of tweaking, but only in areas I am 99% certain won't adversely affect my PC. I get rid of some of the more annoying features (imho) such as pop-up balloon tips, the search indexing service (I know where my files are!) and the windows side bar - I look at my desktop when I switch on my PC and when I switch it off. I don't work from it. This is nameing just a few, the list of annoying windows features goes on... Yes I would advise caution, it is too easy to get carried away and find out months later that certain functions don't work and you can't remember what you might have done to disable them I've been there and learn't my lesson! I really couldn't live with the default settings though, it would drive me crazy.

ISP password? I don't have to login to get online. I just switch the PC on and away I go. The only time I have to logon is if I want to check my ISP email account, which is rare as I use an email client to retrieve them. Not sure what you mean...

Post deleted: oops, misread the post.. Thanks for the info anyway.

"Every now and again" must be getting on for a month to me... Sorry, visiting this site is getting to be more of a waiting game than anything else. I'm on the verge of giving up on it.

I thought this may be my fault, but no other site loads as consistantly slow as Piriform forums. It really puts me off posting here as it takes at least a minute before I can logon and post a message, and that not counting the time it takes to load a full thread. Its almost dialup speed Is this an issue with anyone else?

Love the castles I couldn't get used to my October desktop, so I'm changing to this one.

I've had this one years -goodness only knows where I found it. Almost surreal.

There used to be a list of reputable software, which, apparently, if they dectected a stolen password or serial number would either disable the software or in some cases disable windows itself. I would post the list if I could find it, but it was a few years ago... I never bothered to find out if was true

If the program opens but you get a "action cancelled" or "this message cannot be displayed" message, try here: http://www.tdt.com/T2Support/FlashHelp/Software/0188.htm The problem is also related to Hazelnuts MS link. If nothing opens you can try restoring the file assciations here. I have not tested these! http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Hi It doesn't seem likely CCleaner is the cause, but others on this forum should be able to tell you for certain. You could always try some of these solution to your problem - http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html Some useful info on the page.

I have been using the Vista Firewall for about 9 months now with no problems. I also got a "true stealth" verdict on the shields up test at grc.com. For out-going connections I use the vista firewall control - an addon to the vista firewall that allows you to enable or disable programs from accessing the web. http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html No complaints so far..

It was a surprise to me that you hadn't made moderator status before this... An honour long over due. Well done.

Yes I did read all about GOM player, and thanks to this forum and the warnings it gave, I promptly dropped it. That left me in a postion of either buying a new player or looking for another freebie. At the risk of hijacking the thread.. ...The best I came up with in the free range is the KM player which seems to play everything I chuck at it. It also has numerous skins so you can dress it up as any other player: With a slight nervousness I would recommend this player You have to register on their forum to download the player.. http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php and the skins can be found here: http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/downloads.php?do=cat&id=2

I have never liked Gmail and their "alllow us to spy for a few extras gigabytes policy", or for that matter much else about Google, but that's a different rant I keep seeing messages about the "new Yahoo".. like this: .. but I have never either wanted or felt I needed to upgrade. Having just read your comments DennisD, I logged on to one of my yahoo accounts and I noticed the logo on the top left had "Classic" underneath. Prehaps they're running two versions at the same time.? Talking of spying, the Firefox extension No Script now blocks webbugs That'll stop the B'tards in thier tracks

Its a bit late in the day, but here is mine for September. The space shuttle over my favourite country...New Zealand.

Just my 2 cents worth. Porn can be found anywhere on the web. Type in any seemingly innocent comment into a search engine and you'll be bombarded with porn sites. Sorry guys and girls, but lets keep things in perspective. Uploading a few snapshots of our desktops to an image hoster that may show a bottom or two, or carry an advert that promotes gambling is hardly going to currupt our youngsters. They're either corrupted already, or are reading this forum for what it is - ie, computing related material - not for smutty pictures. Time to step down from our high moral pedistals and look reality in the face - porn is everywhere - love it or hate it we ain't going to change things by boycotting an image hosting site that shows the odd naughty picture. IMO this whole topic is ridiculous. Rant over and apologies in advance to anyone I have offended.

If his mother is checking that carefully he must have a record of dodgy surfing. As mentioned above, removing any keylogger implies guilt and will more than likely upset mother even more. Like wise having a PC that is scrubbed clean everyday is bound to raise suspicions. In my mind there are only two options: 1. Don't surf for porn 2. Tell your friend to get his own PC and internet connection. He should listen to his mother

Another way is via the options panel. Options -> downloads->advanced and make sure the "show alerts when all downloads are finisheded" is unticked See the screenshoot:

I went off chicken a number of years ago after hearing what they pump into them - Apparently being cooped up in long factory farming warehouses with very little space to move has two effects. One, the strength of the egg and the ability of the yolk to remain intact weakens, hence they pump the chicken full of steriods to compensate for this. - broken eggs don't sell. Two, with so many chickens all in one space means that disease can spread like wildfire through out the farm, so they pump them full of antibiotics as well. The fact they also give them growth hormone doesn't surprise me, nor does it make me want to eat chicken anymore. I just wonder how much of this chemical cocktail we are ingesting just so the farmers are able keep their profit margins up? Organic and freerange reared chickens are the only poultry based products I will ever eat. Apparently this book tells the whole sorry story. http://tinyurl.com/yo5wxg