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  1. Thanks to both of you, I have installed, but how do you disable it? I can't find it listed anywhere.

     

     

     

     

    I assume you have SpywareBlaster installed. It prevents the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers, and other potentially unwanted software. It blocks spyware/tracking cookies in Internet Explorer and Mozilla/Firefox. Restricts the actions of potentially unwanted sites in Internet Explorer.

     

    Additionaly under: tools > flashkiller > check the "disable and block macromedia flash in Internet Explorer"

    You can uncheck the box whenever it is needed and then recheck when done.

     

    Also when flash is installed be sure to set the Local Storage Settings to 0. I know that CCleaner used to delete the preferences set for Macromedia Flash. I do not know if that is still the case. If so, uncheck the macromedia checkbox when running CCleaner.

  2. My friend needs an office suite installed on her computer. I am not sure if we should use the stable 1.1.4 or the latest snapshot build of of the 2.0 beta.

     

    She will probably only use the word processing program. She will be slow to upgrade from the beta to newer releases.

     

    What have been your experiences with the 2.0 beta?

     

    1.1.4: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.4/index.html

    2.0 Beta: http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html

  3. Well the good news is i figured out how to load the raid drivers without it. I built this computer myself. I had purchased the floppy drive OEM from the PC Club down the road. I have an extra drive I can try swapping and seeing if it works. I don't use the drive that often. I pretty much only use it to run DBAN or load drivers. It is around 1.5 years old. And as I mentioned it just stopped working all of the sudden.

     

    This has been the most difficult reinstall ever. Even my slipstreamed xp sp2 disc was giving me errors. So on my third try I used my regular xp sp1 disc. And now I am haveing issues with my ethernet drivers.

  4. Yesterday my floppy drive worked. Today it does not.

     

    Device manager shows that there is a floppy drive installed and that it is working properly. But it does not access it. I tried booting with a floppy in the drive and it does not detect the disk. I put the several differant discs in the drive and when I select the A: my computer says "insert a disc in drive a." Despite haveing discs in there. The green activity light never comes on. I have already checked the wiring and everything is still plugged in nice and tight.

     

    What happened?

     

    My computer:

    LanParty UT nF3 250Gb

    Some OEM floppy drive

    Windows XP Pro fully patched (can't load DBAN either so not software)

  5. hey it just seems to me that i have to many anti-spyware programs and stuff like that. Here is a list of the programs i have. Please tell me if i need any new ones or should get ride of some. Also here is my registery stuff. :D

     

    The question is what do you have running resident or active?

     

    Personally I have 3 thrings running: antivirus, firewall, and UPS shutdown software.

    I do use various immunize functions and block lists but they do not effect system resources.

     

     

    You can add IE-Spyad and Ewido (can be used as free on demand scanner) to your list.

  6. I have used trillian and gaim. I prefer to use AIM.

     

    I don't understand why people use an older version. They make security updates, you really should upgrade. I know that there have been "remote execution" bugs that they have fixed.

     

    When you install AIM be sure to uncheck all the optional programs, and uninstall viewpoint media player.

     

    I also run AGNIS on my computer so I do not see advertisments in AIM or anywhere else.

  7. Cyberscrub and eraser over write files, when deleting, many numbers of time to ensure that they are erased beyond recovery. Although I dont think they over write them to recommended standards as some other "shredder" type programs do.

     

    I have not used cyberscrub but Eraser does everything it is supposed to; at least as well as any other program. And it is free. You can select it to overwrite any file or free space as many times as you want: 200 times or more (including the standard DOD wipes) if you are bored. It is not ment for cleaning your harddrive.

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  8. This takes ages, but it shreds ALL free space:

     

    After files are deleted by CCleaner, shred the free space using Sysinternals' command-line utility SDelete.

     

    Extract sdelete.exe to C:\windows\system32 (if in XP) or C:\windows\command (if in 98) and start a command prompt session (Start, Run, CMD, if in XP, or Start, Run, COMMAND, if in 98) then type SDELETE -z

     

     

     

     

    Please don't link straight to the exe file. A better link would be to the Sdelete product page (eg. SDelete).

     

    I use Eraser for overwriting free space. It does take some time.

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