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I think the word "dud" comes into mind when I think of my own past computer experiences. It's just a learning process.

To add your Bookmarks/History/Options etc. to Firefox go under FILE then IMPORT a pop up box will ask you to import all these from Internet Explorer or Opera. If you just want to import your bookmarks of favorites which ever you like to call it. Click on Bookmarks then Organize Bookmarks then under FILE select either import to bring them in from another location such as a saved folder or you can export them to a folder later of you choice after you have compiled them to use as backup in case of a system crash if you have allot of bookmarks. I created folder on my 2nd HD where I store a copy of my bookmarks and my address book there. You can download an extension for Firefox called FEBE and CLEO that will backup your entire profile and package it into one neat XPI file you can find that here if you have a need for that. http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/febe/febe.html As far as adding favorites from one browser to another none that I know of automatically sync. your favorites or bookmarks. Thats why I created a separate folder and just import and export from it.

WOT A replacement for SiteAdvisor or can run along side it. http://www.mywot.com/en/wot/home/ WOT is a free service that provides web site reputation information for users. You can download it as a simple add-on for your browser that determines the trustworthiness of websites based on direct testimonies from the users themselves. The testimonies are compiled into a general indicator of a websites trustworthiness, which you can easily view through a reputation icon on your browser window.

WAV is a data file format for computer use that can't be understood by CD players directly. you need to change it to either MP3 or WMA or some other format.

I have been using this program called hoster it no install and you can download your MVPS host files or hphost files which ever you prefer it allow you to backup your original files download and replace the old host files and then set them as read only. The hphost files block about 3 times more web sites including My Space completely. http://www.funkytoad.com/content/view/13/31/

No flack here works every time especially in older CD players. I have used that or dBpoweramp along with Win. Media Audio 9 codecs to change the sample sizes for small MP3 players only because it has allot more options. But if your going to do a straight forward rip and burn you can't beat the simplicity.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!! To each and every one of you who is a member and visits this forum. During this Holiday Season while we are spending time with our families and enjoying the freedoms that each one of us hold dear to our hearts let us not forget all our brothers and sister who are in far away lands serving this country and standing guard over this land away from there families. May God's protection be open them and they come home soon.

If you have another power supply that you can try you might want to swap it out had a PC a few weeks ago had some of the same problems the internal switching was not working right inside the power supply. It would power the board but not allow the PC to boot swapped it out and that fixed the problem on my end may be worth a try. I wouldnt go right out and buy an new one at this moment see if you can fine a used one in another scraped PC. No sense spending that money on something if its not the real problem.

I totally agree with Andavari program is like night and day I will use is as my default at this point till something better at equal size and speed and free comes along.

I noticed the screen shots on Wilders shows 2007 Ver. 6.20 I have had Ver. 5 and now use 6 Screen shot attached which has more features than the 2007. Non the less its a great program I cant even remember the last time I had to deal with a coaster using this program I burn all my CD/DVD's Movie files/Music files and use it to write my ISO's. I did a pre release purchase of the Burn Studio 6 Ver. I have. It only cost me $15 bucks at the time couldn't be more happy with it.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned on the forum before but I did a few of the tweaks found here a few weeks ago http://www.lifehacker.com/software/firefox...eaks-209941.php to make things allot easier Just copy and paste ( about:config ) in a new tab it will open the config page where you make the changes and still have the instructions in the other tab. I found some of these quiet useful.

Came across this neat little system tray clock/calender you can fine the download here along with a few skins. http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=157465 Other skins are available at http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/33470452/ like the one I'm using on my desktop. the clock /calender is customizable and is opened and closed by left mouse click also has built in pop up reminder.

Mabe so but there MS updates along with many other program updates for various other software vendors and you can build your own update CD so you don't have to even bother with Microsoft to update windows plus you don't have to download 50 different languages of the same file just to get the one you need. Its a good one stop site for updating all your main programs.

You can find those stand alone patches on this page along with many other software update for MS. http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/index.html

Couple of questions why does your computer refuse to install the new security updates are you receiving any error messages or are they not just installing after they download. What version of Net are you trying to uninstall. Also just curious are you installing the updates from Internet Explorer and have you tried to reinstall Net Framework over your previous instillation.

Have you tried this program http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/screenshots/ Personally I like my Creative Labs Zen 30Gb. Not only do I have all my music and Podcast on it but can even backup the My Documents folder on my computer to it.

I have no drought about that at all I know Norton is quiet a resource hog especially on slower processor and machines with just barely enough ram to run XP. However on my machine I have overkill on ram and very few running processes and I never shutdown unless a storm is close by or I'm going to be out of town for more than a few days. I have my system scans set up to run at night while I'm sleeping or at work. With all that said I still plan on dumping Norton when it expires. Thanks for all the insight and help.

Yes that is correct. It's just a matter of how much you want to spend to upgrade I never buy the subscription online I have always purchased my upgrade off ebay or discount software sites for usually around $20 or less but I'm probably going to go with the eTrust when 2006 runs out next year.

Thanks for the replies I hardy ever upgrade my AV from one Ver. to the next via subscribing its allot cheaper just to buy a new Ver. off ebay or from an online discounter and just upgrade from the CD. And yes it was unopened still wrapped in the sealed plastic.

Well I was at a yard sale the other day and I picked up a new in the box eTrust Security Suite Ver. r2 for $10. Was wondering if anyone had ever used this Ver. and if there were any major Pros or Cons on this software. I plan on replacing my Norton 2006 when it runs out with this. Thanks

I think the main difference that I know about is 52 only lets you create about 6 virtual drives.

Nice piece of software to emulate and record CDs and DVDs. You can run your ISO CDs or DVDs at about 200X. Great for when you have a game or program that requires a disc to run from your computer, simply mount the image file. I copied all my major programs onto my 2nd. HD as ISOs so I don't have to pull out all my disc to reinstall everything. Being some of my programs are multi disc my install times are less that half the usual times it takes going through the regular CD or DVD drive. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/216...ol-free-edition

I use all of these and have no security problems. Hardware firewall Norton 2006 AV/firewall at the moment adaware personal edition superantispyware avg antispyware spywareblaster Firefox browser with SiteAdvisor/Adblocker Plus and WOT add on http://www.mywot.com/en/wot/home/

There are folders inside the shell folder of the Royal Noir Vista containing cursors/sounds etc. I used my old icon packager program to replace the cursors with and copied the Vista sounds to C/windows/media folder then used the sound panel in Control Panel to replace the startup and shutdown sounds. Those 2 sounds along with logon an logoff were the only thing I could find different then the XP sounds I already had. Sorry I didn't post that info just got off a 14 hr. shift on the way back to do another one in a few hours. UPDATE: You can download the Self-Extracting file http://www.filelodge.com/files/room48/1382...oir%20Vista.rar run it and it will add the Vista cursors and sounds along with the Black and Blue theme. The wallpaper sucks but O well cant have everything.

Found a couple of new Royal Themes( Vista). I also replaced my cursors and the MS Startup and Shutdown sounds with the new vista ones. http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1442816