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  1. I've used it on Vista for about 6 months now without problem (give or take a month). But beyond saying you couldn't restart, there's not much info given. It could be a number of things, whether CCleaner being involved or not. What do you by refused to restart? Do you mean, it turned off, and refused to log back in due to some sort of .dll missing? Or do you mean it just wouldn't turn off and then back on? As hazelnut said, Welcome to the forums.
  2. Depending on the situation and system, I'm inclined to disagree with the choices deemed as unacceptable. For example : Dillo, when I'm on a low-grade system, is -very- useful and -very- quick when I need to search something up. Nothing I'd use for day-to-day browsing, but, that is not the point. Lynx, and the unmentioned w3m (but still belongs in the category as both are text browsers), this is said : "In my opinion text only browsing is a complete waste of time with modern web pages." This is untrue. When I'm compiling a distro of Linux on my computer (for example, I recently installed Arch Linux on my laptop) and it doesn't come pre-configured for an X system, during the building, upgrading, and installing, I open up a second terminal, and search the web using w3m or lynx. Very useful, but, I guess, not often used as a day-to-day browser ('cept for jokes I've heard of Stallman only using Lynx. ) I can't say I agree with the author when he says, "Internet Explorer 7 maintains the most webpage compatibility of any browser, the only reason I can find this true is because most websites block off users of Firefox, Opera, et cetera. (For example, a company my father works for, a gambling site for a horse track near Toronto, the website is IE7 only, but, if one uses the addon that changes your user-agent, it will let you go through. The only cockblock I could think of, (pardon the terminology), is ActiveX control. ( http://mxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/em...vex/src/plugin/ looks like something could be made of it with a little spare time ) But, that's just my opinion. I'm a little biased as I'm one of those firefox fanboys.
  3. tcoffeep

    Freeware!

    VLC's latest upgrade was a godsend.
  4. http://portableapps.com/node/16758
  5. Hi. I recently clicked on one of those stupid keylogger links that are posted all over the WoW forums, and I'm quite afraid to log in. I'm wondering on a few things : 1 ) I run Firefox 3.0.4 with NoScript, will this make me safe? 2 ) Would MBAM/Spybot/SUPERAnti-Spyware/AntiVir/ClamWin catch it if I did get infected with a keylogger? 3 ) Are there any keynotes I should look for in a HijackThis log?
  6. Threw in everything, all tests, results :
  7. That's what the forum is giving me right now. and I have the same problem as anonymous_user
  8. I read about this here : http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08...09&from=rss Thankfully, I, too, switched to AntiVir. I used to swear by AVG. Although, on the slashdot link, I must admit, I lol'd at this these comments:
  9. I'm already paranoid enough, lol. Sad, though, that people assume that these programs actually do a good job. It looks as though it needs to be pre-installed in order to even work remotely. And it only works on Windows' OSes. Unfortunately for my partner, if I were to ever "communicate with my mister/mistress," I would be sure to run a Linux LiveCD. I am far too paranoid to trust a readily installed computer in which there are a mass of programs in which I, myself, did not have a decision in installing. Just sayin', y'know?
  10. That's what mine looks like with Adblock Plus up. Minus, of course, the theme.
  11. @davey: Maybe it's the way I have Firefox 3.0.3 set up? You both mentioned browsers with the Trident engine. Perhaps this could explain the difference? Or perhaps another one of my add-ons was getting in the way? Either way, I don't usually see them. But, that is how they normally appear when I web-crawl adblock-less. (I haven't used IE since Firefox 2 )
  12. Ah. Well, it's the first I've heard about it. And that's what I do. I just saw it, and was wondering if it would be useful.
  13. http://lifehacker.com/5069944/hitman-pro-r...-with-one-click
  14. I've been using this program for awhile now.
  15. My younger brother uses CCleaner on start-up. I don't understand it either.
  16. I use a lot of beta products on my pc. And, like Andavari said, I don't touch alpha-stage products. (The one time I did, it was for a wireless driver on linux... never... ever ever ever... doing that again.).
  17. The only way I see this being doable is disabling UAC altogether, but, personally, I don't think that's a very smart thing to do. I don't find UAC too annoying, to be honest. Heh.
  18. tcoffeep

    Vista

    1-Vista isn't as bad as you make out to seem 2-I do not have to analyze before running it.
  19. I was able to run it earlier today, and still do my day-to-day things. It wasn't system-intensive, and it didn't lag out my system. It was barely noticeable! I wasn't able to do some of the things I do while the XP defragger was running. Progress notification is a relatively small thing compared to functionality. Both work, but the Vista defragger, so far, works better, methinks.
  20. Actually, I prefer the Vista defrag compared to the XP one.
  21. Linked from the FAQ Davey linked to.
  22. -is hoping another (Firefox|Opera) (Fan(?:boy|girl)) war will not be started-
  23. It's an interesting experiment, you must admit, though, right? I can't get beyond 280wpm yet, but I plan on building it. It was uncomfortable, at first, for myself, but I don't mind it so much after pushing myself to continue rather than give up.
  24. I try to keep restore points to a minimum1, clearing them out once a week. But perhaps my suggestion was a little touchy on the topic that some people might actually need them. I've only ever had to use a restore point once, and that was a year or so ago, and it was because of a faulty partitioning. Anyways, thanks, Davey, you pointed out some things I didn't know, and, as always, I am grateful for the knowledge. 1 - Reason being that within a week, the restore point storage hits around 50-60 GB, and they rarely get used. I hate wasted space.
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