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  1. Computers in cars can be re-programmed, tuners call it flashing the ECU. Many cars like some Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, etc., are speed limited to 155 mph and some of those cars are capable of going past the 180 mph mark. That Bugatti although interestingly ugly and insanely fast is like many 200 mph plus super cars which can still get the stuffings kicked out of them if someone has the time, money, and proper parts to convert either a Corvette or Mustang into a real monster.
  2. When people get into accidents one of the first things Police do nowadays is study the computer data (black box) from the car to determine who was at fault. It's one of those things that was originally supposed to help the auto manufacturers improve upon safety and has in turn allowed Police to reconstruct accidents which can get people imprisoned based upon that data.
  3. That info is at the bottom of the main page. I'm downloading it right now!
  4. Sounds nice, however I think an easier solution would be to go Saturn's route and use dent resistant plastic body panels.
  5. If you're using Windows XP this months release of Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool will automatically deal with the Sony XCP Rootkit. Microsoft AntiSpyware 1.0.701 already deals with it!
  6. Well I'm wondering if there isn't some form of unknown exploit or malware going around. The reason I say that is because there's an irsetup.exe file that constantly appears in my C:\Temp folder. I got information about it at http://www.wilderssecurity.com/archive/index.php/t-9848.html. It supposedly isn't infected as eTrust EZ Antivirus, Ewido, ClamWin, Trojan Remover, Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, MSAS, and Jotti Online Malware Scanner don't detect anything. HijackThis and Sysinternals RootkitRevealer & Autoruns don't show anything either. File info: C:\Temp\irsetup.exe = SUF60Runtime by Indigo Rose Corp (http://www.indigorose.com), or possible trojan horse according to this Symantec report.
  7. Andavari

    New PC Case

    I actually think the case looks a bit bland and usual, perhaps the beige/white would look better as black or a very dark grey.
  8. * http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/ * http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mozil...ws/1032985422/1
  9. It had all the features I liked in a software-based firewall, it was compatible with Win98 and above, an it probably had the best logging feature. However when reported bugs went unfixed I stopped using it, and at that time I absolutely cringed at the thought of installing ZoneAlarm. For many people the last and final SPF version 5.6 wouldn't even install, and if it did it could immediately crash when started. The older 5.5 version is alright but obviously buggy but it at least will install and works without crashing, and I have it archived on a couple of CD-R's. But as I've said dozens of times it has the ability to block legit websites and has the nasty habit of not letting some programs use their internal update component. Too bad it wasn't open-source because it really could have been the best software-based firewall if a community of people maintained it and helped eliminate bugs.
  10. ZoneAlarm, although it's buggy, and although I'm back and forth between it and WinXP's firewall I do still recommend ZoneAlarm 5.5.094.000 for Win98 and above since it adds protection where none is present via the OS.
  11. It was obvious from what you blatantly posted. You've come to the wrong place to ask such a question about circumventing Windows, it just isn't going to happen here. Whatsmore giving information about how to circumvent Windows, DRM'd music, or any software, etc., can get site/forum owners into serious legal trouble that costs them loads of money if a publisher feels as if they were damaged. Good luck elsewhere!
  12. Good riddens to a buggy ass firewall.
  13. The system requirements are listed here. The 550 MB required disk space alone makes me say forget it and I wonder how much stuff it will install. According to what I read a while back when it's no longer in the beta testing phase it will become commercial software that's subscription based. In short it won't be free for long.
  14. Ahh, this is interesting from the article it may answer the question about speed.
  15. Sounds very interesting and it will probably be rather expensive if/when commercially released to consumers. I'm wondering how much just one disc would cost. The thing that would be most interesting is being able to fit a whole music collection on one or a few discs, and imagine being able to fit a whole series spanning multiple years on one disc, that would be amazing. Right! Hopefully when it's released they'll be recordable at a higher speed. With current drive speeds DVDs do take forever to burn. Just don't make the mistake I did and accidentally buy 2.4x speed DVDs.
  16. RecordNow! Deluxe Dell Edition v6.5.0, it's old but works like a charm and has file verification however it doesn't full erase discs which is why I still use burnatonce only for the task of full erasing discs.
  17. I tried it out, it really won't fit my needs on my WinXP system since it doesn't full erase a CD-RW, and since it doesn't verify the disc once done which I think is very important for data CDs. Also the disc it created causes IsoBuster to crash when I was scanning the disc after completion -- something which has never happend before. However on my Win98 system it may be what I need (I'll have test it to be certain) since the old version of Roxio Easy CD Creator is a bit of a nuisance since it's a resource hog, and from time to time it can't remember the settings I've selected which could end up creating a backup disc without my requirements.
  18. Has anyone tried the donationware SilentNight Micro CD/DVD/ISO/AUDIO Burner? Seems rather impressive from the website details with the total size only being 1187 kb and it doesn't need to be installed as it's a single .exe file, and doesn't install .dll's, etc.
  19. Who knows, but when it comes to CoolWebSearch you're better off having as many utilities as you can that can remove it, whatsmore Trend Micro CWShredder is specifically programmed to remove CoolWebSearch.
  20. Start using C:\Program Files as rridgely has already suggested! In the meantime if you don't want to uninstall Opera and lose your settings which is always a pain input this into CCleaner's winapp2.ini file if it doesn't already exist. This is for the Opera setup for single user usage, it won't support the Opera setup for multiple user profiles, it's a sloppy way to have CCleaner clean something it already would do fine with if the program was installed in the proper location: ; Application Cleaning file; WARNING - DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING;; Copyright ?2004-2005 CCleaner.com, All Rights Reserved.; This file and it's contents may not be copied or distributed; without the express permission of the author.;; Notes; ---------------------------------------; LangSecRef; ?3021 = Applications; ?3022 = Internet; ?3023 = Multimedia; ?3024 = Utilities; ?3025 = Windows; ?3026 = Firefox/Mozilla; ?3027 = Opera[Opera 8 (Single User)]LangSecRef=3027Detect=HKCU\Software\Opera SoftwareDefault=TrueFileKey1=C:\Internet\Opera\profile|COOKIES4.DATFileKey2=C:\Internet\Opera\profile|cookies4.dat.sbsd.bakFileKey3=C:\Internet\Opera\profile|GLOBAL.DATFileKey4=C:\Internet\Opera\profile|OPERA6.ADR.SBSD.BAKFileKey5=C:\Internet\Opera\profile\CACHE4|*.*FileKey6=C:\Internet\Opera\profile\cacheOp|*.*
  21. Andavari

    Help

    To quote a Yngwie Malmsteen song "I don't know."
  22. I did a Google search for PPDIR and in some references it's talking about some Intel hardware configuration, however that doesn't explain why there's a .cab file present.
  23. Have you by any chance tried Syinternals PageDefrag? It lists a few files that it can defrag before Windows even starts.
  24. Andavari

    Help

    Locked in-use stuff can be removed in Windows with the small and effective freeware called Unlocker. Also HijackThis has a MISC Tools section that has the option to delete a file on reboot.
  25. http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=3166 It's also available when you click in CCleaner: Options->About The command line is present there.
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