New_Age

Sorry to say but in my own opinion I've used Geforce in the past (Now with ATI based cards) and for some reason their drivers don't seem to work with certain companys who have tweaked there brand or... models of cards. I had the FX5200 and I needed a modded tyope driver for mine. You could try... nVidia Omega Driver 1.6693

Bah... IE7 was a mistake and Microsoft has just gone down hill in developing eversince after the year of 2000. They can't do anything right anymore. I tested IE7 and it's awful! The tabs and what not. The Interface is somewhat good but the rest... NO! IE7 doesn't even support Ad-blocking. Just stick to Opera, Maxthon, and FireFox I even had a CPU Issue (While browsing through the web I noticed one svchost.exe was using 100%) Used it up like crap. A resource hog in my book. Stay with IE6 till further Improvement is made (My Opinion).

lol, Nice one Aaron

Some users hate real-time cause of memory Usage or a pop-up saying *This is allowed or whatever.

Ok, I had to reformatt my HDD cause my 80GB was bad. It kept shutting off randomly and having me to restart my computer every now and then. Thx god I saved my music and my Photos on my network Well, I'm back to using my 28.6GB hard drive which is still alright. It works well for me. I now am using Spyware Terminator and I'm liking it (Got rid of A-Squared ). It's not bad as I've read from alot of people. On Betanews.com people said it was good but I was looking into the ones who wrote a more... professional review as in (They know what thier talking about) and stuff. Happy and still testing. Liking the Real-time Protection I guess. Did a fast scan and as normal just found Cookies. I'm one happy advanced user who just stays out of trouble.

Niether can I. Good thing that you guys add AVG Anti-Spyware

I know. In the first place I would of liked Xp to come with more choices of Themes or Visuals. The down side I may not be able to download SP3 because I'm using a Pirated copy of Windows Xp Professional but thats my fault I still may manger to get it though through Torrents or a website that I know of once the pack is released.

Yeah, but in the release of SP3 I suspect a few Interface changes

That was searched my google. lol, didn't find anything on how plants do but hey... my brother might know that one. Aaron, was this part of school today? Did you and the students + the teacher discuss this matter

Actually Ad-Wae is lacking but I still have it here

This version may have been brought up... but it wasn't released till now

FireFox 2.0 RC2 - No release change log found yet Good here

AOL for Windows AOL 9.0 VR (Vista Ready) Beta 4 Build 4327.41 - America Online (AOL) is a leading Internet Service Provider (ISP) that provides users with access to both the Internet and special AOL content. It offers several individual channels of content and features that cover topics such as news and entertainment. Members can obtain up to seven email addresses per account, as well as 10MB of personal home page space. Buddy Lists and instant messaging features are also included. With an AOL account, you can utilize a vast array of chat rooms, message boards, and online stores. Other features include online screening software, user profiles, and easy access to the Internet with AOL's own browser. The installation utility simplifies setup by locating local dial-up numbers, finding your modem, and configuring your software. AOL provides hundreds of widespread dial-up numbers, many of which offer speeds of 56 kbps. *That makes me laugh just reading the first two words Heh, all I have to say is bad move AOL... BAD Move...

Please stop mentioning your pirated software and how to work around windows' antipiracy efforts.Thanks.

I got rid of mine as well. My GF's parents computer had the same problem. Just glad someone developed a App. to remove it but what will microsoft do about? (Ha! Nothing at all )

The only thing with windows and a Mac is that the driver ARE NOT There for windows. Such as Video and sound. Yes... windows uses the standard drivers it comes with. That's because Mac's are Mac based of course. Probably somebody will come around and make Mac drivers for windows.

I got the point I'm not dumb here I've used a Mac and I'm well aware Mac's OS can't run on Windows based hardware. I know you have to buy Mac related parts to able to upgrade a Mac though. I also know you... can run Windows Xp on a Mac Mini which I found pretty cool

Yes I actually Did try it. In my mind I thought (Uhh... ok and I'm suppose to think WOW! here) but really I wasn't. I like Bitdefender but I'm still with Avast! even though I know... Bitdefender is far better.

rridgely, I would buy Windows Xp Professional but don't have the money. I will soon though. So you can get it shipped to you by Web right? There's a shipping cost I bet to go along with the package.

Mac's OS isn't avaible on CD? Then how'd you suppose to reformat if you run into a Virus? (If that EVER happen on a Mac that is ) If they can crack Windows Xp then... surely they can through Vista

You do realize that is just the On-line Scanner but in a .EXE form? Well to me that's what it seems to be *Still good none the less I think Comodo's Anti-Virus Program will become *Very Popular in the years to come and it will get better as the months go on

Safe Xp - allows users to quickly tweak various security and privacy related settings in XP. The options include Media Player settings, Services settings (error reporting, time synch, remote registry etc.), as well as and option to remove items from the Start menu, network security settings and more. Safe XP improves your system performance and makes Windows to run faster, more secure and reliable! It is suitable for beginners and experts! I haven't tried it but just wanted to see what you guys thought of it. Try it out. May just be one of those programs with a bunch of BS!

Microsoft said Wednesday that it plans to clamp down hard on piraters of its next-generation operating systems, crippling both Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" if users fail to activate their copies within 30 days. While the restriction of operating system features has been around since the advent of Windows XP in 2001, the new program takes that process a step further. It would also make widely distributed volume-license product keys -- traditionally supplied to corporations -- harder to use. Called the Software Protection Program, the initiative is made up of several parts. The first move is to make certain features unavailable unless the user has confirmed their copy of Windows as genuine. Only licensed copies would have access to Aero -- Vista's new user interface -- and ReadyBoost, which uses a flash drive to temporarily add more memory to a computer system. Additionally, the functionality of Windows Defender would be crippled, and optional downloads from Windows Update would be unavailable to the unlicensed user. Microsoft would also place a watermark on the desktop at all times that reads "This copy of Windows is not genuine." The biggest change, however, is to the Windows activation process. With a number of corporate product keys publicly available on the Internet, activating a pirated copy of Windows Vista was quite easy as it only took one activation to prevent reduced functionality. With Vista, the activation isn't permanent. If Microsoft discovers that the user has used a product key without authorization, it will force the user to reactivate his or her copy of Windows. Product keys may be blocked for a number of reasons, Microsoft says, including for abuse, stolen or pirate keys, or if the key was seized due to anti-piracy efforts. "The Software Protection Platform has been under development for several years," Microsoft's director of the Genuine Software Initiative Cori Hartje said. "It brings together new anti-piracy innovations, counterfeit detection and tamper-resistant features into a complete platform that provides better software protection to programs that leverage it." While Vista and Longhorn are the first to use the new technologies, the program would expand to other products in the coming years. Hartje cited data from the Business Software Alliance that indicated 35 percent of all software installed in 2005 was pirated and unlicensed. This represented some $35 billion in lost revenue for the software industry. "Software piracy is not a victimless crime," she said. "It harms consumers, businesses and other organizations every year." ******************************************************************************** Wow, I'm not shocked at all. Knew Microsoft would finally get up off thier butts and discuss this. I wonder if anyone will be able to have the sucess of cracking Vista. I think so.

I haven't used it but I plan to soon. For now I use MSN and Yahoo *Lastest Versions

As I stated in the link rridgely provided, I'm sticking with the programs I have listed: Ad-Ware A-Squared AVG Anti-Spyware Spybot SUPERAnti-Spyware Advanced WindowsCare V2 *Still waiting for Improvement on this...