Re: [H] how to get web page to stop skimming my text

2006-02-16 Thread Ben Ruset
Control Panel Internet Options Advanced Search from the Address Bar Do not Search from the Address Bar Jim Edwards wrote: So I start ie with a page like comcast.net But I immediately want to put powerball in the address bar to go to powerball.com but midway through the entry the

Re: [SPAM SUSPECT] [H] What do you think about this laptop...

2006-02-16 Thread warpmedia
Better than Lenovo-foo-young IMO. RIP Thinkpad. I don't know what MCE is vs. home, but I never suggest anything less than Pro since there is no security settings in Home. Bobby Heid wrote: I came across a Dell Inspiron 6000 deal last night and went with it. This is what I got: Pentium M

Re: [H] Satellite to wireless Internet

2006-02-16 Thread warpmedia
Never mention morality as an issue when dealing with big co's like cable, phone, sat, etc... it demeans the term. Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 02:51 PM 15/02/2006, joeuser wrote: Which is probably a violation of the agreement with any of the Satellite providers also. I forgot to mention

Re: [SPAM SUSPECT] [H] What do you think about this laptop...

2006-02-16 Thread j m g
Before you kill the Thinkpad - how many of them were probably made by Lenovo or even smaller shops before? The thing that made Thinkpads good buys - personal or especially corporate - was the commitment to supporting the models for quite a while after release, and the confidence that model #xyz

RE: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-16 Thread Christopher Fisk
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: How you know that things are going well on the removals? If, as has been argued here, it is impossible to find all the malware on a machine, then it seems to me one could never be sure that removals are working. Is there a specific system

Re: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup

2006-02-16 Thread joeuser
Nope and nope. I tried a bunch of those start up programs. None worked. However, I did manage to find out what was going on and how to stop it. First, it's related to a HP AIO install gone wrong. All one has to do is locate the msi's on the disc and then run them from there and they finally

Re: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup

2006-02-16 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 12:49 PM 16/02/2006, joeuser wrote: Nope and nope. I tried a bunch of those start up programs. None worked. However, I did manage to find out what was going on and how to stop it. First, it's related to a HP AIO install gone wrong. All one has to do is locate the msi's on the disc and then

Re: [SPAM SUSPECT] [H] What do you think about this laptop...

2006-02-16 Thread warpmedia
Well made to IBM spec maybe, now it's Lenovo's baby. So I'd expect quality to drop while they ride on the brand name's success maximize profit w/o putting in new effort/$$$. As to IBM supporting, they certainly did not support at least one case I came across in the T something series(10,

Re: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-16 Thread warpmedia
That's where MS Security Configuration Analysis snap-in combined with security templates are your friend. Christopher Fisk wrote: We had a machine recently come in where filesystem permissions were all screwed up after removing a virus and cleaning off some spyware. We could certainly

Re: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup

2006-02-16 Thread joeuser
Does that goof anything up when you remove them? I was reluctant to remove any of the HP crap from starting because I didn't want to break the access to the printer. Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 12:49 PM 16/02/2006, joeuser wrote: Nope and nope. I tried a bunch of those start up

Re: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup

2006-02-16 Thread FORC5
depends on the printer, my psc 2210 does not need them fp At 10:30 AM 2/16/2006, joeuser Poked the stick with: Does that goof anything up when you remove them? I was reluctant to remove any of the HP crap from starting because I didn't want to break the access to the printer. Thane Sherrington

Re: [SPAM SUSPECT] [H] What do you think about this laptop...

2006-02-16 Thread j m g
Hmmm, my wife's 600X which predates the T series has XP running on it with no problems, XP picked everything up - built in modem, nic, video and sound, I don't believe I went to IBM's site for anything more than bios though. On 2/16/06, warpmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well made to IBM spec

Re: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup

2006-02-16 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 01:30 PM 16/02/2006, joeuser wrote: Does that goof anything up when you remove them? I was reluctant to remove any of the HP crap from starting because I didn't want to break the access to the printer. Hasn't in my experience. Why a printer requires programs in startup is beyond me. T

Re: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup

2006-02-16 Thread joeuser
Yeah, that's why I like canon printers, less software bloat. Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 01:30 PM 16/02/2006, joeuser wrote: Does that goof anything up when you remove them? I was reluctant to remove any of the HP crap from starting because I didn't want to break the access to the

Re: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup

2006-02-16 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 03:42 PM 16/02/2006, joeuser wrote: Yeah, that's why I like canon printers, less software bloat. I didn't know that. Good to know. T

Re: [H] Suggested tools for helping a friend with badvirus infestation

2006-02-16 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 01:16 PM 16/02/2006, warpmedia wrote: That's where MS Security Configuration Analysis snap-in combined with security templates are your friend. Christopher Fisk wrote: We had a machine recently come in where filesystem permissions were all screwed up after removing a virus and cleaning

Re: [H] how to get web page to stop skimming my text

2006-02-16 Thread Jim Edwards
udaman At 2/16/2006 09:55 AM, Ben Ruset wrote: Control Panel Internet Options Advanced Search from the Address Bar Do not Search from the Address Bar Jim Edwards wrote: So I start ie with a page like comcast.net But I immediately want to put powerball in the address bar to go to

Re: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup

2006-02-16 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 02:42 PM 2/16/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: Hasn't in my experience. Why a printer requires programs in startup is beyond me. One can always install the HP drivers without installing the apps but it has to be done manually as there is no install for this. I did it with my HP720

Re: [H] how to get web page to stop skimming my text

2006-02-16 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 07:28 AM 2/16/2006, Jim Edwards typed: So I start ie with a page like comcast.net But I immediately want to put powerball in the address bar to go to powerball.com but midway through the entry the comcast.net hijacks the text to their 'search' space on the page. how can this be stopped?

[H] Some stats about infected machines

2006-02-16 Thread Mesdaq, Ali
Here is a quote from a white paper from the University of Washington. In the span of just a few years, spyware has become the Internet's most popular download. A recent scan performed by AOL/NCSA of 329 customers' computers found that 80% were infected with spyware programs [2]. More shocking,

Re: [H] Some stats about infected machines

2006-02-16 Thread FORC5
I wonder how much taxpayers $$ was used to state the obvious. fp At 04:46 PM 2/16/2006, Mesdaq, Ali Poked the stick with: Here is a quote from a white paper from the University of Washington. In the span of just a few years, spyware has become the Internet's most popular download. A recent scan

RE: [H] Some stats about infected machines

2006-02-16 Thread Hayes Elkins
AOL! What the paper does not reveal is that almost all of the 93 spyware components get nuked on the spot by an updated adaware. It's ones remaining that can be tricky if there is not a turnkey removal tool for the average user. From: Mesdaq, Ali [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware

Re: [SPAM SUSPECT] [H] What do you think about this laptop...

2006-02-16 Thread warpmedia
It was certainly pre-XP. XP is good like that with basic generic support for most everything made before it. j m g wrote: Hmmm, my wife's 600X which predates the T series has XP running on it with no problems, XP picked everything up - built in modem, nic, video and sound, I don't believe I

Re: [H] how to get web page to stop skimming my text

2006-02-16 Thread warpmedia
Wayne- Switch to Firefox, Ctrl-K is your friend! Jim- Focus is being shifted to the Comcast search field by javascript just before you start to type, thus you end up typing in the search field vs. address bar. I just opened the site sure enough that's what happens. Just another reason for

Re: [H] how to get web page to stop skimming my text

2006-02-16 Thread Brian Weeden
Or disable Javascript for that site. NoScript is the best extension ever. On 2/16/06, warpmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wayne- Switch to Firefox, Ctrl-K is your friend! Jim- Focus is being shifted to the Comcast search field by javascript just before you start to type, thus you end up

Re: [H] how to get web page to stop skimming my text

2006-02-16 Thread warpmedia
Whole heartedly agree with both statements! Brian Weeden wrote: Or disable Javascript for that site. NoScript is the best extension ever. On 2/16/06, warpmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wayne- Switch to Firefox, Ctrl-K is your friend! Jim- Focus is being shifted to the Comcast search field