Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread Zulfiqar Naushad
I like the analogy of a condom for windows. Classic. -Original Message- From: Brian Weeden Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:25:17 To: hwg Cc: hwg Subject: Re: [H] Sandboxie I think you're misunderstanding what Sandboxie does. Think if it as a condom for Windows. When you run an app in S

Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread DSinc
fp, Thanks. Yes, I try to run ONLY proggies that do this. Eudora, TBird, FF, Eraser, CCleaner, Belarc, CPUID, ESET (mostly), Everest, HMonv113, RKR171. Just my style... :) Best, Duncan FORC5 wrote: only meant programs that installed unto themselves, did not interweave with anything o

Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread FORC5
only meant programs that installed unto themselves, did not interweave with anything or anybody else and del is all that is needed to get rid of them. That said sandboxie may be worth looking into for grins. fp BTW Happy 4th, may be the last one as we knew it comrade. At 11:24 AM 7/4/2009, DSinc

Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread Brian Weeden
I think you're misunderstanding what Sandboxie does. Think if it as a condom for Windows. When you run an app in Sandboxie, it sits between the app and Windows. Any changes the app makes to the system are not saved unless you explicitly say so. You can also specify for each app any syst

Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread DSinc
fp, Can you define "DOS"? My read is ANY Windows OS has a DOS GrandFather. Sorry, I missed this one. :) Best, Duncan FORC5 wrote: Sandboxie sounds a lot like *DOS* full circle. I loved things not being dependent on windows to run. easier to get rid of too. fp At 10:51 AM 7/4/2009

Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread FORC5
Sandboxie sounds a lot like *DOS* full circle. I loved things not being dependent on windows to run. easier to get rid of too. fp At 10:51 AM 7/4/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: >I use it as well and love it. One great way to keep nasties from your >web browser from getting into the r

Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread Brian Weeden
I use it as well and love it. One great way to keep nasties from your web browser from getting into the rest of your system. There's a great episode of the Security Now! podcast dedicated to it. Be aware that it is not compatible with Vista/Win 7 64-bit due to the way they changed the secur

Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread DSinc
Zool, I have it; have kept it up to date, but have never tried it yet! Sandboxie.com comes highly suggested on the ESET/Wilders security forums. However, I suspect that many/most of the shares on this forum might have bigger "tin-hats" than I. I just do not know. Much of this "virtual" area stuf

Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread Zulfiqar Naushad
Just what I wanted to hear. Will install it now. --Original Message-- From: tmse...@rlrnews.com Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Sandboxie Sent: Jul 4, 2009 8:16 PM I use it often. Comes in

Re: [H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread tmservo
I use it often. Comes in very handy in testing software I'm unsure of. --Original Message-- From: Naushad Zulfiqar Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Sandboxie Sent: Jul 4, 2009 11:58 AM Has anyone t

[H] Sandboxie

2009-07-04 Thread Naushad Zulfiqar
Has anyone tried this software? The concept looks good. http://www.sandboxie.com/ -- Best Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad

[H] Windows supplied BackUp app?

2009-07-04 Thread DSinc
I know that most things Windows are held in little favor here. But, for some of us, it is all we have. So, my questions: Q1: Should I first delete old/archived "backup" files on my NAS before starting another? Q2: The Windows backup app gives 2 options about what to backup. Should I select al

Re: [H] Recommendations for a sticky notes program?

2009-07-04 Thread Brian Weeden
Actually, I use Evernote to store other notes and especially all my recipes. But I hadn't thought of it for sticky notes Can you have Evernotes on the desktop? Or do you have to open up the Evernote window to get to them? --- Brian On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: > I

Re: [H] [Fwd: Anybody Ever Hear of This....]

2009-07-04 Thread James Boswell
So you don't even have an HT aware computer? well, I certainly won't be bothering with any of THEIR products.. good grief! On 4 Jul 2009, at 11:33, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Sorry, forgot to mention that I have an E8500 in a Gigabyte GA-EP45- UD3P Motherboard. __ Information from

[H] [Fwd: Anybody Ever Hear of This....]

2009-07-04 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Sorry, forgot to mention that I have an E8500 in a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard. __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4193 (20090626) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

[H] Anybody Ever Hear of This....

2009-07-04 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Well, I don't seem to get enough of this crapI installed a trial of Magix Music Maker. This is supposed to be similar to Cubase/Reaper, but a lot easier to use. With the latter two, I usually spend more time setting up a channel than actually making sounds. Anyways, the demo seems to run