Monday, April 25, 2011
What types of F2P games are your favarite?
For me, I like MMORPG most ,as it plunge me lots of time to playing it, forgeting time.
Alpine NVE-P1 navigation map update rip off
Anyone else purchase an Alpine NVE-P1 navigation unit for their Alpine head unit? These units were $300 new and you were supposed to be able to update the maps and POI via usb computer connection. No software or map updates were ever made available. Now Alpine is charging you $99 to exhange your old unit with a new one with updated software and maps. Smacks of consumer fraud to me. Considereing filing a lawsuit.
Reply 1 : Alpine NVE-P1 navigation map update rip off
A few months ago I had to get our second GPS unit as we moved towns and I didn't have time to learn the area. So I went with some 130 buck Garmin.
Given no cash income for maps, maybe they had to do this or go under?
Bob
Given no cash income for maps, maybe they had to do this or go under?
Bob
Reply 2 : Alpine NVE-P1 navigation map update rip off
I'm in the same situation and wonder if you ever found an update solution that didn't include giving $99 to Alpine?
Thanks.
John
Thanks.
John
i7-940XM temp
I installed a 940xm last week;according to RealTemp I'm running in the mid to upper 50's at an idle. Is that to hot?
you did it correctly but i guess you idle temps are a bit too high... my idle hovers from 38-42 but I am from a cold place so may be its that....try repasting your card with "PEA" technique... you should put a pea-like drop over the shiny part and dont release the pressure on the heat-sink until you screwed down everything. 
Or may be it's just the curing time of the Paste you used. I would think the perfect working time for any paste would be 25-30 hours of PC usage.
Reply 1 : i7-940XM temp
Did you put thermal paste on it? Also depends of the ambient temperature.
Reply 2 : i7-940XM temp
You would prefer idle temps in the 40-45C range. (Ambient temp ~72F)
Reply 3 : i7-940XM temp
Yes I put thermal paste on it. I didn't put in on the entire surface of the cpu though only on the shiny part;it's about 1/2" by 3/4". Was I supposed to cover the entire surface; the part around the shiny surface had these little copper things on all 4 sides so I thought best not to cover them. Is it possible this cpu is too much for this pc?
Reply 4 : i7-940XM temp
http://forum.notebookreview.com/atta...1&d=1302709069 here's a picture of it
Reply 5 : i7-940XM temp
No just a drop in the middle of the die (shiny bit) should do fine. Have you checked power saver in throttlestop? Perhaps drop the TDP and TCP down a bit if you were keeping the settings that I told you when overclocking it in the other thread.
Reply 6 : i7-940XM temp
http://forum.notebookreview.com/atta...1&d=1302710131 heres a snapshot
Reply 7 : i7-940XM temp
Your ThrottleStop screen shot shows that Chipset Clock Modulation throttling is being used on your laptop and is severely hurting your CPU performance. The Chip column shows 37.5 for each thread which means your CPU is operating at less than half of its intended performance level.
I haven't kept up on what bios version was supposed to have fixed this common M15x problem so you will have to ask other owners. The Chip column should always be showing 100.0 which shows your CPU running at its full potential and not being throttled. Do some wPrime testing and you will quickly see how a Chip setting of 37.5 kills performance.
High GPU temps or excessive power consumption can trigger this problem.
I haven't kept up on what bios version was supposed to have fixed this common M15x problem so you will have to ask other owners. The Chip column should always be showing 100.0 which shows your CPU running at its full potential and not being throttled. Do some wPrime testing and you will quickly see how a Chip setting of 37.5 kills performance.
High GPU temps or excessive power consumption can trigger this problem.
Reply 8 : i7-940XM temp
That is an odd looking T-Stop screenshot. What were your TDP/TDC settings at the time that SS was taken? What are/were your 5850m's temps?
Reply 9 : i7-940XM temp
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Yes I put thermal paste on it. I didn't put in on the entire surface of the cpu though only on the shiny part;it's about 1/2" by 3/4". Was I supposed to cover the entire surface; the part around the shiny surface had these little copper things on all 4 sides so I thought best not to cover them. Is it possible this cpu is too much for this pc?
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Or may be it's just the curing time of the Paste you used. I would think the perfect working time for any paste would be 25-30 hours of PC usage.
most battery efficient browser?
ive read that ie9 seems to be the most battery effeicient browser. however when comparing it (non-scientifically) to my default chrome with adblock, chrome seems to last longer on battery.
what is the most efficient stock browser and what is the most efficient browser with extensions atm?
Not officially, but you can find a few different options if you Google for it.
Also, for Opera users, note that there is Flash-blocking built-in, which will definitely help battery life. Press Ctrl + F12, go to the Advanced tab, select Content, then tick "Enable plugins only on demand." Then, Flash elements will be replaced by a "play" symbol that you click once to activate.
i did search for an ie9 solution but the reviews and comments were mostly negative.
im waiting for a more effective solution, does ie have an official website where you can d/l tried, tested and secure extensions like you can for ff and chrome?
what is the most efficient stock browser and what is the most efficient browser with extensions atm?
Reply 1 : most battery efficient browser?
Extensions are a whole other variable.
IE9 should be the best. Firefox comes up second, Chrome third, Opera close behind Chrome and equal/ahead in some cases.
IE9 should be the best. Firefox comes up second, Chrome third, Opera close behind Chrome and equal/ahead in some cases.
Reply 2 : most battery efficient browser?
According to the Opera dev team, some pretty significant tweaks were made to improve power efficiency in the most recent revision (11.10), so I'm not sure how accurate those numbers are. IE9 does seem to have the best hardware acceleration I've seen so far (at least on my X120e), so I wouldn't be surprised if it did turn out to be the most power-efficient.
Reply 3 : most battery efficient browser?
Those tweaks are likely linked to GPU acceleration, which was just introduced in Opera.
And yeah, IE9 has the best GPU acceleration and I'd say Chrome has the worst.
And yeah, IE9 has the best GPU acceleration and I'd say Chrome has the worst.
Reply 4 : most battery efficient browser?
ah gpu acceleration.
i think ie9 is indeed leveraging my gpu and in doing so it ends up using more power.
my gpu idles quite well but im guessing that when flash uses it, it causes a significant power draw.
i think that and the use of adblock in google chrome seem to be the reason why i get much better battery life with chrome...
i think ie9 is indeed leveraging my gpu and in doing so it ends up using more power.
my gpu idles quite well but im guessing that when flash uses it, it causes a significant power draw.
i think that and the use of adblock in google chrome seem to be the reason why i get much better battery life with chrome...
Reply 5 : most battery efficient browser?
Yeah, AdBlock might play a big part in this. Either disable it on Chrome for the comparison, or get an ad blocker for IE as well, otherwise you're comparing apples to oranges.
Reply 6 : most battery efficient browser?
maybe but im thinking gpu acceleration might have a bigger impact
and i dont think ie9 has an adblock or any ad filter out yet
and i dont think ie9 has an adblock or any ad filter out yet
Reply 7 : most battery efficient browser?
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and i dont think ie9 has an adblock or any ad filter out yet
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Also, for Opera users, note that there is Flash-blocking built-in, which will definitely help battery life. Press Ctrl + F12, go to the Advanced tab, select Content, then tick "Enable plugins only on demand." Then, Flash elements will be replaced by a "play" symbol that you click once to activate.
Reply 8 : most battery efficient browser?
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Originally Posted by MidnightSun
Not officially, but you can find a few different options if you Google for it.
Also, for Opera users, note that there is Flash-blocking built-in, which will definitely help battery life. Press Ctrl + F12, go to the Advanced tab, select Content, then tick "Enable plugins only on demand." Then, Flash elements will be replaced by a "play" symbol that you click once to activate. |
im waiting for a more effective solution, does ie have an official website where you can d/l tried, tested and secure extensions like you can for ff and chrome?
Reply 9 : most battery efficient browser?
ok i just installed simpleadblock as it seems like the safest and most popular ie9 ad blocking solution. it gets soso reviews though but ill see how it goes...
DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
So I am currently using a regular DeathAdder 3500 and I like it very much, except for the fact that Razer drivers are not the best in the business and it does it finicky in small movement sensitivity.
However recently I smashed my corded Microsoft keyboard in a fit of nerdrage over a session of BC2, so I ended up getting a wireless Logitech K340 Keyboard, since I wanted to go cordless for a while. However, I realized that he K340 has Unity, so I was curious of getting a G700 or Performance MX to tie it with.
However, I have heard that the Performance MX is not a good of a gaming mouse and the G700 has some battery life woes and some sensor finickyness when being used wirelessly. So I have decided to might just get the cooler-looking DeathAdder Black Edition and return my K340 for the HP Wireless Elite keyboard to further saving my space profile on my cramped desk.
So fellow people, which mouse you think is better? Do you think Performance MX is a good move to wireless coming from a regular DeathAdder, the G700 a good move, or stick with the corded DeathAdder?
I don't mind charging it everyday really, but it is the small finicky sensitivity I am worried about regarding the G700. Otherwise, I would of easily decided on the G700 and its heavy price tag.
Also, I made an error in my posting, I am currently favoring to get the upgraded DeathAdder and stick with corded mice over wireless but is there anyone here that can address if the Performance MX is capable of good gaming performance despite being 1500dpi and the G700 still good as a wireless mouse, despite its finickiness?
I don't know if this is a deal-breaker for you, but I'm fairly certain the G700 is not compatible with the unifying receiver; you'll need to plug in its own USB receiver.
I can't comment on the G700's performance, as I don't own it. As for the Performance MX, its main issue is not DPI, but polling/response time. Pretty much any gaming-grade mouse has 1,000Hz polling, which yields 1ms response time. A "normal" mouse like the Performance MX has only 125Hz polling, and an 8ms response time. That increased delay is the main issue with non-gaming mice.
As for the DeathAdder, why get the Black Edition if you already have the regular 3,500 DPI model? It's the same sensor; the differences are all cosmetic. Although you shouldn't be having any trouble with small movement on yours, so maybe you should get a warranty replacement.
If you like the shape of the DeathAdder and want wireless, there's always the Mamba. It's expensive, but from time to time you can find them cheaper. I got mine for $70 refurbished from Woot.com.
I just realized that the G700 uses a non-Unifying reciever. However it isn't going to be deal-breaker as I am starting to not like the K340 as the keys are way too small for me and the glossy trim is bugging me. I am going to return it back to Amazon.com after my HP Elite Wireless keyboard comes in. Therefore, I don't think the Unity limitation is going to be on my mind.
That being said I was fearing the MX would feel slow compared to the DeathAdder and I won't get used to the slowness after being on the DA for a while, so I agree with you. The people that game with the MX were coming from the Revolution, so they got used to the delay in response time. However, I have been using the DeathAdder for a while, so it would feel sluggish going backwards.
About the Black Edition, I do realize it sounds mad that I am getting the exact thing, but I really despise the glossy sides and my current DA gets cakes of dead skin cells and oils on the side like mad. I prefer a matte/rubberized finish and it is that reason I am going towards the Black Edition. That said, if yours don't have that slight small sensitivity issues, I might send it in for an RMA and then give the replacement to my friend as if the wireless Logitechs don't wet my whistle, I will get the DA Black Edition.
However recently I smashed my corded Microsoft keyboard in a fit of nerdrage over a session of BC2, so I ended up getting a wireless Logitech K340 Keyboard, since I wanted to go cordless for a while. However, I realized that he K340 has Unity, so I was curious of getting a G700 or Performance MX to tie it with.
However, I have heard that the Performance MX is not a good of a gaming mouse and the G700 has some battery life woes and some sensor finickyness when being used wirelessly. So I have decided to might just get the cooler-looking DeathAdder Black Edition and return my K340 for the HP Wireless Elite keyboard to further saving my space profile on my cramped desk.
So fellow people, which mouse you think is better? Do you think Performance MX is a good move to wireless coming from a regular DeathAdder, the G700 a good move, or stick with the corded DeathAdder?
Reply 1 : DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
I currently use a Logitech Performance Mouse MX, and have not experienced any issues with it.
Its wireless, but with a small reciever.
Also the driver suite, SetPoint is top notch and works great.
Last thing, i can play games with it.
Have not tried the G700, but i have used my brothers regular Deathadder and its okay too, but drivers are kinda hit & miss.
But i came from a Revolution MX and its designwise very similar to the Performance MX.
DEagleson
Its wireless, but with a small reciever.
Also the driver suite, SetPoint is top notch and works great.
Last thing, i can play games with it.
Have not tried the G700, but i have used my brothers regular Deathadder and its okay too, but drivers are kinda hit & miss.
But i came from a Revolution MX and its designwise very similar to the Performance MX.
DEagleson
Reply 2 : DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
Damn I posted in the wrong subforum, can a mod move it to the accessories section? Thanks!
Reply 3 : DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
I use a G700 and it's a great mouse. The battery may not last as long as other mice but you can just plug it in if you need a charge and still use it.
The Logitech Performance Mouse MX wouldn't be a bad choice either. I've tried it in stores and it's quite nice.
When it comes to mice Logitech does 'em right.
The Logitech Performance Mouse MX wouldn't be a bad choice either. I've tried it in stores and it's quite nice.
When it comes to mice Logitech does 'em right.
Reply 4 : DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
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I use a G700 and it's a great mouse. The battery may not last as long as other mice but you can just plug it in if you need a charge and still use it.
The Logitech Performance Mouse MX wouldn't be a bad choice either. I've tried it in stores and it's quite nice. When it comes to mice Logitech does 'em right. |
Also, I made an error in my posting, I am currently favoring to get the upgraded DeathAdder and stick with corded mice over wireless but is there anyone here that can address if the Performance MX is capable of good gaming performance despite being 1500dpi and the G700 still good as a wireless mouse, despite its finickiness?
Reply 5 : DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
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However, I realized that he K340 has Unity, so I was curious of getting a G700 or Performance MX to tie it with.
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So fellow people, which mouse you think is better? Do you think Performance MX is a good move to wireless coming from a regular DeathAdder, the G700 a good move, or stick with the corded DeathAdder? |
As for the DeathAdder, why get the Black Edition if you already have the regular 3,500 DPI model? It's the same sensor; the differences are all cosmetic. Although you shouldn't be having any trouble with small movement on yours, so maybe you should get a warranty replacement.
If you like the shape of the DeathAdder and want wireless, there's always the Mamba. It's expensive, but from time to time you can find them cheaper. I got mine for $70 refurbished from Woot.com.
Reply 6 : DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
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Originally Posted by Mastershroom
I don't know if this is a deal-breaker for you, but I'm fairly certain the G700 is not compatible with the unifying receiver; you'll need to plug in its own USB receiver.
I can't comment on the G700's performance, as I don't own it. As for the Performance MX, its main issue is not DPI, but polling/response time. Pretty much any gaming-grade mouse has 1,000Hz polling, which yields 1ms response time. A "normal" mouse like the Performance MX has only 125Hz polling, and an 8ms response time. That increased delay is the main issue with non-gaming mice. As for the DeathAdder, why get the Black Edition if you already have the regular 3,500 DPI model? It's the same sensor; the differences are all cosmetic. Although you shouldn't be having any trouble with small movement on yours, so maybe you should get a warranty replacement. If you like the shape of the DeathAdder and want wireless, there's always the Mamba. It's expensive, but from time to time you can find them cheaper. I got mine for $70 refurbished from Woot.com. |
That being said I was fearing the MX would feel slow compared to the DeathAdder and I won't get used to the slowness after being on the DA for a while, so I agree with you. The people that game with the MX were coming from the Revolution, so they got used to the delay in response time. However, I have been using the DeathAdder for a while, so it would feel sluggish going backwards.
About the Black Edition, I do realize it sounds mad that I am getting the exact thing, but I really despise the glossy sides and my current DA gets cakes of dead skin cells and oils on the side like mad. I prefer a matte/rubberized finish and it is that reason I am going towards the Black Edition. That said, if yours don't have that slight small sensitivity issues, I might send it in for an RMA and then give the replacement to my friend as if the wireless Logitechs don't wet my whistle, I will get the DA Black Edition.
Reply 7 : DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
With the G700 you can store the small receiver in the battery compartment as seen here: 
Little convenience there.
I don't have any finickiness with the G700 either. It's got a quite comfortable design one that I personally don't get in the Razer line of mice as well.
Not sure if it's helpful at all for you but I've been using a G5 for years. Still use it for my desktop.
Little convenience there.
I don't have any finickiness with the G700 either. It's got a quite comfortable design one that I personally don't get in the Razer line of mice as well.
Not sure if it's helpful at all for you but I've been using a G5 for years. Still use it for my desktop.
Reply 8 : DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
What's this sensor finickness with the g700 you talk about? I have never had a problem with the sensor on my g700.
Reply 9 : DeathAdder Black Edition, G700 or Performance MX?
Logitech' scroll wheels have no business on a gaming mouse, for daily use they rock. But for gaming where precision is required i've noticed my weapons change on their own or I can't effectively change weapons using the scroll wheel. I'm not using the free-spinning mode either. I would recommend the razer to all those you listed.
edit: I should have said, I'm have the performance mx which I use for my thinkpad since I don't game with it.
edit: I should have said, I'm have the performance mx which I use for my thinkpad since I don't game with it.
NetMeter at Download.com looks to be Abandonware.
This title from 2002 looks to be defective or broke and the maker's site is no more.
I can't find how to report such at www.download.com
Bob
I can't find how to report such at www.download.com
Bob
Reply 1 : NetMeter at Download.com looks to be Abandonware.
Just did a search on it and there are 5 titles:
http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=NetMeter+&platformSelect=Windows&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads&filterName=platform%3DWindows&filter=platform%3DWindows
Maybe not for the Windows platform?
Provide a link and I'll let the DL team know.
Thanks!
-Lee
http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=NetMeter+&platformSelect=Windows&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads&filterName=platform%3DWindows&filter=platform%3DWindows
Maybe not for the Windows platform?
Provide a link and I'll let the DL team know.
Thanks!
-Lee
Reply 2 : NetMeter at Download.com looks to be Abandonware.
http://download.cnet.com/NetMonitor/3000-2381_4-10043855.html?tag=rb_content;main
Sorry it was NetMonitor and is from 2002.
Bob
Sorry it was NetMonitor and is from 2002.
Bob
Reply 3 : NetMeter at Download.com looks to be Abandonware.
If a title appears abandoned and broke, it would be nice to see a way to report it at download.com.
Bob
Bob
alienware nameplate question?
not sure this is in another thread already asked
my question is the alienware nameplates they use when ordering a laptop.
are all of them the same size? dimensions and screw locations? for the m11x m14x m15x m17x?
because i am debating to purchase either a newer m11xr3 or m14 m15 to replace my current m11xr2. because i can sell my current m11x to a co-worker but will a m14x nameplate fit on the m11x?
if i were to order a new laptop and add "his" name on the nameplate, can i just swap out my own m11 plate to the new m14 plate? if thats possible or not? or if it isnt is there a way i can order a new nameplate?
thanks
my question is the alienware nameplates they use when ordering a laptop.
are all of them the same size? dimensions and screw locations? for the m11x m14x m15x m17x?
because i am debating to purchase either a newer m11xr3 or m14 m15 to replace my current m11xr2. because i can sell my current m11x to a co-worker but will a m14x nameplate fit on the m11x?
if i were to order a new laptop and add "his" name on the nameplate, can i just swap out my own m11 plate to the new m14 plate? if thats possible or not? or if it isnt is there a way i can order a new nameplate?
thanks
Reply 1 : alienware nameplate question?
All the same size.. My current name plate on my M11x is from my old 15x that was a POS
Reply 2 : alienware nameplate question?
What an awesome question to ask. Was wondering the same thing - if I go for the M14x and my kid gets this M11, I want it to have his name. Thanks for the reply Mark
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Laptop with Windows 7 won't shut down w/o cord
I have an HP Laptop model 6735b with an AMD Turion DualCore ZM-84 Mobile processor and 2GB of RAM. I purchased it in January 2009 and installed windows XP on it, which I had no problems with. I recently installed Windows 7 on it, and it will not power down or go into hibernate mode without being on external power. When I tell it to hibernate or shut down it will power the screen down, but thats as far as it will go without being plugged in. All of the lights stay on (volume control buttons, wifi indicator, etc.), the hard drive continues to run, and it will stay like this until I plug it in, at which point it will finish its power-down or hibernation. Any suggestions as to why this is happening, and what I can do to fix it? Thanks
Reply 1 : Laptop with Windows 7 won't shut down w/o cord
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&contentType=SupportManual&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3687779&docIndexId=64179
I didn't find where you installed drivers after the Windows 7 install. But let comment that I'm still finding folk that think that Microsoft has this wired today. They'll install the OS, try Driver Update buttons but don't know that we still get to find the drivers for the system.
Bob
I didn't find where you installed drivers after the Windows 7 install. But let comment that I'm still finding folk that think that Microsoft has this wired today. They'll install the OS, try Driver Update buttons but don't know that we still get to find the drivers for the system.
Bob
Scrapebox Blasting
Does anyone know how safe it is blasting websites with Scrapebox? I bought the program but don't want to abuse it, seems like it can do almost anything in mass amounts. If anyone has any input I would greatly appreciate it.
Reply 1 : Scrapebox Blasting
And way off topic for this forum. SEO tends to attract the scum and worse. I hope you didn't pay for it.
Bob
Bob
Vista, Screen Saver using the Photos file starts then stops
working, been to properties of the photo to check sharing and also looked at power setup. When stopped screen displays a dialogue box saying that screen saver has stopped and I will be notified if a solution is found. Malware, Spyware and virus have been run.
Cookies and temp files have been removed......help?!!
Cookies and temp files have been removed......help?!!
Reply 1 : Vista, Screen Saver using the Photos file starts then stops
I haven't seen MSFT fix this one. You can create this issue pretty easily and it involves pictures the screen saver can't handle. Sorry, I think this bug is going to be around forever.
Bob
Bob
Sleep/Hibernation Option Gone
The Sleep/Hibernation option on my computer is gone. I used to use it all the time but now when I go to the list of power modes, I can't even click on Sleep. I see the option but instead of being in regular font like the other options it is just gray. How can I change this? I have Vista Basic. Thanks
Reply 1 : Sleep/Hibernation Option Gone
if some Service or other has been disabled.
If this worked before what has changed since then?
Access your Services Console through Administrative Tools in the Control Panel, and scroll down to see if "Power" is Automatic or Disabled. Double click the entry to display its Properties and if it is set to Disabled, change that to Automatic, then Start the service.
Another way is offered in the link below;
http://www.bytetips.com/enable-or-disable-windows-hibernation-in-windows-vista/
See if either works.
Mark
If this worked before what has changed since then?
Access your Services Console through Administrative Tools in the Control Panel, and scroll down to see if "Power" is Automatic or Disabled. Double click the entry to display its Properties and if it is set to Disabled, change that to Automatic, then Start the service.
Another way is offered in the link below;
http://www.bytetips.com/enable-or-disable-windows-hibernation-in-windows-vista/
See if either works.
Mark
Reply 2 : Sleep/Hibernation Option Gone
This happened to me too. I had a virus on my computer recently and had to clean a lot of stuff off. I did not intend to but I somehow removed the sleep function. I checked the power settings in "My Computer" to try to add it as an option again but have failed. Any tips?
Reply 3 : Sleep/Hibernation Option Gone
Let's find an article with the require command. (Why isn't this in some GUI?)
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/re-enable-hibernate-option-in-windows-vista/
Ok, it's a known bug. My question is why didn't Microsoft fix this?
Bob
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/re-enable-hibernate-option-in-windows-vista/
Ok, it's a known bug. My question is why didn't Microsoft fix this?
Bob
Reply 4 : Sleep/Hibernation Option Gone
Thank you this was very helpful. I was able to turn the "hibernate" feature back on. Do you think this procedure will work for the "sleep" feature as well? Thank you!
Reply 5 : Sleep/Hibernation Option Gone
I'll not discuss how you connect sleep with the buttons but write a short answer about Windows and sleep.
It's a simple thing. Windows asks the drivers if they support sleep and if they do, you see sleep in the menus. No sleep in the menus means, most of the time the drivers for motherboards and such are what you find on the Windows CD/DVD or Windows Update.
Bob
It's a simple thing. Windows asks the drivers if they support sleep and if they do, you see sleep in the menus. No sleep in the menus means, most of the time the drivers for motherboards and such are what you find on the Windows CD/DVD or Windows Update.
Bob
Windows HD Live Movie Maker, my system doesn't meet the requirements?!
Tried to get said program to start, but a box pops up saying that my system does not meet the system requirements which according to the site, I should meet, though it's not explained whether the dual core requirement needs to be 2.4 GHz or higher like the single core requirement, as it might be my issue since I'm on a Vaio CW with an Intel 2.16 GHz i3-330M, along with 4 GB of DDR3, Geforce 310M 256 MB, Win7 64 (full specs in sig).
Funny thing is, I've ran this program before on my lappy here (and it ran surprisingly quite well). I had to reinstall it since I did a full system sweep a couple months back. Damn you MS, my machine is fast enough! My power usage is set to high performance as well. Anyone else have this issue and have a work around? Searching Google was difficult since the words involved did not link me to anything useful. Just mostly system requirement pages and pages with different issues.
I would think people who develop and assign system requirements would be a bit more foresighted about not basing CPU needs on clock speed (assuming this is the issue). An i3, clock per clock, tears a Core 2 Duo to shreds, let alone a Pentium D.
Funny thing is, I've ran this program before on my lappy here (and it ran surprisingly quite well). I had to reinstall it since I did a full system sweep a couple months back. Damn you MS, my machine is fast enough! My power usage is set to high performance as well. Anyone else have this issue and have a work around? Searching Google was difficult since the words involved did not link me to anything useful. Just mostly system requirement pages and pages with different issues.
I would think people who develop and assign system requirements would be a bit more foresighted about not basing CPU needs on clock speed (assuming this is the issue). An i3, clock per clock, tears a Core 2 Duo to shreds, let alone a Pentium D.
Reply 1 : Windows HD Live Movie Maker, my system doesn't meet the requirements?!
Additional required programs: Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Media Player Do you have them installed?
Check paging file and if it is enough space for Temp folder
Check paging file and if it is enough space for Temp folder
Reply 2 : Windows HD Live Movie Maker, my system doesn't meet the requirements?!
Did you try installing the live essentials 2011?
Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
Hello all!
I recently purchased an HDTV, along with a Playstation 3. I was wondering if anyone had an recommendation as to whether I should go with cable, using a HD DVR cable box, or go with Directv and their HD service. I watch mostly sports and obviously play video games as well as watch B-ray movies.
I recently purchased an HDTV, along with a Playstation 3. I was wondering if anyone had an recommendation as to whether I should go with cable, using a HD DVR cable box, or go with Directv and their HD service. I watch mostly sports and obviously play video games as well as watch B-ray movies.
Reply 1 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
It's a no brainer. DirecTV. More HD channels and more sports packages. Catch Every NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB game as well as NCAA as well. Best decision you'll ever make. Been cable free for 5 years and will NEVER go back. Check out DirecTV's website for ongoing specials.
Reply 2 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
i changed to directv from cox cable to get the nfl package...
love it!
be a man... get directv with the nfl package...
dish is for chicks!
love it!
be a man... get directv with the nfl package...
dish is for chicks!
Reply 3 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
I haven't had cable in over 13 years. I'm sure there's others that have been off even longer. And now with Vz Fios coming out ,there will be even more dropping them.
Reply 4 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
Thanks for replying! I have a question regarding picture quality. It seems like the picture quality on non HD channels with my cable service are just plain old fashion crap! Should I expect the same with Dish? I understand that non HD channels are not going to be as sweet as HD channels.
Reply 5 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
but all satellite feeds I've seen suck, IMHO. I've seen them one various Pioneer, Panasonics, Sharp, Sony, etc. It always looks like crap, unless you are far enough on a small enough screen (sports bar, etc).
That being said, I think Time Warner has poor PQ as well.
If your a football guy... then there's no question, DirectTV, of course.
All SD feeds are going to look poorer... how much? well that might depend more on your tv...
That being said, I think Time Warner has poor PQ as well.
If your a football guy... then there's no question, DirectTV, of course.
All SD feeds are going to look poorer... how much? well that might depend more on your tv...
Reply 6 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
I understand that DirectTV is way better for viewing the tv. But I am also needing to setup internet and the internet provided by DIrectTV seems REALLY expensive and NOT as fast as Time Warner.....can you sign up for just internet through Time Warner and tv through DirectTV????
What do you all suggest?
What do you all suggest?
Reply 7 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
Standard def. broadcasts does look worse on a HIdef tv. One of the downfalls. Yes you can order just internet service from the cable company but they're going to press hard for you to sign for all their services including voice. They'll give you a better price if you do so. Plus it's a fact once some one signs up for a package deal they're less likely to change services because it seems like a hassle to do so. That is why everyone offers the triple play,phone entertainment and internet.
Reply 8 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
Football fan, and would love the NFL package and NFL Network, I would still go with cable.
Those features cost a lot. HD on cable is free (other than the ESPN channels which is an extra $5 I think). And I don't care what anyone says, satellite is unreliable.
I have family that has satellite and go over to their houses on Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I can't tell you how annoying it is when I can't watch a Football or Basketball game because it's raining lol. That's right! Because it's raining. Now I'm not saying that this happens every time that it rains, but I've seen it happen a few times, and once is really too much for me.
Let's not even talk about internet because that is like Muhammad Ali boxing a one armed man.
Those features cost a lot. HD on cable is free (other than the ESPN channels which is an extra $5 I think). And I don't care what anyone says, satellite is unreliable.
I have family that has satellite and go over to their houses on Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I can't tell you how annoying it is when I can't watch a Football or Basketball game because it's raining lol. That's right! Because it's raining. Now I'm not saying that this happens every time that it rains, but I've seen it happen a few times, and once is really too much for me.
Let's not even talk about internet because that is like Muhammad Ali boxing a one armed man.
Reply 9 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
rain affects satellite signals. They have to boost the signal many times over during storms. I don't know how much its improved, but even planes (and even birds!) would cause messed up transmission.
Cable is usually pricier. But at least you can just rent the equipment. I think the HD-DVR is 10$ a month? can't remember
also, a cable card for the frugal is about 2$ a month for basic channel service.
Again, however much rain, birds, planes can affect the signal, even with perfect conditions, every sat feed Ive seen looks poor. Its not even hi-def really, its more like SD+. There was, or is, a class action suit in LA against Direct TV for falsely advertising hi-def. It wasn't even close... they figured out a way to measure the bit-rate as well during the case. Hopefully their new satellites will improve this PQ, but I doubt because they are all about MORE channels, and WHO CARES about PQ.
Sort of like MP3 and Ipod. Give us MORE SONGS, and SCREW SQ>
Cable is usually pricier. But at least you can just rent the equipment. I think the HD-DVR is 10$ a month? can't remember
also, a cable card for the frugal is about 2$ a month for basic channel service.
Again, however much rain, birds, planes can affect the signal, even with perfect conditions, every sat feed Ive seen looks poor. Its not even hi-def really, its more like SD+. There was, or is, a class action suit in LA against Direct TV for falsely advertising hi-def. It wasn't even close... they figured out a way to measure the bit-rate as well during the case. Hopefully their new satellites will improve this PQ, but I doubt because they are all about MORE channels, and WHO CARES about PQ.
Sort of like MP3 and Ipod. Give us MORE SONGS, and SCREW SQ>
Reply 10 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
In the 13 +/- years i've had satellite,it's gone down mabye once a year and only during heavy heavy rain. And i'm talking hard enough that the roof sounded like it was coming down and sustain that for a good half minute or so. I also live within 6 miles of an airport and planes pass within a mile of my home. I also live near wetlands where birds frequent everyday and never have problems. For enterferance by birds a flock would have to be gullet to gullet and large enough to turn day into night. And a plane would have to be able to hover and do it between the line of site to the satellite over the dish to block the signal. It takes a solid object to be able to block satellite signals. When it does when raining it's because the mass amount of water coming down that it's like a barrier.Satellites are very reliable. How do you think cable gets it signals? Go to any cable company yard and you're going to see satellite dishes getting their feeds. Nasa isn't going to f around with unreliable equipment and neither is the FTA. Cable is supseptable to rf signals, grounds and any other type of impediance an antenna would get. It acts like a big antenna going from pole to pole. Grounding is the only thing that saves it. Satellite is on a lease basis as well, $5.99 a month per box and $5 for DVR.
Reply 11 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
Thanks for you advice! Sounds like you know what you are talking about. I do however have a question. Which dish service do you have? DishNetwork or Directv? Is there really a difference between the two. In the end, if I end up going with satelite, I may end up just putting it in 6 rooms. What do you think? Also, do you get your internet service through the Dish?
Reply 12 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
check it out.
HD (NFL Network incl.) is like 6 buck more. Another six bucks and you get an HD-DVR accessible in any room. Broadcast HD is free.
Internet is pretty inexpensive and can be super fast if you opt for the 15/2 which is 10 bucks more.
I really like how Verizon throws in a 19" HDTV (High-end Sharp) or $200 best buy gift-card (your choice) if you get the Triple-play.
The menu system for the STB(TV) isn't great, but it isn't terrible. You have to install some ugly box (mine's outside) to get FiOS.
http://tinyurl.com/2aw5aw
HD (NFL Network incl.) is like 6 buck more. Another six bucks and you get an HD-DVR accessible in any room. Broadcast HD is free.
Internet is pretty inexpensive and can be super fast if you opt for the 15/2 which is 10 bucks more.
I really like how Verizon throws in a 19" HDTV (High-end Sharp) or $200 best buy gift-card (your choice) if you get the Triple-play.
The menu system for the STB(TV) isn't great, but it isn't terrible. You have to install some ugly box (mine's outside) to get FiOS.
http://tinyurl.com/2aw5aw
Reply 13 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
I currently have a month to month with Dish. Contract just ended. Not sure what i'm going to do.Did have Direct for 10 years prior. I noticed a picture differance when I got Dish and not a good one. Direct puts a box at each Tv. Dish is one box for two Tv's unless you wish to pay $5.99 a month for each additional box and $5.00 more each month for DVR for that second reciever. I just have the one box for two Tv setup. In that setup they reverse the signal back up the same coax to get to the other Tv unless you have them run another to it. I opted for the reversal method as I didn't want them attaching coax to my house. I work for Vz and have subsequently learned about different qualities of coax and that I may have older and lower quality coax which deminishes the signal. So quite possibly the poorer picture. I will soon bring home some rg6 from work and rewire my home since I fished all my walls to keep everything off the exterior of my home. But I plan on getting another Dish reciever and place it at my second Tv and see if the picture improves. I've been saying that for 18 months now and still haven't done it. So Directv so far has my nod. Fios. I have heard many great things about this product even though I haven't experienced it and even though I am a Fios MDU Coordinator for Vz. These ooh ahhs have come from customers that say it blows away the local cable company and satellite. Like in the previous post. I think $109.99 plus tax and other fees of course. You get Fios Tv,phone service and internet service which seems like a deal. For me anyway. I currently run $53 a month for Dish and $80 something a month for phone. If it were here in my nieghborhood I'd sign up for a contract to see for my self. And what the hell, never knew anything about Dish before signing and it's been a year and a half already.
Reply 14 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
I used Dish for a long time and now have switched to DirecTV's service. There was no need to buy any costly equipments, I received installation of a 4-room DirecTV system alongwith the subscription.
There are absolutely no interruptions as DirecTV delivers a digital signal 99.9% of the time. I also ordered a high-speed Internet connection with the service.
The most important benefit is that my cable & internet bills have reduced.
One more advantage - DirecTV offers channels from across the globe. I was looking out for NDTV 24x7 (Indian news channel) and DirecTV was the only provider in my locality to offer the channel. The rest is history and I am enjoying it.
There are absolutely no interruptions as DirecTV delivers a digital signal 99.9% of the time. I also ordered a high-speed Internet connection with the service.
The most important benefit is that my cable & internet bills have reduced.
One more advantage - DirecTV offers channels from across the globe. I was looking out for NDTV 24x7 (Indian news channel) and DirecTV was the only provider in my locality to offer the channel. The rest is history and I am enjoying it.
Reply 15 : Time Warner Cable vs. Satelite (Directv)
The Direct TV picture is infinitely better than Time Warner's - no contest. I watched the Masters Tournament, favorite sports event of the year, during the five painful days we had Time Warner - fuzzy, and less than vibrant colors... With Direct TV, you see individual blades of grass, etc - all in brilliant colors.
TW has polite customer service reps, but they refused to re-hook our Direct TV (that we thankfully had not canceled) to get us back to where we were before they arrived at our doorstep, so this was a costly, very aggravating experience. They repeatedly told me they would have a service tech call. Never happened. I don't recommend TW's cable TV.
TW has polite customer service reps, but they refused to re-hook our Direct TV (that we thankfully had not canceled) to get us back to where we were before they arrived at our doorstep, so this was a costly, very aggravating experience. They repeatedly told me they would have a service tech call. Never happened. I don't recommend TW's cable TV.
I need help streaming video, software or connection problem?
I am using a new Toshiba Satellite laptop, running Windows 7, and the connection is through a Verizon AC30..if I try to watch video through the net it slows to a stop or won't play at all..I'm not sure what to check, the connection looks to be good??
Reply 1 : I need help streaming video, software or connection problem?
Cellular speed is far from certain. Try the usual trick -> Pause the video so the buffers can fill up.
Bob
Bob
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Do I Need These Updates Right Now
Good Morning, I know you guys hate people asking two questions in one thread but the two updates I am talking about would or could be installed together at the same time.
I use "Auto-Update" on this laptop and I have accepted and installed every update that WU has suggested as necessary. But I occasionally check the site to see if anything new is out there and I found two this morning. WU has suggested that it is important that I consider the Windows Service-Pack 1 for Win 7 x64 and at the same time, they are also suggesting IE-9.
If I understand these Service-Packs correctly, they are just a "collection" of all the updates I may already have installed. And as far as IE-9 goes, I have IE-8 working great and I was wondering if it might be a good idea to wait and make sure they have all the bugs worked out before installing it. I would just like to know if there are any important safety features that I might be missing if I don't do these updates right away. I appreciate any ideas on this subject, thank you.
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PS: I am using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.9 on an HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC with an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60 GHz & 4.00 GB of (RAM) and a 64-bit OS with Windows 7 Home Premium with Internet Explorer 8.0.7600. 16385 Cipher Strength on a
I am using Open Office 3.2.0 OOO320m12 (Build:9483)
I use "Auto-Update" on this laptop and I have accepted and installed every update that WU has suggested as necessary. But I occasionally check the site to see if anything new is out there and I found two this morning. WU has suggested that it is important that I consider the Windows Service-Pack 1 for Win 7 x64 and at the same time, they are also suggesting IE-9.
If I understand these Service-Packs correctly, they are just a "collection" of all the updates I may already have installed. And as far as IE-9 goes, I have IE-8 working great and I was wondering if it might be a good idea to wait and make sure they have all the bugs worked out before installing it. I would just like to know if there are any important safety features that I might be missing if I don't do these updates right away. I appreciate any ideas on this subject, thank you.
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PS: I am using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.9 on an HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC with an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60 GHz & 4.00 GB of (RAM) and a 64-bit OS with Windows 7 Home Premium with Internet Explorer 8.0.7600. 16385 Cipher Strength on a
I am using Open Office 3.2.0 OOO320m12 (Build:9483)
Reply 1 : Do I Need These Updates Right Now
Yes, and up to you, in that order.
Service packs should always be installed in short order of their release. They often contain additional patches that were not previously released, so installing them is always a good idea.
Using Internet Explorer however, is NEVER a good idea for any amount of time. Unless the goal is to put your system at greater risk of a malware infestation or worse. You can take your pick between the alternatives of Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera, but you should really pick one of those over IE for security reasons alone.
And the way things work, is the IE9 you'd download today is the same IE9 you would download a year from now. They will inevitably be releasing security updates for it as time passes, but they will not alter the initial distribution once it is released into the wild. You'd probably be wise to install IE9 soon, maybe after you've installed SP1 and things seem to be working okay. Then move to another browser entirely. Since plenty of programs use the IE rendering engine, you should generally have the latest one installed because it's likely to be the most secure. That's not exactly saying a whole lot with IE, but you should take whatever meager improvements you can get.
Service packs should always be installed in short order of their release. They often contain additional patches that were not previously released, so installing them is always a good idea.
Using Internet Explorer however, is NEVER a good idea for any amount of time. Unless the goal is to put your system at greater risk of a malware infestation or worse. You can take your pick between the alternatives of Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera, but you should really pick one of those over IE for security reasons alone.
And the way things work, is the IE9 you'd download today is the same IE9 you would download a year from now. They will inevitably be releasing security updates for it as time passes, but they will not alter the initial distribution once it is released into the wild. You'd probably be wise to install IE9 soon, maybe after you've installed SP1 and things seem to be working okay. Then move to another browser entirely. Since plenty of programs use the IE rendering engine, you should generally have the latest one installed because it's likely to be the most secure. That's not exactly saying a whole lot with IE, but you should take whatever meager improvements you can get.
is the R.A.T 3 any good?
i can get one cheaper then a razer deathadder and i havent had any experience with the r.a.t mouses, anyone use one of have one that could tell me if they are worth the $47
I saw a RAT3 in my local nerd shop once. It looks the same, so I guess it's for people who like the look of the RAT series but can't stretch for the 5/7.
AFAIK it's non-adjustable: http://www.dabs.com/products/saitek-...ouse-75M3.html
So yeah, kind of pointless as far as the RAT series is concerned. But many will buy on looks alone I'm sure.
I would say, given my general experience with Saitek products, that I'd much more trust an entry-level Logitech / Microsoft product than one from Saitek/Mad Catz.
Reply 1 : is the R.A.T 3 any good?
I personally haven't used a R.A.T. 3 but I do own a R.A.T. 7. All I can say about this brand is that it is very reliable and durable.
Reply 2 : is the R.A.T 3 any good?
ok that should be comparable, thanks
Reply 3 : is the R.A.T 3 any good?
I also own a RAT7,here are my 2 issues with it
the way I hold it,my ring finger rubs against the semi-sharp edge on the right button,whic irritated my finger all the time
I prefer the tilt scroll wheel on my logitech mouse over the thumb scroll on this thing
the way I hold it,my ring finger rubs against the semi-sharp edge on the right button,whic irritated my finger all the time
I prefer the tilt scroll wheel on my logitech mouse over the thumb scroll on this thing
Reply 4 : is the R.A.T 3 any good?
I've never heard of the R.A.T. 3, just the 5, 7 and 9. From what I've read, the 7 is the most customizable, and the 9 is a wireless version of the exact same thing. The 5 is less customizable than the 7/9, so I would assume the 3 is even less adjustable than that. Doesn't that sort of beat the purpose of the R.A.T. series?
Reply 5 : is the R.A.T 3 any good?
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Originally Posted by Mastershroom
I've never heard of the R.A.T. 3, just the 5, 7 and 9. From what I've read, the 7 is the most customizable, and the 9 is a wireless version of the exact same thing. The 5 is less customizable than the 7/9, so I would assume the 3 is even less adjustable than that. Doesn't that sort of beat the purpose of the R.A.T. series?
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AFAIK it's non-adjustable: http://www.dabs.com/products/saitek-...ouse-75M3.html
So yeah, kind of pointless as far as the RAT series is concerned. But many will buy on looks alone I'm sure.
I would say, given my general experience with Saitek products, that I'd much more trust an entry-level Logitech / Microsoft product than one from Saitek/Mad Catz.
Reply 6 : is the R.A.T 3 any good?
Not adjustable at all? I thought that was the entire point of the R.A.T. series. >_<
Reply 7 : is the R.A.T 3 any good?
ok im going to go with the deathadder instead, although it looks really cool i do trust razer more then saitek anyhow. thanks guys
Reply 8 : is the R.A.T 3 any good?
The DeathAdder's a real treat; I hope you like it.
Reply 9 : is the R.A.T 3 any good?
thanks me too i ordered a headset with it so when they get here ill let you know how i like them both
Recording DirecTV to computer
Please help. I would like to recording some TV shows to my home computer in a format that I can later download to a disk. I have DirecTV and I have Vista on my computer. Thanks
Reply 1 : Recording DirecTV to computer
http://www.hauppauge.com/
Be sure you have a large hard drive as these captured videos can exceed several Gigabytes per hour.
Be sure you have a large hard drive as these captured videos can exceed several Gigabytes per hour.
Reply 2 : Recording DirecTV to computer
If you have a Direct TV DVR you can output it to a DV recorder at 480i. Blue Ray drives for computers are expensive and the disks are way too high in price. Maybe in a coule of years the price will decrease.
Reply 3 : Recording DirecTV to computer
I do this easily, it involves modifying your PVR drive. E-mail me for details.
Reply 4 : Recording DirecTV to computer
I need to do this in HD with a SA DVR.
Does your method apply to this too?
Does your method apply to this too?
Reply 5 : Recording DirecTV to computer
I've only done this on my Hughes Directv box. I believe other boxes are just as easy. See these forums:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/index.php
http://www.dvrupgrade.com/forums/index.php
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/index.php
http://www.dvrupgrade.com/forums/index.php
Reply 6 : Recording DirecTV to computer
Please send info on the how to modify the DVR to 06Chevy.van@gmail.com
Reply 7 : Recording DirecTV to computer
thanks, I know this thread was back in '08, but am doing this now, and need the help.
TJM
TJM
Reply 8 : Recording DirecTV to computer
I would so much appreciate the information to move my DVR recordings to my PC so I can burn them to DVD without sitting there watching them...
Reply 9 : Recording DirecTV to computer
http://www.snapstream.com/products/beyondtv/
Reply 10 : Recording DirecTV to computer
I have a Geniatech Hybrid ATSC X8000A
card in my pc. I record programs all the time.
just plug the cable from your box to the card and
you click record.
card in my pc. I record programs all the time.
just plug the cable from your box to the card and
you click record.
Reply 11 : Recording DirecTV to computer
what hardware do you have for watching tv? for connecting it to your computer?
Windows 7 Backup does not list external USB Networked drive
I have a networked shared USB connected HD on PC 1 that works fine on PC 1. However when I tried to setup MS Backup for the first time on PC 2, it does not list the external HD called Drive "L". When I open COMPUTER on PC 2, the external drive is shown. Drive "L" is also set for ALL USERS, and shared label is indicated on PC 1. So the million dollar question is, why doesn't it show on the list of available drives to select for backup on PC 2? Also, there isn't any way in the backup setup screen to browse or search for any drives. Stumped!
Reply 1 : Windows 7 Backup does not list external USB Networked drive
While it's better in 7 the past history of Microsoft backup software is one that has me write "use anything else."
Bob
Bob
Needed: low-light camera for photos of documents in archives
I will be research in the archives in South Africa and am looking for a camera that can take readable photos of documents in low-light conditions. I don't want to spend more than $200, so I know this will not be THE BEST camera for low light conditions. But suggestions for workable cameras in this price range are much appreciated. What specs should I be looking for?
Reply 1 : Needed: low-light camera for photos of documents in archives
About $200:
It depends upon how much you know about photography.
For the experienced photographer I would suggest looking at the Fujifilm S1500.
It is an older model but still available:
http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-FinePix-Digital-Stabilized-Optical/dp/B001QENO7A
For the less experienced photographer I would suggest the new Canon Elph 100HS.
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-ELPH-100-HS/dp/B004J3X5VA
With either camera you will need to use a tripod to support the camera.
because you will likely be shooting at very slow shutter speeds.
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If you don't want to use a tripod, I have no recomendations at the price of $200.
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It depends upon how much you know about photography.
For the experienced photographer I would suggest looking at the Fujifilm S1500.
It is an older model but still available:
http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-FinePix-Digital-Stabilized-Optical/dp/B001QENO7A
For the less experienced photographer I would suggest the new Canon Elph 100HS.
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-ELPH-100-HS/dp/B004J3X5VA
With either camera you will need to use a tripod to support the camera.
because you will likely be shooting at very slow shutter speeds.
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If you don't want to use a tripod, I have no recomendations at the price of $200.
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Drilling holes in bottom of old notebook to decrease heat?
I have an old laptop that runs really well. It's an old Fujitsu.
2Ghz Single Core. 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD, WLAN, Bluetooth etc. More than enough for my wife.
The only deal is it gets pretty hot.. I've tried mounting it on a cooler which seems to decrease the heat by only about 3 degrees unfortunately. I also looked at the area for where the fan is to cool the CPU. The holes for the fan to breathe are absolutely tiny.. I was thinking of Drilling a couple of extra holes on the HDD cover bay and the CPU bay just for a start.
Would this make a difference or would I just make a mockery of the underside of my laptop? This cooler isn't really making any difference and the pc gets really hot regardless.. would a few drill holes help with heat dispersion?
I've cleaned out the entire computer with canned air and a high powered vacuum, it looks absolutely spotless.. No idea why it's getting so hot as of late...
Anyway would a few.. or many drill holes make a difference? Also, is there anything else that someone can suggest?
Thanks in advance
+1, you can usually buy thermal paste at almost any computer store (not at big block shops but more local shops).
Also if you drill be careful, you don't want to mess up the pressure of air inside your notebook. Basically what I mean is that the notebook chassis is designed along with the cooling system to get the air to flow a specific route, drill a hole in the wrong spot and airflow may be disrupted, or slowed down.
Also if I remember you bought a generic 3 fan notebook cooler off ebay. Consider getting something that is more appropriate for your notebook such as a Notepal U3, your vents are spread and the U3 should let you target individual vents better.
2Ghz Single Core. 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD, WLAN, Bluetooth etc. More than enough for my wife.
The only deal is it gets pretty hot.. I've tried mounting it on a cooler which seems to decrease the heat by only about 3 degrees unfortunately. I also looked at the area for where the fan is to cool the CPU. The holes for the fan to breathe are absolutely tiny.. I was thinking of Drilling a couple of extra holes on the HDD cover bay and the CPU bay just for a start.
Would this make a difference or would I just make a mockery of the underside of my laptop? This cooler isn't really making any difference and the pc gets really hot regardless.. would a few drill holes help with heat dispersion?
I've cleaned out the entire computer with canned air and a high powered vacuum, it looks absolutely spotless.. No idea why it's getting so hot as of late...
Anyway would a few.. or many drill holes make a difference? Also, is there anything else that someone can suggest?
Thanks in advance
Reply 1 : Drilling holes in bottom of old notebook to decrease heat?
Did you put new thermal paste? I suggest you do that before any drill work. Also what are your temperatures?
Reply 2 : Drilling holes in bottom of old notebook to decrease heat?
HDD Temp is 51C
CPU Temp has gotten up to 77C
GPU Temp has gotten to 66C
I haven't replaced the CPU at all so no I haven't put on new paste. I don't want to open the laptop too much.. they're really hard to put back together and there are tons of wires and such that can come out that I can not notice and forget to put back in.
All in all the laptop is too hot to put your hand on almost.
CPU Temp has gotten up to 77C
GPU Temp has gotten to 66C
I haven't replaced the CPU at all so no I haven't put on new paste. I don't want to open the laptop too much.. they're really hard to put back together and there are tons of wires and such that can come out that I can not notice and forget to put back in.
All in all the laptop is too hot to put your hand on almost.
Reply 3 : Drilling holes in bottom of old notebook to decrease heat?
Well depending on what paste was there you should replace it sooner or later. If laptop is old you better do that. I am not talking about Silver or Diamond pфste but... that temp status must be under 100% stress, not under usual work.
I had one old lappy. That paste became a ROCK! That is why my little 2cm fan was louder than desktop computer.
Look on youtube if someone already disassembled you model
I had one old lappy. That paste became a ROCK! That is why my little 2cm fan was louder than desktop computer.
Look on youtube if someone already disassembled you model
Reply 4 : Drilling holes in bottom of old notebook to decrease heat?
Mmm I could try and dig up some *cough* public manual from the manufacturer that has been 'conviniently leaked' onto the internet. But that might work well too.. I'm just a little reluctant to open it up at this time.
I don't even know where I could buy thermal paste from in Finland... maybe I'd have to try ebay?
This good enough?: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THERMAL-PASTE-...item19c05b59c7
I don't even know where I could buy thermal paste from in Finland... maybe I'd have to try ebay?
This good enough?: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THERMAL-PASTE-...item19c05b59c7
Reply 5 : Drilling holes in bottom of old notebook to decrease heat?
I believe it must be some kind of "radio market" where people buy different computer and electronic parts, TV, pults, cables, diods, condensators, resistors, plugs and adapters and other tons of stuff... Well in my country it is usual. Try to find cooler master, zalman, titan or other.
That cheap e-bay thermal grease may be good only for a month if you are lucky. You will need to put new oftenly. Stars is cheap but not very bad as I heard but reviews did not check how long it will last. It is on eBay.
Try to google for Inet-shops which sell this.
That cheap e-bay thermal grease may be good only for a month if you are lucky. You will need to put new oftenly. Stars is cheap but not very bad as I heard but reviews did not check how long it will last. It is on eBay.
Try to google for Inet-shops which sell this.
Reply 6 : Drilling holes in bottom of old notebook to decrease heat?
Don't bother with no name thermal paste. Either IC Diamond 7, Arctic MX3, Or Arctic Silver 5.
Reply 7 : Drilling holes in bottom of old notebook to decrease heat?
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Originally Posted by ronnieb
Don't bother with no name thermal paste. Either IC Diamond 7, Arctic MX3, Or Arctic Silver 5.
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Also if you drill be careful, you don't want to mess up the pressure of air inside your notebook. Basically what I mean is that the notebook chassis is designed along with the cooling system to get the air to flow a specific route, drill a hole in the wrong spot and airflow may be disrupted, or slowed down.
Also if I remember you bought a generic 3 fan notebook cooler off ebay. Consider getting something that is more appropriate for your notebook such as a Notepal U3, your vents are spread and the U3 should let you target individual vents better.
Reply 8 : Drilling holes in bottom of old notebook to decrease heat?
1. What notebook model do you have?
2. If you buy a thermal paste watch out for the thermal conductivity! A good one will be between 7 and 9 W/(m*K) and won't cost that much. Especially because you're so reluctant to take your laptop apart you shouldn't risk to do this twice because of some crappy paste that only has 5W/(m*K).
3. It seems like you have a dedicated graphics card. When reassembling the laptop watch out for the height difference between CPU and GPU! This is usually bridged by a thermal pad which unfortunately often doesn't survive such a replacement procedure and the gap can't be bridged by thermal paste alone. So you might need a new one. From a thermal point of view a piece of copper sheet would be much better than a new silicone pad. Usually you'll need one with a thickness of 0.6 to 0.8mm.
I've heard of so called liquid metal pads that are said to have the thermal conductivity of pure metal and the ease of use of a silicone pad and might therefore be an alternative for a copper sheet. On the other hand I've also heard that they tend to slip away from the die when trying to fix the heat pipe. Since I've never used them on my own I can't tell you any more about them.
2. If you buy a thermal paste watch out for the thermal conductivity! A good one will be between 7 and 9 W/(m*K) and won't cost that much. Especially because you're so reluctant to take your laptop apart you shouldn't risk to do this twice because of some crappy paste that only has 5W/(m*K).
3. It seems like you have a dedicated graphics card. When reassembling the laptop watch out for the height difference between CPU and GPU! This is usually bridged by a thermal pad which unfortunately often doesn't survive such a replacement procedure and the gap can't be bridged by thermal paste alone. So you might need a new one. From a thermal point of view a piece of copper sheet would be much better than a new silicone pad. Usually you'll need one with a thickness of 0.6 to 0.8mm.
I've heard of so called liquid metal pads that are said to have the thermal conductivity of pure metal and the ease of use of a silicone pad and might therefore be an alternative for a copper sheet. On the other hand I've also heard that they tend to slip away from the die when trying to fix the heat pipe. Since I've never used them on my own I can't tell you any more about them.
ARMA 2 OA Plus Add Ons
It's been a while so I went, installed Arma 2 OA plus the BF pack and PMC pack that was released. Patch 1.59 applied.
I hit the benchmark mission 8 once I adjusted my config for no render frames ahead.
With the m15x, i7-720qm stock, 5850 @ 750/1000, CCC 11.4
Arma 2 settings - all items normal, shadows high, no aa or af. view distance 1600m.
Score was 44fps. I remember my old score being 35-37 fps. I dont know what has been done to optimize the engine but I am going to spend some time playing this now.
Almost won an I7-920 this morning on ebay. oh well...
StevenX
I hit the benchmark mission 8 once I adjusted my config for no render frames ahead.
With the m15x, i7-720qm stock, 5850 @ 750/1000, CCC 11.4
Arma 2 settings - all items normal, shadows high, no aa or af. view distance 1600m.
Score was 44fps. I remember my old score being 35-37 fps. I dont know what has been done to optimize the engine but I am going to spend some time playing this now.
Almost won an I7-920 this morning on ebay. oh well...
StevenX
Reply 1 : ARMA 2 OA Plus Add Ons
Back down to 37fps with everything on normal and high shadows. I think for some reason after all the loading and updates it was loading low texture models on normal. I am still going to try and give it a whirl again. After seeing all the Battlefield 3 vids I need something more than BFBC2 and Homefront to quench my thirst.
Later,
StevenX
Later,
StevenX
Reply 2 : ARMA 2 OA Plus Add Ons
Lol.. nevermind again. Didn't realize that the config had been updated to incorrect settings so I re-updated it and set it to Read Only. With Visability at 1600m 48fps (normal/high).
COMPUTER BUS - PCI
PCI bus is one of the types of computer Bus. Provides high performance in transferring data and signals to all computer components with computer architecture.
Reply 1 : COMPUTER BUS - PCI
there's a question?
Mark
Mark
Reply 2 : COMPUTER BUS - PCI
I find a lot of forums and social networks on which a user mypcmag recently registered. But as far as I can see, he only does very useless things on all those other sites also.
For example:
http://againlinks.com/story.php?id=342826
So I'm locking this thread.
Kees
For example:
http://againlinks.com/story.php?id=342826
So I'm locking this thread.
Kees
Reply 3 : COMPUTER BUS - PCI
What's a "component with computer architecture". What's the difference with a "component without computer architecture"?
Kees
Kees
Can't Find Any Files But They Are There
I had the HDD scan virus which I think is removed. However, I have still have problems. Here are the symptoms. I am running Vista.
1. When I boot up, the desktop is black and all the icons are gone. I can change the color but it won't find any pictures. Quick launch icons are gone but tray icons are there.
2. When I open explorer, the standard windows folders (desktop, user, documents, downloads, etc.) are present. But they all show as empty. If I go to a cmd window, it also shows all directories as empty.
On the other hand
3. If I use an explorer clone called xplorer2, I can find everything on the computer and run it normally, with a few odd hiccups. Treesize and scan, The stuff is there. But explorer doesn't see it. Windows functions act like its not there.
4. I have networking and can surf the net if I search for the browser and then run it.
5. Media player seems to find files OK
6. If I search for a program, I can run it ok, with a few hiccups sometimes.
7. If I download and install a new program, I can create a new desktop icon. It then appears in explorer
8. All the desktop short cuts are gone. If I try to make a new one, the program says that there is already one there - even though it does not appear.
9. I've run numerous scumware detection programs. Nothing.
I would appreciate help on identifying the problem. Please, no guesses like "you can swing a chicken around your head three times." I've got a lot of useless replies that that in other fora. I'm hoping someone actually understands Vista well enough to know what the problem is.
1. When I boot up, the desktop is black and all the icons are gone. I can change the color but it won't find any pictures. Quick launch icons are gone but tray icons are there.
2. When I open explorer, the standard windows folders (desktop, user, documents, downloads, etc.) are present. But they all show as empty. If I go to a cmd window, it also shows all directories as empty.
On the other hand
3. If I use an explorer clone called xplorer2, I can find everything on the computer and run it normally, with a few odd hiccups. Treesize and scan, The stuff is there. But explorer doesn't see it. Windows functions act like its not there.
4. I have networking and can surf the net if I search for the browser and then run it.
5. Media player seems to find files OK
6. If I search for a program, I can run it ok, with a few hiccups sometimes.
7. If I download and install a new program, I can create a new desktop icon. It then appears in explorer
8. All the desktop short cuts are gone. If I try to make a new one, the program says that there is already one there - even though it does not appear.
9. I've run numerous scumware detection programs. Nothing.
I would appreciate help on identifying the problem. Please, no guesses like "you can swing a chicken around your head three times." I've got a lot of useless replies that that in other fora. I'm hoping someone actually understands Vista well enough to know what the problem is.
Reply 1 : Can't Find Any Files But They Are There
I would say it sounds like whatever hit your system used some rootkit techniques to hide files from the OS. Your best bet here would probably be to use another system, since yours is likely still infested with something, to download a Linux LiveCD. You will then need a portable HDD or something you can back up the files from your drive onto.
Boot the Linux LiveCD, and you should be able to poke around the contents of your internal drive without much issue. If the files are still there, they should show up using Linux, which will not honor any Windows kernel level commands to hide the files from view. So if whatever you contracted didn't encrypt the files, you should then be able to copy them over to your portable HDD or whatever you're using. At which point I would recommend you FORMAT your Windows drive and do a complete reinstall. You may also want to take a long hard look at your online habits which clearly need some revision so you don't get hit with something like this in the future. The following are my suggestions which I have used to great success for many years. And you only need to swing the chicken over your head twice.
TIPS FOR A PROBLEM FREE COMPUTING EXPERIENCE
============================================
The more of these suggestions you follow, the fewer problems you should have. They won't solve any existing problems you have, but if you follow them all you should be able to avoid virtually all problems in the future.
Things you should NOT do
--------------------------------
1: Use Internet Explorer (1)
2: Use any browser based on Internet Explorer (e.g. Maxathon and MSN Explorer)
3: Use Outlook or Outlook Express (2)
4: Open email attachments you haven't manually scanned with your virus scanner
5: Open email attachments you were not expecting, no matter who they appear to be from
6: Respond to spam messages, including using unsubscribe links
7: Visit questionable websites (e.g. porn, warez, hacking)
8: Poke unnecessary holes in your firewall by clicking "Allow" every time some program requests access to the Internet (3)
9: Click directly on links in email messages
10: Use file sharing or P2P programs
11: Use pirated programs
Things you SHOULD do
-----------------------------
1: Use a non-IE or IE based browser (4)
2: Always have an up to date virus scanner running (5)
3: Always have a firewall running (6)
4: Install all the latest security updates (7)(8)(9)
5: Delete all unsolicited emails containing attachments without reading
6: Manually scan all email attachments with your virus scanner, regardless of whether it's supposed to be done automatically
7: Copy and paste URLs from email messages into your web browser
8: Inspect links copied and pasted into your web browser to ensure they don't seem to contain a second/different address
9: Establish a regular backup regimen (10)(11)
10: Make regular checks of your backup media to ensure it is still good (12)
Being a considerate Internet user & other online tips
----------------------------------------------------------------
1: Do not send attachments in emails (13)(14)
2: Do not use stationary or any other kind of special formatting in emails (13)
3: Do not TYPE IN ALL CAPS (15)
4: Avoid texting speak or "l33t speak" (16)
5: Do not poke sleeping bears (17)
6: Do not use registry cleaners/fixers/optimizers (18)(19)
Offline tips and suggestions
----------------------------------------------------------------
1: Avoid buying Acer, HP. Compaq, Gateway, and eMachines computers (20)(21)(22)(23)
2: Avoid sub-$500 systems that aren't netbooks or part of some limited time price promotion (24)
Notes
--------
(1) Sadly sometimes this is unavoidable, so only use IE when the site absolutely will not work with any other browser and you cannot get that information/service anywhere else, and only use IE for that one specific site.
(2) Outlook and Outlook Express are very insecure, and basically invite spam. The jury is still out on Vista's Windows Mail, but given Microsoft's history with email programs, extreme caution is advised. Possible replacements include Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, The Bat, and dozens of others.
(3) When it doubt over whether or not to allow some program, use Google to find out what it is and whether or not it needs access to the Internet. Otherwise, denying access is the safest course of action, since you can always change the rule later.
(4) On Windows your options include: Mozilla Firefox, Seamonkey, Opera, Flock, Chrome, and Safari. I would personally recommend Firefox with the NoScript extension for added security, but it the important thing is to pick one and use it instead of IE.
(5) AVG Free and Avast are available if you need a decent free virus scanner
(6) XP/Vista's firewall is probably good enough for 99% of all Windows users, but other options include ZoneAlarm, Outpost Firewall, and Comodo. If you have a router with a firewall built into it, there is no need for any of the aforementioned firewalls to be running.
(7) Microsoft's usual system is to release security updates every second Tuesday of the month.
(8) Use of Windows Update on Windows operating systems prior to Windows Vista requires Internet Explorer, and is thus a valid exception to the "No IE" rule.
(9) Service packs should ALWAYS be installed. They frequently contain security updates that will ONLY be found in that service pack.
(10) You can go with a full fledged backup program, or simply copying important files onto a CD/DVD/Flash drive.
(11) I'd recommend a tiered backup system. For example, you might have 5 rewritable DVDs, and every day you burn your backup onto a new disc. On the 6th day, you erase the disc for Day #1 for your backup, and so on so that you have multiple backups should one disc ever go bad.
(12) Replace rewritable CDs and DVDs approximately every 3-6 months.
(13) These dramatically increase the size of email messages (2-3X minimum) and clog up email servers already straining to cope with the flood of spam pouring in daily.
(14) If you want to share photos with friends/family, upload them to some photo sharing site like Flickr or Google's Picasa Web and then send people a link to that particular photo gallery.
(15) This is considered to be the same as SHOUTING and many people find it to be hard to read along with highly annoying.
(16) Unless the goal is to make yourself look like a pre-adolescent girl, or someone overcompensating for their gross inadequacies, and you don't want people to take you seriously.
(17) Most REAL hackers are quite content to leave you alone unless you make them take notice of you. No dinky little software firewall or consumer grade router is going to keep them out of your system. So do not go to some hacker website or chat room and start shooting your mouth off unless you're prepared to accept the consequences
(18) Most of these programs are scams, and sell you something you don't need. Most of them report non-issues in an attempt to boost the number of "issues". Sometimes using these programs can lead to a non-functioning computer.
(19) The Windows registry is not some mystical black box of untapped performance tweaks for Windows, that will lead to untold improvements in system performance. Most of the tweaks will lead to very modest performance gains of 1-2% tops, and probably less than 10% all combined. There is also a good chance that you will render your system unbootable if you make a mistake when editing. Registry default settings are set that way for a reason. Just do yourself a favor, and forget you ever heard of the Windows registry unless you are a computer programmer/debugger and your job requires knowledge of the registry.
(20) Acer now owns Gateway and eMachines
(21) HP owns Compaq
(22) Hardware failures seem far more common with these brands than can be considered normal
(23) These companies use cheap labor in Asian countries were working conditions are often what would be considered sweat shops, and are run by brutal dictatorships, which you are supporting by buying from these companies
(24) If you just do some simple math, and realize that the cost of individual components like the CPU are around 25-33% of the total retail cost of the system, and everyone involved in the making and selling of the system is looking to make a profit, how much money can they possibly be making on each system. And if you're only making a few pennies on every system, how much quality control do you really think is going to go into the manufacturing process?
Boot the Linux LiveCD, and you should be able to poke around the contents of your internal drive without much issue. If the files are still there, they should show up using Linux, which will not honor any Windows kernel level commands to hide the files from view. So if whatever you contracted didn't encrypt the files, you should then be able to copy them over to your portable HDD or whatever you're using. At which point I would recommend you FORMAT your Windows drive and do a complete reinstall. You may also want to take a long hard look at your online habits which clearly need some revision so you don't get hit with something like this in the future. The following are my suggestions which I have used to great success for many years. And you only need to swing the chicken over your head twice.
TIPS FOR A PROBLEM FREE COMPUTING EXPERIENCE
============================================
The more of these suggestions you follow, the fewer problems you should have. They won't solve any existing problems you have, but if you follow them all you should be able to avoid virtually all problems in the future.
Things you should NOT do
--------------------------------
1: Use Internet Explorer (1)
2: Use any browser based on Internet Explorer (e.g. Maxathon and MSN Explorer)
3: Use Outlook or Outlook Express (2)
4: Open email attachments you haven't manually scanned with your virus scanner
5: Open email attachments you were not expecting, no matter who they appear to be from
6: Respond to spam messages, including using unsubscribe links
7: Visit questionable websites (e.g. porn, warez, hacking)
8: Poke unnecessary holes in your firewall by clicking "Allow" every time some program requests access to the Internet (3)
9: Click directly on links in email messages
10: Use file sharing or P2P programs
11: Use pirated programs
Things you SHOULD do
-----------------------------
1: Use a non-IE or IE based browser (4)
2: Always have an up to date virus scanner running (5)
3: Always have a firewall running (6)
4: Install all the latest security updates (7)(8)(9)
5: Delete all unsolicited emails containing attachments without reading
6: Manually scan all email attachments with your virus scanner, regardless of whether it's supposed to be done automatically
7: Copy and paste URLs from email messages into your web browser
8: Inspect links copied and pasted into your web browser to ensure they don't seem to contain a second/different address
9: Establish a regular backup regimen (10)(11)
10: Make regular checks of your backup media to ensure it is still good (12)
Being a considerate Internet user & other online tips
----------------------------------------------------------------
1: Do not send attachments in emails (13)(14)
2: Do not use stationary or any other kind of special formatting in emails (13)
3: Do not TYPE IN ALL CAPS (15)
4: Avoid texting speak or "l33t speak" (16)
5: Do not poke sleeping bears (17)
6: Do not use registry cleaners/fixers/optimizers (18)(19)
Offline tips and suggestions
----------------------------------------------------------------
1: Avoid buying Acer, HP. Compaq, Gateway, and eMachines computers (20)(21)(22)(23)
2: Avoid sub-$500 systems that aren't netbooks or part of some limited time price promotion (24)
Notes
--------
(1) Sadly sometimes this is unavoidable, so only use IE when the site absolutely will not work with any other browser and you cannot get that information/service anywhere else, and only use IE for that one specific site.
(2) Outlook and Outlook Express are very insecure, and basically invite spam. The jury is still out on Vista's Windows Mail, but given Microsoft's history with email programs, extreme caution is advised. Possible replacements include Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, The Bat, and dozens of others.
(3) When it doubt over whether or not to allow some program, use Google to find out what it is and whether or not it needs access to the Internet. Otherwise, denying access is the safest course of action, since you can always change the rule later.
(4) On Windows your options include: Mozilla Firefox, Seamonkey, Opera, Flock, Chrome, and Safari. I would personally recommend Firefox with the NoScript extension for added security, but it the important thing is to pick one and use it instead of IE.
(5) AVG Free and Avast are available if you need a decent free virus scanner
(6) XP/Vista's firewall is probably good enough for 99% of all Windows users, but other options include ZoneAlarm, Outpost Firewall, and Comodo. If you have a router with a firewall built into it, there is no need for any of the aforementioned firewalls to be running.
(7) Microsoft's usual system is to release security updates every second Tuesday of the month.
(8) Use of Windows Update on Windows operating systems prior to Windows Vista requires Internet Explorer, and is thus a valid exception to the "No IE" rule.
(9) Service packs should ALWAYS be installed. They frequently contain security updates that will ONLY be found in that service pack.
(10) You can go with a full fledged backup program, or simply copying important files onto a CD/DVD/Flash drive.
(11) I'd recommend a tiered backup system. For example, you might have 5 rewritable DVDs, and every day you burn your backup onto a new disc. On the 6th day, you erase the disc for Day #1 for your backup, and so on so that you have multiple backups should one disc ever go bad.
(12) Replace rewritable CDs and DVDs approximately every 3-6 months.
(13) These dramatically increase the size of email messages (2-3X minimum) and clog up email servers already straining to cope with the flood of spam pouring in daily.
(14) If you want to share photos with friends/family, upload them to some photo sharing site like Flickr or Google's Picasa Web and then send people a link to that particular photo gallery.
(15) This is considered to be the same as SHOUTING and many people find it to be hard to read along with highly annoying.
(16) Unless the goal is to make yourself look like a pre-adolescent girl, or someone overcompensating for their gross inadequacies, and you don't want people to take you seriously.
(17) Most REAL hackers are quite content to leave you alone unless you make them take notice of you. No dinky little software firewall or consumer grade router is going to keep them out of your system. So do not go to some hacker website or chat room and start shooting your mouth off unless you're prepared to accept the consequences
(18) Most of these programs are scams, and sell you something you don't need. Most of them report non-issues in an attempt to boost the number of "issues". Sometimes using these programs can lead to a non-functioning computer.
(19) The Windows registry is not some mystical black box of untapped performance tweaks for Windows, that will lead to untold improvements in system performance. Most of the tweaks will lead to very modest performance gains of 1-2% tops, and probably less than 10% all combined. There is also a good chance that you will render your system unbootable if you make a mistake when editing. Registry default settings are set that way for a reason. Just do yourself a favor, and forget you ever heard of the Windows registry unless you are a computer programmer/debugger and your job requires knowledge of the registry.
(20) Acer now owns Gateway and eMachines
(21) HP owns Compaq
(22) Hardware failures seem far more common with these brands than can be considered normal
(23) These companies use cheap labor in Asian countries were working conditions are often what would be considered sweat shops, and are run by brutal dictatorships, which you are supporting by buying from these companies
(24) If you just do some simple math, and realize that the cost of individual components like the CPU are around 25-33% of the total retail cost of the system, and everyone involved in the making and selling of the system is looking to make a profit, how much money can they possibly be making on each system. And if you're only making a few pennies on every system, how much quality control do you really think is going to go into the manufacturing process?
Reply 2 : Can't Find Any Files But They Are There
There's a type of malware currently running amok which infects the machine and also hides many files on your computr.. Please click on the link below and follow the instructions to completely scan your computer.. (You'll note there is a program called "unhide.exe" which is listed toward the end of the instructions.. That should make those files viewable again but be sure to follow all of the instructions to be sure the machine is clean.)
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-windows-recovery
Hope this ehlps.
Grif
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-windows-recovery
Hope this ehlps.
Grif
SVG editors don't work
I am desperate. I'm trying to extract to extract a map from PDF file, save it as SVG and replace some colors (climate zones) by one color in the whole image, so that there is just one climate zone left. First I tried to use Inkscape. I extracted the map, saved it as svg file, BUT I can't replace any color (extensions - color - replace color). But it's worse. It doesn't display properly in any web browser. And I can't save it as PNG either, there's just one quarter of the image in the png file. Here is the map:
http://rapidshare.com/files/455084587/koppenova_mapa_pokus.svg
Original source from which I extracted it (last page):
http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/29/88/18/PDF/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf
I tried Corel Draw and Adobe Illustrator, but these 3 aren't even compatible, its incredible. Corel Draw doesn't work at all, Illustrator could be used for work from the very beginning, because it isnt compatible with Ikscape. But I don't know how to work with it.
Are you able to change the map in ANY vector editor in any way so that 1.) it will display properly in any web browser and 2.) I will be able to replace one color by another in the whole image?
http://rapidshare.com/files/455084587/koppenova_mapa_pokus.svg
Original source from which I extracted it (last page):
http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/29/88/18/PDF/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf
I tried Corel Draw and Adobe Illustrator, but these 3 aren't even compatible, its incredible. Corel Draw doesn't work at all, Illustrator could be used for work from the very beginning, because it isnt compatible with Ikscape. But I don't know how to work with it.
Are you able to change the map in ANY vector editor in any way so that 1.) it will display properly in any web browser and 2.) I will be able to replace one color by another in the whole image?
Reply 1 : SVG editors don't work
That's a well-known problem: extracting things from a pdf-file doesn't necessarily result in something that's useful for further processing. That's not only for graphics, that's for MS Word also. Think about converting a .pdf to Excel. You won't get the formulas!
Consider a pdf-file as to be useful for presentation (view on screen, and print if allowed by the author).
So the two things you can do:
1. Ask the author of the pdf for the original processable file.
2. Make a screen print, save that as jpg or bmp and use your favorite photo-editor (even MS Paint is useful to change colors) to edit it.
No need to be desperate. Photo-editors can do quite a lot.
Kees
Consider a pdf-file as to be useful for presentation (view on screen, and print if allowed by the author).
So the two things you can do:
1. Ask the author of the pdf for the original processable file.
2. Make a screen print, save that as jpg or bmp and use your favorite photo-editor (even MS Paint is useful to change colors) to edit it.
No need to be desperate. Photo-editors can do quite a lot.
Kees
NO sound
Yesterday I had it-today I don't. I fear I may have uninstalled something I shouldn't have when I was trying to get rid of unused programs. To make matters worse, I efficiently emptied the recycling so I can't even reinstall everything or can I? Is there somewhere else on the computer where a record is kept re: what was in the garbage or what was uninstalled? (I watch T.V.) Please,please can someone help this idiot???
Reply 1 : NO sound
I would try System Restore.
But other than that I can only guess with so few details.
Mark
But other than that I can only guess with so few details.
Mark
Reply 2 : NO sound
You can access device manager and rollback to the previous drivers, that should fix any drivers you may have uninstall.
Backup Software
I want software that will clone my C drive to my backup drive every week automatically. That way if my C drive fails I can just use the other one right away. I have only found software that either makes a compressed backup file regularly or clones but does not allow for a schedule. If anyone knows software that will do this let me know. By the way, it has to be free.
Reply 1 : Backup Software
doesn't run under Windows because it doesn't work from the OS itself. It has to be run after booting from it's CD or from another OS on another partition. That makes scheduling practically impossible. Unless you find it acceptable to boot from Linux once a week, say on Friday evening, and run the cloning program at 3:00 PM in the night via a schedule. But then you could just as well start it manually before you go to bed, I think.
Kees
Kees
Reply 2 : Backup Software
Thanks for the knowlege.
Reply 3 : Backup Software
Rather than cloning, why not just do a full imaging? Programs such as Acronis True Image do have scheduling feature and will run under Windows using the volume shadow copy service. Imaging would have at least two advantages over cloning. The first is that the disk space used is only about 1/2 the size of the total disk spaced used. If you had 40 gb used on a 200 gb disk, the image file would be about 20 gb or maybe less. The second advantage, and actually might correct a disadvantage with cloning, is that you could keep multiple copies of your system. With cloning, if you had some corruption problem on the original disk, it might be on the copy as well. With imaging, if you find or experience a corruption problem, you could have several copies of your system to fall back on.
Reply 4 : Backup Software
This can clone the drive, and I think it does scheduled backup
anyone knows what is the best software to manage photos?
hi.. i have lots of pictures that i wanted to manage with. if can, i want to manage it and be able to preview them in web based browser with not much effort. i've tried Pica Jet. The only thing that i dislike is the photo gallery. They should insert some smooth transition to the photo gallery template so that when we switch to the next photo, the changing of the photos would look more interesting like "slideshow". Any opinion for software that are able to do that?TQ.
R2 Webcam not Detected
As the title suggests, my R2's webcam is no longer detected. Does anyone have a link to the drivers? I can't find it through Google.
However, there is no 'Unknown Device' in the device manager -- could this mean the webcam has been unplugged somehow?
Thanks!
However, there is no 'Unknown Device' in the device manager -- could this mean the webcam has been unplugged somehow?
Thanks!
Reply 1 : R2 Webcam not Detected
The same thing happened to me after I tried to mess with the registry settings to get back the original alien display screen on startup and logoff. I had to restore the registry settings. I also lost youcam after clean install. What was happening was the cam was being detected as a USB. What you might try to do is uninstall the camera in devices and reinstall that might work. If that doesnt work set back your registry settings to what they were. Also reinstall youcam if you still got it.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Service Pack Windows 7 64 Bit Killed my Media Player?
Service Pack Windows 7 64 bit killed my Windows Media Player on my m11x R1. Anyone else install the update and have similar problems. I tried setting everything back to default settings, but that didn't work. I noticed after install I had to set windows media player as default then Windows Media Player started to download a few things which was strange. Anyone else have this problem. 
Reply 1 : Service Pack Windows 7 64 Bit Killed my Media Player?
Try to use restore point
I am tired to tell everyone that Win 7 update SP1 may ruin OS. This is what Microsoft proved. They said to shut off automatic update until they solve this problem.
I am tired to tell everyone that Win 7 update SP1 may ruin OS. This is what Microsoft proved. They said to shut off automatic update until they solve this problem.
Reply 2 : Service Pack Windows 7 64 Bit Killed my Media Player?
FURGHHHHHH!!! So microsoft officially stated not to install this update? Or is this just consumers.
Reply 3 : Service Pack Windows 7 64 Bit Killed my Media Player?
As I read in trusted newspaper about a month ago Microsoft officially stated to wait for installing this update until they solve the problem. They suggested to shut off automatic update.
Reply 4 : Service Pack Windows 7 64 Bit Killed my Media Player?
^^Thanks did a system restore and everything works swimmingly. There were so many problems it is not even funny that started popping up. Camera stopped working, everything would crash randomly, media player wouldnt work, vlc wouldnt work etc... Surprised they would release a service pack that sucks so bad.
Reply 5 : Service Pack Windows 7 64 Bit Killed my Media Player?
Good. If you so want SP1 you should make clean Windows install with built-in SP1.
Reply 6 : Service Pack Windows 7 64 Bit Killed my Media Player?
Weird, I installed SP1 for Windows 7 Home Premium last week on my R1 and I have not had any problems...(knock on wood) I will go home and scrutinize my laptop with an electron microscope. Ok, maybe not that much but I'll definitely see if something's wrong with WMP. I was just watching by digital copy of Tron Legacy last time I used it. No problems there.
Reply 7 : Service Pack Windows 7 64 Bit Killed my Media Player?
MANY people installed this update without a problem. However I saw 3 or 4 threads or posts about different problems (not some exact problem everywhere) after SP1 update. It just can become unstable or BSOD. Maybe it is not so big percentage but in the world there were enough complaints so Microsoft took a note. And everyone also should not be surprised if this happens.
@ebondefender I believe you shouldn't worry if it looks OK.
@ebondefender I believe you shouldn't worry if it looks OK.
PSU Wattage for these parts?
I am interested in building a custom gaming rig and I don't know what wattage PSU I'd need. Here's the list below, with links:
Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3
CPU: Intel i5 2500
Links: (it's a bundle) http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=165454&CatId=6982
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 570
Link: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7044334&CatId=3585
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda, 1TB
Link: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=61389&CatId=2459
I'd also throw on a CD/DVD drive, maybe Blu-ray, and a media card reader. Any suggestions for brands and wattage needed?
Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3
CPU: Intel i5 2500
Links: (it's a bundle) http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=165454&CatId=6982
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 570
Link: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7044334&CatId=3585
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda, 1TB
Link: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=61389&CatId=2459
I'd also throw on a CD/DVD drive, maybe Blu-ray, and a media card reader. Any suggestions for brands and wattage needed?
Reply 1 : PSU Wattage for these parts?
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=psu+calculator&cp=6&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=0s&aqi=&aql=&oq=PSUCal&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=53fd2b5286cafcf7
Once you decide wattage including some extra for expansion/room to grow...get a good quality unit ... Corsair is my favorite.
VAPCMD
Once you decide wattage including some extra for expansion/room to grow...get a good quality unit ... Corsair is my favorite.
VAPCMD
Reply 2 : PSU Wattage for these parts?
I tried using one of the recommended ones but I couldn't figure some of these things out. Maybe I just need to try a different one.
Reply 3 : PSU Wattage for these parts?
That said I always recommend having room to spare or grow. Personally I wouldn't use less than a 650W. Here are some good quality units from Corsair.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006519+50001459+40000058+600014022&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&IsNodeId=1&Subcategory=58&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=
Hope this helps !
VAPCMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006519+50001459+40000058+600014022&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&IsNodeId=1&Subcategory=58&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=
Hope this helps !
VAPCMD
PowerPoint Problems
I use PowerPoint 2010 on my Asus laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium every week for presentations of songs for the worship service at my church. Each presentation has video and audio files embedded into it. Just recently the program will pop up with a message stating that "Microsoft PowerPoint has stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution to the problem." Then "Microsoft PowerPoint is trying to recover your information... This may take several minutes." This is happening every couple of minutes. What can I do to stop it? It is driving me crazy because I can't get anything accomplished before it shuts down again. I have ran AVG virus scan, AVG PC Tuneup, and Malwarebytes' and found nothing. Please help!
Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
As I deal with picture-editing quite a lot, I really really need a picture viewer that would show me a 100% magnification of the image in a small circle when I go with the mouse cursor over it...
Don't know if I explain it right but the thing is - in order to assess the quality of the image I need to zoom it to 100% which is supported by the default Windows Viewer.... but I need to click, adjust to where I want to see and so on. I dream of a viewer that shows a small "magnifier" once you go over the image with the mouse. This would save me a lot of time...
But does any of those have the feature I refer to and need?
Certainly - I just want to make sure people understand I am not just looking for A picture viewer but for a very specific feature...
Don't know if I explain it right but the thing is - in order to assess the quality of the image I need to zoom it to 100% which is supported by the default Windows Viewer.... but I need to click, adjust to where I want to see and so on. I dream of a viewer that shows a small "magnifier" once you go over the image with the mouse. This would save me a lot of time...
Reply 1 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
I do not know if it has this function your wanting but you should check out irfanview. I use it for all image viewing because it opens 10x faster than windows, supports every single image format under the sun, and lets me batch process files and stuff.
Best of all its free and a super small download so it cant hurt to try.
One that does sort of support this feature is Adobe Bridge, you can click on an image and a magnifying glass opens up that you can move around. You can even show more than one image at the same time and have the magnifying glass sync between them to compare details between more than one picture.
As a whole though since bridge is showing a smaller image in the first place and slow to open I find irfanview my #1 viewer 99% of the time. I only use Bridge when I plan to edit a picture with Camera Raw (equivalent to LightRoom)
I also do not like how bridge just opens to your entire computer instead of a target location, wasting even more time navigating to your images. I have my own fix for this that adds "open with adobe bridge" as a right click option for folders.
Add "Open with Adobe Bridge" to your right click options for Windows
Best of all its free and a super small download so it cant hurt to try.
One that does sort of support this feature is Adobe Bridge, you can click on an image and a magnifying glass opens up that you can move around. You can even show more than one image at the same time and have the magnifying glass sync between them to compare details between more than one picture.
As a whole though since bridge is showing a smaller image in the first place and slow to open I find irfanview my #1 viewer 99% of the time. I only use Bridge when I plan to edit a picture with Camera Raw (equivalent to LightRoom)
I also do not like how bridge just opens to your entire computer instead of a target location, wasting even more time navigating to your images. I have my own fix for this that adds "open with adobe bridge" as a right click option for folders.
Add "Open with Adobe Bridge" to your right click options for Windows
Reply 2 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
I will try it out of curiosity... thanks
I have only tried the Picasa viewer but I did not like it at all...
I have only tried the Picasa viewer but I did not like it at all...
Reply 3 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
Paint.NET
FastStone Image Viewer
Irfanview, as noted above, is also a good choice.
--L.
FastStone Image Viewer
Irfanview, as noted above, is also a good choice.
--L.
Reply 4 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
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Paint.NET
FastStone Image Viewer Irfanview, as noted above, is also a good choice. --L. |
Reply 5 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
xnview
and you yourself are going to have to try the suggestions. no one here is going to be able to read your mind and decide for you.........
and you yourself are going to have to try the suggestions. no one here is going to be able to read your mind and decide for you.........
Reply 6 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
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xnview
and you yourself are going to have to try the suggestions. no one here is going to be able to read your mind and decide for you......... |
Reply 7 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
I just installed Irfanview, but to be honest I am not impressed...
Maybe it is a good alternative to the XP picture viewer, but I find the one that comes with Windows 7 somehow better than Irfanview. Of course the Microsoft one cannot do any processing, but I don't need that - I use photoshop... And the feature I am looking for isn't there either...
I'll check the rest of the suggestions above soon, thanks
If you have any other ideas let me know
Maybe it is a good alternative to the XP picture viewer, but I find the one that comes with Windows 7 somehow better than Irfanview. Of course the Microsoft one cannot do any processing, but I don't need that - I use photoshop... And the feature I am looking for isn't there either...
I'll check the rest of the suggestions above soon, thanks
If you have any other ideas let me know
Reply 8 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
Have you considered using a Microsoft mouse? They have a magnification option. Click a button and it maginifies, another click and it is off. It is also a live maginifier( or what ever it is properly called) meaning that you can scroll and click with the mouse while it is on. You can even watch a video through the magnifier. This means you can use any editor/viewer you want and edit while the magnifier is on. Most other magnifiers take a screen shot and blow it up. You can't scroll, or click a web page. You can also set the size of the lens and the magnification from 25% to 400%.
Even the cheap mice can do this. I usually set the back button to be the magnifier. If you don't have a back button, set the middle click to magnify. You can change which button does it in the inellipoint program that is downloadable from microsoft.com. Microsoft definately has the best magnifier I have ever found.
Even the cheap mice can do this. I usually set the back button to be the magnifier. If you don't have a back button, set the middle click to magnify. You can change which button does it in the inellipoint program that is downloadable from microsoft.com. Microsoft definately has the best magnifier I have ever found.
Reply 9 : Picture Viewer (instead the deafault one) that has a 100% magnifier as a feature?
The windows magnifier just magnifies the current image on screen, when it comes to images though you need to zoom the actual image to see the detail, not just enlarge what is on screen.
NEWS - April 12, 2011
Secunia unveils the new Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager (VIM) 3.1
"The next generation tool for rapid handling of emerging threats"
Secunia, the No.1 provider of reliable and actionable Vulnerability Intelligence, Vulnerability Assessment, and Patch Management, today announced significant enhancements to the award-winning Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager (VIM).
The Secunia VIM is compliant with the vulnerability database requirements as given in the NIST Interagency Report 7511 Revision 1 (Draft), Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.0 Validation Program Test Requirements (Draft), April 2009*, and includes support for Common Platform Enumeration (CPE). A primary feature is the revised reporting functionality that has been rebuilt into a modular structure, allowing for even greater customisation of reports. Additional flexibility and usability is provided by a comprehensive report configuration wizard, giving the option of including tickets or advisories within customised reports.
The enhanced Secunia VIM represents further commitment by Secunia to continuously provide the industry's best-in-class Vulnerability Intelligence and Vulnerability Management solutions. The release is opportunely timed with a major Microsoft Patch Tuesday, so that Secunia VIM customers can gain a complete overview of the vulnerability threat landscape and effectively handle the thousands of third-party programs that could potentially compromise their IT infrastructures if left unpatched.
Continued : http://secunia.com/company/blog_news/blog/206/
"The next generation tool for rapid handling of emerging threats"
Secunia, the No.1 provider of reliable and actionable Vulnerability Intelligence, Vulnerability Assessment, and Patch Management, today announced significant enhancements to the award-winning Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager (VIM).
The Secunia VIM is compliant with the vulnerability database requirements as given in the NIST Interagency Report 7511 Revision 1 (Draft), Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.0 Validation Program Test Requirements (Draft), April 2009*, and includes support for Common Platform Enumeration (CPE). A primary feature is the revised reporting functionality that has been rebuilt into a modular structure, allowing for even greater customisation of reports. Additional flexibility and usability is provided by a comprehensive report configuration wizard, giving the option of including tickets or advisories within customised reports.
The enhanced Secunia VIM represents further commitment by Secunia to continuously provide the industry's best-in-class Vulnerability Intelligence and Vulnerability Management solutions. The release is opportunely timed with a major Microsoft Patch Tuesday, so that Secunia VIM customers can gain a complete overview of the vulnerability threat landscape and effectively handle the thousands of third-party programs that could potentially compromise their IT infrastructures if left unpatched.
Continued : http://secunia.com/company/blog_news/blog/206/
Reply 1 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
Barracuda Networks, a California-based security company that focuses on WebAppSec as well as Spam, Malware, and other network protection, suffered a breach this weekend by a Malaysian group known as HMSec.
The group published the details of its raid, including database schemas, email addresses, and hashed passwords, after executing an SQL Injection attack on the Barracuda domain.
In terms of applicable M.O., HMSec gathers online in a forum that discusses a wide range of topics, including Information Security. Ironically, the standard statement to visitors of the forum explains that the group's "policy is clearly to not do any damage" or otherwise cause harm to a page that it does not own.
However, while the Barracuda domain remains intact, clearly this policy does not include downloading data and publishing it for the whole world to see.
In truth, the incident looks as if it were executed to prove a point. Most of the posts on the HMSec forum are information based and, while some do deal with gray areas, most do not appear to be criminal. Likely, HMSec's actions are similar to what Unu of Hackers Blog did some time ago, when SQL Injection flaws on Kaspersky, Symantec, BitDefender, the International Herald Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal were disclosed to the public in order to have them fixed.
Continue : http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201115/7044/Malaysian-group-hits-Barracuda-Networks-Update
Related: Hack attack spills web security firm's confidential data
The group published the details of its raid, including database schemas, email addresses, and hashed passwords, after executing an SQL Injection attack on the Barracuda domain.
In terms of applicable M.O., HMSec gathers online in a forum that discusses a wide range of topics, including Information Security. Ironically, the standard statement to visitors of the forum explains that the group's "policy is clearly to not do any damage" or otherwise cause harm to a page that it does not own.
However, while the Barracuda domain remains intact, clearly this policy does not include downloading data and publishing it for the whole world to see.
In truth, the incident looks as if it were executed to prove a point. Most of the posts on the HMSec forum are information based and, while some do deal with gray areas, most do not appear to be criminal. Likely, HMSec's actions are similar to what Unu of Hackers Blog did some time ago, when SQL Injection flaws on Kaspersky, Symantec, BitDefender, the International Herald Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal were disclosed to the public in order to have them fixed.
Continue : http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201115/7044/Malaysian-group-hits-Barracuda-Networks-Update
Related: Hack attack spills web security firm's confidential data
Reply 2 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
From Barracuda Network's Product Management Blog:
Wow. What a weekend. In case you haven't heard, Barracuda Networks was the latest victim of a SQL injection attack on our corporate Web site that compromised lead and partner contact information. The good news is the information compromised was essentially just names and email addresses, and no financial information is even stored in those databases. Further, we have confirmed that some of the affected databases contained one-way cryptographic hashes of salted passwords. However, all active passwords for applications in use remain secure.
So, the bad news is that we made a mistake. The Barracuda Web Application Firewall in front of the Barracuda Networks Web site was unintentionally placed in passive monitoring mode and was offline through a maintenance window that started Friday night (April 8, 2011) after close of business Pacific time. Starting Saturday night at approximately 5pm Pacific time, an automated script began crawling our Web site in search of unvalidated parameters. After approximately two hours of nonstop attempts, the script discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in a simple PHP script that serves up customer reference case studies by vertical market. As with many ancillary scripts common to Web sites, this customer case study database shared the SQL database used for marketing programs which contained names and email addresses of leads, channel partners and some Barracuda Networks employees. The attack utilized one IP address initially to do reconnaissance and was joined by another IP address about three hours later. We have logs of all the attack activity, and we believe we now fully understand the scope of the attack.
This latest incident brings home some key reminders for us, including that:
Continued : http://blog.barracuda.com/pmblog/index.php/2011/04/12/waf-importance/
Wow. What a weekend. In case you haven't heard, Barracuda Networks was the latest victim of a SQL injection attack on our corporate Web site that compromised lead and partner contact information. The good news is the information compromised was essentially just names and email addresses, and no financial information is even stored in those databases. Further, we have confirmed that some of the affected databases contained one-way cryptographic hashes of salted passwords. However, all active passwords for applications in use remain secure.
So, the bad news is that we made a mistake. The Barracuda Web Application Firewall in front of the Barracuda Networks Web site was unintentionally placed in passive monitoring mode and was offline through a maintenance window that started Friday night (April 8, 2011) after close of business Pacific time. Starting Saturday night at approximately 5pm Pacific time, an automated script began crawling our Web site in search of unvalidated parameters. After approximately two hours of nonstop attempts, the script discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in a simple PHP script that serves up customer reference case studies by vertical market. As with many ancillary scripts common to Web sites, this customer case study database shared the SQL database used for marketing programs which contained names and email addresses of leads, channel partners and some Barracuda Networks employees. The attack utilized one IP address initially to do reconnaissance and was joined by another IP address about three hours later. We have logs of all the attack activity, and we believe we now fully understand the scope of the attack.
This latest incident brings home some key reminders for us, including that:
Continued : http://blog.barracuda.com/pmblog/index.php/2011/04/12/waf-importance/
Reply 3 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
..Comptroller Server
"Unencrypted personal records of 3.5 million Texans were left exposed for more than a year after they were copied onto a public FTP server, said the Texas comptroller."
The Texas Comptroller's Office has disclosed that sensitive personal information belonging to at least 3.5 million residents have been accidentally exposed, adding more uncertainty about phishing attacks and identity theft to people already jittery after Epsilon.
Social Security numbers, birthdates, driver's license numbers, addresses and other personal information belonging to 3.5 million residents were posted on to a publicly available server, Susan Combs, the Texas comptroller, said April 11. Most of the information was available for more than a year, but there was no indication that any of the information had been misused, Combs said.
An undisclosed number of employees in the comptroller's office were fired after the breach was discovered at the end of March, according to R.J. DeSilva, the agency's spokesperson. He declined to identify them.
"We take information security very seriously, and this type of exposure will not happen again," Combs said in a written statement.
The exposed details also included information on 1.2 million education employees and retirees from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Texas Workforce Commission's 2 million residents, and the Employees Retirement System of Texas's 281,000 state employees and retirees. Data included current and former state agency employees with benefits and retired state employees who were in the system in April 2010.
Continued : http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Personal-Data-for-35-Million-Texans-Exposed-on-State-Comptroller-Server-196592/
"Unencrypted personal records of 3.5 million Texans were left exposed for more than a year after they were copied onto a public FTP server, said the Texas comptroller."
The Texas Comptroller's Office has disclosed that sensitive personal information belonging to at least 3.5 million residents have been accidentally exposed, adding more uncertainty about phishing attacks and identity theft to people already jittery after Epsilon.
Social Security numbers, birthdates, driver's license numbers, addresses and other personal information belonging to 3.5 million residents were posted on to a publicly available server, Susan Combs, the Texas comptroller, said April 11. Most of the information was available for more than a year, but there was no indication that any of the information had been misused, Combs said.
An undisclosed number of employees in the comptroller's office were fired after the breach was discovered at the end of March, according to R.J. DeSilva, the agency's spokesperson. He declined to identify them.
"We take information security very seriously, and this type of exposure will not happen again," Combs said in a written statement.
The exposed details also included information on 1.2 million education employees and retirees from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Texas Workforce Commission's 2 million residents, and the Employees Retirement System of Texas's 281,000 state employees and retirees. Data included current and former state agency employees with benefits and retired state employees who were in the system in April 2010.
Continued : http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Personal-Data-for-35-Million-Texans-Exposed-on-State-Comptroller-Server-196592/
Reply 4 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
Internet users in New Zealand have reportedly received emails, spreading a sick hoax that claims an earthquake is predicted to hit the city of Auckland on Sunday, April 17th.
A typical email reads:
Next earthquake announced April 17 will hit Auckland
There is about 88% chance within the next days Auckland will be hit by an earthquake according to National Earthquake Information Center from New Zealand. This news was released today after more predictions related to the Christchurch earthquake. Read more here or on www.nzherald.co.nz
However, the email has been debunked by the NZ Herald newspaper, which has confirmed that it is a hoax.
Residents of New Zealand would obviously be highly alarmed by such a warning, as the country is recovering from a devastating earthquake which hit the South Island city of Christchurch in February.
Internet users are advised to be suspicious of unsolicited messages, making predictions of natural disasters. If you receive such an email, do not click on any of its links (as they may be malicious) and instead turn to legitimate news outlets for information.
Continued : http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/04/12/auckland-earthquake-email-hoax-debunked-by-new-zealand-media/
A typical email reads:
Next earthquake announced April 17 will hit Auckland
There is about 88% chance within the next days Auckland will be hit by an earthquake according to National Earthquake Information Center from New Zealand. This news was released today after more predictions related to the Christchurch earthquake. Read more here or on www.nzherald.co.nz
However, the email has been debunked by the NZ Herald newspaper, which has confirmed that it is a hoax.
Residents of New Zealand would obviously be highly alarmed by such a warning, as the country is recovering from a devastating earthquake which hit the South Island city of Christchurch in February.
Internet users are advised to be suspicious of unsolicited messages, making predictions of natural disasters. If you receive such an email, do not click on any of its links (as they may be malicious) and instead turn to legitimate news outlets for information.
Continued : http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/04/12/auckland-earthquake-email-hoax-debunked-by-new-zealand-media/
Reply 5 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
Police in the UK have arrested and jailed several people over the last week in connection to financial crimes leveraging Malware.
According to a report from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC), an illegal Ukrainian immigrant, Oleg Rozputnii, and a high street bank manager, Nikola Novakovic, worked together to siphon nearly £3.2m GBP from the government in a scam that lasted nearly two years.
The pair registered more than a thousand fictitious taxpayers on the Income Tax Self Assessment System, and funneled the repayments through a series of bank accounts opened under false names.
Police say that the personal information used on the tax assessments and the identities needed to open the bank accounts came from data stolen from computers compromised by an unidentified Trojan.
"These men ran an audacious scam stealing millions of pounds. They set up hundreds of false bank accounts using viruses to hack into personal computers to gain information. They used their illegal profits to fund lavish lifestyles buying performance cars, including Porches, Mercedes and Jaguars," commented Joe Rawbone, assistant director of HMRC Criminal Investigation, in a statement.
Continued : http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201115/7039/Law-&-Order-UK-hands-out-jail-time-for-Malware-related-fraud
Also: Ukrainian Pair Jailed Over £3.2 Million Tax Fraud
According to a report from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC), an illegal Ukrainian immigrant, Oleg Rozputnii, and a high street bank manager, Nikola Novakovic, worked together to siphon nearly £3.2m GBP from the government in a scam that lasted nearly two years.
The pair registered more than a thousand fictitious taxpayers on the Income Tax Self Assessment System, and funneled the repayments through a series of bank accounts opened under false names.
Police say that the personal information used on the tax assessments and the identities needed to open the bank accounts came from data stolen from computers compromised by an unidentified Trojan.
"These men ran an audacious scam stealing millions of pounds. They set up hundreds of false bank accounts using viruses to hack into personal computers to gain information. They used their illegal profits to fund lavish lifestyles buying performance cars, including Porches, Mercedes and Jaguars," commented Joe Rawbone, assistant director of HMRC Criminal Investigation, in a statement.
Continued : http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201115/7039/Law-&-Order-UK-hands-out-jail-time-for-Malware-related-fraud
Also: Ukrainian Pair Jailed Over £3.2 Million Tax Fraud
Reply 6 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
Facebook has fixed a bug in the site's password reset feature that could have been exploited to expose passwords of a small number of users who also use Hotmail.
"We can access password of any facebook user who uses hotmail email address as their facebook account," Turkish security researcher Serkan Gencel, wrote in an e-mail to CNET this weekend. "If you have any hotmail account and if it is used as facebook account, we can change and send you your new password:)."
A Facebook spokesman released a statement today confirming the bug and saying it had been fixed.
"We were notified of this vulnerability by a Turkish security researcher via our white hat queue, and we worked to quickly resolve the problem," the statement said.
"When properly notified, we will quickly investigate all legitimate reports of security vulnerabilities and fix potential problems, and have adopted a responsible disclosure policy to encourage notifications," the statement said. "We encourage security researchers who identify security problems to embrace the practice of notifying Web site security teams of problems and giving them time to fix the problems before making any information public."
Continued : http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20052926-245.html
"We can access password of any facebook user who uses hotmail email address as their facebook account," Turkish security researcher Serkan Gencel, wrote in an e-mail to CNET this weekend. "If you have any hotmail account and if it is used as facebook account, we can change and send you your new password:)."
A Facebook spokesman released a statement today confirming the bug and saying it had been fixed.
"We were notified of this vulnerability by a Turkish security researcher via our white hat queue, and we worked to quickly resolve the problem," the statement said.
"When properly notified, we will quickly investigate all legitimate reports of security vulnerabilities and fix potential problems, and have adopted a responsible disclosure policy to encourage notifications," the statement said. "We encourage security researchers who identify security problems to embrace the practice of notifying Web site security teams of problems and giving them time to fix the problems before making any information public."
Continued : http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20052926-245.html
Reply 7 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
Google has pulled the plug on Street View in Germany in spite of a recent court victory that declared the photo mapping project to be within the laws of the country. That means there won't be any new 360-degree photos added to Google's maps of Germany. However, the 20 German cities that have already been photographed will remain online and accessible.
A Google spokesman told Search Engine Land that the company has shifted its priorities for Street View.
"Our business priority is to use our Google cars to collect data such as street names and road signs to improve our basic maps for our users in a similar way that other mapping companies do."
In March, a German court ruled that it was legal for Google to photograph private property from streets. Even with the court's approval, the Internet giant has decided to shutter the project. One possible reason is that Street View has proven to be particularly unpopular with the German public. Last October, Google announced that nearly 250,000 German households had opted-out of Street View. Those residences subsequently were blurred out of Street View photos.
Google has also received criticism after it was revealed that the vehicles that it uses to photograph locations had hoovered up personal information from Wi-Fi networks around the world. In March, France announced that it had fined Google $142,000 for the Wi-Fi data collections. Google has said that the information was gathered by accident and has issued apologies to a number of countries.
Continued : http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-mysteriously-halts-street-view-in-germany/
A Google spokesman told Search Engine Land that the company has shifted its priorities for Street View.
"Our business priority is to use our Google cars to collect data such as street names and road signs to improve our basic maps for our users in a similar way that other mapping companies do."
In March, a German court ruled that it was legal for Google to photograph private property from streets. Even with the court's approval, the Internet giant has decided to shutter the project. One possible reason is that Street View has proven to be particularly unpopular with the German public. Last October, Google announced that nearly 250,000 German households had opted-out of Street View. Those residences subsequently were blurred out of Street View photos.
Google has also received criticism after it was revealed that the vehicles that it uses to photograph locations had hoovered up personal information from Wi-Fi networks around the world. In March, France announced that it had fined Google $142,000 for the Wi-Fi data collections. Google has said that the information was gathered by accident and has issued apologies to a number of countries.
Continued : http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-mysteriously-halts-street-view-in-germany/
Reply 8 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
From Graham Cluley at Sophos:
I can't be the only nostalgic nerd to feel a flutter of excitement at the news that a home computer from yesteryear is making a comeback.
The Commodore 64, the classic retro home computer which was initially released in 1982, is reportedly making something of a return as the company is squeezing a Windows PC inside the original shell.
The new computer will run Windows 7, but will also include an emulator capable of playing classic games from the 1980s.
How neat is that!?
So, to all intents and purposes - it looks just like an old Commodore 64 computer... [Screenshot] ..well, until you have a look around the back at least. The USB slots and HD TV connections are a bit of a giveaway in my opinion.. [Screenshot]
And memories of the Commodore 64 got me thinking. What about computer viruses?
Although viruses were largely a PC and Mac issue in the latter half of the 1980s, there was also malware written for other types of computers. And the Commodore 64 is no exception.
For instance, the C64/BHP-A virus appeared in 1986. It wasn't just a virus capable of infecting files on Commodore 64s, it was also fully stealth - effectively exploiting the Commodore 64's memory structure to "act invisible".
These were the days before financially-motivated malware, of course, and the BHP virus's payload was to display a message on the screen surrounded by a colourful border: [Screenshot]
Continued : http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/04/12/commodore-64-viruses-time-for-a-come-back/
I can't be the only nostalgic nerd to feel a flutter of excitement at the news that a home computer from yesteryear is making a comeback.
The Commodore 64, the classic retro home computer which was initially released in 1982, is reportedly making something of a return as the company is squeezing a Windows PC inside the original shell.
The new computer will run Windows 7, but will also include an emulator capable of playing classic games from the 1980s.
How neat is that!?
So, to all intents and purposes - it looks just like an old Commodore 64 computer... [Screenshot] ..well, until you have a look around the back at least. The USB slots and HD TV connections are a bit of a giveaway in my opinion.. [Screenshot]
And memories of the Commodore 64 got me thinking. What about computer viruses?
Although viruses were largely a PC and Mac issue in the latter half of the 1980s, there was also malware written for other types of computers. And the Commodore 64 is no exception.
For instance, the C64/BHP-A virus appeared in 1986. It wasn't just a virus capable of infecting files on Commodore 64s, it was also fully stealth - effectively exploiting the Commodore 64's memory structure to "act invisible".
These were the days before financially-motivated malware, of course, and the BHP virus's payload was to display a message on the screen surrounded by a colourful border: [Screenshot]
Continued : http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/04/12/commodore-64-viruses-time-for-a-come-back/
Reply 9 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
Yesterday, Adobe issued Security Advisory APSA11-02. The advisory states that:
"A critical vulnerability exists in Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions (Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome users) for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, Adobe Flash Player 10.2.156.12 and earlier versions for Android, and the Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.2) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems."
And? this new vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild:
"There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Word (.doc) file delivered as an email attachment, targeting the Windows platform."
Flash files in embedded in Office?
This attack vector prompted the following question from Brian Krebs: Does anyone know of a reliable way to disable the rendering of Flash objects in MS Office files across the board?
Our thought is why disable what you can easily uninstall?
We don't generally use Internet Explorer, so we don't need the IE version of Flash Player enabled at all. For Flash on the Web, you can use a designated browser (other than IE). Do you really need Flash enabled for Office?
This is what Microsoft Office will prompt when opening a document/spreadsheet/presentation containing embedded Flash content with no ActiveX version of Flash installed. [Screenshot]
The "Non-IE" versions of Flash Player are of course still vulnerable to exploit, but it's harder to image a successful targeted attack (via e-mail) against them, which is probably why current attacks are using Office.
Incidentally, it looks as if the next version of Flash Player (10.3) will include a control panel applet:
Continued : http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002140.html
Related : New Adobe Flash Zero Day Being Exploited?
"A critical vulnerability exists in Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions (Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome users) for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, Adobe Flash Player 10.2.156.12 and earlier versions for Android, and the Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.2) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems."
And? this new vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild:
"There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Word (.doc) file delivered as an email attachment, targeting the Windows platform."
Flash files in embedded in Office?
This attack vector prompted the following question from Brian Krebs: Does anyone know of a reliable way to disable the rendering of Flash objects in MS Office files across the board?
Our thought is why disable what you can easily uninstall?
We don't generally use Internet Explorer, so we don't need the IE version of Flash Player enabled at all. For Flash on the Web, you can use a designated browser (other than IE). Do you really need Flash enabled for Office?
This is what Microsoft Office will prompt when opening a document/spreadsheet/presentation containing embedded Flash content with no ActiveX version of Flash installed. [Screenshot]
The "Non-IE" versions of Flash Player are of course still vulnerable to exploit, but it's harder to image a successful targeted attack (via e-mail) against them, which is probably why current attacks are using Office.
Incidentally, it looks as if the next version of Flash Player (10.3) will include a control panel applet:
Continued : http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002140.html
Related : New Adobe Flash Zero Day Being Exploited?
Reply 10 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
By Moxie Marlinspike:
In the early 90's, at the dawn of the World Wide Web, some engineers at Netscape developed a protocol for making secure HTTP requests, and what they came up with was called SSL. Given the relatively scarce body of knowledge concerning secure protocols at the time, as well the intense pressure everyone at Netscape was working under, their efforts can only be seen as incredibly heroic. It's amazing that SSL has endured for as long as it has, in contrast to a number of other protocols from the same vintage. We've definitely learned a lot since then, though, but the thing about protocols and APIs is that there's very little going back.
Generally speaking, all secure protocols need to provide three things: secrecy, integrity, and authenticity. If any of these break, the whole protocol breaks. SSL doesn't do any of the three very elegantly by today's standards (and in many cases just barely squeaks by), but most of the practical attacks we've seen over the past ten years have focused on the authenticity piece. The designers of SSL chose to use Certification Authorities as a key component of the authenticity process, and we've been stuck with that decision even after having long since outgrown the circumstances in which it was originally imagined.
Lately, however, the general perception of Certification Authorities seems to be shifting from the old vibe of "total ripoff" to a new vibe of "total ripoff and also insecure." So there has been a growing amount of talk about changing the authenticity piece of SSL. I'd like to take a moment to discuss the problem, though, so that we don't accidentally make the same mistake twice.
Defining The Problem
At the moment, there seems to be a general consensus that the CA system is not long for this world, and that's a major step forward. But while almost everyone seems to agree that we should develop something else, the exact problem with what we have is not entirely well defined. Let's look at what people have suggested the problem might be.
Continued : https://www.threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/ssl-and-future-authenticity-041111
In the early 90's, at the dawn of the World Wide Web, some engineers at Netscape developed a protocol for making secure HTTP requests, and what they came up with was called SSL. Given the relatively scarce body of knowledge concerning secure protocols at the time, as well the intense pressure everyone at Netscape was working under, their efforts can only be seen as incredibly heroic. It's amazing that SSL has endured for as long as it has, in contrast to a number of other protocols from the same vintage. We've definitely learned a lot since then, though, but the thing about protocols and APIs is that there's very little going back.
Generally speaking, all secure protocols need to provide three things: secrecy, integrity, and authenticity. If any of these break, the whole protocol breaks. SSL doesn't do any of the three very elegantly by today's standards (and in many cases just barely squeaks by), but most of the practical attacks we've seen over the past ten years have focused on the authenticity piece. The designers of SSL chose to use Certification Authorities as a key component of the authenticity process, and we've been stuck with that decision even after having long since outgrown the circumstances in which it was originally imagined.
Lately, however, the general perception of Certification Authorities seems to be shifting from the old vibe of "total ripoff" to a new vibe of "total ripoff and also insecure." So there has been a growing amount of talk about changing the authenticity piece of SSL. I'd like to take a moment to discuss the problem, though, so that we don't accidentally make the same mistake twice.
Defining The Problem
At the moment, there seems to be a general consensus that the CA system is not long for this world, and that's a major step forward. But while almost everyone seems to agree that we should develop something else, the exact problem with what we have is not entirely well defined. Let's look at what people have suggested the problem might be.
Continued : https://www.threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/ssl-and-future-authenticity-041111
Reply 11 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
NSS Labs, Inc., the leading independent security testing organization, today announced the release of its Network Firewall Comparative Group Test Report for the Q1 of 2011.
Key findings from the report show:
• Three out of six firewall products failed to remain operational when subjected to our stability tests. This lack of resiliency is alarming, especially considering the tested firewalls were ICSA Labs and Common Criteria certified.
• Five out of six vendors failed to correctly handle the TCP Split Handshake spoof (aka Sneak ACK attack), thus allowing an attacker to bypass the firewall.
• Measuring performance based upon RFC-2544 (UDP) does not provide an accurate representation of how the firewall will perform in live real-world environments.
Firewalls are well understood as the main barriers between an organization's internal and external networks. Over the past 25 years, they have become the foundation of perimeter security and are considered to be commodity products. Now as another generation of firewall technology is taking hold, NSS Labs has begun testing both traditional network firewalls and so-called next generation firewalls. Known for its rigorous testing that mimics modern cyber criminals, NSS Labs engineers have discovered serious flaws in these products, despite the maturity of the market and their certification by two other major certification bodies.
Continued : http://www.nsslabs.com/company/news/press-releases/nss-labs-finds-holes-in-majority-of-leading-network-firewalls.html
Key findings from the report show:
• Three out of six firewall products failed to remain operational when subjected to our stability tests. This lack of resiliency is alarming, especially considering the tested firewalls were ICSA Labs and Common Criteria certified.
• Five out of six vendors failed to correctly handle the TCP Split Handshake spoof (aka Sneak ACK attack), thus allowing an attacker to bypass the firewall.
• Measuring performance based upon RFC-2544 (UDP) does not provide an accurate representation of how the firewall will perform in live real-world environments.
Firewalls are well understood as the main barriers between an organization's internal and external networks. Over the past 25 years, they have become the foundation of perimeter security and are considered to be commodity products. Now as another generation of firewall technology is taking hold, NSS Labs has begun testing both traditional network firewalls and so-called next generation firewalls. Known for its rigorous testing that mimics modern cyber criminals, NSS Labs engineers have discovered serious flaws in these products, despite the maturity of the market and their certification by two other major certification bodies.
Continued : http://www.nsslabs.com/company/news/press-releases/nss-labs-finds-holes-in-majority-of-leading-network-firewalls.html
Reply 12 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
Microsoft has released its April Patch Tuesday fixes, a large group of patches that includes updates for several critical holes in Internet Explorer as well as a patch that finally fixes the SMB client bug that disclosed publicly in February.
The most critical of the 17 bulletins that Microsoft released on Tuesday is MS11-018, which fixes a total of five vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. Among those bugs is one that was used to compromise IE 8 at the Pwn2Own contest last month at CanSecWest. Microsoft security officials said that they are aware of some targeted attacks against that vulnerability (CVE-2011-0094), as well as another IE vulnerability, an object management memory corruption flaw (CVE-2011-1345).
"It took three vulnerabilities to successfully compromise IE8 and meet all the requirements of the organizers. The vulnerability we are fixing today, a use-after-free which does not affect IE9, was the primary vulnerability used to gain code execution. A second vulnerability was used to make the exploit more reliable and a third was used to escape IE's protected mode," Fermin J. Serna of the MSRC Engineering Team wrote in a blog post.
Continued : https://www.threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/april-patch-tuesday-fixes-critical-ie-smb-bugs-041211
Also:
Microsoft delivers monster security update for Windows, IE
Microsoft patches 64 security vulnerabilities
The most critical of the 17 bulletins that Microsoft released on Tuesday is MS11-018, which fixes a total of five vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. Among those bugs is one that was used to compromise IE 8 at the Pwn2Own contest last month at CanSecWest. Microsoft security officials said that they are aware of some targeted attacks against that vulnerability (CVE-2011-0094), as well as another IE vulnerability, an object management memory corruption flaw (CVE-2011-1345).
"It took three vulnerabilities to successfully compromise IE8 and meet all the requirements of the organizers. The vulnerability we are fixing today, a use-after-free which does not affect IE9, was the primary vulnerability used to gain code execution. A second vulnerability was used to make the exploit more reliable and a third was used to escape IE's protected mode," Fermin J. Serna of the MSRC Engineering Team wrote in a blog post.
Continued : https://www.threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/april-patch-tuesday-fixes-critical-ie-smb-bugs-041211
Also:
Microsoft delivers monster security update for Windows, IE
Microsoft patches 64 security vulnerabilities
Reply 13 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
The removal of administrator rights from Windows users is a mitigating factor in 75 percent of Critical Windows 7 vulnerabilities.
Microsoft and its partners regularly identify new security vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. In 2010 Microsoft published over 100 security bulletins documenting and providing patches for 256 vulnerabilities.
BeyondTrust examined and analyzed all of the published Microsoft vulnerabilities in 2010 and all of the published Windows 7 vulnerabilities to date, allowing their report to accurately quantify the continued effectiveness of removing administrator rights at mitigating vulnerabilities in Microsoft software.
The results of BeyondTrust research demonstrate that as companies migrate to Windows 7 they'll need to implement a desktop Privileged Identity Management solution, to reduce the risks from unpatched Microsoft vulnerabilities without inhibiting their users' ability to operative effectively.
Key findings from this report show that removing administrator rights will better protect companies against the exploitation of:
Continued : http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10886
Microsoft and its partners regularly identify new security vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. In 2010 Microsoft published over 100 security bulletins documenting and providing patches for 256 vulnerabilities.
BeyondTrust examined and analyzed all of the published Microsoft vulnerabilities in 2010 and all of the published Windows 7 vulnerabilities to date, allowing their report to accurately quantify the continued effectiveness of removing administrator rights at mitigating vulnerabilities in Microsoft software.
The results of BeyondTrust research demonstrate that as companies migrate to Windows 7 they'll need to implement a desktop Privileged Identity Management solution, to reduce the risks from unpatched Microsoft vulnerabilities without inhibiting their users' ability to operative effectively.
Key findings from this report show that removing administrator rights will better protect companies against the exploitation of:
Continued : http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10886
Reply 14 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
"A security researcher warns there is lax oversight of law enforcement requests for electronic communications"
Law enforcement organizations are making tens of thousands of requests for private electronic information from companies such as Sprint, Facebook and AOL, but few detailed statistics are available, according to a privacy researcher.
Police and other agencies have "enthusiastically embraced" asking for e-mail, instant messages and mobile-phone location data, but there's no U.S. federal law that requires the reporting of requests for stored communications data, wrote Christopher Soghoian, a doctoral candidate at the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, in a newly published paper.
"Unfortunately, there are no reporting requirements for the modern surveillance methods that make up the majority of law enforcement requests to service providers and telephone companies," Soghoian wrote. "As such, this surveillance largely occurs off the books, with no way for Congress or the general public to know the true scale of such activities."
That's in contrast to traditional wiretaps and "pen registers," which record non-content data around a particular communication, such as the number dialed or e-mail address that a communication was sent to. The U.S. Congress mandates that it should receive reports on these requests, which are compiled by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Soghoian wrote.
Continued : http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041211-us-police-increasingly-peeping-at.html
Law enforcement organizations are making tens of thousands of requests for private electronic information from companies such as Sprint, Facebook and AOL, but few detailed statistics are available, according to a privacy researcher.
Police and other agencies have "enthusiastically embraced" asking for e-mail, instant messages and mobile-phone location data, but there's no U.S. federal law that requires the reporting of requests for stored communications data, wrote Christopher Soghoian, a doctoral candidate at the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, in a newly published paper.
"Unfortunately, there are no reporting requirements for the modern surveillance methods that make up the majority of law enforcement requests to service providers and telephone companies," Soghoian wrote. "As such, this surveillance largely occurs off the books, with no way for Congress or the general public to know the true scale of such activities."
That's in contrast to traditional wiretaps and "pen registers," which record non-content data around a particular communication, such as the number dialed or e-mail address that a communication was sent to. The U.S. Congress mandates that it should receive reports on these requests, which are compiled by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Soghoian wrote.
Continued : http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041211-us-police-increasingly-peeping-at.html
Reply 15 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
A New York man who claims he's entitled to a sizable stake in Facebook has amended his initial complaint, adjusting his ownership claim and providing additional documents, including e-mails he allegedly exchanged with Mark Zuckerberg.
Paul Ceglia now claims that he owns 50% of Facebook, a stake he alleges he contractually acquired by investing $1,000 in the venture back in April 2003, when the social-networking site was an early stage project and idea Zuckerberg was working on.
Should Ceglia succeed in his claim, his $1,000 investment would net him a stake worth about $25 billion, according to the most recent Facebook valuation, in what is now one of the most popular and successful websites in the world.
In addition to a copy of a contract he and Zuckerberg allegedly signed back then, Ceglia has now also provided the text of a series of e-mails the two men exchanged between 2003 and 2004.
In the messages, portions of which are contained in the amended complaint filed on Monday with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, Ceglia seeks updates on the project, then called The Face Book, and he and Zuckerberg discuss plans for the site's design and business model.
Continued : http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215745/N.Y._man_presses_Facebook_ownership_claims
(Me, too. Me, too.
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Paul Ceglia now claims that he owns 50% of Facebook, a stake he alleges he contractually acquired by investing $1,000 in the venture back in April 2003, when the social-networking site was an early stage project and idea Zuckerberg was working on.
Should Ceglia succeed in his claim, his $1,000 investment would net him a stake worth about $25 billion, according to the most recent Facebook valuation, in what is now one of the most popular and successful websites in the world.
In addition to a copy of a contract he and Zuckerberg allegedly signed back then, Ceglia has now also provided the text of a series of e-mails the two men exchanged between 2003 and 2004.
In the messages, portions of which are contained in the amended complaint filed on Monday with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, Ceglia seeks updates on the project, then called The Face Book, and he and Zuckerberg discuss plans for the site's design and business model.
Continued : http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215745/N.Y._man_presses_Facebook_ownership_claims
(Me, too. Me, too.
)Reply 16 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
Online security company Websense has issued a warning to Facebook users over a saucy video scam that has already conned nearly 300,000 people.
The scam teases visitors with a suggestive picture, urging them to click on a link to 'The Hottest & Funniest Golf Course Video - LOL' and tricking them not only to 'Like' the page, but also to share it with their friends - all by exploiting standard Facebook APIs.
Users clicking on the link are taken to another page, but before they can watch the promised video, they're asked to fill out a pop-up survey - allowing scammers to nab email addresses and other details, and leaving users vulnerable to spam or even ID theft.
And once they've done all that, it turns out there's no video after all.
In a blog post released late on Friday, Patrik Runald, senior research manager at Websense Security Labs, wrote:
"During the 15 minutes it took to write our Security Alert over 7,000 new users were tricked to 'like' The Hottest & Funniest Golf Course page so it's clear this is a successful campaign. The attackers haven't even bothered to change the title of the payload site.
"The title still says 'Look What Happens When a Father Catches her Daughter on Webcam' which is another scam that went around Facebook months ago. As always, if a video forces you to like, share, or install an app to view it, DON'T DO IT!"
Continued : http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/4/11/facebook-sexy-video-scam-tricks-300000-users/
The scam teases visitors with a suggestive picture, urging them to click on a link to 'The Hottest & Funniest Golf Course Video - LOL' and tricking them not only to 'Like' the page, but also to share it with their friends - all by exploiting standard Facebook APIs.
Users clicking on the link are taken to another page, but before they can watch the promised video, they're asked to fill out a pop-up survey - allowing scammers to nab email addresses and other details, and leaving users vulnerable to spam or even ID theft.
And once they've done all that, it turns out there's no video after all.
In a blog post released late on Friday, Patrik Runald, senior research manager at Websense Security Labs, wrote:
"During the 15 minutes it took to write our Security Alert over 7,000 new users were tricked to 'like' The Hottest & Funniest Golf Course page so it's clear this is a successful campaign. The attackers haven't even bothered to change the title of the payload site.
"The title still says 'Look What Happens When a Father Catches her Daughter on Webcam' which is another scam that went around Facebook months ago. As always, if a video forces you to like, share, or install an app to view it, DON'T DO IT!"
Continued : http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/4/11/facebook-sexy-video-scam-tricks-300000-users/
Reply 17 : NEWS - April 12, 2011
Sens. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) and John McCain (R-Arizona) proposed online privacy legislation Tuesday that for the first time would give web users the right to demand they not be tracked in cyberspace.
Still, the measure was met with resistance from privacy advocates who said the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 did not go far enough.
The bipartisan legislation would allow consumers to demand particular websites stop tracking and selling their online behavior. As it now stands, internet surfers are bound by lengthy and often hidden terms-of-service agreements by which a company dictates how one's surfing habits and data will be used.
The legislation comes as Microsoft, Mozilla and Google implement "do-not-track" features in their browsers.
Kerry told a news conference that Americans' online activity is being tracked, stored and shared "on an almost unimaginable scale."
Kerry added that internet companies "can do virtually anything they want with our information and we have no legal way to make them stop."
The measure does not prohibit online companies from producing and selling cyber dossiers on consumers. Instead, the bill requires consumers to take a proactive step and demand it be stopped - likely by finding links on websites and on ads to opt out.
Continued : http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/online-privacy-law/
Still, the measure was met with resistance from privacy advocates who said the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 did not go far enough.
The bipartisan legislation would allow consumers to demand particular websites stop tracking and selling their online behavior. As it now stands, internet surfers are bound by lengthy and often hidden terms-of-service agreements by which a company dictates how one's surfing habits and data will be used.
The legislation comes as Microsoft, Mozilla and Google implement "do-not-track" features in their browsers.
Kerry told a news conference that Americans' online activity is being tracked, stored and shared "on an almost unimaginable scale."
Kerry added that internet companies "can do virtually anything they want with our information and we have no legal way to make them stop."
The measure does not prohibit online companies from producing and selling cyber dossiers on consumers. Instead, the bill requires consumers to take a proactive step and demand it be stopped - likely by finding links on websites and on ads to opt out.
Continued : http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/online-privacy-law/
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