[Happy Birthday YoKenny1]

Almost the same day as Thomas Edison's 164th Birthday

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380114,00.asp

Plus Abraham Lincoln's Birthday tomorrow.

[Happy Birthday YoKenny1]

Thanks.

[Games Lag,Minor Freezes, And Other Minor Issues]

I like SpeedFan

SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can even access S.M.A.R.T. info and show hard disk temperatures. SpeedFan supports SCSI disks too. SpeedFan can even change the FSB on some hardware (but this should be considered a bonus feature). SpeedFan can access digital temperature sensors and can change fan speeds accordingly, thus reducing noise. SpeedFan can find almost any hardware monitor chip connected to the 2-wire SMBus (System Management Bus (trademark belonging to SMIF, Inc.), a subset of the I2C protocol) and works fine with Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista and Windows 7. It works with Windows 64 bit too.

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

[Live Mail not responding]

No problem with my Windows Live Mail and I have update KB2454826 installed.

[Comment on Firefox Blocksite add ons]

Thanks for the response but i think Hostsman is more complicated.

Please read:

Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

It works with all browsers.

See this review

Just broken

by Nagle on January 7, 2011 #

Broken. If you have more than 9 sites listed, so that the input window has to scroll, it starts blocking everything.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3145/reviews

Firefox add-ons are much more complicated to maintain and some conflict with each other.

[PMS AND THE LIGHT BULB]

I think I'll just sit on the couch and watch TV as no matter what I do I'll damage something.

[18 Fun Interesting Facts You Never Knew About The Internet]

Is DSL still distance sensitive in actual speed lessens the further away from a central station or was that just ASDL in the older days..

What is the Difference Between DSL and ADSL?

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-dsl-and-adsl.htm

Where is says

One downside to DSL is the proximity issue. The closer a subscriber lives to the phone company

[18 Fun Interesting Facts You Never Knew About The Internet]

@YK1: Speaking of 300 baud modems, I've been searching for years (yes I *am* persistant) for the actual, written statement by the Ma Bell engineer who said with all his 30 years of telephony experience, "Twisted copper pair phone lines would NEVER support more than a 300 baud signal. 300 baud was the ABSOLUTE limit!" I'd have loved to have seen the look on his face when he saw the 56K baud modem at work.. on twisted, copper pairs..

Not many people know the difference between baud and bps.

With quadrature modulation you can send many more bits on a baud.

http://sattlers.org/mickey/tech/help/baud-v-bps.html

I worked with enginers that developed the 56K bps modem for IBM in Raleigh N.C. and Bill Gates got a hissy fit at that time with IBM for OS/2 so he decided to develop Windows further and as the saying goes The rest is history.

Who would have thought you can get 6MB on twisted, copper pairs with DSL.

[CCleaner is not perfect.]

I think that the Gutmann 35-pass method is overkill and only needed if you want to get rid of the hard drive.

I agree with CWB to shut down all open programs especially the browser.

I usually only use CCleaner before I shut down the system.

[18 Fun Interesting Facts You Never Knew About The Internet]

as far as Intel based box, Ran Win 3.0 for 20 minutes and nuked it, 3.1 for 2 weeks and nuked it.... IBM OS/2 until IBM canned it. (IBM = dumb, OS/2 Warp was bulletproof)...

I feel old... I'll shutup now and drink my Geritol...

I feel your pain.

I had to use OS/2 Warp Communication Manager to set up those 300baud modems.

This will be familliar:

The Sound of dial-up Internet

[McAfee or WOT]

I tried, it isn't compatible with Firefox 3.6.13. I have IE 8 but I do not use it. hmm

I don't use Firefox but I do use IE8 and I do not know why Finjan has not updated for the latest Firefox.

Whatever security browser extension you choose is a matter of preference but I do know that Finjan Secure Browsing works well on both IE8 and IE9.

For some reason I have an aversion to anything from Norton(Symantec).

[Men Are Happier People]

A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.

Plus it only takes 5 minutes to pack and not 5 days to make up my mind what I want to take.

[McAfee or WOT]

I had checked out Fingan in Dec and it doesn't support Windows 7, if I remember right.

It sure supports Windows 7 with IE9.

I have not tried Browser Defender but I'll give it a try.

Added:

It really slowed down my IE8 on my XP Pro system so I removed it.

[McAfee or WOT]

Neither.

I have used both and found that McAfee SiteAdvisor is not well maintained and even rates sites with known malware as safe.

WOT is driven by user biases and knowledge.

I prefer Finjan SecureBrowsing from M86 Security Labs

http://www.m86security.com/labs

[The Woman Language Translator]

Does it come with memory upgrades that enable it to instantly recall every conversation you have that will help you stay out of the doghouse?

[18 Fun Interesting Facts You Never Knew About The Internet]

My first introduction to the Internet was with Win95 and Netscape Navigator back in '94 with a 33.6kb dial up modem.

The Internet is still facinating to me.

[Banner Ad Blocker]

If the ad's are on known servers then it may block them. You're best off using an anti-ad solution for your browser such as Simple Adblock(IE) or Adblock Plus(Firefox). HP Hosts is plenty enough.

HpHosts is supported and maintained by MysteryFCM

[How to use a Screen Capture tool..]

On Windows 7 I like Snipping Tool that also works on Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/snipping-tool.aspx

[Protection for Windows Live Mail]

Nope. They removed it.

But its back

Yeah. Not to fond of that. Asked on the forum and they said it does it about once a week.

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?s=&showtopic=71418&view=findpost&p=366958

[Protection for Windows Live Mail]

i think Avast! rulez

I agree.

Does Avira Free still have the Full Page advertisement after each reference file update?

[Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50.1 released]

As you have invalidated both my licenses the first I was given in the Beta program and the second I purchased through Cleverbridge ID: 2AD28 and I have recommended Malwarebytes to many people I regret I will have to remove Malwarebytes from my systems!

Thankfully all my issues have been resolved.

[Error starting service]

I un-installed avast! Pro 5.1.835 BETA on my XP Pro system and now MBAM resident protection works well.

I noticed the same unusual characters that xpk7 showed before removing MBAM and avast!

Now to do the same on my Windows 7 system.

[Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50.1 released]

As you have invalidated both my licenses the first I was given in the Beta program and the second I purchased through Cleverbridge ID: 2AD28 and I have recommended Malwarebytes to many people I regret I will have to remove Malwarebytes from my systems!

[antivirus]

I voted MSE. Easy to use and no nagging/advertising.

Its the one most used as it needs no intelligence to use:

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?s...st&p=245182

[Is Windows Defender Good]

@ Comprev

Your sigature takes 15 lines while 4 is recommended.

You do not list your operating system nor any other pertinent information.

@ noknojon

Windows Defender is not disabled by default in Vista nor Windows 7 ( at least it was not on my Windows 7 system) but I would not run it on XP.