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This just in case you dont know.
To reset your W98 puter to prevous settings.
Restart in DOS mode
At the blinking cursor type "scanreg/restore"
enter
Four or five dates should be revealed.
use up/down keys to select a previous date
enter
Your puter settings will reset to that previous date.
I do this anytime I suspect I have been hacked.
Cowboy as I said my spybot is updated to deal with avenue A cookies.They obviously havent given up tracking and I have to suspect spybot is warning me of more than a cookie.At the moment Mapquest is the site where I am consistently getting blocked by avenue A.
Please understand what interests me is the situation where not only are avenue A hacking computers,they may be hijacking websites and the powers that be are looking the other way and pretending it is ok.
I sort of remember many months ago a bunch of web sites went after an advertising company called Alligator for doing this.
Rager nice to know I am not the only one getting avenue A.My spybot is at the default configuration.Its time for Matt or someone at Ihub to tell what they know of the subject.If Ihub was doing business with avenue A I would expect them to be honest about it and say "this is the price you pay to visit".
Cowboy I updated spybot and checked that it was set to block avenue A cookies.I had it check for problems.Then I had windows search for files or folders named avenue A inc.It found 18 targets.Half of them were 1kb shortcuts and the rest were large applications such as adobe,quotetracker,TWS etc.None of them were named avenue A so I dont know why the search turned them up.I can understand why the security related applications such as spybot,spyblaster and AVG were found.
Could it be that avenue A has a spy in my puter and it can only communicate with its "controllers" at certain sites?
Cowboy I havent done anything to configure it.I get a popup window with the heading "spybot S&D resident".The message is"spybot reports you want to download avenue A inc.This is a known threat.Do you want to block it ?"I click yes and then I get a blank screen and have to click the back button.I think this is only happening with my Win98 puter and not the XP.The XP has zone alarm but the 98 does not.It only happens on certain sites which makes me think it is something to do with those sites.And I would really like to know if they are in cahoots with the site or if they are hijackers.They want to use my puter for free so why wouldnt they want to use someones site for free?
Is anyone else having trouble with "avenue A"?My spybot is detecting them with increasing frequency and that incudes the Ihub site.Today they blocked me from entering Mapquest.Spybot asked me if I wanted to block them,I said yes,and then the page froze.I tried to re-enter several times and they continued to block.Does anyone know what the deal is?Do they pay the site or are they hijackers?
There must be a catch to avecho.If they are as good as they say then they are worth billions.Anyone know if they are traded on the stockmarket?
The bastards are getting smarter.Before I logged on tonight I checked for updates to adaware and spybot and ran them and they both found problems.Then right after I logged on to Ihub, spybot asked me if I wanted to block "avenue A".I clicked yes but then the page froze and I had to use the back button before I could go forward.I was suspicious and ran adaware again.It found one more problem ,a "data miner".I think spybot detected it but it still got in.
My norton just nailed an email worm "W32.Mimail.A@mm."
Mr AVG never said a word.But he is no trouble so I will keep him anyway.
tc,just checking.You say you have upgraded two 98 systems to XP.So you had to buy two copies of XP?There is no way to use one copy twice?
tc its a Dell laptop 600Mhz.256Mb RAM from crucial costs $100.So now the upgrade is costing $200 and I have maybe only 1Gig free space left on the HD.So I need to think if the puter is worth putting that much more $ in.But Gottfried sounds happy with his.How much RAM do you have Gottfried?
Oh....right!
I forgot about the damn RAM.I have 192Mb.A bit short for XP.
Yes Greg.
That will be helpfull but it would be nice to hear from someone who has done it.Can I assume that because nobody bitches about upgrades that they all go smoothly?
XP upgrade
I was in costco and saw windows XP selling for $95.The box said it was for upgrading previous windows and would only work for people who own a registered earlier windows.The box said it only needed 1.5 Gig HD space.Hell,I thought the first XP patch was that big.Anyway,I was wondering if anyone had experience with this upgrade.I have a pentium3 puter with W98se and I am getting tired of massaging it.
Systenm idle.Thanks for replys.Something is overloading my puter.Main suspect is now Java .It happens when I have three java aps running.Must be some kind of conflict .CPU useage moves from system idle to java ap.My main suspect is yahoo market tracker.
Question.Windows XP.Windows task manager.Processes.
Of the many things listed here System Idle Pr... has by far the biggest number (90) under the cpu heading.Its memory number is very small.
What does it mean?
I want to wireless network a DSL connection.Let me have your good and bad about the various wireless routers.Today I tried to instal a wired Netgear router and my Dell P4 XP laptop would not or could not read the installation CD so I am now shy of Netgear.Looks to me that Siemens products are "inexpensive".
Good idea Doug.I would like better understanding of modems.Not that it matters but I expect 46kbps from my phone line.Also there is a modem setting where you enter a modem speed and mine is at its highest possible setting.Some rediculous number but, I recall, some tuning tip recommended this.
A little story.I have a P3 Win98 puter on a dialup connection.A couple of weeks ago I began to suffer slower speeds and increasing disconnects.Trying alternative phone numbers made no difference.Finally I got online live chat with an earthlink tech.They had an Indian name and for all I know they may have been in India.Their best idea was to do some "programming" to the modem.They had me go to modem properties,and then advanced connection settings.In the empty extra settings space they had me put the line AT+MS=V34.And that was it.Reboot.No further instructions.So I restarted and the puter wouldnt dialup at all.The connection was instantly rejected.So,back I went to the modem and took out the "programming".After another restart,guess what?Problem fixed!No disconnects and puter surfing faster than ever.I have no idea if this is what the tech intended or how it works or what happened.I can guess that the modem got "reset".
Help printing business cards.If I get blank cards from the office supply there are ten cards to a sheet.I have windows XP and microsoft works suite 2002 .Is there a program for printing cards?Tell me how to do it or where to look for instructions.
cowboy I have been running norton antivirus and grisoft AVG at the same time without any apparent problem.One time I did get an email with a virulent attachment.AVG alerted me first and asked me what I wanted to do with it.While I was trying to make sure I clicked on the correct response ,norton stepped in and automatically disposed of it.
It used to be considered that having norton running, used significant puter resources that could affect your performance if you were doing something like trading stocks.Do you know if this is still the case with nav2003?
Changing win98 for XP.Check how big your hard drive is.Many Win98 puters had smaller hard drives.Win XP is HUGE.Is it something like 5GB?
Glad I could contribute something .You guys are always helping me.Now here is my next problem......
I have two accounts a Interactive brokers.Their trading platform is TWS.In my P3 Win98 puter TWS opens to 1/4 screen both accounts.In my P4 WinXP puter,in one account TWS opens to a full screen.I cannot get the arrow thingys on the edges to resize.I have double clicked and right clicked all over but I cannot resize it.
Any ideas?If I have "saved" the full screen,where should I look to "unsave".
I did uninstall both TWS and the instal program and downloaded the latest version.
Remove XP update?
Microsoft update Q811493
On a different board I saw a message where a user removed this update and got better performance.I removed it from this puter and I think it is definitely surfing faster.
OT.Does anyone know who or what "Avenue A Inc" are?They keep trying to hack my puter on this site.Should I be worried?
OT SARS.I suspect sars is another disease that results from people,pigs and ducks living together.And I predict it wont be the last weirdo epidemic that comes out of China.
Easter sentiment.Anyone have an opinion?Will the shorts cover tomorrow?Will the bulls be comfortable holding over the holiday?Does anyone have historical data on market moves around easter?
Mark,thanks for the laugh.eom
lycos charts.S&P E mini.Anyone know the symbol?
aaw thats not Mr Johnson is it?eom
Well SARS doesnt seem to be hurting the airlines anymore.They are up,maybe on the good news that CAL only lost $2.75 only.I think NWAC reports next.Maybe they will only lose a few bucks also.What a buy!
Jerry,does qcharts allow you to put the NQ and the ES charts side by side on your screen?
Why are the indexes spiking up?eom
Computer voltage question.I need to get a cheap desktop tower,and send it to a friend down under and they can plug their existing keyboard and monitor into it.Except for an Imac,I have never owned a desktop,only laptops.My laptops will accept voltage between 100 and 240.But I have no idea what the requirement is for desktops.Downunder is all 220 volts.Anybody know if a desktop from the US will work on 220 volts?
Question for gold bulls
Does anyone know the name or ticker of the new gold fund that started trading in Australia recently?It is not traded here.I am asking for the ASX ticker.Thanks for any info.
Joe-AMZN.Last night on public television they were talking about politicians in Sacramento who were working to bring in internet sales taxes.I am surprised this isnt affecting AMZN.
TMPW slipping a bit.Might be a good short if people start thinking this isnt a good climate for an employment agentcy.
I got it!Norton system works 2003 Pro.Postmarked SanFransisco.I am in the east bay so it only took two days to arrive.Genuine symantic CD.They registered it and updated it and it works.Total cost $20.
SPY volume.Looks like volume on the SPY has been trending down for three hours.Does this have any technical significance?
Indicators.Softechie shouted timber before the rally last wednesday.Then,yesterday,Westpacific showed up.......