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Has your browser ever been "hijacked"? Mine has. Some websites contain malicious code that will change your home page and add "helpers" or links to your toolbar without even asking you. Some even go so far as to install programs on your system to make the damage repeat itself every time you boot up. How rude! Fight back with this little freeware program! Click here to see this program It runs in the background and alerts you before the damage is done and helps you to easily undo the intrusions if they happen. (And yes, there is a way to reinstall Internet Explorer 5 or 6 but it is usually not necessary unless your browser is really screwed.)

Question: Is there something I can hold to open a link in a new window? Its such a hassle to right click and choose open in a new window. I want my sites to open in separate windows. Answer: Hold the Shift key down while clicking the shortcut and the site will open in a new window.

Mister P-Mosh, Hi again. Yeah....good point. We, too, use Kazaa Lite (as opposed to the regular version of Kazaa) for downloading music. I am aware of that file you speak of called something like "CyDoor" if I recall. It is purposely installed, as you state, in order to defeat all the pop up ads that come with the regular version of Kazaa. Ad Aware can possibly delete it if from what I have read unless you choose not to select it. However, I have not had a problem with this occurring on XP or 2000 so far. Maybe I am just lucky. Ad Aware will find all kinds of Spyware. It lets you observe all of them and select which ones you want to delete. If in doubt, I believe it also allows you to back them up first before deleting. Or this can be done manually. But I have not heard of too many problems with Ad Aware deleting anything important. But I suppose it is possible. [This message was edited by igotout on January 07, 2003 at 23:38.]

Want a surprise? Download this valuable and free utility called Ad Aware from LavaSoft. Click here: Ad Aware To quote: "Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware and scumware components and lets you remove them safely. It is updated frequently." When you run this little program you will be amazed at all the Spyware and Scumware and junk you have in your system. It safely deletes all of it. In my opinion some of these offending companies should be fined for how invasive their products are. Some of them actually install programs on your computer, change you homepage permanently (not allowing you to change it to anything else without a registry hack), and sends information from your computer to other computers about your surfing habits and shopping habits. Fight back! Scan your computer regularly with Ad Aware. It will remove it all. Then try to stay in the habit of avoiding and downloading Spyware such as Gator.com, cometcursor.com, doubleclick.com and dozens of others. PS - Don't confuse Spyware with a virus. You still need Antivirus software. But sometimes I think Spyware can be just as damaging as a virus.

Mike, I tried to tell you, man. It just won't work here. I do not know of even one other person on earth who holds your viewpoint including myself, as we discussed. You seemed like a really nice person when we spoke, and rather intelligent. It is still puzzling to me that you pursue this. Maybe it will make you feel better now that you have posted it publicly. You can no longer say that this knowledge is "lost". You might consider creating a website with your content if you want to preserve its availability. Then instead of trying to explain it you can direct someone to the site. With your background, website development should be easy for you. Call me again sometime if you want, But honestly, I am not sure if there is anything I can do except encourage you to greater endeavors as others here have already done. Happy holidays!

Everything you need to know about your Mouse. Click here: MouseTweaking By the way, mice are cheap these days. If yours is showin its age just replace it. Try a mouse with no moving roller ball underneath, called an optical mouse. They are the best. You don't even need a mouse pad with those. I like the Intellimouse Explorer by Microsoft. I do not like most wireless mice or keyboards.

Splash screens are the name given to those annoying windows that pop up right before a program opens. They amount to nothing more than advertisements for the company that created them. Furthermore they add to the time it takes for the program to open. First try to get rid of them through the usual options in the program. Sometimes there are no options to get rid of these damn splash screens. Naturally, the offenders purposely do not make it easy. Here are the keys to disabling a few common splash screens: Outlook Express To disable the opening Outlook Express screen: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Identities Keep drilling down below your unique identity all the way until you get to 5.0. For example: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Identities{ABE2B8A0-C02D-11D3-867B-948FF355BD32}SoftwareMicrosoft Outlook Express 5.0 Add a DWORD and call it NoSplash Click on your new DWORD and give it a value of 1. Close Regedit. No more splash screen in Outlook Express. MusicMatch Jukebox To remove the splash screen in MusicMatch Jukebox simply go to the MusicMatch directory, probably under C:Program FilesMusic Match. Find the .jpg file and the .wav file associated with the splash screen and delete them both. PC Anywhere You can disable the pcAnywhere splash screen with a command line switch added to the shortcut. The command line with switch is: WINAW32.EXE /R. The easiest way to implement this is to create a shortcut either on the desktop, on the Start Menu, or under Start/Programs on the Start Menu if you do not already have one. Just add the /R outside the quotes. For example: "C:Program FilesSymantecpcAnywhereWinaw32.exe" /r To edit the shortcut: 1. Right-click the shortcut. The context menu appears. 2. Choose Properties and then choose the shortcut tab. 3. In the "Target" window, scroll to the end of the command line and add the /R after the quotes.. 4. Click Apply and then click OK [This message was edited by igotout on January 07, 2003 at 23:34.]

He said he once smoked pot with the real Beatles so I sorta, kinda, thought that kinda made him a Beatle too. After all, he sounded like them. Is my logic flawed or....???

Attention 9th Corps - You are welcome to have your Household Holiday Banquet at the newly refurbished Ex-Way Fine Arts & Historical Center. We have many historical photos and artifacts from the early days when we were just getting started with the things of God. Dress your best. We will have Wolfgang and gang doing chamber music in the background all night. Also a surprise guest is coming from Toledo to give us a lecture entitled "What to look for in a personal trainer."

I never laughed so hard in my life as when around this guy. This was in Emporia 1978 at some sort of Anniversary where I was on set up crew. He looks as if he would prefer to smash the damn cake

Here I am smoking pot with one of the Beatles, about 1979.

Ex- Tried guzzling that six pack and fell into a deep sleep. (Last I heard, ME was not as young as I used to be). Power searched Google, still no trace of Me. Tuttle, I asked my daughter for advice and she said this to ME: "I hate you, you hate me I shot Barney's Family, With an M-16 I shot him in the head, Aren't you glad that Barney's dead" Still searching.

There is more to this about our Corps being so perfect beside being #7. The good Doctor at a Night Owl one night told us how great we were. Something about our Corps having more potential than anybody, anywhere, anyhow, anyway. I'll try to find the exact quote. Maybe Cookie can get it for me. That statement was treated like words of prophecy among some of the more "zealous" ones in our group. John R.

Simon I think it is because of the group picture which is posted above. Not sure what can be done about that. Maybe won't happen on page 2 if we ever reach page 2 status. This will give you an excuse to ask for that 21" monitor from Santa for Xmas. [This message was edited by igotout on December 19, 2002 at 4:39.]

Where am I? If anyone can find out I would appreciate it. I need to get back in touch.

Bob Lunsforsd today. No more afro. Bob recently reminded me about the time when Craig got an afro. My how we all change. Last I heard Craig has a shaved head.

Saimoneon, we just saw Bruce Springsteen in concert. It was great. What a show! Remember all those 8mm movies Tricia Byrne took? She was forever carrying around her little camera and filming things. This was you first, our last year. After some digging I finally contacted her in Germany. I asked her if I could get copies of her films so I could convert them to DVD. I offered to pay for it. Regretably she said she lost all her films

You extreme PC tweakers and overclockers are making my head spin. But I must admit I find it very interesting. But back to a basic tip. Some of you may know it but for anyone who doesn't, you will find it very useful. I am referring to "Send To" RIGHT click on a file or a Word document, for example. You will find the choice to Send To: (several things to choose from) My most commonly used choices are "Mail Recipient" and "Desktop as a shortcut". Selecting Mail recipient opens Outlook and automatically attaches the file to your email message. You can also find these "Send To" features under File at the top left corner of most programs. Look at your broswer now and go to File and look for Send To. You can select from three useful choices.

This is my desktop screenshot generated from ThumbsPlus. It seems to transfer pretty good quality: Desktop

Those SDRAM systems I would like to tweak are all Dell's. It is a Phoenix Bios if I recall. I do not recall any Advanced settings but I will check again. I think you are right that they do not give you much of a tweakable bios. Damn that Dell.

Catherine & I hitchiked togehter from Colorado back to Emporia once. We had a blast. Se is so genuine and very funny too. Her three kids must adore her. She is a wonderful person with a big heart for God to this very day. Click here to see what I mean: Interview

And GOEY, you gotta see this insane article. I thought of it when you said you use the system commander for you r different OS's. It's a guy with 37 OS's From Maximum PC

(Sorry, me.) I had a feeling you were an expert from some of your posts. I will be having a few questions for you on a few things in the future if you don't mind. I am using RDRAM on a few computers but SDRAM on several others. How do I try some of those BIOS tweaks you were suggesting? I do not recall seeing things like that in my Bios but will check again. You said: _________________________________________________________________ First, you can tweak the BIOS settings in the system set up to speed up memory. SDRAM can usually handle a " CAS Latency" of 2 instead of 3. The "RAS to CAS Delay can also usually take a lower setting. A lower RAS Precharge Time can also speed up the system memory, but could make it unstable. A lower setting for SDRAM Precharge Time could also help but may cause also cause instability. You need to test for stability after each change. _________________________________________________________________ I think I am beginning to agree with you about 2000 over XP. I use both every day and for whatever reason, 2000 seems a bit more stable and even faster. But I am all the way into XP on this machine. Too much work to format and reinstall 2000. Maybe future service packs will help. But both are better than 98 wouldn’t you agree? GOEY, there is a way to have MSCONFIG in windows 2000. You just need a file. Click here: MSCONFIG FOR 2000 Finally - interesting about that picture degradation. What about a program I use called Thumbs Plus? It is similar to ACDSEE but seems to have loads of bells and whistles. It appears that you can do just about anything with it. Also a free download but I like it so much I purchased it. I have a lot to learn about digital photos and how to manage them. But lets start another thread for that some day. JR PS - Datway - are you using Webshots? They do the daily changing screens too. It is a cool and free program. But I like to turn off ALL their automatic features and use it manually. But they sure have an amazing collection, millions I think. Look for them to start charging a fee in the future [This message was edited by igotout on December 13, 2002 at 11:38.]

Thanks, Zixar. I knew it had to be simple. Well here's my desktop. It is XP Professional which looks a lot like Win 98 or 2000 on the surface. It might be hard to see because my resolution is set to 1600 x 1200 and it is a 21" monitor: My desktop click here Hey lets start a new thread called "Show us your desktop"

Tell Shannon she needs to sharpen up on her memory pegs and let me know who else was in our Corps twig.