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Post by petteyg359 on Aug 31, 2005 20:07:18 GMT -6
I paid $0 for my Linux :-P And I'll keep saying it! And there's Cedega and Wine and Crossover for running Windows stuff in Linux. Cedega is how I run Steam.
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{KHH}Boltme
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Oh God! Why won't it stop?!? My balls are a river of blood!!
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Post by {KHH}Boltme on Sept 8, 2005 23:07:06 GMT -6
Luke, is there any chance we could turn this thread into a sticky? I switched over to darwin's recommendations today and they were all of enormous help. I think others might find this information quite helpful as well.
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Post by {KHH}Vote For Pedro on Sept 9, 2005 12:11:23 GMT -6
Turn it off
By the way, did you pay for or buy cedega? hehe
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Post by {KHH}Super_Greg on Sept 9, 2005 14:40:38 GMT -6
Luke, is there any chance we could turn this thread into a sticky? I switched over to darwin's recommendations today and they were all of enormous help. I think others might find this information quite helpful as well. Yeah? Well your face is ugly. Okay, I'll make it sticky. lol, you want me.
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Post by {KHH}darwin's joke on Sept 9, 2005 14:45:21 GMT -6
i should add that those of you who go the firefox route should definitely take a look at the extensions available for it either by clicking on tool/extensions/get more extensions, or by just going here. here is a list of the extensions i am currently using with firefox: adblock forecastfox department of homeland insecurity idiocy level (very funny) adblock filterset.g updater mediaplayerconnectivity mines play launch IE view (handy for pages that require internet explorer to view) dictionarysearch googlebar foxytunes sage (handy RSS feed reader) copy plain text wiki-quick-find gtranslate (handy for translating docs and pages to/from english) once again, if anyone needs any help with any of this just hit me up and i'll be glad to do it.
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Post by {KHH}RUSH-N-NOOB [SA] on Sept 15, 2005 18:03:33 GMT -6
Basic setup: D-link Router --> SBS2003 Server w/ ISA --> Windows xp SP2 w/ Windows Firewall + Nvidia Firewall (uses the AMD 64 Processor to run concurrently w/ Windows). No Holes just the pinholes that I have added for services that are 128bit encrypted and secured by ssl. I still use IE, with blocking and whatnot turned up full tilt... Ad-Aware, Spybot and MS Anti running and AVG anti-virus software..... I don't see any problems and it allows me access to my computer and server from work or wherever..... Secure in Ohio.... RUSH-N-NOOB
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Post by petteyg359 on Sept 15, 2005 21:48:43 GMT -6
Turn it off By the way, did you pay for or buy cedega? hehe Of course I paid for it. And I've renewed the subscription for a few months now, but I am discontinuing it and will in future cease paying for it, because the system they use to determine which games get worked on is entirely screwed up, and allows people to vote against games, instead of allowing them just to vote for. So where one game might have 250 people who want it working, another 750 people who are so arrogant and think their game is more important will vote negative, and it'll end up with -500 votes. Total lame crap. I'm not paying them again until they change that.
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Post by mik3 on Apr 7, 2006 13:29:37 GMT -6
The Best is System Mechanic Professional 6 thats what i am running and it comes with everything and nothing beats it. go to www.iolo.com to find out more info. ;D
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Post by Deathpardon on Feb 10, 2010 11:30:41 GMT -6
This really needs to be updated...
1) Do not use IE8 as many websites do not support it so they may look different. Firefox and Google Chrome are probably the best out there as of right now. Opera is slowly dieing. Netscape basically no longer exists as they do not update any longer of course you do have the die hard fans.
2) Avast has made major headway in the antivirus field and is perhaps one of the best antivirus programs out. Symantec has been losing ground. Recently we had to upgrade all of our Symantec machines because they had a zero-day hole. AVG Free Antivirus is also a good alternative.
3)Spybot, Malware bytes,and CCleaner are great for removing malware. Eraser is great for securely deleting files that you do not want recoverable. Recuva is great for recovering files you deleted. Defraggler is a hundred times better than Microsoft's defrag program.
On a side note, testing of Microsoft's defrag program has shown that a HDD is more likely to fail with usage of this program especially when using the ACTIVE system that monitors your HDD.
4) Thunderbird and OpenOffice are terrific alternative. Remember now that Google also can create documents, presentations, and spreadsheets.
5)The whole release and renew thing does not do what you are hoping it might do. When your information goes out on the net a different ip address is assigned to it then what you see on you computer. If you want to browse the internet anonymously you should use a proxy (google it).
6) 3 basically has the programs you need to keep you computer cleaned up
7) Nothing else really beats out Google Earth. However, if you see your house on there and want it removed, you can request that it be take off. I don't know about you but I would rather people not know what my house looks like and what car I drive, but hey I enjoy my privacy that I am afforded through the US constitution.
As for Firewall, there is nothing wrong with having both a hardware and software firewall. I use Zone Alarm is alright. Its a pain in the ass at first but once you have it setup its great.
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Post by {KHH}Ulrich on Feb 13, 2010 12:06:08 GMT -6
Agreed, it definitely needed updating. My personal thoughts: Norton has become nearly bloatware and difficult to remove for some people and often has to be forcibly removed in order to resolve some technical problems. I steered away from it many years ago. OpenOffice is free and a great alternative, but if you're working with specialized systems such as a DMS or other type of product that injects metadata into your documents, make sure you're not losing anything/adding anything you don't want iby using OpenOffice. No sense in getting your neck in a noose because you were too cheap. Sorry, my employer provides us with MS Office so that's what I use and I can't speak for OO's behavior. And my needs are basic- I still run Office 2003 (I'm sure there's some security stupidity there, but I don't care) Wait, Thunderbird? Wow, thought people stopped using it with the proliferation of enhanced webmail providers. I haven't heard that word uttered in about 4 years. Crazy. Keeping your PC safer by using webmail is a great choice. I haven't added any email accounts to Outlook at home for years. I use if mainly for contact management- overkill most definitely. IE8 is a no-go for me as well. It certainly has high compatibility problems in the corporate world, especially with industry-specific webapps found on intranets. IPconfig only works within your local network, so yes, as Deathpardon states, it's pretty useless. Good luck forcing your ISP to yield you a new/different IP address, and you'd have to do this on your DSL/cable modem/router not your PC. There are plenty of means to anonymize your web activity, but if you didn't do it from the start, what's the point of doing it now- they already know what they need to know. Obviously if you plan to do some clandestine or illegal activity, I can't condone that nor offer suggestions. Just understand that no matter what you do, if the right authorities or powers want to track you down, they can. Oh, and you'd have to find specific proxy hosts for non-browsing activity else all you're hiding is port 80 (web surfing). I'd be hard pressed to use any SSL from anyone that isn't a commercial proxy provider that wants real money for a real service. I don't want my credentials passing through just any old anonymizer. MalwareBytes- we use it on our machines where needed. It's not a standard install, but we have our usual group of problem users who continuously feign stupidity about what they did or where on the web they went but magically managed to snag more than their fair share of spyware/malware crap. MB works wonders, with Spybot being our former first choice, it now takes the back seat. For those pesky problem files/services that remain resident or can't be deleted try KillBox, found on www.killbox.netFor a post about computer security, it's nearly ironic to see a suggestion about Google Earth, since it pretty much exposes nearly everyone. Not a lot of damage to be done here for the average person, but clearly letting your parcel of property be seen on the internet was not a choice given to any citizen before it went live years ago. If you're concerned about geo-privacy, make sure all your LBS (location based services) are in check on your mobile phone/PDA else you may already/still be trackable, and that's generally live data, unlike sat imagery which is often a couple of years old. Google's Streetview content is much more up to date- it has my house in there but not in the older satellite images. And no, they don't show the mailbox number. Oh, and don't think posts to your favorite social networking site aren't relevant to privacy (or lack thereof). Don't believe a site isn't going to give you up if the big man calls for it. There are gobs of metrics to be gathered, for a pretty profit at times, so don't think for a minute MyFace*thingy* isn't selling your data on a regular basis and selling you out entirely when the time comes. As I said, if you haven't engaged private internet tools/services/equipment from the start, you're already someone's minor cash cow. Accept it and move on.
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Post by Deathpardon on Feb 16, 2010 14:06:29 GMT -6
I have spent the past year and a half to remove all traces of me from myspace and facebook. I don't want stupid things I have said or done to bite me in the ass when looking for a job.
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