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No its not 100% effective. Nothing is 100% effective. However by checking your URL you can easily thwart any phishing attempt. Phishing attempts are very easily thwarted by doing the following things 1. Not following links sent in emails/messages 2. Checking your url to make sure it is a legitament one Phishing is rather unrelated to malware though. So I don't see what point you're trying to make. They're both related to internet security yes. Malware attempts to produce ads on your comp. Phishing attempts to steal your credentials. In terms of malware and infected items porn definetly

Pete's post = 10/10

Lookup XSS and phishing. Maybe then you'll see that safe surfing habbits isn't guaranteed protection. IE7 has a default phishing filter.

No, in fact all you have to do is start tapping F8 once a second after you hear the POST beep until you get the enhanced startup options menu. If it has not been disabled, the last option will be "Disable restart on system failure" Just select that and hit enter and windows will change the registry for you. I completely understand you. However if the computer is already on my method is quicker. Additionally I don't know if its happened to you but sometimes you just don't hit F8 quick enough and have to do it a second time. It really doesn't make too big of a difference. Either method works.

If the computer will not boot to windows, how do you suggest she run the script? From what I understand she only gets the BSOD every so often and can regularly boot to windows. "every so often she get the BSOD "

Haha, complacency is the killer of ingenuity.

I really appreciate those links Pete. However I still have some issues with what is said on the MajorGeeks article and how it is very misleading. 1. In both WIndows Article cited, it does not say that msconfig causes memory leaks at all. In fact it states something of the former. In this article that was cited it says: "Method 2: Use a registry key to modify the list of programs that run when a Windows XP Home Edition-based computer starts Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the

http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks Wrong link my bad. Also I've never met any restrictions on websites personally with my settings.

Point taken Falcon. I too have seen a general consesus at 10ish however when I ran this test I got better results "Good data stream (no/few rexmits)" when having 16 connections vs 10. http://www.dslreports.com/tweakr/

I can probably find about a million more articles that are recent that say the exact same thing. There is a reason SP3 for XP was released after Vista was already made. There is also a reason that the business world doesn't switch to vista. Articles aren't just being randomly written for fun. Vi$ta = fail It's like an overweight version of the MAC without the useful stacks. Here: http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2007/11/2...hich-is-faster/ http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget....310591,00.html# http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_g...i=209757,00.jpg http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/

I have to ask you to do the same as it is your bizarre claim that is being constantly cited on the internet forums as proof. XP is an extremely stable operating system and most if not all of its problems are well documented with workarounds on the Windows site. Please post an article from the site confirming your claims. Do tell where you got your info that msconfig causes "memory leaks" and please go onto define "memory leaks" Msconfig isn't some random utility. It just maps string values from the following registry keys which are nothing more than shortcuts to the program. I should know I'

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/...ersus-xp_1.html Are you kidding me? Vista more stable than XP?

I rarely find myself in situations where shutdown speed matters. Certainly less often than situations where blowing away processes could be a problem. The users I work with prefer a faster shutdown when they are restarting their computer for whatever reason. This way the processes in the background don't take ages to end. I still do not see the problem with this. Google it. It seems we were both incorrect. "To enable power-off on logon screen Modify the value of "PowerOffActive" and set it to 1 " Er, no. It's safe to go a bit higher than the recommendation but that's excessive. Not to men

Can break menus for people who don't have superhuman dexterity. Completely agree, this is my personal settings. I change the delay to 150 for ordinary users Can prevent processes from gracefully terminating. I've definetly seen Pro's outweigh cons. Especially in terms of shutdown time. Can break the world for people who don't have superhuman reflexes. Do explain on this one. Powers down the monitor when the screen saver is active or something, if I'm not mistaken. No it powers of the machine when you shut it down. I can understand that you would mistake this one. For new machines they a

Editing = destroying some lulz On many routers (especially linksys based) there is an option to only >>Allow<< MAC addresses Try only allowing the users you want and tell me if this works.

LOL! What computers are you working on? They absolutely mean everything startup time, CPU Usage, etc.

Again it comes down to personal preference. However CCleaner is not a "bad" suggestion. Few care about tracking cookies if they actually know what they were. Antivirus software just likes to make it look by a bad guy so their software can look like its doing more to protect you than it actually is.

Your way, my way. Whatever they're both fairly simple. Mine just takes less time.

I can see already you are using way more processes than I am and my desktop is completely decked out wtih effects software. For a review of it see the open forum under "Post Your Desktop"

The Processes Tab lulz not the CPU Usage.

Protip: Tracking cookies =/= bad Additionally viruses don't waste much time in the temp directory. The only subject your touching here that lurks in the temp direct. is trojan horses and about 90% of the time they install other appls to use those files so they can't be deleted. Additionally in my last post I acknowledged what you said.

A temporary files cleaner has very little to do with anti malware. Yes wares lurk in the temp directories occasionally. Personally one of the best sites for freeware and reviews is CNET, next to that is FileHippo. CCleaner (crap cleaner) has excellent reviews on both sites.

Post a screencap of your Task Manager and we'll see who cracks who up.

Of course I do lulz. This isn't for ordinary Joe. This is for techies. There are a great deal of hacks in here that can't be done without registry changes. It simply eliminates the need to do all the unnecessary clicking. All you have to do is double click it and click yes. What I'm asking for by posting it is an identification of errors, some suggestions for more registry hacks, bad hacks, etc.