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jeffwalker9999; Thanks for the DL .I haven't done the setup.exe on it yet but intend to.

php ;You should check out the link.I have throughly erased a HD to do a clean install or thought I did.It showed no OS afterward & 0 data.The software that the link site sells some of it is for retreiving data from an erased HD. I have some software called IBM PC Doctor that does an extra good jod of erasing for a clean install.But if the sales hype on the site is correct someone with the right software could still retreive data from the erased HD.

jditto ;I haven't singled out Verizon I said or their competion.The topic really has nothing to do with the internet quality of service.Only that One persons service wasn't installed when it was supposed to be.I don't yell over the phone but insist on going up the chain to someone that can get what I need done.btw I have been successful at doing this. I don't see my logic as flawed & I'm sure companies do get contracts beyond what most individuals do .But like I said this topic has nothing to do with the internet service Verizon provides after the connection is hooked up.So your logic is flawed in explaing that no ISP can guarantee network service.Who doesn't know that.

I split this topic from Search Engine Removal of Personal Info -Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft as requested (cholla) jeffwalker9999 ;I knew you could find forum posts with a search engine if you have a common user name like mine then there is other stuff among them. For the personal information it seems most of the sites for this want a fee for the information. I will have to see if I can find it but I ran across some software for erasing old deleted data off a hard drive like the forensic information the police extract.They said they didn't sell this to individuals.Only to certain businesses & the government.Not that I have anything that would incriminate me that I know of .But what if a hacker could pull it off your HD remotely. This is the software: Data Elimination Suite http://www.forensics-intl.com/suite3.html M-Sweep Pro is part of the suite. http://www.forensics-intl.com/ms.html This is part of their site info below. Who can, and can't, get M-Sweep Pro? Unfortunately this software can be used to eliminate evidence of criminal violations and terrorist activities. For that reason, NTI restricts the sale of the product to Fortune 1000 corporations, government agencies, pre-qualified lawfirms, pre-qualified accounting firms, hospitals and pre-qualified law enforcement agencies.

jditto ; The TOS is just part of an electronic agreement usually favoring the company that it is written for .I do read these or I have.How ever if a large company was having a company like Verizon or their competition install their phone system. They would have a written contract that had specific performance of the date the work was to be completed. I guess I should have read the start date of this topic Aug.31.2005 I wouldn't even have responded.

asubaseball727:In the WindowsApplicationDatamozillaFirefoxprofiles8k21s65t.default bookmark backups .At least this is the location in my os.There are bookmark backups for Firefox if yours are still there.If you still need to do a clean install copy & paste the backup folder in your TEMP folder so the uninstall doesn't remove it .Then you can use it to replace the bookmarks in the new install. To do a clean uninstall of Firefox you need to use the uninstall in your Program files for Mozilla Firefox.Even then it leaves a file in your Application data.Under Mozilla(at least it did in mine). Then you need to DL & save the newest Firefox its always good to have the installer in case you need to reinstall the same version If you have the older version installer then after the clean uninstall reinstall with it.Then uninstall it if it is not the most recent version.This will get the best uninstall. To get your bookmarks back if you use IE too & your favorites has the same "bookmarks" as your Firefox the new install will import these.

litig8; Too bad you didn't get a written contract.Like most people don't.Oral contracts can so easily be called a misunderstanding by a big company Verizon.Then you're pretty much stuck.I would still be insistant on getting my phone service ASAP like in 1 day If its's their mistake they should do everything in their power to get you as close to like you were as posible With some kind of internet connection.Paying a crew overtime at their expense if necessary.Go as high in management at Verizon as you can get with your complaint because the higher you get the less likely it will just be covered up & you lose.The higher you go the more it costs Verizon in time of higher paid employees & this is what gets their attention.I will say I have never got higher with a complaint than some kind of "vice president" or was told this is who I was talking too. Back to a written contract if you had one with specific performace in it then you could contract to have the work done with someone else & sue Verizon for the cost.

This might be what you want to do.Looks like the one you found is no longer available. I haven't tested this but I guess you do a search to find your UserChrome.css This is where it is in my Windows ME: WindowsApplication DataMozillaFirefoxProfiles8k21s65t.defaultchrome UserChrome.css You may find a UserChrome-example.css file this is not the correct one.If UserChrome.css is not there create one. You can do this by R. clickNewText Document copy & paste then change the extension from.txt to .css renaming it UserChrome.css Enable multiple rows of your current Bookmarks Toolbar: To have the Bookmarks Toolbar display many rows, add the following to your UserChrome.css /* Multi-row bookmarks toolbar */ #bookmarks-ptf {display:block} #bookmarks-ptf toolbarseparator {display:inline}

brock01 ;I went to the site that was in your Imageshack link.It looks like he removed the tool bar because of complaints.This was a 3rd party toolbar.I haven't looked for another one.If anyone wants to check the link here it is. http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/multiptf/index.html

Marcin541 : Simply this is your Level 1 processor cache L1 L2 is the level 2 processor cache . If both are settable this is done in your computers BIOS outside of your Windows OS. On mine when L1 is enabled L2 is enabled at the same time.

HI ROM-DOS :Do all or part of these work if system restore is disabled? peepnklown: Thanks pretty detailed MS articles on repairing registry .

I'm not an expert on this I found this on the web & put it together.I changed mine to 80 it was 92. The IP Type of Service has the following fields: Bits 0-2: Precedence. Bit 3: 0 = Normal Delay, 1 = Low Delay. Bits 4: 0 = Normal Throughput, 1 = High Throughput. Bits 5: 0 = Normal Relibility, 1 = High Relibility. Bit 6-7: Reserved for Future Use. Bit #0-2: [128 64 32] Bit #3: [16] Bit #4: [8] Bit #5: [4] Bit #6-7: [Reserved] Bits 0,1,2 = Priority Control: 111 - Network Control use 128 + 64 + 32 = 224 110 - Internetwork Control 128 +64 + 0 = 192 101 - CRITIC/ECP 128 + 0 + 32 = 160 100 - Flash Override 128 + 0 + 0 = 128 011 - Flash 0 + 64 + 32 = 96 010 - Immediate 0 + 64 + 0 = 64 001 - Priority 0 + 0 + 32 = 32 000 - Routine 0 + 0 + 0= 0 Bit #0-2: [128 64 32] If I understand this 128 is on for bit 0;64 is on for bit 1,32 is on for bit 2. Bit #3: [16] 16= on; 0 = off Bit #4: [8] 8=on; 0 = off Bit #5: [4] 4=on; 0 = off Bit #6-7: [Reserved] Both of these have 0 for value. From what I read on this You can only have either low delay on or High Throughput on not both.If you set both I think your OS uses the default.Quote below: "The TOS value is used to indicate "better". Only one TOS value or property can be requested in any one IP datagram. Generally, protocols which are involved in direct interaction with a human should select low delay, while data transfers which may involve large blocks of data are need high throughput. Finally, high reliability is most important for datagram-based Internet management functions. Application protocols not included in these tables should be able to make appropriate choice of low delay (8 decimal, 1000 binary) or high throughput (4 decimal, 0100 binary)." "Reading RCF 1349, it states you have 5 choices in TOS. 0000 (all normal) Use default metric 1000 (minimize delay) Use delay metric 0100 (maximize throughput) Use default metric 0010 (maximize reliability) Use reliability metric 0001 (minimize monetary cost) Use cost metric other Use default metric" "Anything higher then 010, Immediate, are ment for internal network use. Meaning packets that are not ment to route to the internet." So for most I beleive one of these two would be correct: 72 which is Immediate, High Throughput, 010 010 00 That's64forImmediate+8forHighThroughput 80 which is Immediate, Low Delay, 010 100 00

dman58 : Since you have sold on Ebay & I guess removed an item.Do you still have to pay Ebay something when you do that? If you do that probably explains why they don't mind sellers doing this.They are not so easy on buyers that withdraw a bid. tommie gorman : My brother also had an item not come but he had paid with Paypal & just denied the charge someway either through Paypal or his credit card that backed the Paypal account.I don't remember exactly never had the problem myself. The bogus poster was the worst thing although it looks excelent.A few things haven't ben in as "good" of condition as represented But were acceptable.For the most part the items have been good & I will continue to buy on Ebay.

I have Windows ME & the scanreg /restore at the command prompt gives me a choice of about 5 previous registries to select. Does XP have a way to do this? Like in its scannow ? The reason I ask is a question about some spyware that was staying in a system. Could spyware hide in the saved registries ? If it could I would think deleting these would be something necessary like disabling system restore.

richcornucopia :I have never sold anything on EBay but I have bought several items.I have bid on items that the seller just withdrew.Ebay took the complaint but I never saw that they stopped that person from selling.About all a seller has to do is say they found a flaw or that the item was damaged after they put it for sale so it was no longer what they represented,& withdrwa it.Maybe they still have to pay EBay so they really don't care.I even reported one seller that was selling a copyrighted poster as original when it was a reproduction & the seller hadn't paid to use the copyright.I even reported it to Winchester the company whose copyright was violated & nothing was ever done.The last time I checked this seller is still selling this poster.So much for EBay keeping an eye on sellers.They are much tougher on a buyer that doesn't complete the trade. I'm with tommie gorman go ahead with the auction & complete the sale.It's the honest thing to do even if you can get out of it.

I think Kaspersky either their anti virus or spyware program removes rootkits. Here is a link to another site that has software that is supposed to remove rootkits.I haven't tested it because it is for Windows2000 & up. http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/cure.shtml

PeptoBloat ;your Windows DL speed is fairly accurate.To do the math. 8.81MB is 9021.44KB is 9237954.56 bytes is 73903636.48 bits 30 minutes 6 Seconds =1806 seconds 9021.44 divided by1806 =4.99 so Your speed for the DL would be 4.99kB/sec.

PeptoBloat: Heres a link to an online distance calculator. http://www.dslreports.com/prequal/distance The best way is to call your telephone company & ask. The 5.28kB/sec is 43kbps.Which is probably closer to your actual speed.You can actually time the DL yourself & divide to see if it matches. In other words the 326kB DL should have taken 61.75 sec to DL at 5.28kB/sec. Try a larger DL like 7 to 10 MB & let it DL completly.You don't have to keep it just DL it to your Temp file & delete it after the DL.I think on a large DL you will see the speed drop even slower.But this is a good indication of your actual DL speed .When the test results are too fast.

Could it be draining the power supply?

This is some information on using a ferrous core & I think they are also called a ferrite core.There are better & larger ones available than the RadioShack ones.With good sheilded cables probably not as necessary.This information is for dial-up but I think it would apply tp DSL Possibly even cable. Most line noise that has trouble has been input through the telephone lines Here are two possible corrective measures. Go to Radio Shack with $8.95 plus tax. Get a snap on choke, aka toroid. Cat. No. 273-104. It is a ferrous core that snaps apart and snaps toegether again. Snap it open. Wind your telephone cord around it up to seven times. Place it close to the modem. The plastic blister pack comes with two cores. If you need more suppression, use both. It is VERY simple. Even you can do it. There is no wiring at all. Just wrap your phone cord - be careful about the direction of winding and snap it together again. I doubt if this trap below is available. The second approach is one which has benefitted a member of this board. This involves a friendly Pac Tel repairman who came up with a "trap." To me, a "trap" is a notch filter. I have looked at it. It is a small plastic item about the size of a book of matches. It has two wires in and two wires out. It is placed in the phone junction box (where the phone line enters the house). It has three two pole switches on it. By setting the switches, it is possible to screen out noise in a particular frequency range. The member who benefitted from this has the computer/modem about two blocks from a cluster of 5 tall AM radio transmitting towers. Before the installation, it was absolutely impossible to use the modem until late at night when the station powered down. Now there is no noise during the day when the station is powered up. the following is diagram of what you've done and an explanation of why it really does help. - - - - - - - P1 + / / / / M1 | | ____/_/_/_/___________________| Input Phone _____________ | / circuitry Line _____________ |/ of ____ _ _ _ __________________ | modem / / / / ____| P2 + / / / / M2 | / | |/ Bifilar transformer ------------- The "+" signs are the polarity marks for the windings (the two wires of the phone line in this case); they identify which terminals of the transformer will, instantaneously, have the same polarity of induced voltage (EMF). The effect of the transformer is to reject common-mode signals while transmitting differential signals. The desired information is in the differential signal, and is thus not attenuated. Noise sources such as leakage or inductive coupling from nearby power lines and voltages induced by lightning strikes and the like often have a large part of their energy in the common-mode signal, which is rejected. The net effect is an improvement of signal-to-noise ratio, which is what you reported to us. A few words for those who may want to understand the language of the field a bit better for purposes of following up these ideas: The differential-mode signal is the difference in voltage between two points. It is VP1-VP2 at the phone line and VM1-VM2 at the modem input (where Vxy denotes the voltage at point xy). The common-mode signal is the mean voltage at two points. It is (VP1+VP2)/2 at the phone line and (VM1+VM2)/2 at the modem input. The action of the bifilar transformer is to enforce that (VP1-VM1), the voltage induced in the upper winding, is equal to (VP2-VM2), the voltage induced in the lower winding. The rejection of common-mode and the acceptance of differential-mode signals then follows as a direct consequence. Modems normally attempt to do their *own* job of rejecting common mode signals. Often, however, this is done by circuitry which either only partially accomplishes this, or which accomplishes it up to a certain value of common-mode voltage, after which the circuitry no longer effectively does its rejection job. Thus the bifilar transformer gives a hand in both cases.

Decade ;I would only use one firewall.Outpost will drive you a little crazy for the first couple of days but once you have allowed what you mostly use it settles down.If you like the Norton better or it uses less resources then use it.I would check with Dway & see what they say about their security & If they think you need a firewall.Then depending on how much you trust what they tell you .You could try running without a firewall.php might have more information you could PM him .With a good anti-virus & spyware you could probably get rid of anything that got in except a direct hacker.Unless you think someone wants your information that bad probably no one is trying to directly hack your PC.

PeptoBloat ;My answer is Dial-up can't cache the test at the main site .So thats the speed it detected.I think some of the accelerators ISP use could account for the test showing this speed.ROM_DOS is an exception we never could figure out the exact reason his speed on dial-up was so fast. As far as the official posisition from the phone companies & the FCC the best you can get is 53.3 Kbps.The main way to tell is your web surfing good .How do pages load fast or slow. Another way to test is find a DL somewhere thats not a test (Like 8MB software) & see what your Windows DL window says your speed is. Those are a couple of ways to see if the test is giving you an accurat result of your speed. I agree uploads with dial-up stink.

Decade ;I remembered after php brought it up the test doesn't work for Dway It does test their ports which need to be open.I would sill use a firewall just in case.But it might not be necessary with Dway.

rayray909 ; I expected the Kaspersky Anti Hacker 1.5 Firewall to test well.But my Outpost is a free firewall & had the same results.Kaspersky is the top of the line though. Decade ;I would surf & find all I could about the best way to completly remove the Norton.Some people seem to have troubl removing Norton .I haven't had a Noreton firewall so I can't say.But it probably is usually someone being in too much of a rush & not getting all the instructions to remove it the correct way. On Free firewalls the link I put in this topic for Outpost is free.It is a permanent trial version basically.If you upgrade then it costs. Sygate also has a free firewall.AVG is a free antivirus.But if you want the AVG- Sygate combination already togather then you have to buy it.

Hi Roco ;I'm not having any problems with Outpost so its tempting to leave things like they are.I have Windows ME & my problems with Sygate started after an update.It didn't want to give me the Sygate Main screen(control panel )>I tried to dl the old one but after that it had the same problem.I have reformatted since then & it might work.I put the URL in the link in a file of URL's I keep.So I will have it if I decide to try Sygate again.