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Thanks for that bit of advice. The computer will mainly be used as a family desktop and workstation. My wife deals with tons of voice files, a medical dictionary, microsoft word (tons of documents for work). Obviously we browse the net, she does photo editing, and in the future some video editing (not tons though). thanks again, Nick

I'm in the market for a budget desktop. I am trying to choose between the Core 2 Duo or an Athlon 64 X2. I was just wondering which would be the better option for the money. thanks, Nick

Hey guys, an emergency came up with my mother and I got to get to Chicago. I'm going to be staying with my sister who has SBC Yahoo DSL. She doesn't have a wireless router, so I would have to bring my WRT54G Linksys router. I'm running the tomato firmware on the router. I want to bring my router and a wireless game adapter to get my wife wireless access while we stay with family. She will need the wireless internet so that she can work on her PC. My question is, how do I setup the router with Yahoo DSL? Is the only difference the MTU? Should I switch it to a manual number or leave it at default? Is the WAN/Internet type DHCP, PPPoE, Static, PPTP, or L2TP? I'm assuming I only have to be concerned with wan/internet type and the MTU. If there's more please let me know. Thanks, Nick

I have BF2 and BF2142. I don't have either of them installed at the moment. I am more of a console gamer. If you guys had to pick one of these to install which one would it be?

Welcome to the testmy.net community. Glad to have you here!

Thanks again Mud. I really appreciate it!

Thanks Mudman, I don't want to shell out too much money for now. My next question is, can I just use the XP or Vista backup utility to make a backup for my customer's PC? If I can get away with doing this and it being enough I will be happy. thanks again

Hi guys, I was wondering if someone could assist me in creating a backup for my PC customers. You see, I can remove malware very efficiently. But I hear people in security forums everywhere tell me I should create a backup of critical files and personal files for my customers in case something goes wrong when removing the malware. I've had good luck up until now without backing up people's PCs but I don't want to take the risk anymore. What if when I remove the malware it destroys the system? So, I was wondering if someone could help teach me how to make a good PC backup of critical files registry files, and personal files as well. Also, if you could give me directions on how to actually use the backup in case I need to it would be greatly appreciated! thanks, Nick

I wouldn't download since you have the ability to stream. The way I understand it (thanks to JH2688) I believe to keep it legal it is optimal to stream for a few reasons. Downloading the movies will probably put you at a greater risk than streaming when it comes to PC infections. Streaming keeps it legal as well. I believe JH2688 said that downloading them is probably illegal anyway.

Since it's legal, which site do you recommend?

I don't mean to sound goofy. It just seems too good to be true. Is this site and it's offerings legal or not? If it is legal, can you tell me how it's legal? thanks, Nick

It turns out Microsoft enterprise 2007 is entirely corrupt on my computer. I couldn't make repairs to it or uninstall it. The only way to get rid of it would have been to go into the registry and delete entries. I don't have much experience editing the registry...so I did the next best thing. I hit ctrl alt delete and looked at the processes. I determined the process that put itself in the context menu was Microsoft Groove 2007. When I killed that process I could then right click on my desktop. If you kill the process it isn't enough because upon the next start up the process for the corrupt Groove software adds itself to the context menu again. This is exactly what caused the right click function to lock up on me . But I now needed a safe way to keep it off permanently without having to go into the registry and edit things (too risky if you don't know what you're doing there). Doing a bit of research I found a handy program over at softpedia.com. It's called Shell Ex View, and what it does is list the processes running on your PC the only difference is once you do a process of elimination with each process. Narrow it down to the problematic process. Then from this nifty program's interface you can permanently disable the process so that it never re-enables itself. Since I knew what the problematic process was initially it was very easy to get that corrupt process fixed with this program. So, if you're like me and are a novice at registry editing I definitely suggest you check this program out because it works! thanks again, Nick

Everyone here have a blessed Happy New Year!

Fixed! thanks guys, I figured it out. I had to uninstall the divx codec as well as spy sweeper and keep them gone!

Title pretty much says it all. My xp computer has sp2 and when I right click anywhere on the desktop it locks the computer up and I have to reboot everytime. I have webroot spy sweeper and I heard this program adding a context menu item to my right click function causes the glitch. I disabled spy sweeper's ability to put in a context menu item. It didn't solve it. If anyone has a fix for this problem please share. I should also note I did all my safe mode malware/virus scans. thanks, Nick

Hey all, I have a friend that is in the market for a new router. It has to be a G router. Can you guys recommend a router that is inexpensive, stable, and functional? Also, I might want to hack it for her with tomato or ddwrt so could you also consider something that would be hackable. Any help will be appreciated. thanks, Nick

I just downloaded music from the walmart music store as well as amazon's music store. I can't burn an album without it glitching up and saying error next to each track through windows media player. I tried roxio as well and it stalled out as well. I've tried four different disks in case it was the disks. I even tried updating my disk drive via the web but there was no update. Can someone please help me get my cd burning capabilities back? thanks, Nick

For now I decided to block the pings through the router since it works.

It is best to block ping requests, isn't it? When I go into my router (tomato firmware) and I go under the firewall tab and block ping it actually passes the firewall security test. But then I get lag on xbox live even though it tells me I have an open NAT because I use upnp. So then I figured I would allow the router to reply to ping and then just configure the firewalls on the computer to block ping on each individual PC. That way I wouldn't lag while still remaining in tip top shape on each PC. I don't really know what to do other than switching to zone alarm or something instead of McAfee's firewall. It's a shame because I really got pretty familiar with the suite from them and I actually think it's pretty solid except for this latest issue of it not blocking ping when I request it to do so. Anyone that resolved this issue on their own please do post. I know if I had to wait for their tech support to help I'd be nothing but a skeleton in a chair and still nothing would be done about it!

I though this log might be a good laugh for some people. I guess you get what you pay for (free tech support).This log represents the very reason why companies in the United States of America shouldn't ship jobs overseas. This guy kept leading me on for over 40 minutes. I did get rude with him at the end after being lied to and frustrated. Enjoy! > Thank you for contacting McAfee Consumer Support. How can I help you? Jafel: Hi Nick, my name is Jafel and I will be assisting you today. May I have your Comcast email address and your phone number? Customer: hello, I was wondering how to block ping in mcafee firewall program Customer: I chose to not reply to ping in the advanced tab and when i test at grc.com it still replies to ping Customer: how do i solve this? Customer: thanks for your help Jafel: Thank you, Nick. Customer: sure Customer: is there a way to resolve this? Jafel: 1. Please open McAfee SecurityCenter. 2. At the lower right of the pane, click View Details or About. 3. Click SecurityCenter and tell me the version. Customer: give me a minute Customer: version is 8.1 Jafel: Thank you. Jafel: Would you like to block grc.com so that your computer will not reply to it? Customer: I would like my firewall to block all ping requests from all sites Customer: the firewall already stealths me. it replies to ping to some site even though I've chosen to block ping Customer: can we resolve this? Jafel: Let me just check my resources. Customer: all right Jafel: I will be requesting for a Diagnostic Information, please accept it. > representative Jafel has requested system information from customer Customer. Customer: I'm sorry can you prompt it again? > representative Jafel has requested system information from customer Customer. Customer: it blocked out my im window Customer: please resend the request > representative Jafel has requested system information from customer Customer. > customer Customer has sent system information to representative Jafel. > customer Customer has sent system information to representative Jafel. > customer Customer has sent system information to representative Jafel. Customer: there it went through Jafel: Thank you. Jafel: I have checked my resources and that if you go to a certain sites there would be instances that it will ping that site if you go to it. Customer: that is what I'm trying to prevent. I want to block all instances of ping Customer: is that not possible Customer: ? Customer: what if the site is a malicious site and ping is then accepted and not blocked and then I get infected? a good firewall should be able to block all ping requests Customer: my router firewall never fails to block ping Customer: but i would prefer to use mcafee firewall to block all ping Jafel: You will not be able to block all the sites because when you go to a certain web site it will automatically ping it. Customer: when I go to my router and choose to turn on my firewall. I then proceed to block ping through my router firewall and then hit save. after that it NEVER responds to ping Customer: how come this firewall wont do that? Customer: don't tell me it's not possible because it is through my router Customer: security is my top priority Customer: if you can't help me then tell me so Customer: just don't tell me that it isn't possible and it's a normal thing. I can find a free firewall like zone alarm that can do this very thing that I want it to do Customer: block pings that is Jafel: McAfee has settings for ICMP ping request to block ping requests. Customer: but you just said a minute ago that even if that is unchecked some sites will still ping me and that it's a normal thing and it Customer: is inevitable Jafel: Even if you receive a ping request McAfee will not reply to it. Customer: i will copy and paste a log from grc.com this site tests whether or not your firewall can do the job or not Customer: Solicited TCP Packets: PASSED

I though this log might be a good laugh for some people. I guess you get what you pay for (free tech support).This log represents the very reason why companies in the United States of America shouldn't ship jobs overseas. This guy kept leading me on for over 40 minutes. I did get rude with him at the end after being lied to and frustrated. Enjoy! > Thank you for contacting McAfee Consumer Support. How can I help you? Jafel: Hi Nick, my name is Jafel and I will be assisting you today. May I have your Comcast email address and your phone number? Customer: hello, I was wondering how to block ping in mcafee firewall program Customer: I chose to not reply to ping in the advanced tab and when i test at grc.com it still replies to ping Customer: how do i solve this? Customer: thanks for your help Jafel: Thank you, Nick. Customer: sure Customer: is there a way to resolve this? Jafel: 1. Please open McAfee SecurityCenter. 2. At the lower right of the pane, click View Details or About. 3. Click SecurityCenter and tell me the version. Customer: give me a minute Customer: version is 8.1 Jafel: Thank you. Jafel: Would you like to block grc.com so that your computer will not reply to it? Customer: I would like my firewall to block all ping requests from all sites Customer: the firewall already stealths me. it replies to ping to some site even though I've chosen to block ping Customer: can we resolve this? Jafel: Let me just check my resources. Customer: all right Jafel: I will be requesting for a Diagnostic Information, please accept it. > representative Jafel has requested system information from customer Customer. Customer: I'm sorry can you prompt it again? > representative Jafel has requested system information from customer Customer. Customer: it blocked out my im window Customer: please resend the request > representative Jafel has requested system information from customer Customer. > customer Customer has sent system information to representative Jafel. > customer Customer has sent system information to representative Jafel. > customer Customer has sent system information to representative Jafel. Customer: there it went through Jafel: Thank you. Jafel: I have checked my resources and that if you go to a certain sites there would be instances that it will ping that site if you go to it. Customer: that is what I'm trying to prevent. I want to block all instances of ping Customer: is that not possible Customer: ? Customer: what if the site is a malicious site and ping is then accepted and not blocked and then I get infected? a good firewall should be able to block all ping requests Customer: my router firewall never fails to block ping Customer: but i would prefer to use mcafee firewall to block all ping Jafel: You will not be able to block all the sites because when you go to a certain web site it will automatically ping it. Customer: when I go to my router and choose to turn on my firewall. I then proceed to block ping through my router firewall and then hit save. after that it NEVER responds to ping Customer: how come this firewall wont do that? Customer: don't tell me it's not possible because it is through my router Customer: security is my top priority Customer: if you can't help me then tell me so Customer: just don't tell me that it isn't possible and it's a normal thing. I can find a free firewall like zone alarm that can do this very thing that I want it to do Customer: block pings that is Jafel: McAfee has settings for ICMP ping request to block ping requests. Customer: but you just said a minute ago that even if that is unchecked some sites will still ping me and that it's a normal thing and it Customer: is inevitable Jafel: Even if you receive a ping request McAfee will not reply to it. Customer: i will copy and paste a log from grc.com this site tests whether or not your firewall can do the job or not Customer: Solicited TCP Packets: PASSED

Just a quick note to all the gmail users out there. It's been recommended here http://security.Comcast.net/get-smart/security-trends/news-and-alerts.aspx under important security alerts to change settings in google.Learn how to Gmail's new SSL feature. Read more at: http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Why_You_Should_Turn_Gmail_s_SSL_Feature_On_Now All you have to do is log in to your gmail and go under settings and scroll down and check the box to always use https. Just a good security measure to have when checking your mail.

I want to thank you so much guys. You gave me some great advice to work with. Please feel free to add more if you think of it. Another question I thought of before I went to bed last night was insurance. Will that bite me in the butt and be too costly at first or can I afford the cost? Or, do I even need insurance? My gut tells me I probably do. Thanks Again guys

Hey all, after years of some self taught experience I've decided I would like to start my own spyware/antivirus/malware removal business. I have the experience when it comes to cleaning PCs but I don't have the business savvy to get it up and running. I was wondering if anyone had some advice on how to get things started up fairly quickly and legally of course. As always I appreciate everyone's input. I'm not looking to retire from this but I would like to start up fixing a few computers a week. I have one major question as well...I was wondering if I used freeware programs to assist me to get rid of these baddies on people's PC's is that legal or illegal? I wouldn't want to get in trouble to where someone thinks I'm trying to sell these free programs. I just feel that my services and knowledge with certain freeware applications can be helpful to solving people's computer problems. If there are any other things I'm missing to protect myself legally please do comment. Thanks, Nick

I would have to reinstall the firmware in order to find that info out. I might try it tomorrow and see what it says in the upper right corner of the screen. I don't recall what it said in that corner the last time I flashed it.