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Very welcome.

You may have an option in your bios that will allow you to assign your network device to a different IRQ. The system sometimes can assign multiple power hungry devices to the same IRQ and one of the devices often suffers as a result.

While it's true that your NIC, like any other device, uses system memory to function, I've yet to see anyone assign Random Access Memory to it specifically. I don't think you can. If I'm not mistaken, it just uses what it needs.

Microsoft puts limits on updates to fight piracy By TODD BISHOP Tuesday, July 26, 2005 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its campaign against piracy with a program that requires Windows users to show their copy of the operating system is authentic before they can receive many online software updates. The program, known as Windows Genuine Advantage, has been in public testing for the past 10 months, but the authentication process was previously a voluntary option for users wanting to download updates. Today, that authentication becomes a requirement in most cases. People using the Microsoft Update and Windows Update sites will no longer be able to download Windows add-ons and updates -- including security fixes -- from those sites without first going through an automatic online validation process. However, Microsoft says it will still let people who haven't validated their copies of the program get the same Windows security fixes through the company's separate Download Center and Automatic Update services. "For things that are dangerous vulnerabilities, we want to patch those for everyone, just to protect the overall ecosystem," said David Lazar, director of the Genuine Windows program. At the same time, other programs available through the Download Center won't be available to people without authenticated Windows versions. One is the free Windows AntiSpyware program. That's despite the fact that Bill Gates, earlier this year, said Microsoft decided to make it available for free because such features "should be available to protect every system." Lazar said yesterday that the company sees the free anti-spyware program as more of an added value for legitimate users, in contrast with an essential update that fixes a dangerous vulnerability. For that reason, he said, Microsoft will be making the anti-spyware tool available only to people who validate their Windows copy through the Genuine Advantage program. "We believe that the added value should be reserved exclusively for genuine Windows customers." The validation process works through a small utility program called an ActiveX control that can check the authenticity of a Windows copy. People seeking to download programs and updates from Microsoft will be prompted to first authenticate their copy of Windows by downloading that ActiveX control. Microsoft says the process is anonymous, not collecting any information to identify a user. In a change from the initial testing period, the company says it no longer will ask people to enter the 25-digit product key as part of the validation process. A study by the Business Software Alliance found that 35 percent of PC software is pirated. As part of the Genuine Advantage program, Microsoft is offering people who validate their Windows copies extra programs that the company values at $450 total. It also is offering people with counterfeit or pirated Windows the chance to buy genuine copies for as little as half the retail price, if they meet certain conditions. Source: seattlepi.com

Congrats...post scores ASAP! Are you going with the 30/5 since the first month is free?

Russian top spammer killed It looks like Russia's taking its fight against spam a little further than most other countries. The nation's biggest spammer, Vardan Kushnir, was found murdered in his apartment this past weekend. While every human death is a tragedy, one might argue that it's too good an end for spammers, who should be instead tortured for decades before being allowed eternal rest. Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment Wow.

I can only think of a few other things that I hate as much as spam, popups (the bad ones) and senseless advertising that may contain viruses. If all were completely gone, several companies/software wouldn't exist though.

Wow, 33 votes! I guess random polls aren't that popular.

Looking good!

Hot on the heels of Google Earth, MSN continues to play catch up with MSN Virtual Earth, a rival planet-browsing product aimed at geographically curious surfers the world over. MSN's product is at this early stage very different from Google, offering only US and Canada-based locations, as well as fewer locations and attractions. On the other hand, it's a browser app that does not require a separate download (scary to some people), and its MSN Spaces integrations are bound to turn it into a blogging crowd pleaser in the long run. The battle of the giants continues, and it keeps blessing us with cool toys, services and applications: by all means, fight on! MSN Virtual Earth

Police swoop on 300 email scammers Spanish authorities in joint operation with FBI report significant arrests Iain Thomson, vnunet.com 22 Jul 2005 Spanish police have carried out a mass raid on email scammers, arresting over 300 people at 166 locations. The raids were part of a joint operation with the FBI and netted 2,000 mobile phones, 327 computers, 165 fax machines and

Kaspersky Internet Security has one built in. I'd be lying if I told you it was the best because I wouldn't know as I don't use it alone. My main popup blocker is PopUpCop and it's always running (nothing has been better for me

Around $50.00. That's what I'm guessing. Kaspersky Personal Security Suite costs $49.95, and it contains anti-virus & anti-hacker (firewall). Two different programs that install together. KIS2006 is built on different technology and includes far more protection features in one neat package. It may cost more, or they might release a KIS2006/KAV2006 Professional Edition which would be more for sure.

Added to the poll.

Who did you go through?

The intergrated firewall works great. That's the one I was talking about.

I hate the MS logo on top like that.

He has two rows of toolbars like me. Like now, for instance, my sig has the MS logo directly to the left of sig_x in 1280x1024, but when I switch my resolution to 1024x768, the MS logo can't fit on the left, so it's above sig_x. Being that everything gets bigger with the lower resolution, my sig can't fit altogether below my post.

I don't know why it was strange for me cholla.

Yep, I got the error earlier today. I figured that some kind of work was being done to the server. Keep up the good work.

You are out of control VB. Unbelievable!!!

The reason that I'm doing this poll is because yesterday, while working on a friends computer, I visited TestMy.net from his system. The forum looked extremely large. His resolution is set at 1024x768. That's the highest resolution he can achieve on his flat panel. Signatures that normally look great on my screen were enormous and out of place on his. It felt like I was looking at 640x480.

Judging from your scores, I'd say that you received the upgrade. 4000/384 = 6000/384 6000/768 = 8000/768 Upgrades are scheduled to begin in various areas by the end of this month and are to be completed by the end of summer.

If you are looking for a free solution, always remember that you get what you pay for (in this case, what you don't pay for). If you want hardcore protection that blows all contenders away, I recommend Kaspersky Internet Security 2006. It offers the best protection against viruses, leads the field in detection, and has a feature rich firewall built right in. It's also very easy on the resources.

A newer release has been uploaded to the ftp. Get it here: ftp://kav2006:[email protected]/6.0.13.178/ This release addresses annoying little bugs that the previous release had.