Tarun

Refer to Lunarsoft System Clean.

Use Gateway (Adaptec) Goback 2.22 and never had a problem with it, on a WinME machine too.

Passwords are encrypted via MD5. You cannot reverse this at all. As far as the passwords being altered within phpMyAdmin, that I do not know but I do not believe it would be possible.

Robbers scared off by Playstation game get jail time (12/11/04 – SANTA FE, TX) — A video game notorious for violence and mature content may have actually saved a Santa Fe family. Back in March, Sandy Wilson was taking care of her three grandsons when a group of men attempted to burglarize her home, pointing a gun at the kids. The children happened to be playing a video game called Grand Theft Auto at the time. The game has dozens of random police scanner messages, which blare out calls such as "This is the police! You’re surrounded!" Believe it or not, Wilson says the burglars heard that message and thought police were outside the door waiting for them. Galveston County Asst DA Michael Elliott explained, "The police in the game were staying, 'Stop, we have you surrounded. This is the police.’ The burglar, unknowingly, thought this was the actual police and panicked ... being apprehended by Playstation." "Thinking that it was pretty funny," recalled young victim Chaze Fisher. "How they were, like, ran off, and they got all scared over a game." Police arrested the four men. Samuel Woodrow received a five-year prison sentence this week. Ronnie Farris is serving four years. Lucas Griffin got probation. And Zachary Brandenburg’s trial is in January. Source: ABC13 News

Windows ME was made with core Windows 2000 technologies. I recall hearing about that way back after ME was being released. What's a pity is that they didn't include the option to use NTFS, or have a pointer shadow. ;D

I too received a PM; however, after receiving the PM I checked the rules and guess what? Much like in my original post it did not say using more than one image was against the rules. In fact, the rules were changed AFTER I had REPLIED to the PM. Something seem a bit wrong with that anyone? Sure seems like it to me. :\

The images were a firing M82 sniper rifle seen here and of course my current signature. Now, explain to me how two images in a signature that are not excessive in file size or pixels h x w can be problematic when hosted offsite? So two small images take up THAT much bandwidth? Interesting, and when hosted offsite too. Let me just say this in closing. I first came here under 28.8k speeds and I could handle animated sigs with two or more images in the sigs just fine. Yes, that's right. On DIALUP at 28.8kbps. This leads me to believe that the above quote has no validity in that very sense. Here's another thing. I'm not singling you guys out, but this is a prime example; be it a form of discrimination or simply being biased. Why was Simonsays sig changed, and not Gameheads sig? Is it because Gamehead is a mod and Simonsays is a member? The rules need a serious overhaul, this much is becoming more and more apparent. I wouldn't be surprised if some people start to boycott this site. :\

I found it so strange after all this time, when I update my sig I get a PM about it when -as stated in the first post- I saw no violations.

I concur. I also read over the rules many, MANY times when I just recently updated my signature to be sure that nothing was breaking the rules. From what I read, nothing was violating the rules. Until today. Kind of gives you that feeling like someone's out to get you cause they're having a bad day or God knows what. Also Gamehead, not to single you out, but I believe your signature is now in violation of the new rules too. Just because of those tiny little images at the bottom of your sig. I now see why you said the following: Slick dude! I do feel this issue is extremely out of hand and I, along with many others I'm sure, do not appreciate this. Makes you start to think about finding another website to frequent.

I was told this via Private Message. If need be I will forward the PM. The image is a site logo, linked offsite to my website. 240x110. It is in accordance to what I was told via PM. As per the rules, yes the image is over.. by 10 pixels in the height. Would that be such an extreme issue? I would think not, I would believe there would be some leeway. I just not really noticed, but I had an M82 sniper rifle that was an animated gif. Nothing was said for all the months I used it. Not one word. Just little things I find very interesting. I'm not trying to pick a fight or chew anyone out, I'm just really confused by all this. These conflicting issues need to be resolved. :\ Perhaps a full rewrite of the rules is in order?

I'm not one to complain usually, but I find this a bit ridiclious. Call it a rant if you will but this is my forum issue. Before, the signatures rules said as follows: This can also be seen here. Also, refer to this thread In that very thread, several moderators saw no problem with having more than one image. In fact, the rules never stated before that you are limited to one image in your signature. Do take note of this: Images in signatures are limited to 300x100 and 80kb. Yes, images. More than one. In fact I still see many members and have for a LONG TIME who have more than one image in their signatures. Why is this suddenly becoming such a huge issue? Seriously, it doesn't seem write to change the rules as well because of more than one image in a signature. The rules never stated that you could not have more than one image. The rules now read as follows. It goes well beyond any logical explaination. It's not like these rules were being greatly abused with tons of images. In fact seeing two images was and still is quite common. I just recently changed my signature and it had two images in it. In reply, and I'll bold the key point here: In reply to my message is as follows: In the new rules, did anyone notice how it still says at the beginning "images"? The rules are still quite off. How can you have images when it says one? Then again I could very well be acting critical on this. But why should members get in trouble over this now when others -including many moderators- have not seen any issue with this? I'm not pointing fingers at anyone, nor am I blaming anyone. I see this as an issue that needs to be clarified and resolved. Perhaps this is just me; but does anyone else see something totally wrong with the rules being changed because of two images in a signature? I certainly do. Best regards, Tarun

Right click your Desktop and choose Properties. Then go under Appearance. Not an XP user but I -think- that wil be what you want.

I sometimes had that auto login thing. Basically you just say OK with no username/password. You can also mess around with the Networks part of the Control Panel, my memory is a bit vague on this but I recall messing with it, changing something and it stopped asking completely.

Sounds good. Thanks for the swift reply.

I have of course noticed the Submit News menu option, and was wondering if there is a preferred method. Should users continue to post the news into the forums, or use the above mentioned method?

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This is a common reply from people who sadly are unsure of how to properly configure their system's hardware (including drivers) and software. Windows ME is perfectly stable and can handle much more than 98 ever could.

Been in contact with Gape and will attempt to get something worked out. Finals this week (until Thursday, Dec 9, 04) so time is precious.

I'll just ask two questions. First, do you have a messenger like AIM or MSN? Second, how big is the file?

LOL, I like your new sig I agree! That's great! *Snicker*

Now, etc. included SpyBot S&D and Spyware Blaster right?

*wonders what happened to gamehead 199......* Gamehead199 was an older, outdated version and since was replaced with the new, highly optimized Gamehead200. This also officially marked the end of the beta series of Gamehead's and since then Gamehead200 has become the final build/release. ;D --------- I've actually done a lot of nickhopping, having been many, MANY names but none were really me. Seriously, I've been... Liono, Cloud, Squall, Zidane, Tidus, HardBoot, EnigmaticFreak, CrypticEnigma, PrimaVistaBot (My chat bot, RIP), Silent_Tiger (Given by a friend), Ixion (Also a gift from another friend) and I don't know what else. Being highly into role play I needed a character that was more "me". From that desire and need came Tarun; a fully flexible, highly adaptable role play character. The character involves a mix of reality (irl stuff) and role play based items, stemming from vast amounts of video games (FF series, HOOAH!) to things from anime's and more. I'm sure you all have seen the Lunarian tag under my name, as my character is a Lunarian. Not exactly human, but appears human and is pretty much identical to a human with a few exceptions. Those being that he can breathe in space, learn and adapt to things very quickly and so forth. But of course, he was born on the Earth's moon and blah blah blah the end. ;D

Lunarsoft Everyone from Msfn is cordially invited! With all of the success I've had with the small site of tech support/spyware cleaning I've decided to finally launch my site that will feature the following... Forums Downloads Tech support Search website features Polls Wiki Web links RSS Feeds ...and much more! As I expand the site and forums I will of course listen to suggestions and more. More features will be added and I hope to see the site turn into yet another great community!

Crash test boobies!

Ahh, my apologies. Please delete this post if you wish.