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I probably didn't understand your post ... there are also two paid versions now, I thought there only used to be one. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download As I said earlier the "free version" is still around but maybe it's not as good as a few versions back. It doesn't seem to have very many "checkmarks" these days ... everything maybe been moved to a paid version, I don't know. It doesn't have "Complete Cleaning" checked for the free version. Not sure what is not "cleaned" and how important it might be. I've always used it with Windows 98SE and XP. Maybe anyone fooling around with Windows 10 will want to check it out.

I was only posting about the free version ... it's still around.

Not really sure how important this is to anyone ... I'm not really following Windows 10 ... I noticed today the new CCleaner had Windows 10 Preview Compatibility added. I didn't know where to really post this ... I wanted it under the Windows 10 topic but move it if necessary. v4.19.4867 (24 Oct 2014) - Added Windows 10 Preview compatibility. - Improved Opera 25 Cache cleaning. - Improved exception handling and reporting architecture. - Improved Auto-Update checking process. - Updated various translations. - Minor GUI Improvements. - Minor bug fixes. ...

That's a good description ... more like a periscope. The military will probably have many uses for it as also police maybe in a hostage standoff. I'm sure the company will sell many of these little devices. It doesn't seem like a real drone to me with the tether line attached for power but it has many uses and small drones with a power supply would be of limited use timewise. ...

Seems like a new drone thread is in order ... the other has gotten so large. All those earlier drone posts about "small or tiny" drones not being able to fly around very long ... might be ancient history. This new small drone will fit in your pocket, fly for hours and send back top quality video. Now we all have reason to be worried about being watched or spied on by a neighbor, police or anybody. From the article: "It fits in your pocket and weights a mere 80 grams. It'll fly continuously for two hours or more, sending back high quality HD video the entire time." There is one catch, if you can call it that ... it has a microfilament tether that unspools from the drone and keeps it constantly connected to communications and power. I guess this is still a drone even though the power is not on board ... still interesting for "long term" spying ... explains why the weight is so low. So a neighbor could easily hover and spy all night looking into windows ... if it's plugged into a power grid, you get two hours + from the base station. Also, the drone can't be messed with jamming signals ... from the article: "Power may be the primary reason why the Pocket Flyer uses a microfilament thether, but there are a bunch of other reasons why it's a good idea. You get high definition video with no lag. You can put a lot of obstacles between you and your drone without having to worry about losing communications. And, you're protected from malicious people trying to mess with your drone, as Greiner explains: If you see these wireless systems, you can look at the signal, and potentially take control of the vehicle. If you're not that technologically sophisticated, you can actually just put noise into the environment and jam the signals, and the drone will lose control. The microfilament is impervious to that." CyPhy Works' New Drone Fits in Your Pocket, Flies for Two Hours 23 Oct 2014 http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/cyphy-works-pocket-flyer-drone I took the above quotes from this article. http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/new-drone-fits-in-your-pocket-flies-for-two-hours-141023.htm ... I'm just thinking that people living in the country with no really close neighbors may not always have their drapes closed, not thinking about a drone hovering around recording everything ... also in a large city living way up many floors with no drapes ... someone on the floor below or above just places the drone a few feet down or up to watch everything. It's amazing with all the drone developements since I started that first drone topic in 2013. I remember no drone talk or much news in 2012. ...

OK ... the news that you have KM74 working a little on W98SE might be of interest in the KM Forum ... after you experiment more. I assume you probably have KernelEx installed. I am sure there are still W98SE users there along with Windows XP. I tried K74 and it seemed to have "some limitations" that the developer didn't carry over into his version ... also a lot of older plugins working with older versions of KM didn't work with KM74 ... that was a few months ago and maybe some of those have been updated. I liked the KM v1.8 version since it still was close to the KM v1.6 (JamesD) version, which I understand better but it has a newer Gecko engine, if I understand things correctly. This is taken from the thread / topic: Question About All These Newer K-Meleon Versions http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?2,128917 "adodupan's 1.8 is a test version of 74 that works on core but IMHO mainly has changes in XUL/Chrome -> Prefernces Panel. You will notice that he asked in General for details about what chrome pref parts do normally when they function. Its both: about broken things and new things." I don't fully understand all the work being done on the various versions but I think everything will eventually end up in a "future" KM74 version update. Great bunch of people over there working on various problems and versions. For now I like KM v1.8 ... don't know if there will be anymore work done with it. ...

It is a little hard to find ... it is in the Development thread under the General thread Support & Development Development The third sticky down ... started by adodupan Sticky: K-Meleon 1.8.0 Development The first link : gecko.24.kmeleon.1.8.24.build.22 under George Haal on Page 0ne I don't know if it will work with Windows 98SE but no harm in experimenting ... *** Forgot the links: Development : K-Meleon Forum http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/list.php?2 http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?2,126206

I thought someone might answer your question, so I will reply. I have no real answer for you ... I don't use Firefox and I am not using this newer KM version at present. I am using KM v1.8.24 which is "connected" to the newer version on early research or trials. I was using (and still have it available) the KM v1.60 by JamesD and then in August I discovered KM v1.8.24 ... it's more like the KM JamesD version but newer. It doesn't seem to use much resources. Go to the KM forum under the General tab and ask your question ... I am sure JohnHell or JamesD or someone will answer your question ... you do not have to be a member to post anything, I am pretty sure. I seem to remember someone making a comment about FF and KM some time back ... it may have been JohnHell. ...

herbalist ... welcome back ! ... really missed your posts dealing with security and all the crazy stuff going on. ...

Good one ... worth watching more than once ! ...

Starting a new post ... the other is long enough. I missed that about Windows 7 in your first post ... that Netgear card will not work with Windows 7 ... I think ... so with Windows 7 and XP on one computer probably something more "modern" is the answer ... I only have XP on my notebooks. I found this at the Major Geeks forum: The first link in the answer by Squeaner does still work and you might want to download it and save it in a folder ... maybe it will be useful, maybe not. thinkpad t42 wireless problem http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=210783 *** just to add ... perhaps someone else with a Thinkpad T42 can be of help to you. I just pulled one of the Netgear WG511 v2 boxes out of storage ... it says it will work with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 Professional and XP ... no Windows 7 mentioned. However, this card did not work very well for me with Windows 98SE ... it was hit and miss, maybe the Netgear drivers were at fault for this newer card ... when I used an older Netgear card with Windows 98SE, everything worked great. That's when I decided to put XP on my T42 notebooks ... that was a good move ... I thinks this card had better drivers for XP, seems to be flawless. Just my observations. ...

From what I remember over 2 1/2 years ago ... the part about going back to an older driver was on the Thinkpad forum. I have been searching around and can't spot any talk about it. Perhaps IBM or Lenovo fixed or released a newer working driver since then. I seem to remember as I searched ... there were many people having problems with the WiFi on the T42 notebook. I had the Netgear card working and after a few more months of searching finally found the solution to the T42 WiFi working. So I have two ways to connect with WiFi ... I have the IBM T42 internal WiFi turned off and use the Netgear card. After I got everything working to my satisfaction ... I made an image backup of both machines ... never going to have that problem again. This is the Netgear card that I bought ... you don't have to buy it ... I had an older Netgear card to use for Windows 98 but it didn't seem to work well with XP so I got a few of these cards ... they were $15 then for new ... today I see the price is $5.25 ... it looks like a new sealed card but it might be used. http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-WG511V2-54Mbps-802-11g-Wireless/dp/B003HY35O4 I also found the card here at Amazon for $59.33 from another seller ... After I tried it out on my T42 XP setup and it worked OK ... I bought 3 or 4 more to use and have some "spares" in case one of my cards went bad ... newer notebooks no longer have these PCMIA slots, I think ... don't know for sure with "all" newer notebooks ... so I figured these cards were no longer going to be made, wanted to play safe. I have used this card like crazy many times every day for years and it still works just fine ... I guess better to be safe than sorry and have a spare or two. http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-Mbps-Wireless-Card-WG511/dp/B003WT3IB4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413104941&sr=8-2&keywords=Netgear+WG511V2 Your Netgear stick should work ... just check the latest drivers for XP I guess. *** Just to add ... that first card being sold for $5.25 looks to be new ... it says "fullfilled by Amazon" and it looks just like what I bought in 2012 ... the box and everything. I would say it is a never used product ... but not 100% sure ... in case anyone else might want this kind of Netgear card for an XP setup. There is an answer out there somewhere. ...

I have two T42 Thinkpads and there are problems with the WI-Fi drivers as I remember from 2012 when setting up Windows XP. I bought a Netgear card (WG511 v2) ... very cheap from an Amazon seller and like it better in my T42. To make the Thinkpad Wi-Fi work I found a solution from others having the same problem ... the latest driver has to replaced with an older driver ... also do not download any WI-Fi driver from the MS update. They have an IBM driver there under Other Software or something and it will take off the old driver and put the newer driver back on and screw everything up ... at least it did on my machine. You will need to search around on Google and the Thinkpad forum ... you may not have the same problem that I had ... my Wi-Fi works fine but I like using the Netgear card in the PCMIA slot better ... will pick up more signals. Thinkpad T42 Wi-Fi search on Google: http://www.google.com/search?q=thinkpad+t42+XP+wifi+problem&btnG=Search&complete=0&hl=en&gbv=1&spell=1 https://www.google.com/search?num=100&safe=off&complete=0&hl=en&gbv=2&q=thinkpad+t42+wi-fi+problem+need+older+driver&oq=thinkpad+t42+wi-fi+problem+need+older+driver&gs_l=serp.12...0.0.0.5053.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c..55.serp..0.0.0.uVoQAE_QwNs It took me awhile to get it figured out ... maybe this will get you started but you're problem may be something different ... someone on Google or the Thinkpad forum may have the same problem. ...

Ok ... appreciate the replies. I will say that the games are OK and play nice on my setup, no problems except for what I described earlier ... also, I don't remember ever having this occur with anything else, just these free games. I downloaded Wireshark 1.12.1 and a message popped up that it "may" not work with XP and that I should download Wireshark 1.10.10 ... so I will get that version and see what information I get. I was just curious if others play some of these free games and if they also have the game trying to connect home when they start the game? Perhaps some firewalls are better than others and will pick up on the attempt to connect to the internet ... maybe no firewall program can detect the connection attempt ... that would be interesting to know ... also maybe because I am on XP versus a newer OS might have some bearing ... don't know. thanks ...

Last year I downloaded a few free games from a website and just a few days ago I downloaded a couple more from Game Top ... http://www.gametop.com/category/downloadable.html My question is a simple one which I know one of you real gamers can probably give me an answer ... I have searched around but can find no information. Ok, I download and install the free game but every time I click on the game to play or to quit playing, the game makes an attempt to connect to the internet. I am not connected at the time and these free simple games can be played alone on a PC ... no internet connection needed. My question is ... how are these internet connection attempts not going through my firewall so I could put the firewall setting at "No" and it would never happen again? It's a bit annoying but how does the game go straight online and by-pass the firewall? I am wondering about other possible programs going on the internet and bypassing the firewall also ... if these simple free games can do it. So far every free game that I have tried has the ability to not be picked up by my firewall ... like I said earlier, if it did go through the firewall ... I could set the setting to "No" for all future attempts. thanks ...

I mostly look around for XP news these days so I missed all these Windows 10 developments ... I only found the article, that I posted earlier about, interesting since it made mention of Windows XP. I asked to have the post removed since it is no longer relevant. ...

OK ... a stupid question from an XP user. A short time ago I posted a link to an article from Asia about the possibility of Windows 9 being "free" when it is released ... also there was some mention that there might be a special deal for XP users in some way. I'm not following these newer OSs too much since I will probably remain with XP anyway. However reading these posts over the last few days ... I'm a bit confused. All the talk is now Windows 10 and jumping from Windows 8 to Windows 10. Simple question ... where is Windows 9 fitting into all this or it doesn't fit. Is Windows 9 just an "enhansed" update for Windows 8 but being called Windows 9 ??? There is no talk or mention of Windows 9 ... just talk of jumping from Windows 8 to Windows 10 ... so there appears to be "no real interest" in Windows 9. I'm just curious about all this ... you guys know the new stuff coming on the horizon. I would have never posted the link to the article ... that Windows 9 could be possibilty free, it seems to already be "ancient history". ... OK I just now spotted a post by JorgeA: Here's an explanation (see the comments section) for why Microsoft jumped from Windows 8 to Windows 10. So Windows 9 no longer exists ... so it won't ever be free for anyone as it never really existed !!! Just missed all this news.

That's what I was also thinking ... since sharks are known to eat almost anything. I believe license plates and you name it has been found in a shark's s stomach ... maybe everything except a riding lawnmower. That's interesting about Google’s Undersea Cables ... maybe the sharks are on our side! Perhaps the eletrical impulses going through the cables are picked up by the shark since they and other sea animals can read electrical impulses of sea creatures in "fear" mode and such. Don't know, just a theory, not very scientific.

How many of those will be eaten by sharks ???

Today on Giveaway of the Day there is a Ram Disk program (also with other tools) being offered. Someone replied about another program that once cost money but is now free ... I have downloaded it but not tried it out yet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "For an excellent RamDisk Software that will create as many “RamDisks” as you wish (subject to the available RAM on your system, including making it load at Startup (optional) so that you can use a “RamDisk” as your “Temp Directories” Location making all actions taking place in “temp files” to run MUCH faster. Also an OPTION to create a File (ON DISK) to which the contentsd of any Ramdisk you choose may write to at Windows Shut down! Other options ... I BOUGHT v3.2.2 in March 2012 just a few months before they made it a FREE Program !!! That’s right an EXCELLENT Commercial program (running on my Widows 7 Home Premium Machine) available for FREE! Current version (as of Sept. 28,2014 was RamDisk v3.4.6 The Download page (and more information is Here: https://www.softperfect.com/products/ramdisk/ I hope that helps someone!!! Comment by Chris Roy Jackson — October 7th, 2014 at 4:17 am " --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SoftPerfect RAM Disk for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 https://www.softperfect.com/products/ramdisk/ SoftPerfect RAM Disk is a free high-performance RAM disk application that lets you have a disk on your computer entirely stored in its memory. As the memory is much faster than physical hard disks, storing temporary data on a fast in-memory disk to achieve a higher performance. Whatever your job is, read on to find out what a RAM disk can offer you. SoftPerfect RAM Disk creates a virtual disk residing in the computer RAM accessible in Windows Explorer and other applications, allowing you to store any temporary information on this disk. Furthermore, Windows can be configured to use the RAM disk for temporary files, so that the system and most applications would use the fast in-memory disk for temporary data. As Windows and third-party applications often create a large number of temporary files for a short time only, using a RAM disk will extend your hard disk’s life by sparing it from excessive reading and writing. Modern computers are equipped with at least 1 GB of RAM, and most of the time there is a lot of unused memory that could be used as a high-performance alternative to the slower hard disk storage. This product lets you create any number of virtual RAM disks limited only by the memory available. You can also work with on-disk images and RAM disks associated with an on-disk file, that ensures your data is preserved between sessions. Key features of the RAM Disk: + Any number of RAM disks. In practice, up to 26 disks due to the number of drive letters available. + Any RAM disk size on 64-bit systems. Up to approximately 3.5 GB on 32-bit systems. + Persistent RAM disks with an associated on-disk image. + Volatile RAM disks whose content disappears on shutdown. + Built-in disk image manipulation tools. ...

Thanks TELVM ... I was waiting for the "portable" version to show up which I downloaded yesterday ... just tried everything out a few hours ago. The latest portable version is at the link in my first post. I guess all is well since people have the option to turn off the monitoring or let it run. When I first tried the latest version ... monitoring was not checked or running. That's for the portable version, don't know how the setup is ... if a person installs the latest version. The article link that you posted explains a few things ... why there were two releases in two days. I hadn't read the article so thanks for the link. Probably most people know about the CCleaner Slim version ... it can be found at the regular home page with a little searching ... it's also available at MajorGeeks, if you like an installed version ... the size is listed at 3.6 MB. CCleaner Slim 4.18.4844 http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/ccleaner_slim.html ...

K-Meleon 74 was listed on 29 Sep 2014 at FileHippo for downloading and also some other sites ... in case anyone is interested. *** Also you can follow any additional news on KM 74 changes or news here : K-Meleon 74 Release (the first top sticky) http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/list.php?8 Latest posts from Page 2 : http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?8,129657,page=2 * Also these websites seem to say "Windows All" or list all the Windows versions ... I am fairly certain it won't work with Windows 9x and also possibly not with Windows 2000 ... but I am not 100 % sure ... for XP and higher, I would think. OK the last post at the KM 74 thread on page 2 seems to cover a few extras and what OS should work with this new version ... Posted by: siria Date: September 30, 2014 06:49PM The new version is announced on many software sites now. But most sites claim KM74 would still run on Win2000 (Aside from showing old version screenshots and sounding like it were developed by Firefox) We really could use a few basic details on the news/download/forum pages. Perhaps something like that? (Download KM74....) Much improved display of modern websites. New settings for hiding titlebar and tabs multi-line Based on Mozilla-Code ESR24. System requirements: Windows min. XP SP2 / Disk space min. 64MB (empty cache and profile) About tabs multi-line, dimly remember it was announced as experimental/for testing? Does it fully work now? And still confused that UA says gecko 24.0 but platform.ini 24.7 FileHippo Main Page: http://www.filehippo.com/ K-Meleon 74.0 http://www.filehippo.com/download_kmeleon Freeware Files: http://www.freewarefiles.com/K-Meleon_program_23392.html Softpedia: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/KMeleon.shtml ...

Just noticed last night that the new free version of CCleaner v4.18.4842 (25 Sep 2014) which has already been replaced by CCleaner v4.18.4844 (26 Sep 2014) has something new added ... which may be good or not so good. Here are the version changes: # v4.18.4844 (26 Sep 2014) - Added Active System Monitoring for Free users - Improved Firefox Saved Password cleaning. - Improved Opera History cleaning. - Improved 64-bit build architecture for Window 8 and 8.1. - Added Ashampoo Burning Studio 14, XnView and FastStone Capture cleaning. - Improved localization support. - Minor GUI Improvements. - Minor bug fixes. # v4.18.4842 (25 Sep 2014) - Added Active System Monitoring for Free users - Improved Firefox Saved Password cleaning. - Improved Opera History cleaning. - Improved 64-bit build architecture for Window 8 and 8.1. - Added Ashampoo Burning Studio 14, XnView and FastStone Capture cleaning. - Improved localization support. - Minor GUI Improvements. - Minor bug fixes. I'm wondering about the first line ... Added Active System Monitoring for Free users Sounds like something that will always be "running" in the background ... I just mention this for discussion ... as I said earlier, could be "good" or "bad" or "not necessary". You may want to stay with the last version before this was added. I have not tried the new version so I don't know much about it. I found this information about "System Monitoring" : Thursday, September 25, 2014 CCleaner v4.18 CCleaner version 4.18 is now ready for download! In this release, we've added one of our most requested features to the free version- Active System Monitoring. While not as powerful as the Professional version, CCleaner Free can now monitor your system in the background and detect when to Clean based on space that can be saved. We've also improved cleaning for Firefox Saved Passwords and Opera History as well as adding cleaning for several new applications! ... anyone have more information or thoughts on this. I personally feel I don't need CCleaner to be running in the background ... I run CCleaner several times during a session anyway and always just before I shut down my computer ... maybe it can be "turned off" and not be using resources ... not sure. I use the "portable version" anyway ... click on the "All Versions" tab. The latest version hasn't been added yet. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/security/system_cleanup/ccleaner_portable.cfm ... I also noticed this, which may be new or not ... the "Free" version does not have a check beside "Complete Cleaning" ... maybe it has always been that way, I don't know or maybe the older versions did have "Complete Cleaning" ... they may be trying to sell the paid version (s), nothing wrong with that, just can't say for sure. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download Complete Cleaning is not checked under the CCleaner Free version ... so what is not cleaned or left behind and did older free versions offer "Complete Cleaning" ???

Well ... fool me once, fool me twice, fool me six times or however that little verse goes !!! The picture in the article reminds me of something I once saw at a traveling carnival ... I paid my dollar to see something described as "not from this world" ... the carnival barker had the last laugh as usual when I and the other people came out the side exit of the tent !!! Pretty much the same thing I got from the Discovery Channel in reference to the Mermaid broadcast ... I just didn't have to walk into a tent.

Just a heads up if you use Gmail ... I hadn't heard of this till now. *** Add ... I just now saw that xper mentioned this yesterday in Technology News. I missed that ... I only added it here since "security" is discussed every now and then. Millions of Gmail accounts hacked, was yours one of them? by Fidel Martinez @ThisIsFusion http://fusion.net/modern_life/story/millions-gmail-accounts-hacked-1036842 09/10/2014 A database containing close to 5 million gmail user names and passwords has been leaked on a Russian bitcoin forum, a popular Russian website devoted to the cryptocurrency. The text file was published on Tuesday night by user tvskit, according to CNews, the Russian news outlet that first broke the story. The leaker claimed that the majority of the accounts belong to users who speak English, Russian, or Spanish, and that approximately 60 percent are active. The passwords not only give access to Gmail, but a slew of other Google services such as Drive and the mobile payment system Google Wallet. Svetlana Anurova, a Google representative, told CNews that the tech giant is aware of the breach and encouraged users to select a stronger password and enable two-step verification, a security measure where users are required to provide a passcode sent to their mobile devices before any changes can be made to their account. The Gmail leak comes on the heels of two other major security breaches leaked on the same Bitcoin forum, which targeted Russian email service prodiver Mail.ru and search engine Yandex. Those two breaches affected nearly 6 million Internet users. Find out if your account was compromised You can verify whether your account was affected by clicking here and entering your gmail address. It's that simple. You can also enable Google's 2-step verification by following the company's easy steps. UPDATE 3:01 PM Google issued the following statement to Fusion: "The security of our users' information is a top priority for us. We have no evidence that our systems have been compromised, but whenever we become aware that accounts may have been, we take steps to help those users secure their accounts." ...