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You can try the chown utility for windows. http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~frink/chown.zip Extract chown.exe to the WINDOWS folder for ease of use. Once done, goto Start -> Run (or CMD.exe) and type: chown -r -v Username Foldername Where Username is your current account name in XP, and Foldername is the name of the folder or files which you want to take ownership of. (wildcards * and ? are supported)

Technically, you can have a folder/file named CON, NUL etc. The problem comes when windows tries to access the folder, it'll give priority to CON the device and not CON the folder. Therefore, the folder becomes virtually inaccessible. One can create such a folder in a Windows drive from another OS like *nix, or in a non standard way that won't confuse Windows/DOS, like this: (type this in the command prompt) MD \\.\C:\con This will create a folder called con in C:\. You can create a file in the same way. The reason why this method works is that by specifying the dot operator, the OS knows that the command is dealing with folders, thus it doesn't get confused with con the device.

Quit Firefox or Mozilla Copy the two files in VLC_Installation_folder\mozilla (usually C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\mozilla) to your mozilla plugins directory (Usually C:\Program Files\Mozilla\plugins or C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins). Restart Firefox or Mozilla

Comodo or Jetico. Jetico is just a notch better than Comodo but Comodo is free. Both are small and light.

He doesn't want to block the drives, he just wants to prevent his files from being copied.

Aren't you guys being too harsh? Why don't you wait till SP1 and see how it turns out? Every new OS is bound to have bugs. Especially more so with Vista with all the big changes. By the time SP1 is out (november?) the hardware manufacturers, software makers, users, Microsoft.. everyone would have enough time to iron out the bugs. My point is, its too early to pass any harsh judgement on Vista.

No, updating drivers and firmware is different. Firmware is the software thats present inside your drive. Usually updating the firmware fixes bugs and adds new functionality. To get the latest firmware, go to your manufacturers website.

Sygate isn't a good firewall, its average. If you must use a firewall then use the best - Comodo or Jetico. Anyways, the topic of this thread is about running a PC without a firewall / antivirus. http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-p...sts-results.php Firefox with NoScript isn't secure. The most secure (graphical) web-browser is Opera.

Yes, that's right. btw, did you try updating your firmware?

Good for you, but I was replying to your comment on how one could be secure using IE. I'm just saying that its possible to use IE without third-party software and remain secure. The best option is, of course, to not use IE. Why not? I've never used anything other then IE. IE 5, 6 and now 7. I've never had any problems with it. I agree never had a problem using IE. Good for you, but I was replying to your comment on how one could be secure using IE. I'm just saying that its possible to use IE without third-party software and remain secure. The best option is, of course, to not use IE. Why not? I've never used anything other then IE. IE 5, 6 and now 7. I've never had any problems with it. I said, it was the best option. I never said that you cannot be secure with IE. I have no problems with IE either. Infact, if you read my above posts, I clearly mentioned a few steps one can take to be secure with IE.

Good for you, but I was replying to your comment on how one could be secure using IE. I'm just saying that its possible to use IE without third-party software and remain secure. The best option is, of course, to not use IE.

I've thought of two solutions, both of which can be implemented using scripts. Method I: ----------- This method prevents the user from copying anything from the server to the removable drive. For this to work properly: - You should only use a Limited account. All Administrator accounts must be password protected. - You need to set the Desktop and most areas as read only or restricted. You can allow My Documents and maybe a few other folders write access. - You may optionally disable the command prompt. Once that is done, here's how it works: - If the server folder is open and a writable folder is opened (eg: My documents), then the server window is closed automatically. - If the server folder is open and a file copy dialog is active, then the file copying is cancelled. - If the clipboard contains a path to a file or folder on the server, then the clipboard is cleared. - Optionally, the save function for some programs like Media Player may be disabled. Logic: The logic here is that people usually copy files in two ways - by drag-drop across two windows or by Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V. When the server window and a writable window are open at the same time, then its obvious that the user wants to copy files. The server window is closed instantly. When the program detects that the clipboard contains paths to the server (as a result of Ctrl+C) then it clears it so that the user won't be able to paste. Limitations: The user can still copy files using a non standard way, say by running a pre-made script/program meant for copying files. Method II: ------------ This method deletes any illegal files found on a removable drive Requirements: - All files on the server must be organised properly, ie, MP3s MUST be in a proper MP3 folder, Videos must be only in a Video folder, and so on. Basically the script should know where a particular file exists on the server without having to do a search. -or- you can maintain a list/database of all files that you're sharing. Working: The script will constantly monitor the files on any removable drive. If any new files have been copied, it'll check if those files exist on the server. If the file is present on the server, the script will immediately delete it. Limitations: There may be problems using the "Safely remove hardware" feature- since the script is constantly monitoring the drive, Windows will think its in use and will not able to safely remove. This however can be countered by making the user click a different icon that'll temporarily stop monitoring the drive- the user will have to use that icon to safely remove the drive. Another limitation is that since the file is deleted, it could be undeleted using recovery software. To prevent that from happening the script can securely erase the file- this may mean while the script is busy erasing the files, the user may pull out the drive and be able to recover those that haven't been fully erased.

sounds interesting m8,i'm sure that u won't b d/lin those plugins which newbies fall for but m8 wat abt nasty scripts on some of the sites.U use IE also na???which version coz IE6 is a bit vulnerable tot hose nasty scripts It doesn't matter. Firstly, if you know exactly what sites you're visiting, you don't need any special protection. Secondly, you can make even IE secure by turning off things like ActiveX. You're more protected when you browse as a limited user. And you're even more protected if you run IE with limited priviledges using the SAFER policy. Other than common sense, there are plenty of such little things changes you can do here and there, and they go a long way in protecting the system.

What about the data cable, are you sure you conected it properly? Does the drive make a sound or vibrate when the PC boots? Its possible that your drive had been manually configured, and when you switched the PC off the BIOS settings could have been resetted. Enter the CMOS setup and manually enter your drive parameters (Cylinder, Head, Sector)- you can find this info on the sticker on the drive or on the manufacturers website.

You probably didn't connect the drive properly? Check the jumper setting, data and power cables again. Is your BIOS detecting the drive?

Let me try to understand your scenario: - You have a server containing audio and video. - You wan't your customers to be able to play/view them on the workstations. - You don't want them to copy the files, only view or play them. If that's the case, 1) Do not share the folder containing the files. Disable or remove any shares to those folders. 2) Set up a Windows Media Server. This way, you'll be able to stream your media without allowing direct access to the files. You can also use other software like VLC Player instead of Windows Media Server.

Er, no. He says: "The problem is: my CD ROM doesn’t read all sessions of a multi-session CD, to be more specific it always reads always only the first session, no matter what CD I try...." and the title clearly says: "CD ROM wouldn’t read all sessions of a multi-session CD"

It's good to see people learning to do things the right way. Quite funny when you come across people who literally run a dozen security programs AND proudly boast about it in the forums about how secure their PC is. These days, I often use this quote by Lucas Black (Shawn) from Tokyo Drift: "It's not the ride, it's the rider." Especially so, since I use a P3-450!

IsoBuster and WinISO are totally different programs. This mix-up happens all the time, people confuse IsoBuster with UltraISO/WinISO/PowerISO/MagicISO.... IsoBuster is a CD/DVD Data recovery program- NOT an ISO editing program! Infact, IsoBuster is the best CD/DVD recovery program out there. I've tried the top 5 such programs, and only IsoBuster was able to recover data from my scratched, incomplete, UDF Video DVD!

^ I use AutoHotKey to make all my silent setups. Now the normal procedure that we use is to launch the setup with the /qa or similar switches which runs it in hidden/silent mode, but I don't do that, since I can do that externally and have a greater control. So I Run the setup program with the Hide parameter. To hide/unhide the setup, I just do a ~^!::WinShow, Installer Title ~^! Up::WinHide This would show the installer when ctrl + alt is held. As soon as ctrl + alt are released, the window is hidden again. As for the tooltip, I just make a Loop and use ControlGetText or StatusBarGetText to extract text/status from the installer, and display it with ToolTip.

^ What changes exactly did you do in the registry? How did you go about it?

^ did you create the template file and copy it to the folder? For what extension are you doing this? You can only do it for existing, registered extensions.

To create your own template of a particular filetype for the New right-click context menu: 1) Open Regedit and browse over to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.extension , where .extension is the filetype you want to add in the New menu. 2) Create a new Key called ShellNew. Under this key, create a new String Value called FileName and set its value to the name of your template file. 3) Copy your template file to C:\WINDOWS\ShellNew

Note: The method/site phkninja posted above will only work for Windows based BootCDs like BartPE, ERD Commander, Ultimate Boot CD, Windows XP Setup, etc. It won't for linux based BootCDs like Acronis Disk Director, GParted, DSL Linux, SystemRescueCd etc.

An easier alternative to the above ^ is this: http://bootcd.narod.ru/index_e.htm There's no hex editing involved here. All you have to do is extract the ISO and its boot-file (use UltraISO or IsoBuster) and add it to the config file. Check out the FAQs in the site, it has all the instructions. An even more easier way to make multiboot disks is by using EasyBoot. Unfortunately this program isn't free, but its really easy to use and has a good interface too. http://www.ezbsystems.com/easyboot/index.html See how easy it is to add Acronis to your EasyBoot CD: http://forum.ezbsystems.net/cgi-bin/ikonbo...t=ST;f=1;t=1679