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I wouldn't have believed it until I saw with my own eyes: boobs, but no bras

I'm using the free version of Windows 7 Firewall Control (link below) on my system, which lets you create rules for outbound connections using the inbuilt MS firewall. It works in Vista and W7. Once installed, you'll see notifications for applications wanting to connect and can deny or allow them. The paid version has more versatility in this, but if you just want to see what's connecting to the outside, the freebie's good enough. http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/

Run the MS Windows 7 upgrade advisor to check your existing hardware and software. You'll need to do a clean install from XP anyway - the only problem I had was a few driver issues for older scanner and printer.

Windows Seven is what Vista might have turned out to be if the MS coders hadn't been pressured to get Vista released under the increasingly-tight schedule which publicity about WOW demanded. I haven't had much experience with Vista, having being deterred by the generally negative publicity. High resource usage was one such sticking point. Win 7 uses only slightly more RAM on my system than XP, and if I were to go in there and start closing unneeded services like I've done in XP, I could probably get them almost on a par with each other. For those of us using quite old but still speedy systems (my nVidia board needs nForce2 drivers - I could never manage to get all functions firing with Vista-Server 2008), the drivers issue was the decider. When I installed Win 7, most of the drivers were on the install DVD itself; I needed only to tweak an integrated 3Com LAN device for the entire package to be working. Nearly as impressive as an install of Ubuntu! Currently I'm dual booting on this machine and as it recently had a fresh XP reinstall, won't be mainlining with 7 soon, but I find myself spending more and more time in the Windows Seven OS.

Driver Magician Lite is freeware, and I think it will do what you need: identify the drivers, back them up as files in discrete folders ready for reinstall. http://www.drivermagician.com/Lite.htm

It was October 15 1977, and Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper featured this memorable headline... BING DROPS DEAD Subtle as a Patriot missile, or what?

I think your problem came from removing it from Auto Start. Put it back in, then untick the "Don't display this page at logon" box down at the bottom when the page appears. You'll need to do this for all users, once only.

These rumours start so easily. CuteFTP was never spyware. Do a search or check here http://kb.globalscape.com/article.aspx?id=10193 So can you tell me exactly the evidence you have that HACE's Mmm is/was spyware?

You can do quite a lot with the oddly-named Mmm. One solution would be to create a submenu with "delete" tucked away safely on it. Look here

http://www.webhostingtalk.com is the definitive forum for web hosting matters. Have a look at their 'offers' section, then do a search to see what users have reported about the host in question. Stay away from the overselling hosts ('100GB space and unlimited bandwidth on a shared server with free domain name, and all for only $3.99 a month!!!'). As the poster above says, there are many other good hosts, just do your homework first. Avoid the many 'review' sites out there which are mostly untrustworthy, as they receive commission from click-throughs. It's best to sign up for a monthly plan to start with, so you can try the new host out. If it's not quite as advertised you can move on without losing a lot of money. I switched over to Hawk Host when time came to move from MSFN, and have been very happy with my choice.

Most likely you have an old version of the InstallShield engine. It's an error I have had myself a few times in the past. This tells you how to update to the latest engine: http://consumerdocs.installshield.com/self...2&sliceId=1

Yes, it's true - notifications went out a month before the closedown. If you didn't get one, blame your spam filter. I guess it just wasn't profitable reselling space on The Planet. Or maybe there were other issues. It was good while it lasted, though. Now, can we please finally remove the ">>MSFN Hosting...<<" notice on the forum login template, Mr. xper admin person?

Thanks. I wish you luck with the project.

I'm searching hard for your TOS page (d@mn popups to slay with each click...). Did I miss it somewhere?

OK, not a Windows' Desktop (CentOS 5.2), but posted from a Windows machine... I like the idea of looking out from the computer into the real world, instead of looking deeper into the machine. It's Switzerland in the photo.

I should add that if you are downloading files which will be available to Windows computers (on a network share perhaps), it's necessary to scan them first. I scan my CentOS box once in a blue moon. I like AVAST! It's free: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-fo...ux-edition.html

"American Solutions"? Sure we know all about those... This is really very shallow and not at all joined-up thinking - "I want to use my vehicle, have low-price gasoline and screw everyone else." Read something that gives more perspective on the crisis we now face; as Matt Savinar says, "Deal with reality or it will deal with you": http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ A point from the site - Q- What about the oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Preserve (ANWR)? If the environmentalists got out of the way, couldn't we just drill for oil there? A- At current rates of oil consumption, the ANWR contains enough oil to power the US for only six months*. The fact that it is being touted as a "huge" source of oil underscores how serious our problem really is. * http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/..._recession.html

I have Windows 2003 Server (my favourite OS) on one computer with bootpart (http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) giving me double-boot to Linux CentOS 5.1; On another box there is an n-lited WinXP (I detest that virus-like Windows Media Player, plus I slimmed down some other components); A third machine runs pure Windows XP, which until very recently was double-booted for testing with Windows Server 2008 (removed due to hardware incompatibilities, although it was nice and speedy). I also run Knoppix from time to time...

I know that MSFN forum is hosted at The Planet Internet Services in Texas. A fire at The Planet's H1 data centre in Houston, Texas on Saturday took out 9,000 servers and thousands of websites. In messages posted on the Planet's forum, the company blamed a faulty transformer for the explosion and fire. No servers or networking equipment were damaged, but the data centre remains without power, after The Planet shut down all generators "as instructed by the fire department." So the "failsafe" UPS backup failed in this case. A statement from Douglas J. Erwin, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, on Monday June 2nd: More information on the restoration at The Planet's network status forum here: http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=90185

Adding: "what the cluck is this?"

I wouldn't bother with FP 2003 - it doesn't write standards-compliant (W3C) code and barely works with CSS. It's alright for a touch of fast editing, no more. MS Expression Web Designer (which is actually Front Page 12) is much, much better (better than Adobe Dreamweaver in my experience), but I think you'll have to pay for a manual or eBook download for it.

I just tried your batch script and it does all you claim. It's going to be very useful to me on a "travel drive" as well. Unlocker 1.8.7 also works well here (using UnlockerDriver5.sys in place of UnlockerDriver4.sys). Thanks for making this available!

Excellent work, there, easy! Thanks very much for your work. Some (requested) corrections: product key as two words; would you like to convert to N edition? (not "will you"); would you like to burn again? (not "do you want burn again?); I guess "Yes I' lovin' massproduction" derives from McDonald's (bad grammar, worse food). If you want to keep it so, then mass production as two words. If not, then I love is correct; do you really want to burn? (not "do you want really burn?"). I see this as a really useful tool, especially given its ability to remove Media Player. Your few minor English slips are nothing, especially as I hear Vorarlbergers also have trouble with High German!

See me, hear me, touch me, heal me... Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.9 This is definitely a bug for me, which I had for some time after an upgrade before but didn't report. Clearing temp files and cookies does not help.

I'm getting the "redirect to login page after login" problem again, xper. I can see that I'm logged in, but the page I land on after clicking Log me in is not the list of forums but the same http://www.msfn.org/board/login.html page. This happened after an upgrade before, I believe.