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Your suggestion has merit - I'm sure you can understand I didn't want to
suggest a specific obscure MSFN webpage, as, well, then it may well be
accessed by a large number of Guests regularly, so it's not obscure any
more... and might be regularly found in the server cache...
(My last paragraph you quoted was more my afterthought, as I thought if
you are going to occaisionally test the time it takes to serve a MSFN
webpage, might as well try and make it a
worstmore difficult case test -retrieving and serving the webpage (data) more likely from the server disk,
rather than most likely from the server cache.)
Anyway, any obscure thread, from way backtime topic 1;
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/1-nvidia-1461-optimized-for-winxp/#entry1
up to present times, anywhere in there would do...
Cheers
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As a quick reply, you should be giving more info, like if it is
a V4, V2 or V1 Linksys WUSB54G.
Near as can tell, drivers for Win98SE were available in the past +
apparently the 'Linksys Monitor' software is included inside the Linksys
drivers for later OSes, presumably same applies for 'Linksys Monitor'
software for Win98SE (using Win98SE drivers).
At http://support.linksys.com/en-us/support/adapters/WUSB54G/download
are FAQ for later OSes, but which should give you ideas for faultchecking
in 98SE.
Other documentation may be available, i.e. this document;
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/43520118/How-to-Install-and-Configure-Linksys-WUSB54G-Version-1
mentions;
"How To Configure Wireless MAC Filtering
...To check adapter MAC addresses otherwise, you can;
Look on the Box.
In Windows 2000 or XP use ipconfig/all.
In Windows 98[sE] or ME use winipcfg. "
(Sry for being so none-specific, have to leave computer now.)
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It may be useful to use a website such as, e.g.;
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
to get a handle on whether the Board server is serving pages
faster or slower, by comparing the download times for (all the elements
of) your chosen MSFN webpage, at different times, to that websites
server, instead of only testing download times to your computer (and
only through your ISP's server).
(Note, it may also be a better testing methodology to test by inputting
the URL of a 'not often served' MSFN webpage, rather than say,
' www.msfn.org ', which would be served so continuously by the Board
server that you would expect that webpage to be continuously present
in it's server cache.)
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A representative of a Finnish security vendor has pulled out of speaking at next year's RSA Conference following allegations that RSA worked with the US' National Security Agency (NSA) to weaken security standards.
In an open letter to the chiefs of RSA and parent company EMC, F-Secure's chief research officer Mikko Hyppenon confirmed he is cancelling his talk at the popular San Francisco event, which will take place at the end of February 2014.
At issue is a Reuters article from last week alleging that RSA accepted a random number generator from the NSA and set it as the default option in one of its products, in exchange for $10m.
Although RSA yesterday responded with a blog on the topic, Hyppenon claimed its rebuttal lacked an overt denial on the central allegation in the story, something other onlookers - including independent security consultant Graham Cluley - have also noted.
"As my reaction to this, I'm cancelling my talk at the RSA Conference USA 2014 in San Francisco in February 2014," wrote Hyppenon, who has spoken no fewer than eight times at either RSA Conference USA, RSA Conference Europe or RSA Conference Japan.
"Aptly enough, the talk I won't be delivering at RSA 2014 was titled ‘Governments as Malware Authors'."
VIDE
http://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/news/2320579/-foreigner-cans-rsa-speech-over-nsa-collusion-claims
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According to; http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237?viewlocale=en_US
for that MacBookPro model 2,1 the EFI is (at most) [Apple] EFI 1.5.1Also refer to speculative listing regarding EFI for that MacBookPro model 2,1 , i.e.;
Mac----------------------------------------------Processor---EFI---Boot
MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.33 17"-----------64-------------32-----32
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Lalo Schifrin - Opening theme fm movie Dirty Harry-1971
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Steve Jablonsky-My Name is Lincoln (fm movie The Island-2005) (but video below is fm a somewhat popular TV series...)
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Even if your adopted naming convention has the H x W as part of the file
name, it may be worth preceding that with a 'p' for portrait, a say 'c' for
landscape and a say 'e' for either... any screen with Whistlers' mother
rocking on her back will look fairly strange, but a carpet of daisy's is
unremarkable in pretty much any orientation you view them...
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"find me tcp/ip traffic compression tweak?"
If sentence is read as "find me tcp/ip traffic compression tweak?" then, the
'compression of traffic' that is transferred via TCP/IP (such as http) can be
activated - such a thing exists. It's not usable if the webserver (you are
downloading a webpage from) disallows it. Apparently as at 2013, most
browsers & webservers are 'http compression' capable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_compression
This website checks if your favorite webserver has compression enabled;
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Prozactive;
Without full information it is difficult to nut problems out. Therefore, I can
only further suggest as a somewhat quick(er) & dirty test, the following:
Save as described in post #129, the webpage whose link is given.
Then open in a text editor the file INDEX.CSS (located now of course in;
Facebook on W98 -SOLVED- - Windows 9x _ ME - MSFN Forum_files )
Then search for '980' (there's only one instance), and
Substitute '600' in its place, and
Save the changed INDEX.CSS file.
Temporairily disable internet access and clear browsing History, and
See if, in Opera, viewed offline, your saved file;
Facebook on W98 -SOLVED- - Windows 9x _ ME - MSFN Forum.htm
has a change in the horizontal scroll bar for the viewable text content.
Cheers
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@Prozactive, if an earlier version of IPBoard allowed you to view forum content on your small LCD
display with word wrapping, can't you try similar to what tomasz86 is suggesting, by retrieving a forum
webpage you saved earlier, then also downloading that same webpage now to a different directory,
then (offline) try substituting the earlier saved CSS and JS files into the newer different directory
version of the webpage, to ascertain if any particular earlier CSS or JS file enables the word wrap of
the newer webpage content?
[Hopefully you saved the earlier version as FILE - SAVE PAGE AS - WEB PAGE COMPLETE (and
previously having saved the earlier webpage using 'show both parts' i.e.; ' .htm & _files ' parts)]
If above wasn't successful, then you could try exactly what tomasz86 suggested, as simply outlined
by poster Joseph_sw in this thread;
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158862-facebook-on-w98-solved/#entry1017383
It may be helpful to other users viewing this thread later, if you could state what device / OS ver /
resolution in pixels you are using...
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as for ar_seven_am (EDIT:ar_seven_am apparently never understood the next line is quoting him - but,hey why prolong the thread.)
"actually the "\w+" is only match for alphanumeric character (a-z, A-Z, 0-9), butnot underscore or other simbolic (sic) character "
if you could be so kind next time to state at the start exactly which regularexpression engine (regex) you are using, or custom RE engine you are using,
or minimally that the engine you are using is not ECMAScript compliant, that
would help prevent time being wasted...
as CharacterClassEscape 'w' has since oh, year 2000, been True for the 63characters cited [ A-Za-z0-9_ ] in all ECMAScript compliant expression engines
- buy yourself a cheap copy of ECMA-262, 3rd Edition, Section 15.10.2.12
and 2.6 if you have any doubts...
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From; http://www.pagecolumn.com/tool/pregtest.htm
it seems;
\w+ is 'matches any alphanumeric character including the underscore', 'one or more times'.
and matchable character range is actually this: A-Za-z0-9_
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Post #117, Kel, granted;
@xper hasn't posted anythingelseaboutthatresults, I think specifically,
for this post '#87,#92,#117' problem, the last link I gave in post #92
seems a likely candidate for where the problem lays... only xper's
authoritative investigations will unearth the problem cause.
...as a general comment, if it is not occuring already (and I note for testing,it is apparently not happening at other IP.Boards
also), is needed a testingaccount by Admin that is a 'Member' level account to test with, as testing with
Admin level may simply not expose some of the problems we run across...
Post #116, Mitchsc, no apologies necessary, for;
"email notifications of topic replies" having regard to scanning through allseen previously where revelant, for testing purposes TRY;
(In your prefered topic);(or here);http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158377-test/Clicking 'Follow Me',
ticking 'Receive Notification' and selecting 'Only When Not On-Line' and
ensure there are no ticks for 'Follow Anonymously' and
clicking "Follow This Topic' in that box.
Then go to webpage 'Notification options';
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=core&area=notifications
and tick 'Notification method to use for replies to followed topics' both
PM and email
and above that;
tick 'Auto follow topics I reply to. Notification frequency' select 'OffLine'
and ensure there are no ticks for;
'Notify me when someone quotes my posts (and I'm not already following)' and
at that page bottom click 'Save Changes'.
NOW go to webpage 'Content I follow';
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=followed
Click 'Toggle Edit Options" and you should see under your prefered topic;
'Notify only when I am offline'. (If you do see that, simply leave that page).
Then go back to your prefered topic, reply to some post, and then
sign-out. (Check per methods discussed previously you ARE signed-out),
and view your prefered topic offline, refreshing the wepage occaisionally.
When someone Posts in it, you should eventually get an email (and a PM should
also be generated).
BUT here's where unknown waters are entered - for say, Daily Digests, they are
set to run[generate-if-required] (by Admin) as a service at a set interval by
IPB software, (if I understand methodology correctly) say every 20 minutes to
an half hr (reasonable right?), that service to check if any Daily Digest(s) needto be generated for member(s), - but xper will have to inform
us if 'immediate notifications' are actually immediate or run as a timed
service, likewise regarding 'offline notifications'. YOU WOULD THINK that whatever
the method or setting is, it reasonably can't be more than an hour (if as a
service) - so if you [offline]have seen a post occur, and you wait maximally an hour+ a minute for a service to action + a minute for an email to be launched on its way,
heck, wait an hr and a half, if the service is functioning there must be found;
an email in your email inbox, and
when you sign-in,
a PM in your {is it My Conversations?} - [all things functioning correctly].
Notes; Quotes are turned off in above to prevent posts citing quotes
interferring with the testing results, and like reason for certain other settings,and we are doing with offline selected to ensure we can watch and see if the
Board operates as we expect for email
& PM.If not, well xper will check from there-on.
LATER EDIT: From the timestamps I am seeing on the received 'Offline Notifications'
emails, evidently they are generated 'immediately' (of at least within a matter of
seconds). Good to know.
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mitchsc said;
"I'm really only interested it email notifications of topic replies."
Although you haven't, in any of your previous posts, mentioned Digests, I did enquire of you on
the 11th Nov about what updates you were selecting... absent a reply to that PM, I proceeded as
if it were a Digest issue (per communication from another member).
I have to leave shortly, so I'm going to dodge answering yr question for the time being... I'll add
an EDIT to post #113, however, so you have something else to take into account...
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[more a grimace than a grin]...mitchsc, that's why I suggested to you for your testing;
"...it has to be a topic that is certain to have several posts in it within a couple of days"
The 'New Contents' listings have topics e.g.;
Aero Glass for Win8.1 RTM Beta 4that are running hot ATM... remember you don't have to post in it, you are interested in
whether (other persons' posts as a) (Daily) Digest are being promulgated to your email.
As I related to somebody else recently, perhaps it might be useful to also carry out a
confirmatory check during their testing, along the lines of;
..."So if you have checked all above,
Then in;
http://www.msfn.org/...a=notifications
no tick for Auto follow topics I reply to. Notification frequency
and
make sure there are ticks in;Notification method to use for replies to followed topics both Msg and Email
Notification method to use for followed topics daily/weekly digests
Msg andEmailNotification method to use for followed forums daily/weekly digests
Msg andEmailNotify me when someone quotes my posts (and I'm not already following) both Msg and Email
Notify me when I receive a new personal conversation both Msg and Email
Notify me of replies to my personal conversations both Msg and Email
Don't forget to click Save Changes at that webpages bottom.""Then go to;"...[your selected topic webpage]...
"At that topic top, click Follow This Topic and
Select Notification Type Daily and
no tick for Follow Anonymously then
click Save Settings in that box."...
..."Then go to;
http://www.msfn.org/...tentType=topics
Look for and confirm"...[your selected topic]..."is there, and then at list top,
click Toggle Edit Options and confirm 'Send a Daily Digest' is seen under that topic.
(No need to tick a topic box and click Update Selected unless wrong notification is shown.)
(You could also confirm other topics/forums you have daily/weekly digests set in, are shown to
have the applicable daily or weekly under their topic/forum name.)
(If nothing happens when you click Toggle Edit Options {except maybe a slight screen scroll} you
probably have some kind of AdBlocker/Script Stopper interferring)" with your click
..."and you should get a Daily Digest,
if you stay offline from MSFN for a period we'll figure out"...[~Day+]
Further down the testing track, If no (Daily) Digest is in your email inbox, xper will probably check
if a Digest was generated and sent to your email address, & check the IPB Email Error Log.
Cheers
EDIT; I've noticed with the FF24 browser I use that about half the time I sign-out, the sign-out
doesn't work, and a few times I can't get it to work at all. Usually I religiously untick the 'Remember
Me' box before signing -in - but who can be 100% certain they have never left it unticked, (from
its default of 'ticked').
As a further definate check that you are signed-out (when you are trying to stay out for more than
24 hrs so a Daily Digest should be generated on unread posts), after signing-out in your normally
used browser, you could view the msfn Forums webpage in a browser you usually NEVER use
(for me, IE8), so there's no chance that browser has 'Remembered You', and view the members
who are currently online. [Hello!, and there I was, the Board still had me signed-in!]
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@duffy98
hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIsX7yZqnn8
@ROTS
hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLW91ZF96msyou guys need to ramp up your google fu...
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The link above and its further redirection link, no longer work.
However, the circa 2009 information on those webpages is also seen here;
http://comeletstake.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/11-tricks-to-increase-firefox-speed-10_5209.html
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Ref post #104;
OK, I've learnt how it looks, (and that Tiger cubs can swim and Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 54 & 55 BC...)
"I'm 99% sure it's unrelated to ad blocking."
OK, maybe some things tTry blocking these URL's;http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/lato/v6/9k-RPmcnxYEPm8CNFsH2gg.woff
http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/lato/v6/wkfQbvfT_02e2IWO3yYueQ.woff
AND again , here's another vote for the ability to delete posts within 5 minutes...
(Thanks for the Double Post delete.)
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Drugwash said;
"Sorry, I've read this but never been a batch guy"
Likewise, myself. In fact, I don't have a W98 computer ATM to test on - so I've been trying
out these commmands/BAT's in XP, in cmd.exe windows. Therefore, such is useful only as
guide for investigating what might work, the expectation being that PROBLEMCHYLD will
try & see what actually works in the W98 environment.
Anyway, onwards...
"First batch above will not launch fullscreen"... (meaning the CHM will not be fullscreen),
Yes, as noted. Further testing shows CHM in fullscreen can be achieved by usage of START .
(In XP, this has the perhaps undesired result of an additional instance of the Command
window (cmd.exe here) - we'll come back to that...)
"and will also not wait for the .chm to close before launching the executable"
actually, I found that until the CHM was closed, (by clicking on its X as PROBLEMCHYLD
specified), MAIN.EXE would not open - MAIN.EXE immediately opening after that action.
{I was actually using calc.exe as a testing stand-in for whatever the actual MAIN.EXE is.}
I guess this can be explained because it's a XP CMD.EXE Window, & execution (of
calc.exehh.exe,a '32-bit GUI app' ) is occuring via a Script, ref; http://www.computerhope.com/starthlp.htm
When executing an application that is a 32-bit GUI application, CMD.EXE does not wait for the application
to terminate before returning to the command prompt. This new behavior does NOT occur if executing
within a command script.
When PROBLEMCHYLD tests in a Command.com Window on a W98 computer a different
behaviour may occur, as you believe. At present, I believe he could try (for);
1. "extract a .CHM, then launch the .chm file full screen. After that, close the .chm when users click
the X and launch the main .EXE file."
C:\CHM.BAT
and text inside file CHM.BAT;
C:\extract C:\some.cab some.chm C:\DESTPATH
START /d C:\DESTPATH /MAX /WAIT some.chm
CALL C:\MAINPATH\MAIN.EXE
note; .chm file with batch changes above now is fullscreen!
depending on what kind of exe that MAIN.EXE actually is, it may/may not open maximized,
so he may end up needing to use START for MAIN.EXE, instead of CALL. It may be that
for every START the enduser will see another Command Window (at best, minimized to the
taskbar), which would be distracting... and may invite tampering.
If MAIN.EXE was the finish of his required actions then above needs e.g. EXIT, and also
instances of @ECHO occuring throughout (to "Make sure no text is displayed in the console
window to make it close automatically at the end of the batch file" ref;),
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/exit.php
If he found too many Command Windows were visible to the enduser, some could be
successively ended when unneeded (by TASKKILL for instance.)
Cheers
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Ref above post#98;
Mmmm, two won't die 'loading' overlays - I notice (when FF add-on AdBlockPlus is disabled) that usually there
are two advertisement block inlays in MSFN webpages, having sometimes overly animated content.
tomasz86, do you have any adblocking going on in 'Opera Mobile Classic' browser?; - if not, perhaps scan this;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270990
Of course, the URL's from which the advertisements are being served may change occaisionally, therefore
be prepared to 'view the source' HTML of any particular (MSFN) webpage to see what (new) advertisement URL's
have been placed within that particular webpage...
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NO-one so far ? (must be sleep time for wise owls) Lead off...
assumptions;
source and destination paths, source CABs, filenames, are known.
the chm file is not a chm_ file and the chm file ends with a .chm extension.
version of extract to be used is that avail in win98 cd not that on W95cd & not wextract.exe .
(sfc.exe or cscript.exe not considered).
YOU WISH THE DOS WINDOW TO close? (well, minimize DOS Window anyway).1. "extract a .CHM, then launch the .chm file full screen. After that, close the .chm when users click
the X and launch the main .EXE file."
START /MIN CHM.BAT
and text inside file CHM.BAT;
C:\extract C:\some.cab some.chm C:\DESTPATH
C:\DESTPATH\some.chm
C:\MAINPATH\MAIN.EXEnote; .chm file above is not fullscreen.
2. "check for a file, and if the file exist, extract a different file from a .cab." (Should allow for IF/NOT...)
IF EXIST C:\SOME.FILE (
C:\extract C:\DIFF.CAB DIFF.FILE C:\DIFFPATH
) ELSE (
DOWHAT?
)Maybe refer;
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/143962-batch-dont-work-if-file-exist-run-else-exit/
Cheers
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Ha ha ha, Dblake1, I bet you thought I was being unnecessarily precise/pedantic in the .Net info I
(PM) asked you about / brought to your attention... better give these Lions above something to
chew on with their complaints about .Net... hope you return again to post in this Colosseum. Cheers
P.S. just in case he doesn't return anytime soon;
...the full .Net 4.0 is available from here;
(note the Prerequisites of;
Windows Installer 3.1 or later
Internet Explorer 5.01 or later)
http://www.microsoft...s.aspx?id=17718
dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe 48 MB
and within above webpage is also seen download link for the .Net 4.0 x86 (no x64) installer;
http://download.micr...40_Full_x86.exe
dotNetFx40_Full_x86.exe 35MB
Of course, it still expands out to something horrifyingly large, but at least the initial download
isn't too unreasonable....
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Ref above post #94;
PM sent to mitchsc... and some others are looking at this.
Hopefully within 5 to 7 days useful information will be forthcoming that will allow
people to determine where the problem is occuring, or at least where to start looking.
EDIT 21 Nov; So far, no settings problem found. A testing process has begun.
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98 SE SP 3.32
in Pinned Topics regarding 9x/ME
Posted · Edited by buyerninety
submix8c stated;
" This indicates that Win98SE is ok with ANY of the "versions"...
http://community.lin...ws-98/td-p/4659 "
Actually, the webpage you cited above contains this text;
" Tech Support ... said that v2 and v4 "should" work with 98SE, but v1 will not. "
therefore the webpage you cited does not in fact indicate support for your
statement.
(It may well be that any version of the Linksys WUSB54G will work in Win98SE,
but other webpages I viewed previously (including the one you cited), taken in
total, simply didn't give a clear enough indication as to whether all versions of the
Linksys WUSB54G work in Win98SE - hence I choose to make no statement.)
You are correct that the Linksys WUSB54G requires specific drivers for each
specific version of the Linksys WUSB54G.
You are sadly more correct than you know to give warning of payment required
to download from website http://www.modem-help.co.uk/
(Briefly, that website's business model is to possibly require payment, not to
download drivers, but rather for the bandwidth used to download drivers.)
Unfortunately, a listing on that website of OS drivers for a device should never
be considered or cited as evidence that such OS drivers work, or even exist!
(As an example, we are aware from here;
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158119-intel-prowireless-2200-driver-for-windows98/
regarding Win98 drivers for the Intel Pro 2200bg, as PROBLEMCHYLD put it,
"no matter how far you go back, there was never a driver for Win98."
Despite this, modem-help's owner continues listing alleged drivers for Win98
for the 2200bg on that website, without any reasonable basis for his belief that
they 'might' work, as discussed here;
http://forums.modem-help.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=11411&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
on modem-help's forums.)
Therefore, regarding modem-help.co.uk , 'Caveat Emptor'.