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The funny outcome of modern social media
NotHereToPlayGames replied to sunryze's topic in General Discussion
Those are more often than not very easily defeated. Just open the Dev Tools and hunt for the "overlay", uncheck its display/visibility/position/etc styles parameter at the right, you generally only need to uncheck ONE parameter once you learn "what to look for". You can also right-click and "hide" the overlay element in the left pane, once you learn "what to look for". There are probably "extensions" that can do it "for you", if you prefer that route. -
Thanks, I've add v15.11 to my collection.
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Agreed. I'm NOT a fan of any software that "phones home".
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I guess I don't recall if mine is Process Explorer or if it Process Hacker. Will have to double-check later this evening.
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The funny outcome of modern social media
NotHereToPlayGames replied to sunryze's topic in General Discussion
I'm afraid I do not have a frame of reference. I've never had a Facebook account, never had a Twitter account, never had a Reddit account, never had an Instagram account. NOT being on the platforms probably gives one a better view of them "from the outside". They are biased and maybe one does not see that bias "from the inside". I am not a Musk fan. But I don't mind a few eggs getting broken in the path of reforming "free speech" - which should never be reduced to "getting your voice out" while squashing/banning/censoring all opposing views from seeing the light of day. -
The funny outcome of modern social media
NotHereToPlayGames replied to sunryze's topic in General Discussion
Not sure I follow. I remember when Kuwait was invaded and how the WORLD reacted, 30-some nations across the Globe. Crimea and Ukraine is not as cut-and-dried as Kuwait and global armed defense assistance. Media news cycle or not, Ukraine is being supported by more than what Kuwait was - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War So I don't follow with the fast and constant news coverage comment - I would much prefer the support level being "on the ground" as opposed to being "on our television screens". But again, a very lengthy discussion best not suited for MSFN. -
The funny outcome of modern social media
NotHereToPlayGames replied to sunryze's topic in General Discussion
More like the 60s in my view. But that is a very lenghty discussion best not suited for MSFN. -
The funny outcome of modern social media
NotHereToPlayGames replied to sunryze's topic in General Discussion
Two sides to every coin. Not everyone views what is happening to Reddit and Twitter as corporate self destruction but rather a course-correction, a righting of the ship. To make an omellete, you have to break some eggs. That's life in the USA, a gigantic pendulum swing of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum", extreme policy swings and spending way too much time at both of the extremes and not enough time in the middle. A very divisive country where fighters fight it out and never return to their corners when the bell rings - an all-out no-holds-barred duke-fest without the Daisy Dukes. -
Not all members enable "signatures" (I don't). You can turn them off and on view profile settings.
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Should probably start a new thread as I suspect you are "new" to VirtualBox. The easiest overly-simplified way to describe VirtualBox is "an operating system within an operating system".
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One of my pet peeves and I view it as a security threat but probably more of a privacy rights issue - installers that launch a web page! Hate that! My system doesn't have any default web browser for that reason alone. Installers can't launch a web site!
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To each their own. If we were really that concerned, we would have to admit that we should not be running XP. So again, "to each their own".
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I'd call that "marketing" moreso than an actual "review" of what Process Hacker does. I mean, look at it this way, who labels "Task Manager" as an anti-malware security layer? But, having said that, I myself use Task Manager and Process Hacker with every software I run on a trial basis and don't use ANY of the other programs/programmes listed in this thread. So we all have our own tactics to keep our computers top-notch and running for MUCH longer than the average consumer.
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But then again, to me, VirtualBox is my biggest and most-used "security program". Run anything I want, without regard to crashes and holes, without regard to uninstall remnants left behind, without an internet connection to communicate anything whatsoever. Then delete the VM and revert to the base VM, clone it, and start all over again.
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No, but Astro specifically asked to hear from XP users running Process Hacker under XP. I run XP and run Process Hacker under XP, so I provided my two cents.
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I only have two versions that I have kept over the years. Version 2.28 is the last that doesn't do an auto-update check without asking me (I hate phone-home auto-update checks!). I was going from memory when I replied at work and it's not processes, RAM, and CPU - version 2.28 has this for a System Information view: Version 2.23 has this view for System Information and I prefer all of that info right there on one screen (I am aware that the same info can be viewed in different screens on newer versions), I just like hitting Ctrl-I and bam, there it all is:
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I use an older version of Process Hacker, forget at the moment what version number it is (I'm at work and it's on my home computer). The older versions default to a three-in-one view for processes, RAM, and CPU and I prefer the three-in-one view.
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No clue. I do not use DRM of any kind and no user that does has chimed in during the last half a dozen or so times that DRM was enquired about.
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I guess that kind of gives a sense of "staying power" for v86 engine if v85 is being used in 2020 smart TV's. I for one do not use YouTube as a barometer to judge a web browser or a TV.
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Of course I do! But NOT for downloading and testing new software that I want to test-run. I never "try" software on my live XP machine until that software has been thoroughly tested inside a VirtualBox VM.
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I download a TON. But I download from a VM clone and delete the clone when I'm done then create a new clone from my base install VM. The base VM never gets touched. edit - and I never actually "install" software. I extract the installers, poke around to see what the installer is "doing", edit to my liking, MANUALLY copy files, MANUALLY create registry entries. I do not "install" software by "executing" an installer.
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Agreed. I haven't used antivirus in well over 22 years (I relocated from one end of this midwest state to the other in the summer of '01, then 9/11 hit, so very easy to recollect). I find them to be gigantic performance bottlenecks! HOWEVER, that doesn't subtract from the "importance" of this thread for a very large segment of the population that "believes in" antivirus, so I still find this thread "useful" (even if not to me personally).
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That seems to be the NORM to me. McAfee. Norton. Avast. Avira. Kaspersky. Panda. They all have "uninstall/removal TOOLS" that you have to download because the Operating System's normal "uninstall" routines don't do the job.
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This thread is typically too "defensive" to want to participate. But the only thought I have is this - what antivirus product out there does NOT have a service running 24/7 and what antivirus product out there does NOT "collect data" from its users? My perception has always been that they *ALL DO*. The line in the consumer-sand is generally NOT that data is collected, but rather that the data is then SOLD to other companies.