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BBC News Tuesday, 26 November, 2002, 16:42 GMT Simulated attacks on key internet hubs have shown how vulnerable the worldwide network is to disruption by disaster or terrorist action. If an attack or disaster destroyed the major nodes of the internet, the network itself could begin to unravel, warn the scientists who carried out the simulations. The virtual attacks showed that the net would keep going in major cities, but outlying areas and smaller towns would gradually be cut off. The researchers warn that the net has become more vulnerable as it has become more commercialised and key net cables are concentrated in the hands of fewer organisations. Cutting the ties The simulations were carried out by a trio of scientists from Ohio State University led by Tony Grubesic, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Cincinnati. Dr Grubesic compared the net to US air traffic system. "If weather stops or delays traffic in a major airport hub, like Chicago's O'Hare, air passengers throughout the country may feel the effects," said Dr Grubesic, "even if they are not travelling to Chicago." More from the Source: BBC NEWS

The Latest about Master of Orion III Infogrames is about to release Master of Orion III and some screenshots are already available at Gamespot. There you can also read an interview with Constantine Hantzopoulos, producer of the strategy game. If you'd like to read the interview and check Master of Orion's new design, click on the source link below. Source: GameSpot.com

Add Microsoft Mail Support to Outlook 2002 Source: http://www.poremsky.com/msmail_xp.htm Outlook 2002 no longer includes support for MS Mail. Why? Because MS Mail is not Y2K compliant. It's also very old technology and only supports mail, not special folders such as calendars, tasks and contacts. Old or not, it still works great as a post office, enabling small LANs to have mail service. To enable MS Mail as service, you need to hack the mapi service file (mapisvc.inf) to restore support. You'll also need MSFS32.dll from one of the workstations still using MS Mail. An installer is available here that makes restoring MS Mail service easier. To add MS Mail back to Outlook 2002 as a service (unsupported by MS, use at your own risk): 1. Add MSFS=Microsoft Mail to the [services] section of C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033\mapisvc.inf 2. Add this to the end of mapisvc.inf (watch for broken lines - each line begins with PR_, except the last 3): [sFS_AB] PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0} PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_AB_PROVIDER PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail Address Book PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Microsoft Mail Address Book PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=STATUS_PRIMARY_IDENTITY [sFS_MS] PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0} PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_STORE_PROVIDER PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail Shared Folders PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Microsoft Mail Shared Folders PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=STATUS_NO_DEFAULT_STORE 34140102=00ffb8646041b80108002b2b8a290000 [sFS_XP] PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0} PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_TRANSPORT_PROVIDER PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail Transport PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Microsoft Mail Transport PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=STATUS_PRIMARY_IDENTITY [MSFS] PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0} PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail PR_SERVICE_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL PR_SERVICE_SUPPORT_FILES=msfs.dll PR_SERVICE_ENTRY_NAME=ServiceEntry ;WIZARD_ENTRY_NAME=WizardInformation PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=SERVICE_SINGLE_COPY Providers=SFS_AB, SFS_MS, SFS_XP 3. Add MSFS32.DLL to C:\WINNT\system32\ (get it from another computer that has ms mail - it's about 515 kb.) Thanks to MVP Dmitry Streblechenko for comparing the inf's and determining what was needed. For the editing challenged or just plain lazy, MVP Vince Averello compiled an installer to automate the process for you. It's here, http://www.poremsky.com/files/MSMail4XP.EXE. It also includes the workgroup post office (wgpo) files, for creating new post offices or administering old ones.

Well Lou that pretty well sums it up.

Let me get this straight. After upgrading to WinME your modem was not recognized. So you ... Turned the PC off. Removed the modem. Turned the PC on. WinME did not recognize the modem. Well, that is because the modem was removed. Go to Hardware Device Manager and look at the modem category. Is there a exclamatin point beside the category? Right-click the modem category, if any, and select remove this device etc. Shut down the PC. Put the modem back in the slot it originally came out of and make sure it is seated good. Look closely at the bottom of the card and make sure it runs even with the slot it is installed in. Cannot be higher on one end - it has to be properly seated. Turn the PC on and let it boot normally. WinME should detect a modem. Follow the prompts. If WinME does not detect the modem go back to the Hardware Device Manager. Right-click the modem category and select properties. Select update driver. If the correct driver is not found by Windows select "Find Manually". Follow a few prompts and select the modem from a list. Select generic 56K modem. Windows may say this is not the best driver, but it may work. It will not harm the computer. If all that does not work, provide FthrJack the FCC number, wait till FthrJack posts the driver if he can find it. 56K modems are cheap. I prefer Rockwell. Maybe you need to buy one. Hope not.

I did not know any of that. Its beta stuff and the only beat software I use is Windows XP Retail. Have you ever considered that the operating systems of the world direct your computing activities? For example, say we never got past Windows 3.1, would we connect to the internet through proxy or would we be using telnet? And if we never got past DOS where would we be? Why would Gates allow a person to leak his product to a handfull of interested people? Feedback to improve the product so when it is released it would be a better product meaning higher returns. But why not just build a site that allows people to download the betas and post the feedback. He would still get the same results. Would the competition scurry around in a frenzy playing catch-up? What competition? The competition, RedHat and others are gaining ground daily and a gaining a higher market share of operating systems. You see, its all about market share. This makes M$ nervous. The Windows Operating System is the Golden Goose that lays the Golden Egg. The OS is the foundation of all things Windows. Compromise Gate's market share and be prepared to do battle, i.e. Microsoft Anti-trust Settlement. Enter RIAA. Who is behind this? Get the picture? Enter msbeta. Who is behind this? Get the picture?

I concur with zipp51. Take out the mobo and also look for a misplaced screw or case shavings. Just last week a friend blew his board when he misplaced a small shirt pocket screwdriver that shorted out the mobo. I have seen a lot of junk do this over the years. It is an ATX system right. Are you turning the power switch on the back of the tower off before you remove and insert the power cable? You would hear a small electrical popping sound if done wrong. Like Tris said. No way the floppy drive did this. I would also suspect the power source.

I use XP because the stability is better than 98. I use a PC because it challeges me and it makes a great cup of coffee

He lives? Well, now we know what to use for bait w00t

Identity Theft Suspects Nabbed: More than 30,000 Victims 11/26/2002 05:15 AM Philip Cummings, right, and his sister Jean exit federal court in New York after Cummings' bail hearing on Monday. In what is seen as the biggest identity theft case in US history, federal authorities apprehended Phillip Cummings, a former computer help desk worker, along with some associates. They are accused of stealing from more than 30,000 people. Cummings, who worked for a software company, is accused of selling passwords and codes to enable people to steal peoples' consumer credit reports. Credit reports were stolen from Experian (15,000 of them) and numerous other credit bureaus. Cummings is alleged to have sold the reports for $30 each. Victims of this fraud saw unauthorized transactions on their credit cards in the thousands. The next step now is to unmask who used these credit reports to profit from them. Source: www.usatoday.com Click Here for the Full Story

11/26/2002 12:34 AM UK Stores Ban Game They Say is Racist UK store chains like Woolworths and PC World are refusing to sell the game Hitman 2 because they say it is racist. The stores are responding to complaints from Sikh groups who object to characters in the game killing people with turbans. Sikhs think the level in the game resembles a massacre where Indian police in 1984 killed hundred of Sikhs in the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The game tells players that the people are terrorists. Eidos, which makes Hitman 2, states that it will no longer have this level in other versions or in the next version for the GameCube. Eidos has apologized to Sikhs who feel offended by the game. Source: news.bbc.co.uk Click Here

Welcome to the board. I watched a few minutes of the film and found it interesting and of good quality. Later this week I hope to finish the film.

These are not really technical, but I enjoy them. The Kim Komando Show Electronic Newsletter http://www.komando.com The Naked PC http://www.thenakedpc.com

You might find this interesting. Okay, everything Microsoft has a security bug so why should Windows XP be any different? Regular TNPC readers know I don't go in for a lot of "the sky is falling" hype every time someone figures out some esoteric macro virus or other non-event. But this issue with Windows XP is serious enough for even me to take notice. I run XP on my office laptop (yes, complete with the Fischer- Price interface, hey, you get used to it) so when my boss told me about this problem I was interested and looked into it. Microsoft is keeping pretty quite on the mechanics of the security flaw but it centers on a file that installs with Windows XP called UPLDRVINFO.HTM. This file is part of the Windows XP Help system. There's a script in this file that can be called from a snippet of code that allows the calling application to specify a file, or a folder, to be deleted. This code can be a link on a Web page, it can be a link in an HTML email message, or it can triggered by a rigged Web page whereby all you have to do to get stung is to display the page in your browser. The name of the file or folder to be deleted is passed to the script so that filename or folder name has to be known by the bad guys in advance. This limits the destructive capability to known folders such as the Windows or System folder which can quickly cripple your computer. When the script is activated a browser window pops up and displays the Microsoft Help and Support Center page. What is not apparent is that it has already deleted the target files. If the Windows folder was hosed and you shut down the system it won't come back up. Microsoft has known about this problem for some time but has been very closed-mouthed about since once hackers know that UPLDRVINFO.HTM is involved it is easy to go study that file and figure out how to started deleting unsuspecting Windows XP users' files. The rest of the security professionals have gone along with Microsoft until a patch or workaround was found. There are now several solutions to this bug and if you are running Windows XP you should implement one. First, and easiest, is to just rename the UPLDRVINFO.HTM file. While this is a bit of a band-aid approach it is preferable to doing nothing about this problem. Another, and more comprehensive solution, is to install the Windows XP Service Pack 1 upgrade. The only downside to the SP1 fix is that it's a "version 1" of a service pack and Microsoft has been known to break more things than fixed in initial service packs. But I've installed SP1 on my laptop and have not had any major issues but be aware there is a LOT of negative buzz about SP1. Microsoft, perhaps realizing that SP1 is not all it could/should be has also issued a patch last month to address this security flaw. It's a 1 megabyte plus patch and you can find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release...ReleaseID=43681 However, if you're going to go the patch route consider the fix put out by Steve Gibson called XPdite. It's a 30k file so it's immensely faster to download and apply than the Microsoft patch and even more so when compared to the 135 megabyte Windows XP Service Pack 1 upgrade. You'll find Steve's XPdite here: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/524/tr.cgi?jim1 If you want to see this XP bug in action check out this TechTV video clip: http://cgi.techtv.com/mediamodule?action=v...ion=20020910095 425&video_src=/thescreensavers/2002/ss020909c&width=320&height=24 0&vidsection=3200042&add_date=1031641200&start=&end=&duration=&bi trates= http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/524/tr.cgi?jim2 You can reach T.J. Lee at: mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com

Jim, you answered the question. HEY, I have used this in the past. Originally found it at NoNags, formerly nagbusters. It is a great program. I used it when I was making CDs with hundreds of individual files. It was my most used proggie for months when I was on that personal project. I will use it again in December as a matter of fact. I tried all of the renamer progs on nonags at the time and yours was the best and still is IMHO. Neat meeting you here. Thanks for a great application Jim. Welcome to board.

Sed might consider it a perk w00t Just joking Sed

you Kool

Already got mine. Dual P3 800. Missy says I still get socks, underwear, and a new wallet

how does it handle file extensions?

nope, not my area, over my head. ask that guy... he seems to know something about that.

The purpose of the board is for a nice young man to lure babes into his pad dude. w00t It looks good grasshopper. Keep at it

You obviously have never shopped in Media Markt or Pro Markt in Germany. Both stores do not and I repeat do not specialize in computers. But the computer sales area is very special in both stores. They seldom lie, seldom drink, and seldom date people of the opposite sex. w00t What does all that have to with this topic? I mean to say if a salesman cannot be completely honest, drink me under the table, and trick a babe into the backseat of his car then I refuse to buy his wares.

stick a link in here bud. me lazy

Its nice pia. A lady of many talents

Why tape? Wouldn't a hard drive be better? More Gig for the buck.