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Yeah, the *nix have high permission limit so that it'll limit viruses breakability as well. Unless a very good virus is written to pass through a security hole and break the system, but that kind of hole will be quickly fixed, especially in opensource *nix(Linux,*BSD)

I use AMD Athlon64 3200, but I don't have money to buy XP-64bit edition. It's cheap and I get what I pay for, Unlike with Intel where I get less than what I pay for, It's OVERPRICED. But I don't understand the numbering system. "Athlon64 3200" is 2Ghz but it processes at alot faster speed than that. MUCH faster than my old P4 2.4Ghz

I use CMS like php-nuke. And for the extension of my site(ie. modules) I program using EditPlus.

Beta 1 is there and the name has changed to Windows Vista

Could you actually post some picture of your laptop usb port? I don't know what is this about. Usb ports have 3 shape. The mini-one, the standard(I think it is) one and the square-one(Externel computer devices use them).

I know M$ Defrag just don't work. A third party defragmenter works better. I know another one, it's fast. But I can't remember it's name

Companies sell software. A lot of freeware you find on the internet is made by people in there free time and stuff. If people can't make software, there will be a little amout of freeware on the net. Linux started of as a hobby and now it's professional at OSDL. But people around the world still helps develop linux as a hobby, so let people program! Stop people from programming only stop freeware creation. But viruses are still there, craker don't follow the rule, do they? They can easily disassemble and assemble programs. They can still program in C, C++, C#, VB, etc, etc, etc.Get it? There is no way to stop computer virus as there is no way to stop REAL VIRUS(Being sick)

If anybody give me a link to windows 97. It will be nice. I never heard of it.

People use .lan or .office or .local for their domain since they won't need to register to get a domain. The domain isn't availible from outsider. Even if they have real domain it isn't alway the case that people will be able to access your network from outside, You would also need a REAL ip. (not private ips like 192.168.*.* or 10.*.*.* [i can't remember the Class B private ip though])

If you REALLY want to copy protect and you're distributing your software, use somekind of web activation. But you'll lost the customer that doesn't have the internet. Never think about other(phone) activation because crackers can crack the software and generate a working code. Even with online activation, the program can be cracked directly and remove the need of activation. Nothing can be fully protected. (Except softwares that needs you to log in and get data from the server)

Try this ifconfig -a If the result shows loopback and -you_network_card- then the kernel detects your network card ok. If you use DHCP, maybe you haven't got a DHCP client. If the result shows only loopback, recompile the kernel with your network card enable. Another cause for this is that the modules for the card is not loaded, in this case simply load the kernel module. Notice from snlildude87: Edited as requested

Try booting into the "Don't reboot on error" mode. It should report the error(The blue screen of death should come up). If it's still restarting, then the boot loader(NTLDR) can't find your xp installation. If you don't have that mode(I know some computer don't) I don't know what to do. But I think a repair will work and I don't think that will erease the registry because softwares and working afterward(Right?)

Firefox rules, even though Opera is now free, it'll be an alternative to firefox, but I still use firefox because it's opensource and it's gecko engine. It's compatible with (almost)every platform you can think of!

These registery files can be used to optimize windows. Add notepad to right-click menu REGEDIT4[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Notepad(&N)\command]@="notepad.exe %1" Disable Auto Run Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=hex:91,00,00,00"NoDriveAutoRun"=hex:ff,ff,ff,03 Disable System Restore Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore]"DisableSR"=dword:00000001 Show Admin on Logon Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList]"Administrator"=dword:00000001 These Batch Files can do a certain job. Delete Wallpapers @ECHO OFFDEL "%systemroot%\Blue Lace 16.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Coffee Bean.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\FeatherTexture.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Gone Fishing.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Greenstone.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Prairie Wind.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Rhododendron.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\River Sumida.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Santa Fe Stucco.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Soap Bubbles.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Zapotec.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Crystal.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Friend.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Home.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Moon flower.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Peace.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Power.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Purple flower.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Radiance.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Ripple.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Stonehenge.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Vortec space.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Ascent.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Autumn.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Azul.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Follow.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Red moon desert.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Tulips.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Wind.jpg" Delete Screensavers @ECHO OFFDEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\scrnsave.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\ss3dfo.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\ssbezier.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\ssflwbox.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\ssmarque.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\ssmypics.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\ssmyst.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\sspipes.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\ssstars.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\sstext3d.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\scrnsave.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\ss3dfo.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\ssbezier.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\ssflwbox.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\ssmarque.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\ssmypics.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\ssmyst.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\sspipes.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\ssstars.scr"DEL "%systemroot%\system32\sstext3d.scr" That's some of what I have

Gentoo is alot better than LFS. Gentoo has the portage system where you can install software with it. If you want to start from stage1, the bootstrapping script should take you to stage2. If you want to start from stage2(or you've bootstrapped your system) emerge -e system should take care of you till stage3. On stage3 follow the instruction in the Gentoo Handbook and you should not have any problem with installing your gentoo system(if you don't have alot of time, go for a binary linux since compiling from source took a LONG LONG time) Link to the Gentoo Handbook : Gentoo Handbook

I use the "wget". It's a commandline linux tool, but it so powerful. It doesn't accelerate though. It just lest you resume if you add the "-c" parametre. For X-winows enabled download manager, I sometime use d4x which is much easier to use since you don't need to type commandline, but I use wget because I often download using scripts

I use FIREFOX.It uses GECKO rendering engine.Gecko is LIGHTENING fast.Supports TABBED browsing.Supports EXTENDSIONS.It's FREE <--- The main reason I choose Firefox over Opera

I use thunder bird to get gmail. Thunderbird has HIGH security and LOW holes0It's fast and using Gecko to render HTML (like firefox).It has GOOD SPAM filter.I can save the message on my computer(NO space limit but who will likely fill up their GMAIL box)It's a VERY nice mix, THunderbird & Gmail.

Google Earth is *very* cool. BUT it's quite outdated. My house look so much different NOW. The image i've got is all the way from 2002! I think google sould update it some time

I newer got Video or Voice conversation going with MSN, it just doesn't work for me! With skype, I have a little bit of delay but atleast I can use it. No matter how good the code in MSN is, if you(I) can't use it, it's no good.Google Talk is a new alternative! You sign in with your GMAIL Account (Like the way you sign in MSN with your MSN(Hotmail) account). I quality is good and you can connect to the network with ANY Jabber combatible Client(Without Voice). Also, I haven't (Yet) notice any ..long.. delay with GTALK

I use computer for Every things. Check my Emails, Play Games, Browse the Internet, Programming, Uploading, Downloading, Graphic Designing, Word Processing, Presentation, etc, etc, etc.I can't live without computer!!!!

Those short cut are very useful in scripting as well as programming to interface with windows including a quick AutoIT Script.

My XP. I removed nearly every component with xplite then disable every theme effect and stop the theme service!

What about Ubuntu and Kubuntu. Only 1 cd containing graphical environment and it also contain apt-get like Debian(It's debian base anyway)Yoper is also on 1cd containing KDE. It's optimized for i686. It also contain apt-get, but not much software in the repository.As you can see, there are alot of other doistro on 1 cd that you can try. They usually have the newer update faster the Mandriva!

I'll go for linux! Linux has more commercial product and I'm more used to it. It also has a large user base. It has a large distrobution to choose from...Ubuntu,Mepis,Suse,Fedora,Mandriva,Debian,Redhat,Yoper,DSL,Gentoo,etc ,etc, etc.BSD has 4 distro (with different goal)FreeBSD aimed to be the most optimized for x86NetBSD aimed to be able to run on every platformOpenBSD aimed to have the greatest securityDragonflyBSD uses FreeBSD4 as a base.