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That is true, however I think microsoft started to take more of an approach similar to that of what you see in linux with the user account control (granted that it comes up constantly and so many users I am sure will just ignore it and click on the allow), it does provide an added ability to know what is going on with your computer...so in that sense microsoft has started to put security in front of usability (and they got tons of criticism for it), however I don't know that it is entirely foolproof.As for linux, it seems to me that I remember seeing somewhere that there have been a number of critical problems with linux in some of the recent months....although I don't have a source for this (so i'll have to dig around a little for it).But yes, I do all in all believe that apple seems to do a better job with their products than microsoft (although recently it seems as if apple is doing better with the hardware side of things providing really good hardware). In fact I may just get an apple for my next laptop computer, because I love my iPod, and from what I have used for apple computers in recent years seem to be really good.I am still going to stand on the side though, that as more and more people start using mac's the likelyhood of there being exploits is going to go up (and that doesn't necessarily mean that the exploits lie in the operating system itself), it could easily be in a poorly coded application, as is the case with many exploits.This is really off topic (even more so than above so if you would like to split this into another topic that is ok), but do you like your macbook a lot? (would you recommend it to others?)

haha nice....yep I guess you do have another exploit that doesn't affect you....lucky you, although with the increase in the number of people using apple computers, I am sure it is only a matter of time...

I am not so sure that this would be much of a warm welcome to visitors....this is usually the kind of thing that comes up on websites that contain viruses and such, plus since the box that comes up looks like a box that would come up in a program many visitors will think that your website may have downloaded something onto their computer, and they will therefore not like your website at all...

hmmm...that is interesting...I wonder how quickly a fix for this will be out (or is there one already?) If I had to guess adobe is already aware of the issue and is fixing it as soon as they can.Is it only for windows xp though? In that case is it microsoft's issue and not adobe's? (Sorry, I had trouble loading the original source because of the ads and it not letting me to the actual website)

I have used that media convert website so many times....it is so helpful when you have files that somebody gives you for something and you can't open them because you don't have the same software as them. Because not only does the website have media files, but they also have things like documents and stuff... It truely is a one-stop place for all your conversion needs.I highly recommend it to anybody who ever wants to convert a file for some reason or another.

Yes, I would also recommend that you e-mail support about this....Because you don't want to end up getting your account terminated due to usage that is against the TOS...you never know what they may or may not allow you to do..so it is always best to just ask them...they'll get back to you quickly, and it'll save the hassel of having your account deleted and you getting upset, if you know in advance whether or not it is ok or not.

Yes, you should be able to use the shared IP address, but then you are also going to have to go into your cPanel and change a few things around....You'll have to find the thing about who is allowed to connect, and change it so that your IP address is allowed (otherwise the MySQL server will not accept your connection)

I have vista and it usually boots within about 60 seconds or so (although it is kinda hard to tell because I have to enter a password in to boot up), also I have McAfee antivirus which takes a little bit...and some software for accessing the network (allowing for mapping of network drives from anywhere i have internet access and such) and that slows down the boot a fair amount.

I Highly doubt you are going to be able to find a free dedicated server anywhere as that would cost a lot of money to maintain...and so why would you have free dedicated servers...think about it...even the cost of the servers alone are a ton...

No, I think what robert2411 was trying to say was that not all of the programs on the list are very good programs, but that many of the programs will work just fine. It was just that the post was not in complete English sentences so it was somewhat hard to understand...Anyway, that looks like a nice resource, thanks for the link!

I haven't ever heard of the issues with the firefox password manager vulnerabilities...I'll have to look into those, in any event the password manager hasn't caused any issues for me so far...Also I have had trouble with Opera's password manager thing, it just isn't as easy to use as firefox's is for me....Anybody else experience that?In any event, even when you do use random passwords, if you use them enough you'll remember them... I can have a password like af3h2ls and within a couple of days of using it a couple times a day you'll remember it easily... (and no that is not a password i use for anything, so you don't have to go trying it on my account, as I would never give out a password i use for anything)

Ok, right now I am currently using eclipse, however I can change to whatever if there is something else that would be better for this. But I have made a number of java applications, but they all simply use the command line for doing their user input and output. However, I have been interested in learning how to program graphical user interfaces in java, and was wondering if somebody could point me in the right direction, with some easy to understand and follow tutorials.Also, once I have done that, what about making a java program that can be easily executed? (I know that this would probably make it OS dependant, by making files such as .exe, and such), but is there an easy way to do this? Do I simply make a program in some other language that acts as some sort of a wrapper around the java application somehow? I am just curious as to how to do this in order to make an application that is easily distributable and runnable over a number of platforms (I don't want people to have to worry about people going to the command line and running a ton of stuff in order to get it to work)Thanks for the help,Brian

Yep that was my problem, all I had installed was the java 1.4 compiler. So I uninstalled that and went and get the java JDK which included a newer compiler, and everything worked like a charm. And thanks for letting me know that eclipse doesn't use javac, that now makes sense as to why it was working perfectly fine, and why the command line compiling wasn't.This is an off-topic question somewhat, but as of now I have been starting to prefer using eclipse over netbeans. However, I was wondering what IDE you recommend (if any)? (Do you like eclipse, netbeans, something else?) I am just sort of curious, since although my school chooses to use eclipse for giving examples of how to do things, you can use whatever you want to program in java with, as you simply turn in the .java source code files located in the correct directories according to their packages...and so I can really use any IDE i choose.

Maybe this link should be posted in the announcements section? Anyway, something I suggest that people do is use a random password generator to get your passwords, that way you'll have a nice secure password that you can use (and if you use firefox you don't really have to worry about remembering your password, because you can simply use the password manager, of course other browsers such as opera and IE provide this as well, but I tend to find firefox's works the best) Also, a good random password generator can be found here: https://identitysafe.norton.com/password-generator/ Another thing I would recommend to people is not to use the same password for anything...use a different one for every single website that you use, as it'll greatly decrease the chance of something getting hacked into, or if something does, it'll decrease the chances that they'll get into your other stuff as well.

Ok, so previously I had installed the java SKD on my computer (the one that comes with netbeans), as of right now it is version 1.4.2_13 and I really didn't pay much attention to the version. Everything seemed to work ok for what I was doing, although I wasn't using netbeans, instead I have been using eclipse. (Since I am doing this for a class at school and that is their IDE of choice)Anyway my programs have to compile at the command line (not just work in eclipse). I have been able to get them to work in eclipse fine, but I am having trouble when I go to the command line. Specifically with things such as the Scanner class (which was introduced in java 1.5), and so noticing that I have the SDK of version 1.4...I was thinking that was the problem. But what I can't figure out, is that that seems to be the latest version available on Sun's website. Do I have to download the JDK? (That is of the same version as the Java Runtime Environment).It just doesn't make much sense to me right now....why is eclipse working, but yet I can' compile at the command line? (I have gotten it a little further by including the JRE jar directory in the classpath directory, but that spits out errors about version numbers)So do I simply have to uninstall the Java SDK, and install the JDK? If so, why is it that eclipse is working just fine for me?

Thanks for the link for the boot thing, i'll look into that.As for dual booting, I usually haven't had too much trouble with that as I usually back up the windows boot loader onto a file, install linux, backup the linux bootloader to a file(grub or whatever I happen to chose), then restore the windows bootloader. Then take the file for the linux bootloader and put it on my hard drive in the root directory for windows, and add an entry to my boot.ini file for it. And that worked for xp, so i'll have to see if it works for vista...It sounds like there is some question as to what I should use, what I can say is that I have access to install it (because I am at a university which has a site license of some sort of it where they allow students to install it for free and be supported while we are at the university, after which I believe whatever support type stuff will expire). Although so far, I have been using vista and been having no problems at all getting a lot of my favorite programs to run, because so many of the linux programs are being ported over to windows these days... So i may just end up sticking with vista.What about the hardware support for RHEL? Is it as good as ubuntu's support for hardware? Or am I going to run into lots of issues having to figure out how to get all my hardware to work?

It does sound like an interesting idea to have this....Although, does this mean that the posts are automatically put in or are they moderated first? Because if they aren't moderated first it seems like we could end up with a ton of spam posts...otherwise it sounds like a great idea. Although then you guys got to make sure to stay on top of this so that the posts aren't appearing several days after they were originally made...All in all, nice idea and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Sounds like something you wouldn't want to use for your main internet connection to me.... (that is what I have gathered from the reviews of Neuron, and turbopowerdmaxsteel)From what I have seen so far....GPRS service in he US doesn't seem to be all that good (for cell phones either), but then again maybe it is just the locations that I have been it doesn't work as well....

like many others here, I too believe that the problem is most likely with hardware compatibility of some type here...First off, most motherboards only support a certain amount of RAM (for a total), so once you hit that, you can't go over it. For instance, many are at either 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, etc.Another thing is that sometimes motherboards don't like it if you don't install like chips of RAM (even if they are rated for the same clock speeds and everything), they want you to put in two chips that are the same size....I have run into this several times (although it was usually only a problem with SIMM memory, some of the newer computers seem to complain as well). One thing I would try, is taking out the 512MB chip, and only putting in the other one. That way you can see if the other chip works, and if it does work then, then you probably have either two chips that wont work together, or you have hit your maximum amount of RAM.If your computer is by a manufacturer such as dell, hp, compaq, gateway. I would suggest looking at the support documentation for the computer, as you should be able to find something there, and if you can't give them a call or an e-mail. Compaq a couple months ago gave me support on my 14 year old computer, giving me information about RAM and stuff, so I would head over to support to find out the types of RAM that'll work, the maximum amount you can have, etc.

I usually re-use waterbottles that I purchase for a long time (until they break), and that includes everything from gatorade bottles, so that helps. The only problem with re-using these bottles is the stuff you put in them tends to take on a plastic-like flavor after a while, no matter how much you wash the bottles out with soap and water. So that is the downside to re-using bottles.But I also use a waterbottle that I re-fill all the time, and yes they are nice when they are virtually indestructible, because the number of times I have dropped that thing when it has been full of water.... The only bad thing about them is that the lids seem to bust on them after a while if you aren't careful...

As long as it doesn't cause any problems, in many ways i would prefer that my copy of windows just get updated seemlesly, I mean I don't really need to know about the updates that much as long as they are making the product work better. The only way this would be a problem is if the updates started taking huge amounts of space, or slowing the computer down a lot, or something along those lines where the update caused issues, but I haven't had a windows update cause issues for me for a couple of years now, and I have been using automatic updates for a while now because I just forget to go to the windows update site.So I would go on the side that I think microsoft should just push updates out and not have a windows update thing, other than for corporate users where microsoft should give more control to the system administrators as to what updates they want to push out. (after all I can see them getting upset when an update gets pushed out that somehow messes up their system...)

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One suggestion I have is that the 'voice your review' section should be removed....It seems like time and time again...there are posts about how great Xisto seems to be....and over and over people just reply to them....Seems like getting rid of this area or posting a rule against that would fix this issue.I'll look into some other categories too, and see what else might be able to be done. Honestly though...sometimes I am confused as to where to post a new topic because there are so many categories...in many ways I think we should look at combining them... (it'll also make the forums more active)But yes, a new theme would definitely spruce things up a little for Xisto...Edit: Another thing, a ton of posts are going into the announcements area...and I think that is unnecessary. I think that maybe that area is one of the ones that shouldn't have any credits given....after all it is for announcements...and a billion posts saying "wow this is good" sort of thing (only drawn out longer so that people get more credits) seems to get really annoying.Edit2: Could there be a rule that you can't bring up old topics, unless it is for a valid reason? (Obviously it would have to be described better than that) I mean the number of topics that are brought up that are so old, and they are brought up for pointless reasons...just seems like it is causing issues...some 'new technology' thing that has already been out for a couple years and is old technology now, should in most cases not be brought up. I just think we need to work at enforcing some rules around here to make things a little stricter on what can and can't be posted...

Well I have the opportunity to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on my computer if I so choose (laptop computer for everyday use). And I was wondering if Red Hat Enterprise linux was a good option to choose? (I was thinkin of dual booting it with vista).Otherwise I was going to go with ubuntu (which I have used before and like), so I am wondering if anybody has any experience with RHEL at all?

I don't get what all the fuss is about with vista, I have yet to have a single problem with it (now that i say that, i'll probably have several), but it runs great, and i prefer it over xp so far, as it doesn't seem like it is as easy to botch up your system, or have something else botch it up. The one thing I am, and will continue to recommend is that you buy a computer with vista already on it, otherwise you'll be plagued with problems of the computer not being able to handle vista (either hardware deficiencies, or driver issues)