Reply With QuoteAnother update on the XP Service Pack 3. I installed SP3 on 2 x XP machines yesterday that I own, both of which have rather dodgy versions of XP installed on them.
All went smoothly and I haven't see any issues as a result.
If you guys are really wanting to tighten up your Windows PCs, setup another user account under Users and Groups, and put that new user in the "Users" group, not the Administrators group, and then always login under that user. From a security standpoint, it won't let you install anything, and it will also keep any ActiveX, Java, and Javascript stuff on the web from installing root kits, malware, spyware, etc onto your computers, and they won't be able to modify the registry either.
The off-side is that you have to get used to it; some people think it's too inconvenient. If you want to install something, you can just right-click on the exe installer and select "Run as..." and enter the username/password of the administrator account (but this trick doesn't work for MSI files).
Of course, if you're not careful, you'll just render it all null if you use the Run As option to install something that has malware in it, but at least nothing will be able to sneak by.
Another update on the XP Service Pack 3. I installed SP3 on 2 x XP machines yesterday that I own, both of which have rather dodgy versions of XP installed on them.
All went smoothly and I haven't see any issues as a result.
Slightly stupid question, I have been trying to PLay Americas Army, it gets to the loading screen, then as it transitions into the game it hangs. I have a new 8600 video card, perhaps this is causing the problem. Anyone else having problems with the latest version.
As i see it im going to try two things, install the latest drivers, and if this don't work, im going to do a install from scratch.
Thanks in advance.
try uninstalling/reinstalling the program, I think it may fix the issue. If not uninstall/reinstall the gfx driver then reinstall the game. Americas army requires a minimal gfx adapter to play the game. Your cards better than that so not the cards fault unless other games are hanging like americas army is for you!
How much do you know about RAT?Originally Posted by silentpartner
Ok, I just came across this little trick, and thought I would share. If you've ever used dual-monitors on a PC, or used the external monitor hookup on a laptop, and forgotten to close an application before you changed the display settings, you may come across the problem where you can open an application, and nothing shows up on screen. It's because the window is opening completely off-screen. Here's a quick fix:
Use Alt+Tab to select the application that doesn't open on the desktop.
Press Alt+Space to open up the program menu.
Press M. This just selects the Move option.
Then, use the arrow keys on your PC to move the application's window back onto the desktop, and you can then move the window using the mouse and "drop" it by left clicking.
In my case, I could see the application window trying to maximize from the taskbar off to the far left of the desktop, so after pressing M, I just held down the right-arrow key, and the missing app window glided in from nowhere.
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any idea why Diskcheck runs every time on of my friends starts?
If you’re worried about RATs then I’d definitely recommend having a look at the PC security section of the following guide (http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html).
Scan using the scanners referenced to in the guide and double check any suspicious files found with either: http://www.virustotal.com/ or http://virusscan.jotti.org/ (both sites that allow you to upload files to be scanned with a collection of malware scanners; just to rule out any false positives).
Regarding scanners: A special note of caution, BEFORE scanning, is to be sure to uncheck any options to automatically clean/quarantine files found, as there’s always a risk of false positives on some rather important file (the removal of which could potentially cause a host of other problems). This way, you’ll be presented with information on the file prior to any action and you can research it online before deciding what to do with it.
TrojanHunter, by the way, is well worth the money if you think you are in the risk zone for this kind of malware. Their forum is also a very good source for information on the subject.
A little further reading during any scanning could be:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/rats.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/personal/communities.mspx
Are you talking about checkdisk (chkdsk) in Windows running everytime your friend boots up? If so, then it's because the "dirty bit" or dirty flag, is set for that volume (C: drive, D: drive, etc).
Your friend can disable that by running this via the command line:
chkntfs /x c:
Just replace "c:" with whatever drive letter it's trying to run checkdisk on during boot up.
Just about to buy a new laptop, settled on a HP Pavilion dv6800, any thoughts? Price is around $1,300 australian. CPU, video and HDD seem to be ok for the price, well compared to acer, asus and toshiba.
Will use it for home office use, not as my work PC.
I also need to get a hold of office 2007 including access. Anyone know who sells it cheap? If that can be done?
Are you sure the 8600 specs can handle that game?
Yeah, it ran on a 128mb 6600 so 8600 should be ok.
The only other thing i can think of is direct x
Ok, i will check it.
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