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Hi, I am currently using the Google toolbar for blocking pop ups but recently there's quite a lot not blocked and are poping up and asking to chnge my home page. Although I am well protected against this it is getting very annoying. Can anyone advise me if there is a better free blocker than Google? Many thanks, Craig. Use Firefox. It's pop up blocker works rather well. Uninstall all other crap toolbars and your system will love you. Really, it will. Opera has a built in pop up blocker if you don't like Firefox. Or better yet ... nevermind. I was going to suggest moving up to a modern day OS as support for Win ME/98 is dwindling. MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Craig. Thanks for the advice Mow, I think I'll give firefox a go... As for upgrading.... not yet, I really like ME. So what's the deal now... do Microsoft expect everyone to upgrade to 2K/XP because no more support is going to be given on 9x? I suppose they have got to make their money some how. <g> Craig. (I like my O/S to start up within 5 minutes) > Use Firefox. It's pop up blocker works rather well. Uninstall all other > crap toolbars and your system will love you. Really, it will. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > Craig. > (I like my O/S to start up within 5 minutes) In which case you will really like XP since it loads much faster than older/legacy Win9x systems such as Win Me. <g> However for many with somewhat older hardware Win Me will often continue to be the best option.  SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > Thanks for the advice Mow, I think I'll give firefox a go... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Craig. > (I like my O/S to start up within 5 minutes) Hi Mike, I was just going on feedback from people who use XP. There has been many times when someone has used my PC at home and commented on how fast it starts up. I have said to them what OS do you use and they said XP and takes a lot longer to startup. Also, I'm using Win 2K SP4 on a Compaq Evo, Pentium 4, 1.70 Ghz now at work and this PC takes about 1 and half mins just to get to the login screen. However, your the expert Mike and I'm sure you have a lot more experience and have seen many more PC's startup than me. Craig. > > (I like my O/S to start up within 5 minutes) > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Craig. > > (I like my O/S to start up within 5 minutes) Craig, Win Me is undoubtedly quicker than 98SE and Win2K to load and I know that fast start up was one of Microsoft's objectives when developing Win Me. XP also starts up very quickly, even quicker than Win Me, but if the system only has limited RAM XP can be a real dog. So whilst Win Me can boot quickly and run happily with 64MB and upwards of RAM (32MB is a bit slow), XP really seems to need 512MB to start quickly and if run on systems with 128MB or 256MB can be very slow indeed to start up. Cheers, SignatureMike > Hi Mike, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > However, your the expert Mike and I'm sure you have a lot more > experience and have seen many more PC's startup than me. In addition to the helpful advice that Mike has given, consider this : http://www.emailbattles.com/archive/battles/security_aacddidjci_dh/ >> Hacker Defender's creator, holy_father (hf), offers several versions of the >> Hacker Defender rootkit. All are aimed at all versions of Windows NT, XP, 2000 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> a bug in any userland application, it may damage other processes or even kernel memory, >> directly without any special code. With a sufficient amount of memory installed, XP boots very quickly. I'm not pushing anyone to buy hardware or software. But be aware that older, unsupported OS' are a security risk. And we all know the nature of the internet today. Some argue that Win 9x can be sufficiently protected, in fact, better than NTFS ( Win 2k, XP ). I disagree. If you can hold out, get a new system next year that comes with Vista installed. ;) MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== > Thanks for the advice Mow, I think I'll give firefox a go... > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>> >>>Craig. Thanks for the info. At the moment I'm happy with the setup I've got and can't remember the last time I found any Spyware or Virus on this PC. I am confident that I'm well protected from the nasties from the net. "That's why these 9x and ME systems crash a lot." I see this statement *a lot* but I find that my PC is opposite. Very rare when something doesn't work or I get a crash. Also, when Microsoft stop supporting ME will these ME forums still be here? Thanks, Craig. > In addition to the helpful advice that Mike has given, consider this : > [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > >>> > >>>Craig. I agree with you and cannot accept Mow's statement "That's why these 9x and ME systems crash a lot." since it is so far from the truth and the statement about rootkits he quotes is IMO of almost no relevance whatsoever to Win 9x systems however highly esteemed the source might be. As to your question about how long these newsgroups will survive after end June 2006, I have no idea but suspect that Microsoft might attempt some (overdue) consolidation of the various Win 9x newsgroups however that is far from easy given the nature of Usenet where a "dead" newsgroup can quite easily be resurrected but at least the newsgroups carried on the Microsoft servers could be reduced. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > Thanks for the info. At the moment I'm happy with the setup I've got > and can't remember the last time I found any Spyware or Virus on this [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Also, when Microsoft stop supporting ME will these ME forums still be > here? Thanks Mike, fingers crossed.... These groups are invaluable to me and I think a lot of other people will agree. I suppose there's always Google, but it's not the same ; ' ) Craig. > I agree with you and cannot accept Mow's statement "That's why these 9x > and ME systems crash a lot." since it is so far from the truth and the [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Also, when Microsoft stop supporting ME will these ME forums still be > > here? I just quoted him as a warning as to what some deranged individual could accomplish *if* said individual really had a strong desire to cripple 9x systems. As of now, that's not happening, thank goodness. As far as ME being unstable, it's still running on my dual boot box and quite nicely. But not as my main OS, more as a research sys. And, I can even surf without a firewall for short periods of time due to forgetting to turning it on. Would never do that using XP SP2, no matter how patched it's been. Of course SP2 would be nagging about no firewall, but that's another matter. MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== > I agree with you and cannot accept Mow's statement "That's why these 9x > and ME systems crash a lot." since it is so far from the truth and the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > newsgroup can quite easily be resurrected but at least the newsgroups > carried on the Microsoft servers could be reduced. |
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