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| Useful software posted by Simplify3 on June 22 2007, Updated on Oct. 8 2009 | I'm always finding useful software for Windows 95/2k/xp/vista etc. So now, I share. And you too. http://www.fact200.com/
An internet research tool.
Very interesting. It strips out all of the nasty javascript (which this site uses too) and other oddities from webpages and extracts only what's useful and does a google type thing but right on your computer. Very nice tool. I like it. I'm attaching it here. Hope the download works! |
| Error Loading Operating System posted by Simplify3 on Jul. 10 2007, Updated on Oct. 8 2009 | an unexpected fix in the bios can fix an almost impossible problem.Error Loading Operating SystemHere’s how to fix this error: Today was my turn to see this (in)famous error message after Windows XP’s setup routine had finished copying the core files to the hard disk and initiated a reboot of the computer. The Solution (I): Note: There really *are* cases where you *have* to do a fresh install after changing the BIOS setting to “Large”. However, it doesn’t hurt to first try whether XP will finish the previous install Now the only thing I would really like to know is: Why is it, that just Microsoft’s operating systems seem to have this problem? Every Linux distribution I installed on the very same machine didn’t have any problems whatsoever with the “Auto” setting. And to be fair: nor has Windows 98 And I really wonder why it is so hard for Microsoft to post the actual fix on their support pages instead of the blah that’s written there. The Solution (II) Update I: On two of my test systems I was able to set the BIOS setting back to “Auto” after the installation of XP had finished. Your mileage may vary. Update II: The system I had this problem with is a Pentium-IV 3,06 GHz with an Award BIOS 6.0 with any part of it hardly being any older than 18 months. Update III: As I just found out some genius introduced a new way of setting the access mode in some BIOSes. Instead of allowing to set the access mode in the “STANDARD CMOS CONFIGURATION” screen, you have to use “IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION” instead. When the BIOS reports your drive there, you *don’t* press “Y” to accept but instead press “N”. You should then be able to chose whether to use “LBA” (don’t) or “LARGE” (yup) as the access mode for the particular drive. Currently affected mainboards seem to be: Elitegroup 651C-M If you report more models with the same strange method of setting the access method, I’m going to list them here. New: Some of you asked for it, so here it is: If you found this information helpful and if maybe it even saved you from weeks of frustrated trying, calling names and other savagery or in short: saved your valuable time then consider donating. Every amount is welcome and will help me to keep this site running. Thanks a lot! |
| AVG Anti Virus- Free Anti-Virus software (for real!) Found 191 viruses on my laptop - yow! posted by Simplify3 on Jul. 20 2007, Updated on Jul. 20 2007 | Webmaster recommended! I recommend AVG Anti-Virus for those with Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista computers.
Highly, highly recommended! An old laptop of mine was acting funny and anti-spyware programs said my computer was free of problems. I downloaded AVG Anti-virus (free version) from: http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10703202.html?tag=pdp_prod and in the MIDDLE of installing (it wasn't even done installing yet) it found a TROJAN HORSE and got rid of it. THEN it finished installing. I was impressed! When I scanned my computer, it got rid of 191 viruses -- heck, I didn't think anybody was doing viruses anymore - I thought it was all about spyware now. I was wrong! Anyhow, get it! I remember having troubles with older versions of AVG, but now they seem to have fixed them. Highly recommended piece of software. It really IS free, and it really DOES work. Kenneth Udut simplify3@aol.com http://free.naplesplus.us/ webmaster |
| Computer viruses are 25 years old posted by Simplify3 on Jul. 12 2007, Updated on Jul. 12 2007 | The computer virus conception story begins in 1981, when a tech-savvy 9th grader named Richard Skrenta ...Thursday, July 12, 2007Computer viruses are 25 years oldThe computer virus turns 25 this year! I'm guessing that "virus" doesn't include "worm," though. The computer virus conception story begins in 1981, when a tech-savvy 9th grader named Richard Skrenta got an Apple II for Christmas. Over the following few months he began cooking up ways to trick his friends using the machine. "I had been playing jokes on schoolmates by altering copies of pirated games to self-destruct after a number of plays," Skrenta once told the tech news site Security Focus. "I'd give out a new game, they'd get hooked, but then the game would stop working with a snickering comment from me on the screen." Link (Thanks, Farhad!)
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