When I periodically reinstall Win XP Home on my machine, in addition to the MS Windows CD, afterward I have to insert 3 more CDs to: 1. Load...
Many thanks. Just wanted to be sure before starting.
I have two used 40GB Maxtor IDE drives that are in good condition, both of which I removed from existing older single-drive machines, and...
To discover what you need, you can try the scanner at Crucial here: http://www.crucial.com/ Also, try running CPU-z:...
My personal experience in 26 years of using desktop PCs for practical business and personal tasks has taught me never to upgrade software that...
I don't know if Discwizard would install if it did not find any Seagate drives, but I suspect if you load Windows with the external Seagate HDD...
I started with Seagate Discwizard. It's a feature-limited version of Acronis True Image. There are two drives in my machine, one is a Seagate,...
I believe WinPatrol, et. al, are classified as IDS, not HIPS. IDS is after-the-fact detection and reversal. Correct me if I err.
If you have at least one Seagate drive in your machine, you can download Seagate DiscWizard for free. It is a basic version of Acronis True...
Some info here: http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&s=articles http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password_checker.mspx
I know my firewall packet filtering is all the protection I need as long as I'm not surfing. If it were me, I'd stay connected to the Internet in...
I had problems with installation of SP3 hanging. Then I disabled my AV, HIPS, and all of my non-critical firewall rules, and it went in smooth...
Absolutely agree. I was attempting to endorse your comments.:)
A good disk image application makes that a non-issue. One of the best investments of $50 I ever spent. The last version of PC Tools FW I tried...
I downloaded a piece of software from GAOD a few months back. The software required registration. I used my correct address, but intentionally...
While it would not necessarily be my first choice if I could use only one security app, it would be avast! 4.8 AV for the best all round, free...
I always uninstall Talkback
I'm running: Win XP SP2, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ DEP fully enabled for all programs and services except Windows Explorer FF 2.0.0.13...
If you are interested in spending the time to learn, here are some places to start: http://www.urs2.net/rsj/computing/kerio/index.html...
Hi: I'm using CHX 3.0 behind a router without any special network rules beyond the wan_start set, and it works fine. However I'm not a...
I'm no expert at this, but might it have left a config file behind somewhere, like in Documents & Settings?
As was pointed out to me in a thread not long ago, NAT does in fact act as a firewall by dropping unsolicited inbound, but offers no protection...
There are plenty of members at Wilders with similarly "vast knowledge." Some with even "vaster" knowledge, I'll bet!
Make certain you imported the wan_start rule set to the green Local Area Connection network interface card icon, not the IP address. Make...
Somewhere there was a further discussion with Stephan_R about fragmented packets, but I can't find it. IIRC, leaving the Deny All Incoming...
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