Bill Yanaire wrote:
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> AlexB - You need to add a setting to your config.ini file.
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> Type: SET ALEXB=RETARD
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> Restart your machine.
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Isn't it supposed to be in boot.ini?

Cheers.
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> "AlexB" <alexb@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:uLyHmz3bIHA.5128@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> For one thing, you should leave you laptop overnight for it to get some
>> updates and repair itself. Vista does have this ability.
>>
>> At the same token what makes you think that your machine is malware free.
>> It is a statement I would never take for the face value. What for one is
>> a good housekeeping is a lousy one for another.
>>
>> Read this:
>>
>> My policy is not to use any 3-rd party anti-malware except Spybot S&D.
>> Windows Vista offers sufficient protection against malicious software
>> writers some of them I am sure watch this forum very carefully.
>>
>> Download Microsoft Windows Baseline Security Analyzer. It is Beta 2.1 for
>> Vista and I think it is safe to download. Run it.
>>
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>>
>> It will give you all your vulnerabilities, especially in your firewall
>> settings. You should read the report and if it suggests any changes, you
>> should consider them.
>> Your Windows firewall setting will be analyzed.
>>
>> Download Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool
>> (KB890830). It will want to run upon install. Choose the FULL scan
>> although it may give you a threatening message that it might take a few
>> hours. It will scan your entire computer in about half an hour or less if
>> you do not have a lot of stuff in it.
>>
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>>
>> Some reassuring information: Malicious Software Removal Tool
>> <http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx>
>> The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps remove
>> specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running
>> Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
>> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=890830[/url]
>>
>> You can also go to Protection Center (Microsoft)
>> <http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/howsafe.htm?s_cid=mscom_msrt>
>> and click "Protection Scan." There will be a dropdown menu and a button:
>> "Launch Full Scan or Vista." You can do it if you wish.
>>
>> Download and install Spybot Search & Destroy, a great piece of software
>> which is free for individuals but corporations pay fees. You may be asked
>> for donations but it is up to you. It is very up to date and every week
>> you will have to download new updates, sometimes even more often. You
>> should check for updates every time you run it. It will give you all
>> su*kers leached into your registry and ask you if you wanted to remove
>> them. Many of them have masqueraded themselves under MS Windows names
>> like Windows.something. Do not hesitate to kill them all. You can trust
>> SB S&D.
>>
>> [url]http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html[/url]
>>
>> It also allows you to IMMUNIZE your system. It means that when you go to
>> a website and they try to download some kind of a Trojan to you SB S&D
>> will either kill it silently, or ask you if you want to do it or will
>> kill it and give you a notice. It is better to let it kill them all in
>> silence.
>>
>> Listen to Mark Russinovich's (MS) webcast: Advanced Malware Cleaning
>>
>> <http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/sessionh.aspx?videoid=359>
>>
>> Downloading any 3-rd party "free" anti-spyware program (with teh
>> exception SB S&D) is an invitation for a disaster.
>>
>> The AV (antivirus industry) is on the way to the cemetery:
>> The slow death of AV technology:
>> [url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/08/death_of_av/[/url]
>> Vista did it in.
>>
>> Last note: it has been suggested around here by some unscrupulous trolls
>> that the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) and SB S&D do
>> not clean the registry. MSRT and SB S&D work on different principles.
>> MSRT in full mode reads RAM memory and detects patterns in the files that
>> match known viruses and other malware configuraions. This is why it takes
>> so long to run. If malicious code is detected it is also quite likely
>> that it has a representation in the registry.
>>
>> The only way to remove a particular piece of malware is to CLEAN the
>> registry off of this key.
>> SB S&D works by going thru the registry and locating known names that
>> match its database of malicious software. After all culprits are found
>> the user is asked if he/she want to remove the malicious software. If you
>> say OK, then the registry IS CLEANED of this set of malicious execs. The
>> execs themselves are killed in the respective folders.
>>
>> In this sense both tools do CLEAN the registry. They do not do any
>> "housekeeping" which is absolutely superfluous and unnecessary. It is NOT
>> recommended by MS and most of the experienced users as well.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:ABEE08AE-755C-421C-9C74-255E5C476D1D@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> Hi there,
>>> I'm hoping someone can shed some light. I have a Vista laptop which is
>>> factory spec (Spec:
>>>[/color][/color][/color]
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>>> ). It is up to date with virus and malware scanning and I use it mainly
>>> for
>>> internet and work, being quite wary of what I install on it.
>>> In the last month it has been a lot more sluggish, with different
>>> programs
>>> freezing, then displaying "Not Responding" in the window; this can
>>> happen in
>>> anything that I'm using from Internet Explorer to MSN messenger.
>>> Sometimes
>>> even Vista freezes with refusing to acknowledge Start menu clicks or
>>> task bar
>>> clicks. It takes anything from 10 - 30 seconds for it to resolve and
>>> to
>>> work fine again. These errors happen intermittantly every few minutes.
>>> I'm not sure if it's related or coincidental but I've noticed the
>>> harddrive
>>> light will sometimes be lit whilst this is happening, without the sound
>>> of
>>> the harddrive actually being active.
>>>
>>> Please can someone shed some light on this and how to fix it.[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

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