Posts by oalee

I worked with Microsoft Windows Technical Support for a little over 4 yrs. I was also part of the launch of Windows 8, 8.1 and 10. What Reverend Jim mentioned is correct, Windows 10, especially those who upgraded from a lower version of windows, are automatically registered using a Hash of your hardware IDs (don't ask how it is computed, I don't know too). When you reinstall using a downloaded ISO burned on a DVD or from a bootable USB, it should automatically register it as a genuine copy.

So the short answer to your question is YES.

"Everything will be ok in the end, if it's not ok then it's not the end." - Patrick Starr

Windows XP normally has an Administrator account active. Press on ctrl-alt-del repeatedly or switch user and then use "Administrator" as user and the default password should be blank.

I miss being able to just walk up to my mom and ask for money and then go out and spend it and then the whole cycle starts over...

Do you think that ALIENS will destroy earth before the sun explodes?

I'd prefer them coming first before the sun explodes. At least we get to kick alien butts when they come.

I've been reading and posting again for the past 2 days after years of inactivity. (I've only had the spare time and resources lately) It is only now that I realized that I have missed so much since I became inactive. You know what? I actually missed DW and everything seems bizaarely diffent from how it looked like ages ago...

Anyway, It's good to be back (again).

This could be a good idea, but most fundings goes down the drain as soon as politics and corruption starts setting in. It could even be a week or an "International Science Month".

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My favorite would be Braveheart by Mel Gibson. He's not my favorite actor though. As for my favorite actor, it would be Johnny Depp

I should be able to do the cpu as well (but depends in wattage and ram, etc). I was also wondering if anyone has heard of upgrading the graphics and not replaceing it. But by taking another chip, desoldering, reballing, and then soldering it onto the laptop.

I honestly am not aware of any methods to do this. A word to the wise though, I wouldn't void the laptop's warranty by cracking it open and making modifications just yet. I'd probably do this on an older laptop but not on a new box.

As for upgrading the laptop, the only thing i can think of that you can upgrade really is the memory. Probably some usb connected stuff but those are not really much help in terms of performance. You can try and see how far it can go by running some graphic intensive games and let it shutdown when it overheats. At least it gives you an idea on what games can run on it. It shouldn't get damaged if it automatically shuts down after it reaches a certain temperature.

Dear all,

I've been an active poster and a moderator of Daniweb. I have been AWOL for quite some time now and is very for being so. I have decided that I need this site to continually improve my techie knowledge more than the site needs me as a moderator. I have decided to spend more time in the site.

Please forgive me for I need to catch up on things, new rules, and new posts.

I hope i'd be of help to everybody since i've learned a lot of things from this site.

"Knowledge is not the best thing to have, it's the ability to share it."

Oliver

P.S. Dani, sorry for being gone for so long. I promise to make it up to the site and it's members. :)

Considering stand-alone browsers are available which provide those features, and which do not inherit the security risks of IE, I can't really understand why anyone would choose an IE 'bolt-on'

I agree!!! eversince the appearance of all these spywares/adwares/trojans, I started thinking about why a web browser should be embedded to an OS. Firstly, the internet is more comparable to "Open waters" which is very much unpredictable and very much unsecured. If considered so, why would you want your computer's OS attached to something that's very vulnerable to hacking and cracking. Secondly, the OS has nothing to do with web browsing. What do the OS care if I want to go surfing NBA.com online, or read CNN online or better yet, go surf for some online porn :mrgreen:. The point of all these is, you use browsers for surfing the web and that's what it's supposed to do. It's not supposed to affect the whole Operating system of your computer... I've been using firefox for a while now, and I'm encouraging everybody in my office to use it too. it gives me less headaches and worries about adwares and spywares that they might accidentally install on the computer.

If you happen to have all the installation CDs for the applications you have I'd suggest a fresh install of the system. This is so because upgrades usually carry their previous problems to the new upgraded OS.

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I don't think you should know who gave you a positive/negative rep. coz some people might take it personally and get back at whoever gave them the rep...

Install Freebsd with the kind of resources you mentioned that is the best. Next best option is Linux.
Both these have it own set of games.
I am not game expert but you do have stuff like doom on Linux.

Regards
Amar

I think they have doom on linux, i'm not sure... But I think I've played with it when i was fooling around on my college's linux system... but that was ages ago...

maybe it's really something that those people who makes these malwares exploit. don't you think?

I've been having this recurring problem with a trojan (I think). everytime i leave my computer online, there are email messages being sent to random addresses. When I check on the tasks running, there are random exe files that I keep on deleting. I delete the exe files and the entries using HJT. I've just deleted some again and ran HJT... here's the log, anybody out there with more experience with log reading than I am... pls. help... I'm getting really annoyed...

Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 2:46:44 PM, on 4/20/2004
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdtc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\E_SSRP03.EXE
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\regsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\r_server.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\SAVScan.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSTask.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\EPSON\EBAPI\SAgentNT.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\stisvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\EPSON\EBAPI\EBRR.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
C:\Program Files\WinPoET Broadband Connection\WrOS.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\mspmspsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Hardware\Keyboard\speedkey.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\evntsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logitech\QCDriver\LVCOMS.EXE
C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\WinPoET Broadband Connection\winpppoverethernet.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\ymsgr_tray.exe
E:\oliver\Hijack This\HijackThis.exe
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.garmentsasia.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Sew Perfect Phils., Inc.
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\blank.htm
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Hey ! Thanks to you all I did it! It took some time, but I installed xp home. Now when I turn it on, it gives me a choice 'tween xp professional and xp home.

It does show quite a few programs on prof. that aren't on home, like word, excel and powrpoint, but it wont' let me open them - looks for a set up. Any clue on if I can cross between prof. and home and use these programs???

You dudes are the best, I was estastic that I could take your directions adn do it.

Great! good for you then... :) good luck on your PC ...