Posts by epp_b

I agree with abf. Ditch Norton anything regardless of your subscription. It's just not worth it. Get something like AVG. I've also heard that NOD32 is very good.

Hmm, nice descriptive screenshot. Um...camera?

Quote: I figureded it out. Zone Alarm was stopping the dns client from reestablishing a connection with the router because I forgot to add my router as a trusted zone. I feel a bit stupid...lol. Thanks for all the...

Why do you want USB speakers? Standard speakers that plug into the audio-out jack on the sound card work just fine. As for what to get then...well, I like my Logitech set. The only problem with Logitechs is that the integrated...

Outpost Free firewall is excellent. It's highly configurable down to the last IP address, protocol, direction, local port, remote port, and so on and so forth. It has a bit of a learning curve, but it's well worth it. It also doesn't...

Quote: I am saving up for a laptop and I just have some questions. I was looking through ads this morning and there was one that had 40GB hard drive. Is that good? My borther said that I need to learn about the meory and stuff...

Quote: Alright, what do you guys use to make a "ghost"? Like I said, Terabyte Unlimited's BootIt NG (you can also use Image for Windows or Image for DOS, all three programs create images that are...

I have both a hardware firewall (router) and a software firewall (outpost). I would very much recommend using both because a hardware firewall typically protects against inbound breach attempts, whereas the software end of things will...

Quote: For reasons I don't quite understand, after running a program to repair the registry (after reinstallation of Windows didn't work), the freezes stopped. That makes sense. Major problems in the registry could...

Ugh, I switch off and leave it there. System Restore is the worst backup system (if you can actually call it that) ever to be conceived. It makes massive amounts of bloat, it's buggy (I used it for a little white at first, but found...