Microsoft Windows Tricks - Programming Tricks

Vista sound problem!

2009-04-24T06:33:00.001-07:00

I just installed a clean install of vista, and I noticed that I only get 2.1 sound. I have a TerraTec 5.1 FUN PCI sound card, which I installed the drivers for. I connect my speaker system to the soundcard using three 3.5mm jacks. When I play a test sound, all the speakers makes a sound, but elsewhere I only get 2.1 sound! Anyone know how to solve this problem?

Heres a picture of my settings http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3540/aureon.jpg

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How To Bypass Your ISP And/or Your Country Restrictions

2009-04-24T06:32:00.005-07:00

“Site is blocked”, “the administrator has blocked this site”, “Error 403 Forbidden Unauthorized”. All of this is just example of the frustrated error messages you get if you were trying to access website that has been blocked, may be you at work and the administrator is blocking some cretin sites, or may be your ISP [...]

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pathfinding algorithm

2009-04-24T06:32:00.003-07:00

I'm making a tower defense game in python similar to Desktop Tower Defense.
I've written a dijkstra pathfinding algorithm that should be run every time a tower is placed. it should be run for start to finish, as well as once for every creep on the map.
However, it takes far too long for only a 48 X 64 grid even for just a single path.
am i taking the wrong approach or if something is causing my algorithm to be inneficient can someone point out to me what it may be?

Code:
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dir_x = [ 0, 1, 1, 1, 0,-1,-1,-1]
dir_y = [-1,-1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0,-1]
inf = float('inf')
sqrt2 = math.sqrt(2)
# find_path
# defines the path that the enemy should follow.
# returns list of nodes which is the shortest path from tuple coordinate xy to the closest end point.
# if no path exists then returns None
# map is a map object
# end is a list of tuple coordinates where the end spaces are
def find_path(map, end, xy):
grid = map.grid
y = len(grid)
x = len(grid[0])
startx,starty = xy[0],xy[1]
pq = []
dd = []
for i in range(y):
dd.append([])
for j in range(x):
dd[i].append(None)
dd[starty][startx] = Node((startx,starty))
dd[starty][startx].distance = 0.0
heappush(pq, dd[starty][startx])
try:
while pq[0] is not None:
curr = heappop(pq)
for i in range(8):
d = 0.0
u = curr.x + dir_x[i]
v = curr.y + dir_y[i]
if i%2 is 1:
d = sqrt2
else:
d = 1.0
if u < 0 or u >= x or v < 0 or v >= y:
continue
if grid[v][u] is 'x':
continue
next = Node((u,v))
next.distance = curr.distance + d
next.direction = i
next.prev = curr
try:
if dd[v][u] is None or next < dd[v][u]:
dd[v][u] = next
heappush(pq,next)
except ValueError:
pass
#end while
except IndexError:
pass
res = []
end.sort()
try:
next = dd[end[0][1]][end[0][0]]
if next is not None and next.distance is inf:
return None
else:
while next is not None and next.prev is not None:
res.append((next.x,next.y))
next = next.prev
except IndexError:
return None
res.sort()
return res
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please help me

2009-04-24T06:32:00.001-07:00

hey i just purchased my Sony VAIO VGC-JS190J all-in-one PC and its a pretty good unit how ever i the main reason for purchasing it was to play my Microsoft fsx. i am able to play the game but i have had to drastically give up most of the graphics or/ have had to turn down the settings on the fsx so the fsx game would play smoothly without any lagging. Its not the worst but i wanna know if Sony or anyone else makes any better graphic cards for the Sony unit? any help would be appreciated.

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How to watch DVD files in Mobile Phone 3gp for Free

2009-04-22T06:43:00.001-07:00

Its always useful to have a freeware to convert DVD files to 3gp mobile format so that you rip the video files to watch in your mobile devices while you are travelling and to show your friends or for other reasons.
Gogo DVD to 3gp converter is one of the very easy tool to do this [...]

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How To Make your IE8 Even Faster with Simple Tweak

2009-04-22T06:42:00.017-07:00

Ever since Microsoft released IE8 Beta i loved it, i have to say that Microsoft really did their homework there is huge improvement in IE8 and its good step in the right direction
But Microsoft has taken tremendous amount of effort to bring the standards in IE8 as they have been trying with Windows 7 [...]

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Repair CD/DVD Writer

2009-04-22T06:42:00.015-07:00

Does anybody know of any utility that will repair the registry entrees in XP for Optical Drives? Or heard of anything just refresh it to when windows was first installed?

I have a Samsung WriteMaster that Ive owned for a few years. Problem is, I used to use Daemon Tools on my machine and when I uninstalled it, it corrupted something in the registry and I cant get the burner to be recognized fully by windows. Windows can "Eject" it, but thats about it. I get an "E: is not accessible." "Incorrect function." error, when I try to open it where it should normally say "Please insert a disk into drive F:". The writemaster and my other optical drive were like "overlapped" on each other, when I changed the volume letter, only then did it even see the other one.

Ive tried all kinds of things.
- Ive tried doing a few microsoft fixes, deleting upper and lowers in the registry. That worked the first time it was corrupted, it didnt work this time.
- Ive removed device from device manager, moved around drive letters, scanned for changes, uninstalled, enabled disabled, rebooted.
- I even went into the registry again and deleted some corrupt keys and stuff.
- In the past (the first time this happened), I managed to flash the firmware, mess with a couple reg keys and it worked. However now I cant, because its so screwed up that it doesnt even recognize that the drive is the right one, so the software for flashing wont even let me flash.

Its getting a weird name too that its not supposed to get when windows installs the drivers. There is no software drivers I know of for this thing. Only firmware, and unless daemon tools corrupted it, that should be fine.

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How to Turn On or Off and Manage Guest Account in Vista?

2009-04-22T06:42:00.013-07:00

Sometimes it becomes necessary to setup Guest Account in your laptop or desktop when some friends or your family relatives visit you, so that they can have access to Internet and computer without you fearing about your personal details and still have the privacy in your computer.

1. Go to Control Panel -> User Accounts [...]

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Hijack This Log: Win32 error, svhost.exe error, worm???

2009-04-22T06:42:00.011-07:00

So my computer starts, and runs for about 3 minutes, then I get two errors. Win32 must be shut down, then svhost.exe, then the instruction @ 0x3700368a something or other must terminate, cant be read... then windows explorere has encountered a problem and must be shut down.

Debug does nothing, adaware doesnt work and now spybot wont run. No programs will open, other than windows base operations, files, etc.. I have to run diagnostics/anti-spyware right in those 3 mins of start.. or in safe mode... and in safe mode it still has trouble.

Windows media wont work, defrag wont work, sys restore wont work, like.. programs wont start... or they open and are just nonresponsive...

Wtf.. heres the log... please help!

Btw.. Im on my gfs crappy laptop doing this... it was hell e-mailing the hijack log to myself... lol.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 11:50:45 PM, on 4/19/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512)
Boot mode: Safe mode with network support

Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWService.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE
C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWTray.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://yahoo.com/
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId= ... ww.msn.com
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = localhost
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {EA756889-2338-43DB-8F07-D1CA6FB9C90D} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 6.0ReaderActiveXAcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: AOL Toolbar Launcher - {7C554162-8CB7-45A4-B8F4-8EA1C75885F9} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar Helper - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {DE9C389F-3316-41A7-809B-AA305ED9D922} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AdaptecDirectCD] "C:Program FilesRoxioEasy CD Creator 5DirectCDDirectCD.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Lexmark X1100 Series] "C:Program FilesLexmark X1100 Serieslxbkbmgr.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [diagent] "C:Program FilesCreativeDiagnosticsdiagent.exe" startup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ShStatEXE] "C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanSHSTAT.EXE" /STANDALONE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [McAfeeUpdaterUI] "C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkUpdaterUI.exe" /StartedFromRunKey
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Logitech Hardware Abstraction Layer] KHALMNPR.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [LDM] Program
O4 - HKCU..Run: [updateMgr] "C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAdobeUpdateManager.exe" AcPro7_0_9 -reboot 1
O4 - HKCU..Run: [] C:DOCUME~1DanLOCALS~1Tempv8o5v.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Windows Resurections] C:DOCUME~1DanLOCALS~1Tempv8o5v.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Diagnostic Manager] C:DOCUME~1DanLOCALS~1Temp3280304790.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher.lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma.lnk = C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeCalibrationAdobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Logitech SetPoint.lnk = C:Program FilesLogitechSetPointKEM.exe
O7 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem, DisableRegedit=1
O8 - Extra context menu item: &AIM Search - c:program filesaolaim toolbar 5.0resourcesen-USlocalsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Acrobat 7.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O9 - Extra button: AIM Toolbar - {3369AF0D-62E9-4bda-8103-B4C75499B578} - C:WINDOWSsystem32shdocvw.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99F7-4BB4-88D8-FA1D4F56A2AB} (Installation Support) - C:Program FilesYahoo!CommonYinsthelper.dll
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpip..{89DF1582-B08F-418A-8AAC-80A1EFE81169}: NameServer = 85.255.112.22,85.255.112.130
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpip..{BF3638C6-C731-416B-AC8D-4F095DBB20BF}: NameServer = 71.243.0.12 71.250.0.12
O17 - HKLMSystemCS1ServicesTcpipParameters: NameServer = 85.255.112.22,85.255.112.130
O17 - HKLMSystemCS2ServicesTcpipParameters: NameServer = 85.255.112.22,85.255.112.130
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpipParameters: NameServer = 85.255.112.22,85.255.112.130
O18 - Protocol: bw+0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw+0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw-0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw-0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw00 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw00s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw10 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw10s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw20 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw20s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw30 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw30s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw40 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw40s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw50 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw50s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw60 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw60s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw70 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw70s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw80 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw80s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw90 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bw90s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwa0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwa0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwb0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwb0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwc0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwc0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwd0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwd0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwe0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwe0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwf0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwf0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwfile-8876480 - {9462A756-7B47-47BC-8C80-C34B9B80B32B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramGAPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwg0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwg0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwh0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwh0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwi0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwi0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwj0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwj0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwk0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwk0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwl0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwl0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwm0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwm0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwn0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwn0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwo0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwo0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwp0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwp0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwq0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwq0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwr0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwr0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bws0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bws0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwt0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwt0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwu0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwu0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwv0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwv0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bww0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bww0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwx0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwx0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwy0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwy0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwz0 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: bwz0s - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O18 - Protocol: offline-8876480 - {D0F26D11-E9E8-4364-B962-0F263A2A5C6B} - C:Program FilesLogitechDesktop Messenger8876480ProgramBWPlugProtocol-8876480.dll
O21 - SSODL: fairydom - {5839511e-ec1b-4f91-ace3-fb88e52f5239} - (no file)
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: {5839511e-ec1b-4f91-ace3-fb88e52f5239} - fairydom - (no file)
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobe Systems SharedServiceAdobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Adobe Version Cue CS2 - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Version Cue CS2binVersionCueCS2.exe
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSSystem32Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: Creative Service for CDROM Access - Creative Technology Ltd - C:WINDOWSSystem32CTsvcCDA.exe
O23 - Service: Firebird Server - MAGIX Instance (FirebirdServerMAGIXInstance) - Unknown owner - C:MAGIXCommonDatabasebinfbserver.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldDriver11Intel 32IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service - Lavasoft - C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWService.exe
O23 - Service: LexBce Server (LexBceS) - Lexmark International, Inc. - C:WINDOWSsystem32LEXBCES.EXE
O23 - Service: Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (lsass) - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSscvhost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: McAfee Framework Service (McAfeeFramework) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkFrameworkService.exe
O23 - Service: Network Associates McShield (McShield) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanMcshield.exe
O23 - Service: Network Associates Task Manager (McTaskManager) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanVsTskMgr.exe
O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32PnkBstrA.exe
O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation - C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe

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End of file - 20204 bytes

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Trouble Reinstalling

2009-04-22T06:42:00.009-07:00

My laptop recently got a virus and I cant use Windows at all (when it turns on it just shows my wallpaper without ANYTHING elce on screen and when I do Task Manager it says its been disabled). So I start up with my boot disk to recover my system, I want to do a clean install. But like always, this are never made easy with Windows.

There are three options:
Install Windows
Recover Windows or
Exit Without Installing Windows.

I tried the recover one first and it got me to a dos black screen and listed "1. CWINDOWS" and then it said which one id like to log into. I said 1 and pressed enter and all it gives me is the same thing "CWINDOWS>" and it asks me for the admin password, I dont know if such a think so I just pressed enter leaving that blank. Then it gives me the CWINDOWS> prompt and lets me type but I have no idea what to do. So I booted again and I went with the other option.

When trying install Windows it seemed as if everything was going OK, it installed it again, and launched it and I see my old Account is still there in the login screen. Meaning it didnt do a clean install at all. And then it tells me "An error has occurred when trying to validate Windows, please activate it" or something along those lines. But ofcource, it cant activate because it doesnt have an internet connection and when i clikc activate by Phone, it says call this following number: and it gives me NO FREAKING NUMBER. THE SPACE IS BLANK!.

SO HOW THE HECK DO I CLEAN MY WHOLE HARDDRIVE AND INSTALL A NEW COPY OF WINDOWS. I just dont understand why this process is so hard. Anyone has any ideas for me so I can actually recover my laptop. All my work stuff depends on me having a laptop and its very inconvenient. Thanks soooo much to anyone that can offer any help on this.

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A Modest Proposal for the Copy and Paste School of Code Reuse

2009-04-22T06:42:00.007-07:00

Is copying and pasting code dangerous? Should control-c and control-v be treated not as essential programming keyboard shortcuts, but registered weapons?

(yes, I know that in OS X, the keyboard shortcut for cut and paste uses "crazy Prince symbol key" instead of control, like God intended. Any cognitive dissonance you may be experiencing right now is also intentional.)

Here's my position on copy and paste for programmers:

Copy and paste doesn't create bad code. Bad programmers create bad code.

Or, if you prefer, guns don't kill people, people kill people. Just make sure that source code isn't pointed at me when it goes off. There are always risks. When you copy and paste code, vigilance is required to make sure you (or someone you work with) isn't falling into the trap of copy and paste code duplication:

Undoubtedly the most popular reason for creating a routine is to avoid duplicate code. Similar code in two routines is a warning sign. David Parnas says that if you use copy and paste while you're coding, you're probably committing a design error. Instead of copying code, move it into its own routine. Future modifications will be easier because you will need to modify the code in only one location. The code will be more reliable because you will have only one place in which to be sure that the code is correct.

Some programmers agree with Parnas, going so far as to advocate disabling cut and paste entirely. I think that's rather extreme. I use copy and paste while programming all the time, but never in a way that runs counter to Curly's Law.

But pervasive high-speed internet -- and a whole new generation of hyper-connected young programmers weaned on the web -- has changed the dynamics of programming. Copy and paste is no longer a pejorative term, but a simple observation about how a lot of modern coding gets done, like it or not. This new dynamic was codified into law as Bambrick's 8th Rule of Code Reuse:

It's far easier and much less trouble to find and use a bug-ridden, poorly implemented snippet of code written by a 13 year old blogger on the other side of the world than it is to find and use the equivalent piece of code written by your team leader on the other side of a cubicle partition.

(And I think that the copy and paste school of code reuse is flourishing, and will always flourish, even though it gives very suboptimal results.)

Per Mr. Bambrick, copy and pasted code from the internet is good because:

Code stored on blogs, forums, and the web in general is very easy to find.
You can inspect the code before you use it.
Comments on blogs give some small level of feedback that might improve quality.
Pagerank means that you're more likely to find code that might be higher quality.
Code that is easy to read and understand will be copied and pasted more, leading to a sort of viral reproductive dominance.
The programmer's ego may drive her to only publish code that she believes is of sufficient quality.

But copy and pasted code from the internet is bad because:

If the author improves the code, you're not likely to get those benefits.
If you improve the code, you're not likely to pass those improvements back to the author.
Code may be blindly copied and pasted without understanding what the code actually does.
Pagerank doesn't address the quality of the code, or its fitness for your purpose.
Code is often 'demo code' and may purposely gloss over important concerns like error handling, sql injection, encoding, security, etc.

Now, if you're copying entire projects or groups of files, you should be inheriting that code from a project that's already under proper source control. That's just basic software engineering (we hope). But the type of code I'm likely to cut and paste isn't entire projects or files. It's probably a code snippet -- an algorithm, a routine, a page of code, or perhaps a handful of functions. There are several established code snippet sharing services:

Source control is great, but it's massive overkill for, say, this little Objective-C animation snippet:


- (void)fadeOutWindow:(NSWindow*)window{
 float alpha = 1.0;
 [window setAlphaValue:alpha];
 [window makeKeyAndOrderFront:self];
 for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
  alpha -= 0.1;
  [window setAlphaValue:alpha];
  [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:0.020];
 }
}

To me, the most troubling limitation of copypasta programming is the complete disconnect between the code you've pasted and all the other viral copies of it on the web. It's impossible to locate new versions of the snippet, or fold your features and bugfixes back into the original snippet. Nor can you possibly hope to find all the other nooks and crannies of code all over the world this snippet has crept into.

What I propose is this:


// codesnippet:1c125546-b87c-49ff-8130-a24a3deda659
- (void)fadeOutWindow:(NSWindow*)window{
        // code
 }
}

Attach a one line comment convention with a new GUID to any code snippet you publish on the web. This ties the snippet of code to its author and any subsequent clones. A trivial search for the code snippet GUID would identify every other copy of the snippet on the web:


http://www.google.com/search?q=1c125546-b87c-49ff-8130-a24a3deda659

I realize that what I'm proposing, as simple as it is, might still be an onerous requirement for copy-paste programmers. They're too busy copying and pasting to bother with silly conventions! Instead, imagine the centralized code snippet sharing services automatically applying a snippet GUID comment to every snippet they share. If they did, this convention could get real traction virtually overnight. And why not? We're just following the fine software engineering tradition of doing the stupidest thing that could possibly work.

No, it isn't a perfect system, by any means. For one thing, variants and improvements of the code would probably need their own snippet GUID, ideally by adding a second line to indicate the parent snippet they were derived from. And what do you do when you combine snippets with your own code, or merge snippets together? But let's not over think it, either. This is a simple, easily implementable improvement over what we have now: utter copy-and-paste code chaos.

Sometimes, small code requires small solutions.

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VBA: How do I click OK on pop-up dialogue box

2009-04-22T06:42:00.005-07:00

I have a program that goes out to the internet and grabs information, periodically a pop up dialogue box will appear generated by the website, How can I have VBA automatically select OK on any dialogue box that pops up.

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How Not to Conduct an Online Poll

2009-04-22T06:42:00.003-07:00

Inside the Precision Hack is a great read. It's all about how the Time Magazine World's Most Influential People poll was gamed. But the actual hack itself is somewhat less impressive when you start digging into the details.

Here's the voting UI for the Time poll in question.

Casting a vote submits a HTTP GET in the form of:

http://www.timepolls.com/contentpolls/Vote.do
?pollName=time100_2009&id=1883924&rating=1

Where id is a number associated with the person being voted for, and rating is how influential you think that person is from 1 to 100. Simple enough, but Time's execution was .. less than optimal.

In early stages of the poll, Time.com didn't have any authentication or validation -- the door was wide open to any client that wanted to stuff the ballot box.

Soon afterward, it was discovered that the Time.com Poll didn't even range check its parameters to ensure that the ratings fell within the 1 to 100 range

The outcome of the 2009 Time 100 World's Most Influential People poll isn't that important in the big scheme of things, but it's difficult to understand why a high profile website would conduct an anonymous worldwide poll without even the most basic of safeguards in place. This isn't high security; this is web 101. Any programmer with even a rudimentary understanding of how the web works would have thought of these exploits immediately.

Without any safeguards, wannabe "hackers" set out to game the poll in every obvious way you can think of. Time eventually responded -- with all the skill and expertise of ... a team who put together the world's most insecure online poll.

Shortly afterward, Time.com changed the protocol to attempt to authenticate votes by requiring a key be appended to the poll submission URL. The key consisted of an MD5 hash of the URL + a secret word (aka 'the salt'). [hackers eventually] discovered that the salt [..] was poorly hidden in Time.com's voting flash application. With the salt extracted, the autovoters were back online, rocking the vote.

So-called secret poorly hidden on the client: check!

Another challenge faced by the autovoters was that if you voted for the same person more often than once every 13 seconds, your IP would be banned from voting. However, it was noticed that you could cycle through votes for other candidates during those 13 seconds. The autovoters quickly adapted to take advantage of this loophole, interleaving up-votes for moot with down-votes for the competition -- ensuring that no candidate received a vote more frequently than once every 13 seconds, maximizing the voting leverage.

Sloppy, incomplete IP throttling: check!

At this point, here's the mental image I had of the web developers running the show at time.com:

Remember my advice from design for evil?

When good is dumb, evil will always triumph.

Well, here's your proof. I'm not sure they come any dumber than these clowns.

The article goes on to document how the "hackers" exploited these truck sized holes in the time.com online voting system to not only put moot on top, but spell out a little message, too, for good measure:

Looking at the first letters of each of the top 21 leading names in the poll we find the message "marblecake, also the game". The poll announces (perhaps subtly) to the world, that the most influential are not the Obamas, Britneys or the Rick Warrens of the world, the most influential are an extremely advanced intelligence: the hackers.

It's a nice sentiment, I suppose. But is it really a precision hack when your adversaries are incompetent? If you want to read about a real hack -- one that took "extremely advanced intelligence" in the face of a nearly unstoppable adversary -- try the black sunday hack. Now that's a hack.

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I am having big trouble with ialmrnt5 display driver error.

2009-04-22T06:42:00.001-07:00

I am using a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, and all the time I am getting this ialmrnt5 message, and the screen enlarges with pixalated graphics. At first it would happen a few times, Id just reboot. Now it is driving me completely mental!! I cannot afford a knew machine or even to get some one to look at it. Can someone please help me?

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Batch Script to check for timestamp and copy to other directory

2009-04-19T11:22:00.001-07:00

Experts,
I need a batch scripts that looks for timestamp for a set of files and after validating copies all files having latest timestamp to another directory. Please help

Thanks in advance

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HijackThis Log - Computer won't shut down

2009-04-17T09:50:00.019-07:00

Hia, Im not even sure if a hyjack log is useful for fixing this problem. I tried to follow the insructions in the sticky thread but I couldnt do all of them since I cant get safe mode to run (the one time I tried)

Im not a computer pro but Im pretty competent usually, however Im way out of my league
First my laptop stopped going into sleep mode and when I put my battery plan to balanced it fixed it temporarily. then the battery stopped charging. i took it out and put it again, it has fixed. then the big problems began
task manager stopped working (it would open and be running but I couldnt see it anywhere, only the green box on the lower right panel thing) - I downloaded process explorer and killed the many task managers i had running. so its not fixed but replaced
then the big problem - it can no longer shut down it says its gonna and then just stays at the logging out screen. im worried every time i hard reset im damaging it.

at some point i did a system restore (before the major probs happened because it prompted me. i thought i could perhaps do a restore from longer back but now I cant get system restore to appear though it is running. I cant get task viewer to work without crashing, I cant do windows update or windows defender scan.
I have run avg and the microsoft malicious software removal tool which are taking 7 hours to finish, early at the end and no results - so does this mean it isnt a virus? also, how is AVG different from windows defender? I have run glary, ccleaner, and advances system care..
I have just made a windows vista repair disc though im not really sure what it does, should I use it? also I dont think I can do a reset because my laptop did not come with a vista disc apparently it is maybe stored by hidden paritian? I dont really get it.
Any ideas? Its worrying me a lot, I have my laptop in my room so keeping it on is not an option, i dont think hard reset is a long-term solution either. I really need it fixed before I head back to Uni because the idea of being cut off is scary. I could get someone to fix it but apparently that could add up to 90 or something :S

also, say I back everything up and it turns out I did have a virus. might I infect my data in my backup and be infected forever?

please help if you can!

my hyjackthis log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 09:50:05, on 13/04/2009
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18000)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:Windowssystem32taskeng.exe
C:Program FilesIObitAdvanced SystemCare 3AWC.exe
C:Windowssystem32Dwm.exe
C:WindowsExplorer.EXE
C:Program FilesDiskeeper CorporationDiskeeperDkIcon.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoNPDIRECTtpfnf7sp.exe
C:Program FilesSynapticsSynTPSynTPEnh.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoPM DriverPMHandler.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoHOTKEYTpWAudAp.exe
C:Program FilesIntelIntel Matrix Storage ManagerIAAnotif.exe
C:WindowsRtHDVCpl.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesLenovoSchedulerscheduler_proxy.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoLenovoCareLPMGR.EXE
C:Program FilesLenovoAwayTaskAwaySch.EXE
C:Program FilesLenovo Multimedia CenterPowerDVDPDVDServ.exe
C:Program FilesThinkVantageAMSGAmsg.exe
C:Program FilesPure NetworksNetwork Magicnmapp.exe
C:Program FilesThinkPadConnectUtilitiesACTray.exe
C:Program FilesThinkPadConnectUtilitiesACWLIcon.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoClient Security Solutioncssauth.exe
C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveMonitor.exe
C:WindowsSystem32igfxtray.exe
C:WindowsSystem32hkcmd.exe
C:WindowsSystem32igfxpers.exe
C:Windowssystem32igfxsrvc.exe
C:Program FilesScanSoftOmniPageSE4OpWareSE4.exe
C:Program FilesCanonMyPrinterBJMYPRT.EXE
C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe
C:Program FilesWindows Sidebarsidebar.exe
C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifier1.2.1128.5462G oogleToolbarNotifier.exe
C:Windowsehomeehtray.exe
C:Program FilesWindows Media Playerwmpnscfg.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoBluetooth SoftwareBTTray.exe
C:Program FilesWordWebwweb32.exe
C:Windowsehomeehmsas.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoBluetooth SoftwareBtStackServer.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoClient Security Solutiontvtpwm_tray.exe
C:Windowssystem32sdclt.exe
C:Program FilesMalwarebytes Anti-Malwarembam.exe
C:Windowssystem32wuauclt.exe
C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe
C:Program FilesLast.fmLastFM.exe
C:Windowssystem32SearchFilterHost.exe
C:USERSCLARADOWNLOADSPROCESSEXPLORERPROCEXP.E XE
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://search.orbitdownloader.com
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: btorbit.com - {000123B4-9B42-4900-B3F7-F4B073EFC214} - C:Program FilesOrbitdownloaderorbitcth.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAcrobatActiveXAcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: AskBar BHO - {201f27d4-3704-41d6-89c1-aa35e39143ed} - C:Program FilesAskBarDisbarbinaskBar.dll
O2 - BHO: Skype add-on (mastermind) - {22BF413B-C6D2-4d91-82A9-A0F997BA588C} - C:Program FilesSkypeToolbarsInternet ExplorerSkypeIEPlugin.dll
O2 - BHO: RealPlayer Download and Record Plugin for Internet Explorer - {3049C3E9-B461-4BC5-8870-4C09146192CA} - C:Program FilesRealRealPlayerrpbrowserrecordplugin.dll
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveShellExtensions.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows LiveWindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:program filesgooglegoogletoolbar1.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {BDBD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:Program FilesWindows Live Toolbarmsntb.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: ThinkVantage Password Manager - {F040E541-A427-4CF7-85D8-75E3E0F476C5} - C:Program FilesLenovoClient Security Solutiontvtpwm_ie_com.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Windows Live Toolbar - {BDAD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:Program FilesWindows Live Toolbarmsntb.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:program filesgooglegoogletoolbar1.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Veoh Browser Plug-in - {D0943516-5076-4020-A3B5-AEFAF26AB263} - C:Program FilesVeoh NetworksVeohPluginsregVeohToolbar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Grab Pro - {C55BBCD6-41AD-48AD-9953-3609C48EACC7} - C:Program FilesOrbitdownloaderGrabPro.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Foxit Toolbar - {3041d03e-fd4b-44e0-b742-2d9b88305f98} - C:Program FilesAskBarDisbarbinaskBar.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%Windows DefenderMSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TPFNF7] C:Program FilesLenovoNPDIRECTTPFNF7SP.exe /r
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SynTPEnh] C:Program FilesSynapticsSynTPSynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [PMHandler] C:PROGRA~1LenovoPMDRIV~1PMHandler.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TPWAUDAP] C:Program FilesLenovoHOTKEYTpWAudAp.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IAAnotif] "C:Program FilesIntelIntel Matrix Storage ManagerIaanotif.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [RtHDVCpl] RtHDVCpl.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TVT Scheduler Proxy] C:Program FilesCommon FilesLenovoSchedulerscheduler_proxy.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [FingerPrintSoftware] "C:Program FilesLenovo Fingerprint Softwarefpapp.exe" s
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LPManager] C:PROGRA~1LenovoLENOVO~2LPMGR.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [DiskeeperSystray] "C:Program FilesDiskeeper CorporationDiskeeperDkIcon.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AwaySch] C:Program FilesLenovoAwayTaskAwaySch.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [RemoteControl] "C:Program FilesLenovo Multimedia CenterPowerDVDPDVDServ.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LanguageShortcut] "C:Program FilesLenovo Multimedia CenterPowerDVDLanguageLanguage.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AMSG] C:Program FilesThinkVantageAMSGAmsg.exe /startup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [nmapp] "C:Program FilesPure NetworksNetwork Magicnmapp.exe" -autorun -nosplash
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ACTray] C:Program FilesThinkPadConnectUtilitiesACTray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ACWLIcon] C:Program FilesThinkPadConnectUtilitiesACWLIcon.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [cssauth] "C:Program FilesLenovoClient Security Solutioncssauth.exe" silent
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LenovoOobeOffers] c:SWTOOLSLenovoWelcomeLenovoOobeOffers.exe /filePath="c:swsharefirstrun.txt"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [GrooveMonitor] "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IgfxTray] C:Windowssystem32igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:Windowssystem32hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Persistence] C:Windowssystem32igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SSBkgdUpdate] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesScansoft SharedSSBkgdUpdateSSBkgdupdate.exe" -Embedding -boot
O4 - HKLM..Run: [OpwareSE4] "C:Program FilesScanSoftOmniPageSE4OpwareSE4.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [CanonSolutionMenu] C:Program FilesCanonSolutionMenuCNSLMAIN.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM..Run: [CanonMyPrinter] C:Program FilesCanonMyPrinterBJMyPrt.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AppleSyncNotifier] C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleSyncNotifier.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:Program FilesAdobeReader 9.0ReaderReader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM..RunOnce: [Malwarebytes Anti-Malware] C:Program FilesMalwarebytes Anti-Malwarembamgui.exe /install /silent
O4 - HKLM..RunOnce: [Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (reboot)] "C:Program FilesMalwarebytes Anti-Malwarembam.exe" /runcleanupscript
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Sidebar] C:Program FilesWindows Sidebarsidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKCU..Run: [swg] C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifier1.2.1128.5462G oogleToolbarNotifier.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ehTray.exe] C:WindowsehomeehTray.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:Program FilesWindows Media PlayerWMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%Windows SidebarSidebar.exe /detectMem (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [AVG7_Run] C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-20..Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%Windows SidebarSidebar.exe /detectMem (User NETWORK SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-18..Run: [AVG7_Run] C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User SYSTEM)
O4 - HKUS.DEFAULT..Run: [AVG7_Run] C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgw.exe /RUNONCE (User Default user)
O4 - Startup: WordWeb.lnk = C:Program FilesWordWebwweb32.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Bluetooth.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download by Orbit - res://C:Program FilesOrbitdownloaderorbitmxt.dll/201
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Grab video by Orbit - res://C:Program FilesOrbitdownloaderorbitmxt.dll/204
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Windows Live Search - res://C:Program FilesWindows Live Toolbarmsntb.dll/search.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Do&wnload selected by Orbit - res://C:Program FilesOrbitdownloaderorbitmxt.dll/203
O8 - Extra context menu item: Down&load all by Orbit - res://C:Program FilesOrbitdownloaderorbitmxt.dll/202
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Send image to &Bluetooth Device... - C:Program FilesLenovoBluetooth Softwarebtsendto_ie_ctx.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Send page to &Bluetooth Device... - C:Program FilesLenovoBluetooth Softwarebtsendto_ie.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {0045D4BC-5189-4b67-969C-83BB1906C421} - C:Program FilesLenovoClient Security Solutiontvtpwm_ie_com.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: ThinkVantage Password Manager... - {0045D4BC-5189-4b67-969C-83BB1906C421} - C:Program FilesLenovoClient Security Solutiontvtpwm_ie_com.dll
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Skype - {77BF5300-1474-4EC7-9980-D32B190E9B07} - C:Program FilesSkypeToolbarsInternet ExplorerSkypeIEPlugin.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: @btrez.dll,-4015 - {CCA281CA-C863-46ef-9331-5C8D4460577F} - C:Program FilesLenovoBluetooth Softwarebtsendto_ie.htm
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @btrez.dll,-12650 - {CCA281CA-C863-46ef-9331-5C8D4460577F} - C:Program FilesLenovoBluetooth Softwarebtsendto_ie.htm
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...?1239469684989
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsof...?1239469772680
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpip..{6919E77B-522A-4E21-A7DA-27DD00711701}: NameServer = 134.219.101.211 134.219.101.212
O18 - Protocol: grooveLocalGWS - {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} - C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveSystemServices.dll
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1SkypeSKYPE4~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: avgwlntf - C:WindowsSYSTEM32avgwlntf.dll
O23 - Service: Ac Profile Manager Service (AcPrfMgrSvc) - Lenovo - C:Program FilesThinkPadConnectUtilitiesAcPrfMgrSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Access Connections Main Service (AcSvc) - Lenovo - C:Program FilesThinkPadConnectUtilitiesAcSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Agere Modem Call Progress Audio (AgereModemAudio) - Agere Systems - C:Windowssystem32agrsmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Resident Shield Service (AvgCoreSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgrssvc.exe
O23 - Service: Diskeeper - Diskeeper Corporation - C:Program FilesDiskeeper CorporationDiskeeperDkService.exe
O23 - Service: Fn+F5 Service (FNF5SVC) - Lenovo. - C:Program FilesLENOVOHOTKEYFNF5SVC.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate1c8e883963eb170) (gupdate1c8e883963eb170) - Google Inc. - C:Program FilesGoogleUpdateGoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleCommonGoogle UpdaterGoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) Matrix Storage Event Monitor (IAANTMON) - Intel Corporation - C:Program FilesIntelIntel Matrix Storage ManagerIaantmon.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldDriver1150Intel 32IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: PIXMA Extended Survey Program (IJPLMSVC) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesCanonIJPLMIJPLMSVC.EXE
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
O23 - Service: IPS Core Service (IPSSVC) - Lenovo Group Limited - C:Windowssystem32IPSSVC.EXE
O23 - Service: Pure Networks Net2Go Service (nmraapache) - Pure Networks, Inc. - C:Program FilesPure NetworksNetwork MagicWebServerbinnmraapache.exe
O23 - Service: Pure Networks Network Magic Service (nmservice) - Pure Networks, Inc. - C:Program FilesPure NetworksNetwork Magicnmsrvc.exe
O23 - Service: PMSveH - Lenovo - C:Program FilesLenovoPM DriverPMSveH.exe
O23 - Service: ProtexisLicensing - Unknown owner - C:Windowssystem32PSIService.exe
O23 - Service: Macrium Reflect Image Mounting Service (ReflectService) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesMacriumReflectReflectService.exe
O23 - Service: Cyberlink RichVideo Service(CRVS) (RichVideo) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesCyberLinkShared FilesRichVideo.exe
O23 - Service: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Net (rpcnet) - Absolute Software Corp. - C:Windowssystem32rpcnet.exe
O23 - Service: System Update (SUService) - Lenovo Group Limited - C:Program FilesLenovoSystem UpdateSUService.exe
O23 - Service: ThinkVantage Registry Monitor Service - Lenovo Group Limited - C:Program FilesCommon FilesLenovotvt_reg_monitor_svc.exe
O23 - Service: On Screen Display (TPHKSVC) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesLENOVOHOTKEYTPHKSVC.exe
O23 - Service: TSS Core Service (TSSCoreService) - IBM - C:Program FilesLenovoClient Security Solutiontvttcsd.exe
O23 - Service: TVT Backup Protection Service - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesLenovoRescue and Recoveryrrpservice.exe
O23 - Service: TVT Backup Service - Lenovo Group Limited - C:Program FilesLenovoRescue and Recoveryrrservice.exe
O23 - Service: TVT Scheduler - Lenovo Group Limited - c:Program FilesCommon FilesLenovoSchedulertvtsched.exe

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thanks for any help - i should be revising and Ive spent the last week trying to fix this >.<

also, I was backing up my data (I hope if there is a virus it wont transfer) and I noticed that one file which wouldnt copy was C:UsersAll UsersMicrosoftRACStateData because there was a problem, it was corrupt or something.. could this mean anything? i think I may have accidentally done something to it when backing it up last time, but maybe im paranoid

i would try a system restore but it wont work.. i have advanced system care and that has rollbacks.. i dont think its the same and that might not work either >.< hyjackthis almost didnt open the first time.. i made a vista recovery CD as my laptop did not come with one but I dont really know what it does
since my date is backed up my big worry is my itunes since date added is my favourite feature and I dont know if this is transferable if I copy over from a backup theyll all be added the same day..
also a worry is to fix this soon because every time it shuts down unexpectedly or i hard reset this is bad for it?
again thanks for any help

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"Unauthorized change made to windows"

2009-04-17T09:50:00.017-07:00

I am not sure what to do but i just got this error!

QUOTE:

When you use Windows Vista, you receive the following error message:
"An unauthorized change was made to your license."
To keep your system stable, you must go online and validate that your software is genuine:
- Validate Online
- Close

Bluescreen: page_fault_in_nonpaged_area (Acer Aspire 6920g)

2009-04-17T09:50:00.015-07:00

Ive had this Acer Aspire 6920g for about 7 months, and recently Ive started to get bluescreens randomly, sometimes right after boot. The BSOD says page_fault_in_nonpaged_area. How can I stop this?

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Exception-Driven Development

2009-04-17T09:50:00.013-07:00

If you're waiting around for users to tell you about problems with your website or application, you're only seeing a tiny fraction of all the problems that are actually occurring. The proverbial tip of the iceberg.

Also, if this is the case, I'm sorry to be the one to have to tell you this, but you kind of suck at your job -- which is to know more about your application's health than your users do. When a user informs me about a bona fide error they've experienced with my software, I am deeply embarrassed. And more than a little ashamed. I have failed to see and address the issue before they got around to telling me. I have neglected to crash responsibly.

The first thing any responsibly run software project should build is an exception and error reporting facility. Ned Batchelder likens this to putting an oxygen mask on yourself before you put one on your child:

When a problem occurs in your application, always check first that the error was handled appropriately. If it wasn't, always fix the handling code first. There are a few reasons for insisting on this order of work:

With the original error in place, you have a perfect test case for the bug in your error handling code. Once you fix the original problem, how will you test the error handling? Remember, one of the reasons there was a bug there in the first place is that it is hard to test it.
Once the original problem is fixed, the urgency for fixing the error handling code is gone. You can say you'll get to it, but what's the rush? You'll be like the guy with the leaky roof. When it's raining, he can't fix it because it's raining out, and when it isn't raining, there's no leak!

You need to have a central place that all your errors are aggregated, a place that all the developers on your team know intimately and visit every day. On Stack Overflow, we use a custom fork of ELMAH.

We monitor these exception logs daily; sometimes hourly. Our exception logs are a de-facto to do list for our team. And for good reason. Microsoft has collected similar sorts of failure logs for years, both for themselves and other software vendors, under the banner of their Windows Error Reporting service. The resulting data is compelling:

When an end user experiences a crash, they are shown a dialog box which asks them if they want to send an error report. If they choose to send the report, WER collects information on both the application and the module involved in the crash, and sends it over a secure server to Microsoft.

The mapped vendor of a bucket can then access the data for their products, analyze it to locate the source of the problem, and provide solutions both through the end user error dialog boxes and by providing updated files on Windows Update.

Broad-based trend analysis of error reporting data shows that 80% of customer issues can be solved by fixing 20% of the top-reported bugs. Even addressing 1% of the top bugs would address 50% of the customer issues. The same analysis results are generally true on a company-by-company basis too.

Although I remain a fan of test driven development, the speculative nature of the time investment is one problem I've always had with it. If you fix a bug that no actual user will ever encounter, what have you actually fixed? While there are many other valid reasons to practice TDD, as a pure bug fixing mechanism it's always seemed far too much like premature optimization for my tastes. I'd much rather spend my time fixing bugs that are problems in practice rather than theory.

You can certainly do both. But given a limited pool of developer time, I'd prefer to allocate it toward fixing problems real users are having with my software based on cold, hard data. That's what I call Exception-Driven Development. Ship your software, get as many users in front of it as possible, and intently study the error logs they generate. Use those exception logs to hone in on and focus on the problem areas of your code. Rearchitect and refactor your code so the top 3 errors can't happen any more. Iterate rapidly, deploy, and repeat the proces. This data-driven feedback loop is so powerful you'll have (at least from the users' perspective) a rock stable app in a handful of iterations.

Exception logs are possibly the most powerful form of feedback your customers can give you. It's feedback based on shipping software that you don't have to ask or cajole users to give you. Nor do you have to interpret your users' weird, semi-coherent ramblings about what the problems are. The actual problems, with stack traces and dumps, are collected for you, automatically and silently. Exception logs are the ultimate in customer feedback.

Am I advocating shipping buggy code? Incomplete code? Bad code? Of course not. I'm saying that the sooner you can get your code out of your editor and in front of real users, the more data you'll have to improve your software. Exception logs are a big part of that; so is usage data. And you should talk to your users, too. If you can bear to.

Your software will ship with bugs anyway. Everyone's software does. Real software crashes. Real software loses data. Real software is hard to learn, and hard to use. The question isn't how many bugs you will ship with, but how fast can you fix those bugs? If your team has been practicing exception-driven development all along, the answer is -- why, we can improve our software in no time at all! Just watch us make it better!

And that is sweet, sweet music to every user's ears.

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problems downloading IE8

2009-04-17T09:50:00.011-07:00

Hello people,

Sorry if this is in the worng forum, but I am new here.

I have a problem and hoped someone could help me out.

I will try to describe this the best I can. I am using xp with sp3 and previously had ie7.
Yesterday, I tried to download ie8 but the download was interupted by my daughter pressing buttons on the keyboard.

Now I cant open ie at all. It tries to open but the window just dissapears.

I can still connect to the internet from the same computer and browse websites etc. through AOL.

I contated AOL for assistance and they told me IE8 is not compatible with the AOL software and it was a simple case of reinstalling IE7 and all would be fine.

I tried to do this but when I went to the microsoft website I could get as far as the download button, click it and nothing would happen. I have tried this several times. I have also tried to restore the computer back to before the time I tried to install IE8 but this is not helping.

I phoned AOL again who told me it was not an AOL problem as I was able to do everythinge else normally.

I do have an icon in the system tray stating that Local Area 2 connection has limited or no connectivity (4.4 mpbs ) and also cant open the internet options icon in the control panel.

I have tried to download some other stuff to find out if that works but no joy.

(ps I did use the microsoft website to install it so should not have picked up any nasties )

Any assistance you could give me in repairing this would be much appreciated.

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HJT Log Again new errors, keylogger?

2009-04-17T09:50:00.009-07:00

Hello. i saw some new things popping up in task manager that ive never seen before.. heres mt HJT log... and in last post i was told to delete 3 things... i did but 2 of them keep comiing back

R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,CustomizeSearch =

so i duno what to do.. or if i really have keylogger.. please give a look over again.. sorry for all the troubles.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 4:40:26 PM, on 4/14/2009
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18000)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:WindowsExplorer.EXE
C:Windowssystem32Taskmgr.exe
C:Windowssystem32NOTEPAD.EXE
C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe
C:Windowssystem32wuauclt.exe
C:Windowssystem32taskeng.exe
C:Trend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page =
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,CustomizeSearch =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows LiveWindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarGoogleToolbar.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifier5.0.926.3450swg.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {BDBD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:Program FilesWindows Live Toolbarmsntb.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Dictionary Compression sdch - {C84D72FE-E17D-4195-BB24-76C02E2E7C4E} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarComponentfastsearch_219B3E1547538286.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Windows Live Toolbar - {BDAD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:Program FilesWindows Live Toolbarmsntb.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google Toolbar - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarGoogleToolbar.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%Windows DefenderMSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM..Run: [RtHDVCpl] RtHDVCpl.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Skytel] Skytel.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:Windowssystem32NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:Windowssystem32NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Steam] "c:steamsteam.exe" -silent
O4 - HKCU..Run: [swg] C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifierGoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Aim6] "C:Program FilesAIM6aim6.exe" /d locale=en-US ee://aol/imApp
O4 - HKCU..Run: [EA Core] "C:Program FilesElectronic ArtsEADMCore.exe" -silent
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ehTray.exe] C:WindowsehomeehTray.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:Spybot - Search & DestroyTeaTimer.exe
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%Windows SidebarSidebar.exe /detectMem (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-20..Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%Windows SidebarSidebar.exe /detectMem (User NETWORK SERVICE)
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Windows Live Search - res://C:Program FilesWindows Live Toolbarmsntb.dll/search.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~3Office12EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Blog This - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveWriterWriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: &Blog This in Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveWriterWriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~3Office12REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O23 - Service: ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 5.0 (eventloganalyzer) - Unknown owner - C:AdventNetMEEventLogbinwrapper.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleCommonGoogle UpdaterGoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldDriver11Intel 32IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:Windowssystem32nvvsvc.exe
O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:Windowssystem32PnkBstrA.exe
O23 - Service: SBSD Security Center Service (SBSDWSCService) - Safer Networking Ltd. - C:Spybot - Search & DestroySDWinSec.exe
O23 - Service: Steam Client Service - Valve Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSteamSteamService.exe
O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation - C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe

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End of file - 5466 bytes

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Hijack This Log - Programs auto-close, No internet access

2009-04-17T09:50:00.007-07:00

My AV software expired recently and typically days before I was due to replace it, I appear to have been stung.
Software such as internet explorer and winamp automatically close within seconds of opening. My internet connection appears to be constantly trying to connect but not managing to do so.
I cannot install my new AV as the install quits mid-process.
I attempted to install Spybot but had the same problem, with the install quitting before completion.
I have installed Adaware without problems but found nothing to solve the problem.
I would greatly appreciate your time in helping me with this problem.

Here is my log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 1:57:35 PM, on 04/15/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16791)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32Ati2evxx.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1AOLACSAOLacsd.exe
c:APPSPowercinemaKernelTVCLCapSvc.exe
c:APPSPowercinemaKernelCLML_NTServiceCLMLServer.exe
C:Program FilesNeroNero8InCDInCDsrv.exe
C:Program FilesNeroNero8Nero BackItUpNBService.exe
C:AppsSoftexOmniPassOmniserv.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedCCPD-LCsymlcsvc.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesUlead SystemsDVDULCDRSvr.exe
C:Program FilesSonicDigitalMedia LE v7MyDVD LEUSBDeviceService.exe
C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe
C:Program FilesLinksys Wireless-G USB Wireless Network MonitorWLService.exe
C:Program FilesLinksys Wireless-G USB Wireless Network MonitorWUSB54GSv2.exe
c:APPSPowercinemaKernelTVCLSched.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32Ati2evxx.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32wuauclt.exe
C:WINDOWSRTHDCPL.EXE
C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_07binjusched.exe
C:Program FilesSonicDigitalMedia LE v7MyDVD LEDetectorApp.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldUpdateServiceissch.exe
C:AppsSoftexOmniPassscureapp.exe
C:APPSPowercinemaPCMService.exe
C:appsABoardABoard.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesRealUpdate_OBrealsched.exe
C:Program FilesSonyCONNECTAutoUpdateCONNECTScheduler.exe
C:appsABoardAOSD.exe
C:Program FilesMicrosoft IntelliPointipoint.exe
C:Program FilesMicrosoft IntelliType Proitype.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedPIF{B8E1DD85-8582-4c61-B58F-2F227FCA9A08}PIFSvc.exe
C:Program FilesNeroNero8InCDNBHGui.exe
C:Program FilesNeroNero8InCDInCD.exe
C:APPSSMPSmpSys.exe
C:Program FilesWindows LiveMessengerMsnMsgr.Exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesNeroLibNMBgMonitor.exe
C:Program FilesSonyCONNECTAutoUpdateCONNECTAUTrayApp.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedGMRGMRMan.exe
C:Program FilesSonyCONNECTAutoUpdateCONNECTAutoUpdate.exe
C:AppsSoftexOmniPassOPXPApp.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesNeroLibNMIndexingService.exe
C:Program FilesCACA Internet Security Suiteccprovsp.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesNeroLibNMIndexStoreSvr.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Bar = http://format.packardbell.com/cgi-bin/r ... key=SEARCH
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com/
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Window Title = Packard Bell
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 7.0ActiveXAcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Click-to-Call BHO - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveMessengerwlchtc.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_07binssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows LiveWindowsLiveLogin.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [PHIME2002ASync] C:WINDOWSsystem32IMETINTLGNTTINTSETP.EXE /SYNC
O4 - HKLM..Run: [PHIME2002A] C:WINDOWSsystem32IMETINTLGNTTINTSETP.EXE /IMEName
O4 - HKLM..Run: [High Definition Audio Property Page Shortcut] HDAShCut.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ATICCC] "c:Program FilesATI TechnologiesATI.ACEcli.exe" runtime -Delay
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_07binjusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [DetectorApp] C:Program FilesSonicDigitalMedia LE v7MyDVD LEDetectorApp.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ISUSPM Startup] C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1INSTAL~1UPDATE~1ISUSPM.exe -startup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ISUSScheduler] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldUpdateServiceissch.exe" -start
O4 - HKLM..Run: [OmniPass] C:AppsSoftexOmniPassscureapp.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [PCMService] "c:APPSPowercinemaPCMService.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IMJPMIG8.1] "C:WINDOWSIMEimjp8_1IMJPMIG.EXE /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ACTIVBOARD] c:appsABoardABoard.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TkBellExe] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesRealUpdate_OBrealsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeqttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [CONNECTScheduler] "C:Program FilesSonyCONNECTAutoUpdateCONNECTScheduler.exe" /RUN_SCHEDULER
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IntelliPoint] "c:Program FilesMicrosoft IntelliPointipoint.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [itype] "c:Program FilesMicrosoft IntelliType Proitype.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Symantec PIF AlertEng] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedPIF{B8E1DD85-8582-4c61-B58F-2F227FCA9A08}PIFSvc.exe" /a /m "C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedPIF{B8E1DD85-8582-4c61-B58F-2F227FCA9A08}AlertEng.dll"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Microsoft Updates] svshost.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:Program FilesCommon FilesNeroLibNeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SecurDisc] C:Program FilesNeroNero8InCDNBHGui.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [InCD] C:Program FilesNeroNero8InCDInCD.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NBKeyScan] "C:Program FilesNeroNero8Nero BackItUpNBKeyScan.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [services] C:WINDOWSservices.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [H2O] C:Program FilesSyncroSoftPosH2Ocledx.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [cctray] "C:Program FilesCACA Internet Security Suitecctraycctray.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [UserFaultCheck] %systemroot%system32dumprep 0 -u
O4 - HKLM..RunServices: [Microsoft Updates] svshost.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [SmpcSys] C:APPSSMPSmpSys.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:Program FilesWindows LiveMessengerMsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU..Run: [BgMonitor_{79662E04-7C6C-4d9f-84C7-88D8A56B10AA}] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesNeroLibNMBgMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Windows Update] C:WINDOWSsystem32keygen.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Veoh] "C:Program FilesVeoh NetworksVeohVeohClient.exe" /VeohHide
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:WINDOWSsystem32CTFMON.EXE (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-20..Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:WINDOWSsystem32CTFMON.EXE (User NETWORK SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-18..Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:WINDOWSsystem32CTFMON.EXE (User SYSTEM)
O4 - HKUS.DEFAULT..Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:WINDOWSsystem32CTFMON.EXE (User Default user)
O4 - Global Startup: CONNECTAUTrayApp.lnk = C:Program FilesSonyCONNECTAutoUpdateCONNECTAUTrayApp.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_07binssv.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_07binssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Blog This - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveWriterWriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: &Blog This in Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveWriterWriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra button: PokerStars - {3AD14F0C-ED16-4e43-B6D8-661B03F6A1EF} - C:Program FilesPokerStarsPokerStarsUpdate.exe
O9 - Extra button: UltimateBet - {94148DB5-B42D-4915-95DA-2CBB4F7095BF} - C:Program FilesUltimateBetUltimateBet.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: UltimateBet - {94148DB5-B42D-4915-95DA-2CBB4F7095BF} - C:Program FilesUltimateBetUltimateBet.exe
O9 - Extra button: PartyPoker.com - {B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1} - C:Program FilesPartyGamingPartyPokerRunApp.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: PartyPoker.com - {B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1} - C:Program FilesPartyGamingPartyPokerRunApp.exe
O9 - Extra button: Real.com - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - C:WINDOWSsystem32Shdocvw.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: PartyPoker.net - {F4430FE8-2638-42e5-B849-800749B94EED} - C:Program FilesPartyGaming.NetPartyPokerNetRunPF.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: PartyPoker.net - {F4430FE8-2638-42e5-B849-800749B94EED} - C:Program FilesPartyGaming.NetPartyPokerNetRunPF.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:windowssystem32lsptig.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:windowssystem32lsplah.dll
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=file://C:APPSIEofflineuk.htm
O16 - DPF: {2E12FB00-546B-4EE3-9CC2-057BF02E1C17} (Webshots Multiple Media Uploader - Container) - http://community.webshots.com/html/atx/wsaxcontrol.cab
O16 - DPF: {406B5949-7190-4245-91A9-30A17DE16AD0} (Snapfish Activia) - http://www2.snapfish.com/SnapfishActivia.cab
O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control) - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab
O16 - DPF: {4F1E5B1A-2A80-42CA-8532-2D05CB959537} (MSN Photo Upload Tool) - http://gfx1.hotmail.com/mail/w2/resources/MSNPUpld.cab
O16 - DPF: {5D6F45B3-9043-443D-A792-115447494D24} (UnoCtrl Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/EN-GB/a-U ... E_UNO1.cab
O16 - DPF: {5F8469B4-B055-49DD-83F7-62B522420ECC} (Facebook Photo Uploader Control) - http://upload.facebook.com/controls/Fac ... loader.cab
O16 - DPF: {67DABFBF-D0AB-41FA-9C46-CC0F21721616} (DivXBrowserPlugin Object) - http://go.divx.com/plugin/DivXBrowserPlugin.cab
O16 - DPF: {AF2E62B6-F9E1-4D4F-A10A-9DC8E6DCBCC0} (VideoEgg ActiveX Loader) - http://update.videoegg.com/Install/Wind ... lisher.exe
O16 - DPF: {C3F79A2B-B9B4-4A66-B012-3EE46475B072} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Me ... b56907.cab
O23 - Service: AOL Connectivity Service (AOL ACS) - America Online, Inc. - C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1AOLACSAOLacsd.exe
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:WINDOWSsystem32Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesSymantecLiveUpdateALUSchedulerSvc.exe
O23 - Service: CaCCProvSP - CA, Inc. - C:Program FilesCACA Internet Security Suiteccprovsp.exe
O23 - Service: CyberLink Background Capture Service (CBCS) (CLCapSvc) - Unknown owner - c:APPSPowercinemaKernelTVCLCapSvc.exe
O23 - Service: CyberLink Task Scheduler (CTS) (CLSched) - Unknown owner - c:APPSPowercinemaKernelTVCLSched.exe
O23 - Service: CyberLink Media Library Service - Cyberlink - c:APPSPowercinemaKernelCLML_NTServiceCLMLServer.exe
O23 - Service: InCD Helper (InCDsrv) - Nero AG - C:Program FilesNeroNero8InCDInCDsrv.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: LiveUpdate - Symantec Corporation - C:PROGRA~1SymantecLIVEUP~1LUCOMS~1.EXE
O23 - Service: LiveUpdate Notice Service - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedPIF{B8E1DD85-8582-4c61-B58F-2F227FCA9A08}PIFSvc.exe
O23 - Service: MSCSPTISRV - Sony Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedAVLibMSCSPTISRV.exe
O23 - Service: Nero BackItUp Scheduler 3 - Nero AG - C:Program FilesNeroNero8Nero BackItUpNBService.exe
O23 - Service: NMIndexingService - Nero AG - C:Program FilesCommon FilesNeroLibNMIndexingService.exe
O23 - Service: Softex OmniPass Service (omniserv) - Softex Inc. - C:AppsSoftexOmniPassOmniserv.exe
O23 - Service: PACSPTISVR - Sony Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedAVLibPACSPTISVR.exe
O23 - Service: PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3 (pgsql-8.3) - PostgreSQL Global Development Group - C:Program FilesPostgreSQL8.3binpg_ctl.exe
O23 - Service: Sony SCSI Helper Service - Sony Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedFskSonySCSIHelperService.exe
O23 - Service: Sony SPTI Service (SPTISRV) - Sony Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedAVLibSPTISRV.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Core LC - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedCCPD-LCsymlcsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Ulead Burning Helper (UleadBurningHelper) - Ulead Systems, Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesUlead SystemsDVDULCDRSvr.exe
O23 - Service: USBDeviceService - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesSonicDigitalMedia LE v7MyDVD LEUSBDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation - C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe
O23 - Service: WUSB54GSv2SVC - GEMTEKS - C:Program FilesLinksys Wireless-G USB Wireless Network MonitorWLService.exe

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Windows takes ages to boot. Pls have a look at my logfile!:)

2009-04-17T09:50:00.005-07:00

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:25:48 PM, on 15/04/2009
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:Windowssystem32taskeng.exe
C:Windowssystem32Dwm.exe
C:WindowsExplorer.EXE
C:Program FilesWindows DefenderMSASCui.exe
C:WindowsRtHDVCpl.exe
C:WindowsSystem32SysMonitor.exe
C:AcerEmpowering TechnologyeDataSecurityeDSloader.exe
C:Program FilesBitDefenderBitDefender 2008bdagent.exe
C:Program FilesCanonCanon IJ Network Scan UtilityCNMNSUT.EXE
C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWTray.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe
C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTTask.exe
C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe
C:Program FilesWindows LiveMessengermsnmsgr.exe
C:Windowsehomeehtray.exe
C:Program FilesWindows Media Playerwmpnscfg.exe
C:Program FilesImationImationFlashDetect.exe
C:Windowsehomeehmsas.exe
C:AcerEmpowering TechnologyACER.EMPOWERING.FRAMEWORK.SUPERVISOR.EXE
C:AcerEmpowering TechnologyeRecoveryERAGENT.EXE
C:Program FilesWindows LiveContactswlcomm.exe
C:Windowssystem32SearchFilterHost.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ycomp/ ... .yahoo.com
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://en.sg.acer.yahoo.com/
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://en.sg.acer.yahoo.com
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://en.sg.acer.yahoo.com
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,CustomizeSearch =
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchURL,(Default) = http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ycomp/ ... .yahoo.com
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAcrobatActiveXAcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Skype add-on (mastermind) - {22BF413B-C6D2-4d91-82A9-A0F997BA588C} - C:Program FilesSkypeToolbarsInternet ExplorerSkypeIEPlugin.dll
O2 - BHO: RealPlayer Download and Record Plugin for Internet Explorer - {3049C3E9-B461-4BC5-8870-4C09146192CA} - C:Program FilesRealRealPlayerrpbrowserrecordplugin.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Search Helper - {6EBF7485-159F-4bff-A14F-B9E3AAC4465B} - C:Program FilesMicrosoftSearch Enhancement PackSearch HelperSearchHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: EndNote Web - {82D2E569-25A7-4e4d-9FA3-C5025B4B7912} - C:Program FilesEndNote WebENWIEPlug.dll
O2 - BHO: ShowBarObj Class - {83A2F9B1-01A2-4AA5-87D1-45B6B8505E96} - C:Windowssystem32ActiveToolBand.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows LiveWindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar Helper - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {E15A8DC0-8516-42A1-81EA-DC94EC1ACF10} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveToolbarwltcore.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Acer eDataSecurity Management - {5CBE3B7C-1E47-477e-A7DD-396DB0476E29} - C:Windowssystem32eDStoolbar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: BitDefender Toolbar - {381FFDE8-2394-4f90-B10D-FC6124A40F8C} - C:Program FilesBitDefenderBitDefender 2008IEToolbar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Windows Live Toolbar - {21FA44EF-376D-4D53-9B0F-8A89D3229068} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveToolbarwltcore.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%Windows DefenderMSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM..Run: [RtHDVCpl] RtHDVCpl.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Acer Empowering Technology Monitor] C:Windowssystem32SysMonitor.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [eDataSecurity Loader] C:AcerEmpowering TechnologyeDataSecurityeDSloader.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ISUSScheduler] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldUpdateServiceissch.exe" -start
O4 - HKLM..Run: [BDAgent] "C:Program FilesBitDefenderBitDefender 2008bdagent.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IJNetworkScanUtility] C:Program FilesCanonCanon IJ Network Scan UtilityCNMNSUT.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Ad-Watch] C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWTray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AppleSyncNotifier] C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleSyncNotifier.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [MessengerPlus3] "C:Program FilesMessengerPlus! 3MsgPlus.exe" /WinStart
O4 - HKCU..Run: [msnmsgr] "C:Program FilesWindows LiveMessengermsnmsgr.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU..Run: [updateMgr] C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 7.0ReaderAdobeUpdateManager.exe AcRdB7_0_0
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ehTray.exe] C:WindowsehomeehTray.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:Program FilesWindows Media PlayerWMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%Windows SidebarSidebar.exe /detectMem (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-20..Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%Windows SidebarSidebar.exe /detectMem (User NETWORK SERVICE)
O4 - Startup: ImationFlashDetect.lnk = C:Program FilesImationImationFlashDetect.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Empowering Technology Launcher.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: Add to Windows &Live Favorites - http://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx
O8 - Extra context menu item: Append to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Blog This - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveWriterWriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: &Blog This in Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveWriterWriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: ICQ - {6224f700-cba3-4071-b251-47cb894244cd} - C:Program FilesICQICQ.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: ICQ - {6224f700-cba3-4071-b251-47cb894244cd} - C:Program FilesICQICQ.exe
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12REFIEBAR.DLL
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O16 - DPF: {0CCA191D-13A6-4E29-B746-314DEE697D83} (Facebook Photo Uploader 5 Control) - http://upload.facebook.com/controls/200 ... oader5.cab
O16 - DPF: {4F1E5B1A-2A80-42CA-8532-2D05CB959537} (MSN Photo Upload Tool) - http://gfx2.mail.live.com/mail/w1/resou ... den-sg.cab
O16 - DPF: {5C051655-FCD5-4969-9182-770EA5AA5565} (Solitaire Showdown Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/So ... b56986.cab
O16 - DPF: {5C6698D9-7BE4-4122-8EC5-291D84DBD4A0} (Facebook Photo Uploader 4 Control) - http://upload.facebook.com/controls/Fac ... oader3.cab
O16 - DPF: {5F8469B4-B055-49DD-83F7-62B522420ECC} (Facebook Photo Uploader Control) - http://upload.facebook.com/controls/Fac ... loader.cab
O16 - DPF: {C3F79A2B-B9B4-4A66-B012-3EE46475B072} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Me ... b56907.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/s ... wflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {F5A7706B-B9C0-4C89-A715-7A0C6B05DD48} (Minesweeper Flags Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Mi ... b56986.cab
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1SkypeSKYPE4~1.DLL
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:PROGRA~1GoogleGOOGLE~1GOEC62~1.DLL
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobe Systems SharedServiceAdobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: Ati External Event Utility - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:Windowssystem32Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: BrSplService (Brother XP spl Service) - brother Industries Ltd - C:Windowssystem32brsvc01a.exe
O23 - Service: eRecovery Service (eRecoveryService) - Acer Inc. - C:AcerEmpowering TechnologyeRecoveryeRecoveryService.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMacrovision SharedFLEXnet PublisherFNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service - Lavasoft - C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWService.exe
O23 - Service: LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service (LightScribeService) - Hewlett-Packard Company - C:Program FilesCommon FilesLightScribeLSSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: BitDefender Desktop Update Service (LIVESRV) - BitDefender SRL - C:Program FilesCommon FilesBitDefenderBitDefender Update Servicelivesrv.exe
O23 - Service: LiveUpdate Notice Service Ex (LiveUpdate Notice Ex) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccSvcHst.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: SBSD Security Center Service (SBSDWSCService) - Safer Networking Ltd. - C:Program FilesSpybot - Search & DestroySDWinSec.exe
O23 - Service: BitDefender Virus Shield (VSSERV) - BitDefender S.R.L. - C:Program FilesBitDefenderBitDefender 2008vsserv.exe
O23 - Service: BitDefender Communicator (XCOMM) - BitDefender - C:Program FilesCommon FilesBitDefenderBitDefender Communicatorxcommsvr.exe

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End of file - 12025 bytes

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Is Open Source Experience Overrated?

2009-04-17T09:50:00.003-07:00

I'm a big advocate of learning on the battlefield. And that certainly includes what may be the most epic battle of them all: open source software.

Contribute to an open-source project. There are thousands, so pick whatever strikes your fancy. But pick one and really dig in, become an active contributor. Absolutely nothing is more practical, more real, than working collaboratively with software developers all over the globe from all walks of life.

If you're looking to polish your programming chops, what could possibly be better, more job-worthy experience than immersing yourself in a real live open source software project? There are thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, and a few of them have arguably changed the world.

Unfortunately, that wasn't what happened for one particular open source developer. In an anonymous email to me, he related his experiences:

I'm a programmer with 14 years of experience both inside academics and in commercial industry currently looking for work. In both my cover letters and my resume I indicate that I am the architect of a couple of open source Java projects where the code, design and applications were available on the web.

One company seemed impressed with my enthusiasm for the job but it was part of their policy to provide coding tests. This seemed perfectly reasonable and I did it by using the first solution I thought about. When I got to the phone interview, the guy spent about five minutes telling me how inefficient my coding solution was and that they were not very impressed. Then I asked whether he had looked at the open source projects I mentioned. He said no - but it seems his impression was already set based on my performance in the coding test. The coding test did not indicate what criteria they were using for evaluation but my solution seemed to kill the interview.

In another call, I was talking with a recruiter who was trying to place someone for a contract Java development assignment. I told her that most of my recent work was open source and that she could inspect it if she wanted to assess my technical competence. Five minutes later she phoned back and said I appeared to lack any recent commercial experience. I had demonstrable open source applications that used the technologies they wanted, but it didn't appear to matter.

With yet another recruiter I told him that even years ago when I had worked on commercial projects, before I went back to school, the proprietary nature of my jobs prevented me from mentioning the specifics about a lot of what I did. The badge of commercial software experience didn't necessarily prove either my technical competence or my relative contribution to the projects. What my experience of working in industry long ago did teach me was how to fill out a time sheet and estimate time for deliverables. But this experience would seem a bit dated now for recruiters.

That's a terrible interview track record for the open source experience that I advocated so strongly. He continues:

I think it's important that I try to see their point of view. A lot of open source projects are probably poorly written and made in response to a neat idea rather than to requirements from some user community. In academia, the goal for development is often more about publishing papers than establishing a user base. Industry people sometimes have the view (sometimes justified and sometimes not) that open source developers who emerge from academic projects lack practical skills. I don't necessarily claim my open source code is the best in the world but it works, it's documented and it's available for scrutiny. One of the reasons I worked so hard on open source projects was to make job interviews easier. By providing prospective employers with large samples of publically available working code, I thought I would give them something more useful to think about than my performance on a particular coding test or whether the acronyms in the job skills matched my "years spent". I am very aware of the hype behind open source. I've heard it, lived it and even spun some of it myself. But sometimes it's good to take a sobering reality check -- is open-source experience overrated?

It's disheartening to hear so many prospective employers completely disregard experience on open source projects. It's a part of your programming portfolio, and any company not even willing to take a cursory look at your portfolio before interviewing you is already suspect. This reflects poorly on the employers. I'm not sure I'd want to work at a place where a programmers' prior body of work is treated as inconsequential.

On the other hand, perhaps the choice of open source project matters almost as much as the programming itself. How many open source projects labor away in utter obscurity, solving problems that nobody cares about, problems so incredibly narrow that the authors are the only possible beneficiaries? Just as commercial software can't possibly exist without customers, perhaps open source experience is only valid if you work on a project that attains some moderate level of critical mass and user base. Remember, shipping isn't enough. Open source or not, if you aren't building software that someone finds useful, if you aren't convincing at least a small audience of programmers that your project is worthwhile enough to join --

Then what are you really doing?

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[Source: Coding Horror - Posted by FreeAutoBlogger]

windows xp start too slow

2009-04-17T09:50:00.001-07:00

I was wondering how to speed up the start-up of windows xp.

It used to be quite fast then recently it slowed down to a snails pace.

A little info:
Laptop: MSI
2.2GHz Core2Duo Intel
2G Ram
160G HD

All I have done is a defrag, and cclean then a restore.
Didnt seem to help.
My Setup menu is set to quickboot, i got rid of all the internet cookies and so on, I ran my virus scan, and spyware software....all with no effect.

It takes like 5-10min to boot up...really long time. But once it is booted up there seems to be no loss in performance. Even when running multiple programs.

Also (dont know if this is related) but my defrag crashes 98% of the time when started.Weird

Used to take about 45sec to boot up.

Is there any way to optimize the start-up?

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Advanced text parsing

2009-04-16T00:49:00.001-07:00

Ok, here's my text parsing function as it exists right now:

Code:
---------
function bbc2html($data) {
// Emoticons
$data=str_replace(":)","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":d","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":D","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":->:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":arrow:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":s","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":S","",$data);
$data=str_replace("8)","",$data);
$data=str_replace("8-)","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":cool:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":'(","",$data);
$data=str_replace("8|","",$data);
$data=str_replace("(6)","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":evil:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":!:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":lol:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":@","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":x","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":X","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":mad:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":mrgreen:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":|","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":?:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":$","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":oops:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":redface:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":rolleyes:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":roll:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":("," $data=str_replace(":-(","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":-)","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":o","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":O","",$data);
$data=str_replace(":twisted:","",$data);
$data=str_replace(";)","",$data);
$data=str_replace(";-)","",$data);

// HTML Conversion
$data=str_replace("[s]","",$data);
$data=str_replace("[/s]","",$data);
$data=str_replace("*","",$data);
$data=str_replace("*","",$data);
$data=str_replace("","",$data);
$data=str_replace("","",$data);
$data=str_replace("_","",$data);
$data=str_replace("_","",$data);
$data=str_replace("","",$data);
$data=str_replace("
","",$data);
$data=str_replace("1/2","�",$data);
$data=str_replace("3/4","�",$data);
$data=str_replace("1/4","�",$data);
$data=str_replace("[sup]","^{",$data);

$data=str_replace("[/sup]","}",$data);
$data=str_replace("[sub]","_{",$data);

$data=str_replace("[/sub]","}",$data);
$data=str_replace("
* ","

",$data);
$data=str_replace("

","

",$data);
$data=str_replace("[#list]","

",$data);
// $data=str_replace("
---Quote---
","

Quote...

",$data);
// $data=str_replace("
---End Quote---
","

",$data);
$data=str_replace("
Code:
---------
","

",$data);

		$data=str_replace("

---------

","

",$data);
$data=str_replace("[slide]","",$data);
$data=str_replace("[/slide]","",$data);
$data=str_replace("[hr]","

",$data);
$data=str_replace("[hr=","

$data=str_replace("[l]","<",$data);
$data=str_replace("[r]",">",$data);
$data=str_replace("file://","",$data);
$data=str_replace("ftp://","",$data);

return $data;
}
---------
Quoting is blocked off because it was acting weird, but that's a subject for another day. The website I'm working on needs internal links between several sections. I can get basic results by doing something similar to the following:

Code:
---------
$data = [[sample]];

$data = str_replace("[[","hello!",$data);
---------
And it would produce a result akin to hello! (http://./wordinfo.php?id=sample). The trouble is, I'd like to do a bit more advanced string manipulation so that I can use the segment in the brackets to give a title to the link. I experimented last night with using strstr() to see if there were any links and explode() to chunk things up a bit, but it didn't quite work and got scrapped. The code for that was akin to the following:

Code:
---------
if (strstr($data, "[[")) {
$tempdata = explode('[[', $data, 2); // limiting it to two chunks: before the link and the stuff after it

if ($tempdata[0] != '[[') { // finding the end of the link
$tempdata2 = explode (']]', $tempdata[0], 2);
$link = "$tempdata2[0]";

$data=str_replace("[[$tempdata[0]]]","$link",$data);
} else {
$tempdata2 = explode ("]]", $tempdata[1], 3);
$link = "$tempdata2[0]";
$data=str_replace("[[$tempdata[1]]]","$link",$data);
}
}
---------
Seems like it should work, but all it's returning is the plain text of the link. Any ideas on better approaches or how to fix what I've got going right now?

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Allow Users to Access Specific Images

2009-04-13T05:18:00.019-07:00

Hello Everyone,

I thought I'd throw this idea out to see if anyone had a unique perspective on this idea I have:

---Quote---
People go to event, people get picture taken by photographer (professional), photographer hands people card with where to see their picture.

User pulls up website, logs in with card id, accesses photo, determines what to do with it.
---End Quote---
So that's the general idea of the process involved that would help shape the site. My first idea was to have photographer hand out a unique id card everytime they click the button. When user enters their unique id, it matches the exact photo.

The problem with this technique is that if there is a one single error, the whole event goes to waste. Not cool :mad:.

2nd idea is go to with handing out cards that have some sort of code that points the person to the page number their on. Having it display about 20 photos and allowing them to pick out themselves.

Anyone have any thoughts on this, and if so how to do it?

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Hijack This Log - Internet Explorer Hangs

2009-04-13T05:18:00.017-07:00

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:59:44 PM, on 4/12/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) - Media Center Edition
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal

Caught a virus (JS_Agent) from "chicagomission.com". Since then receiving "Generic Hist Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close" message after each reboot; Internet Explorer hangs; Outlook hangs; can not use Windows Command prompt (even in Safe Mode). Have run CCleaner & Glary Utilities; have scanned with Spybot, AVG Free 8.5, Malwarebytes, SUPER AntiSpyware, Norton AntiVirus 2009, Trend House Calls - each has found Trojans & removed them - PC still crippled.

Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesWindows DefenderMsMpEng.exe
C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWService.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32LEXBCES.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolsv.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32LEXPPS.EXE
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE
C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgwdsvc.exe
C:WINDOWSeHomeehRecvr.exe
C:WINDOWSeHomeehSched.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32inetsrvinetinfo.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgrsx.exe
C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgnsx.exe
C:Program FilesLogMeInx86RaMaint.exe
C:Program FilesLogMeInx86LogMeIn.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanSHSTAT.EXE
C:Program FilesCommon FilesNetwork AssociatesTalkBackTBMon.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkUpdaterUI.exe
C:Program FilesLogMeInx86LogMeInSystray.exe
C:Program FilesWindows DefenderMSASCui.exe
C:Program FilesLogMeInx86LMIGuardian.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogiShrdLVCOMSERLVComSer.exe
C:Program FilesLogMeInx86LMIGuardian.exe
C:Program FilesHPHP Software UpdateHPWuSchd2.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogiShrdLVMVFMLVPrcSrv.exe
C:WINDOWSehomeehtray.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkFrameworkService.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogiShrdLComMgrCommunications_Helper.exe
C:Program FilesLogitechQuickCamQuickcam.exe
C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWTray.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe
C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgtray.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesMotiveMcciCMService.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanMcshield.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanVsTskMgr.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedVS7Debugmdm.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogishrdLQCVFXCOCIManager.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32HPZipm12.exe
C:WINDOWSehomeRMSvc.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesSkypePhoneSkype.exe
C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe
C:Program FilesWindows Media PlayerWMPNSCFG.exe
C:Program FilesSUPERAntiSpywareSUPERAntiSpyware.exe
C:Program FilesSpybot - Search & DestroyTeaTimer.exe
C:Program FilesHPDigital Imagingbinhpqtra08.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogiShrdLVCOMSERLVComSer.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32dllhost.exe
C:Program FilesViewpointViewpoint ManagerViewMgr.exe
C:WINDOWSeHomeehmsas.exe
C:Program FilesHPDigital Imagingbinhpqimzone.exe
C:Program FilesHPDigital ImagingbinhpqSTE08.exe
C:Program FilesSkypePlugin ManagerskypePM.exe
C:Program FilesWindows LiveMessengerusnsvc.exe
C:Program FilesAVGAVG8aAvgApi.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1
O2 - BHO: Skype add-on (mastermind) - {22BF413B-C6D2-4d91-82A9-A0F997BA588C} - C:Program FilesSkypeToolbarsInternet ExplorerSkypeIEPlugin.dll
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:Program FilesAVGAVG8avgssie.dll
O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:PROGRA~1SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Symantec Intrusion Prevention - {6D53EC84-6AAE-4787-AEEE-F4628F01010C} - C:Program FilesNorton AntiVirusEngine16.5.0.134IPSBHO.DLL
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows LiveWindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: AVG Security Toolbar - {A057A204-BACC-4D26-9990-79A187E2698E} - C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8AVGTOO~1.DLL
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:Program FilesJavajre6libdeployjqsiejqs_plugin.dll
O3 - Toolbar: AVG Security Toolbar - {A057A204-BACC-4D26-9990-79A187E2698E} - C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8AVGTOO~1.DLL
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ShStatEXE] "C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanSHSTAT.EXE" /STANDALONE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Network Associates Error Reporting Service] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesNetwork AssociatesTalkBackTBMon.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [McAfeeUpdaterUI] "C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkUpdaterUI.exe" /StartedFromRunKey
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LogMeIn GUI] "C:Program FilesLogMeInx86LogMeInSystray.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Windows Defender] "C:Program FilesWindows DefenderMSASCui.exe" -hide
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeqttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ISUSScheduler] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldUpdateServiceissch.exe" -start
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ISUSPM Startup] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldUpdateServiceisuspm.exe" -startup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [HP Software Update] C:Program FilesHPHP Software UpdateHPWuSchd2.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ehTray] "C:WINDOWSehomeehtray.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LogitechCommunicationsManager] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogiShrdLComMgrCommunications_Helper.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LogitechQuickCamRibbon] "C:Program FilesLogitechQuickCamQuickcam.exe" /hide
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Ad-Watch] C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWTray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AVG8_TRAY] C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgtray.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Skype] "C:Program FilesSkypePhoneSkype.exe" /nosplash /minimized
O4 - HKCU..Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:Program FilesWindows LiveMessengerMsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU..Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:Program FilesWindows Media PlayerWMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [SUPERAntiSpyware] C:Program FilesSUPERAntiSpywareSUPERAntiSpyware.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:Program FilesSpybot - Search & DestroyTeaTimer.exe
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-18..Run: [MySpaceIM] C:Program FilesMySpaceIMMySpaceIM.exe (User SYSTEM)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-18..Run: [DWQueuedReporting] "C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1MICROS~1DWdwtrig20.exe" -t (User SYSTEM)
O4 - HKUS.DEFAULT..Run: [MySpaceIM] C:Program FilesMySpaceIMMySpaceIM.exe (User Default user)
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 7.0Readerreader_sl.exe
O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:Program FilesHPDigital Imagingbinhpqtra08.exe
O4 - Global Startup: HP Photosmart Premier Fast Start.lnk = C:Program FilesHPDigital Imagingbinhpqthb08.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice10OSA.EXE
O9 - Extra button: Skype - {77BF5300-1474-4EC7-9980-D32B190E9B07} - C:Program FilesSkypeToolbarsInternet ExplorerSkypeIEPlugin.dll
O9 - Extra button: Real.com - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - C:WINDOWSsystem32Shdocvw.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:PROGRA~1SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:PROGRA~1SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {01A88BB1-1174-41EC-ACCB-963509EAE56B} (SysProWmi Class) - http://support.dell.com/systemprofiler/SysPro.CAB
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204
O16 - DPF: {3BFFE033-BF43-11D5-A271-00A024A51325} (iNotes6 Class) - http://63.112.191.12/iNotes6W.cab
O16 - DPF: {493ACF15-5CD9-4474-82A6-91670C3DD66E} (LinkedIn ContactFinderControl) - http://www.linkedin.com/cab/LinkedInCon ... ontrol.cab
O16 - DPF: {5ED80217-570B-4DA9-BF44-BE107C0EC166} (Windows Live Safety Center Base Module) - http://cdn.scan.onecare.live.com/resour ... se5036.cab
O16 - DPF: {5F8469B4-B055-49DD-83F7-62B522420ECC} (Facebook Photo Uploader Control) - http://upload.facebook.com/controls/Fac ... loader.cab
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftup ... 7592254625
O16 - DPF: {6F750203-1362-4815-A476-88533DE61D0C} (Kodak Gallery Easy Upload Manager Class) - http://www.kodakgallery.com/downloads/B ... ofupld.cab
O16 - DPF: {917623D1-D8E5-11D2-BE8B-00104B06BDE3} (CamImage Class) - http://floridakeysmedia.tv/axiscam/Code ... ontrol.ocx
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/MsnMe ... loader.cab
O16 - DPF: {FD0B6769-6490-4A91-AA0A-B5AE0DC75AC9} (Performance Viewer Activex Control) - https://secure.logmein.com/activex/ractrl.cab?lmi=100
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:Program FilesAVGAVG8avgpp.dll
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1SkypeSKYPE4~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: !SASWinLogon - C:Program FilesSUPERAntiSpywareSASWINLO.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: avgrsstarter - C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32avgrsstx.dll
O23 - Service: AVG Free8 WatchDog (avg8wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: DSBrokerService - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesDellSupportbrkrsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Google Software Updater (gusvc) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleCommonGoogle UpdaterGoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: HP Port Resolver - Hewlett-Packard Company - C:WINDOWSsystem32spooldriversw32x863HPBPRO.EXE
O23 - Service: HP Status Server - Hewlett-Packard Company - C:WINDOWSsystem32spooldriversw32x863HPBOID.EXE
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldDriver11Intel 32IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
O23 - Service: Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service - Lavasoft - C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWService.exe
O23 - Service: LexBce Server (LexBceS) - Lexmark International, Inc. - C:WINDOWSsystem32LEXBCES.EXE
O23 - Service: LogMeIn Maintenance Service (LMIMaint) - LogMeIn, Inc. - C:Program FilesLogMeInx86RaMaint.exe
O23 - Service: LogMeIn - LogMeIn, Inc. - C:Program FilesLogMeInx86LogMeIn.exe
O23 - Service: LVCOMSer - Logitech Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogiShrdLVCOMSERLVComSer.exe
O23 - Service: Process Monitor (LVPrcSrv) - Logitech Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogiShrdLVMVFMLVPrcSrv.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Framework Service (McAfeeFramework) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkFrameworkService.exe
O23 - Service: McciCMService - Motive Communications, Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMotiveMcciCMService.exe
O23 - Service: Network Associates McShield (McShield) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanMcshield.exe
O23 - Service: Network Associates Task Manager (McTaskManager) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanVsTskMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Intel NCS NetService (NetSvc) - Intel(R) Corporation - C:Program FilesIntelPROSetWiredNCSSyncNetSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Norton AntiVirus - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesNorton AntiVirusEngine16.5.0.134ccSvcHst.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:WINDOWSsystem32HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation - C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe

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internet close while watching the video.

2009-04-13T05:18:00.015-07:00

my browser will suddenly stop accessing the internet a couple minutes after I watch or download videos. Its not all watched videos, for example I can watch you tube without it happening, but I was watching a newsreel today and it happened. It is all downloaded videos. What happens is after a couple minutes of downloading or watching, the download or stream will stop, and then any new page I try to access will not make any effort whatsoever to access the internet - ill press enter and within a split second the transaction info at the bottom will say done. If i close and restart my browser again, its connected until I watch a video again. i use internet explorer 7.0.
i updated my internet explorer.

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Windows Movie Maker is ticking me off...

2009-04-13T05:18:00.013-07:00

Okay, every time I open it and I click something, itll freeze for 2 seconds and then a message comes up saying WMM encountered a problem and needs to close. Help me! Ive already sent the report dozens of times.

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Please diagnose my HJT Log.. very slow internet / keylogger?

2009-04-13T05:18:00.011-07:00

Hello once again.. had friends on computer that i didnt know about untill internet started lagging heavily all the time, also suspicious that i might have keylogger.. please read over my HJT log and help me out , please and thank you in advance for your help.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 12:58:01 PM, on 4/11/2009
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18000)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:WindowsExplorer.EXE
C:Windowssystem32wuauclt.exe
C:Windowssystem32taskeng.exe
C:Program FilesWindows Media Playerwmpnscfg.exe
C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe
C:Trend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page =
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows LiveWindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarGoogleToolbar.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifier5.0.926.3450swg.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {BDBD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:Program FilesWindows Live Toolbarmsntb.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Dictionary Compression sdch - {C84D72FE-E17D-4195-BB24-76C02E2E7C4E} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarComponentfastsearch_219B3E1547538286.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Windows Live Toolbar - {BDAD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:Program FilesWindows Live Toolbarmsntb.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google Toolbar - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarGoogleToolbar.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%Windows DefenderMSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM..Run: [RtHDVCpl] RtHDVCpl.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Skytel] Skytel.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:Windowssystem32NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:Windowssystem32NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Steam] "c:steamsteam.exe" -silent
O4 - HKCU..Run: [swg] C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifier1.2.1128.5462GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Aim6] "C:Program FilesAIM6aim6.exe" /d locale=en-US ee://aol/imApp
O4 - HKCU..Run: [EA Core] "C:Program FilesElectronic ArtsEADMCore.exe" -silent
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ehTray.exe] C:WindowsehomeehTray.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [SpybotSD TeaTimer] C:Spybot - Search & DestroyTeaTimer.exe
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%Windows SidebarSidebar.exe /detectMem (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-19..Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User LOCAL SERVICE)
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-20..Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%Windows SidebarSidebar.exe /detectMem (User NETWORK SERVICE)
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Windows Live Search - res://C:Program FilesWindows Live Toolbarmsntb.dll/search.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~3Office12EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Blog This - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveWriterWriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: &Blog This in Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:Program FilesWindows LiveWriterWriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~3Office12REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O23 - Service: ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 5.0 (eventloganalyzer) - Unknown owner - C:AdventNetMEEventLogbinwrapper.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleCommonGoogle UpdaterGoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldDriver11Intel 32IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:Windowssystem32nvvsvc.exe
O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:Windowssystem32PnkBstrA.exe
O23 - Service: SBSD Security Center Service (SBSDWSCService) - Safer Networking Ltd. - C:Spybot - Search & DestroySDWinSec.exe
O23 - Service: Steam Client Service - Valve Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSteamSteamService.exe
O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation - C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe

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USB Ports Disabled HELP!

2009-04-13T05:18:00.009-07:00

My Windows USB ports have been disabled. Yes, all of them. I cant login to Windows to re-enable them because I only have USB ports on the computer, like most modern PCs do, and therefore cant use the keyboard to login to Windows. I can, however, use the keyboard in the system configuration, which leads me to believe it is a software problem with Windows. As soon as I reach the login in screen, no mouse or keyboard. I have tried Windows safemode, and no response. Apparently I plugged my Ipod into my computer and it over powered the USB ports and they disabled themselves to prevent them from burning out. I hope some computer-wiz out there can help with some way of fixing this horrid problem. Formatting the hardrive isnt an option either, because I will lose all my data . Please someone help me.

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KEYLOGGER PLZ HELP

2009-04-13T05:18:00.007-07:00

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 2:52:23 AM, on 4/12/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18241)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32csrss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolsv.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
C:Program FilesNo-IPDUC20.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32nvsvc32.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesLanovationPrismXLPRISMXL.SYS
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesCompact Wireless-G USB Adapter Wireless Network MonitorWLService.exe
C:Program FilesCompact Wireless-G USB Adapter Wireless Network MonitorWUSB54GC.exe
C:Program FilesIntelNCSPROSetPRONoMgr.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32CTHELPER.EXE
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32wscntfy.exe
C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe
C:Program FilesGamevancegamevance32.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32javaw.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32alg.exe
C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle Talkgoogletalk.exe
C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.75.0OEAddOn.exe
C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.75.0ZangoSA.exe
C:Program FilesLogitechGamePanel SoftwareLCD ManagerLCDMon.exe
C:Program FilesLogitechGamePanel SoftwareG-series SoftwareLGDCore.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32RUNDLL32.EXE
C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32spoolDRIVERSW32X863E_FATICFA.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
C:Program FilesDNAbtdna.exe
C:Program FilesXfirexfire.exe
C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32wuauclt.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32wuauclt.exe
C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe
C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32wbemwmiprvse.exe

R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com/
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = wmplayer.exe //ICWLaunch
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 5.0ReaderActiveXAcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: Gamevance - {0ED403E8-470A-4a8a-85A4-D7688CFE39A3} - C:Program FilesGamevancegamevancelib32.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:Program FilesJavajre6binssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Zango - {90B8B761-DF2B-48AC-BBE0-BCC03A819B3B} - C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.75.0HostIE.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarGoogleToolbar.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifier5.1.1309.3572swg.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Dictionary Compression sdch - {C84D72FE-E17D-4195-BB24-76C02E2E7C4E} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarComponentfastsearch_219B3E1547538286.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:Program FilesJavajre6libdeployjqsiejqs_plugin.dll
O2 - BHO: Gamevance Text - {F02FABCB-92DD-475A-98AF-14217BD50746} - C:Program FilesGamevancegvtl.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google Toolbar - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarGoogleToolbar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Zango - {90B8B761-DF2B-48AC-BBE0-BCC03A819B3B} - C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.75.0HostIE.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [PRONoMgr.exe] C:Program FilesIntelNCSPROSetPRONoMgr.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:WINDOWSsystem32NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [CTHelper] CTHELPER.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeqttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Gamevance] C:Program FilesGamevancegamevance32.exe a
O4 - HKLM..Run: [jEdit Server] "C:WINDOWSsystem32javaw.exe" -Xmx192M -jar "C:Program FilesjEditjedit.jar" -background -nogui
O4 - HKLM..Run: [googletalk] C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle Talkgoogletalk.exe /autostart
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ZangoOE] C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.75.0OEAddOn.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ZangoSA] "C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.75.0ZangoSA.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Launch LCDMon] "C:Program FilesLogitechGamePanel SoftwareLCD ManagerLCDMon.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Launch LGDCore] "C:Program FilesLogitechGamePanel SoftwareG-series SoftwareLGDCore.exe" /SHOWHIDE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:WINDOWSsystem32NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LNEQ Agent] C:WINDOWSsystem3228463LNEQ.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SpyHunter Security Suite] C:Program FilesEnigma Software GroupSpyHunterSpyHunter3.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [MSMSGS] "C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU..Run: [EPSON Stylus CX9400Fax Series] C:WINDOWSSystem32spoolDRIVERSW32X863E_FATICFA.EXE /FU "C:WINDOWSTEMPE_SAF.tmp" /EF "HKCU"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [BitTorrent DNA] "C:Program FilesDNAbtdna.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [WeatherDPA] "C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.75.0Weather.exe" -auto
O4 - HKCU..Run: [AIM] C:Program FilesAIMaim.exe -cnetwait.odl
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-18..RunOnce: [SetDefaultMidi] MIDIDEF.EXE (User SYSTEM)
O4 - HKUS.DEFAULT..RunOnce: [SetDefaultMidi] MIDIDEF.EXE (User Default user)
O4 - Startup: No-IP DUC.lnk = C:Program FilesNo-IPDUC20.exe
O4 - Startup: OneNote 2007 Screen Clipper and Launcher.lnk = C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12ONENOTEM.EXE
O4 - Startup: Xfire.lnk = C:Program FilesXfirexfire.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~3Office12EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~3Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~3Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~3Office12REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:Program FilesAIMaim.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:Program FilesInternet ExplorerPluginsNPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} (MySpace Uploader Control) - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1006.cab
O16 - DPF: {511073AD-BE56-4D43-AE68-93390514385E} (TechToolsActivex.TechTools) - file://C:Program FilesGatewayhelpspotTechTools.CAB
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftup ... 2560242109
O16 - DPF: {739E8D90-2F4C-43AD-A1B8-66C356FCEA35} (RunExeActiveX.RunExe) - file://C:Program FilesGatewayhelpspotRunExeActiveX.CAB
O16 - DPF: {99CDFD87-F97A-42E1-9C13-D18220D90AD1} (StartFirstControl.CheckFirst) - file://C:Program FilesGatewayhelpspotStartFirstControl.CAB
O16 - DPF: {CE37E095-ACFF-4380-A856-A560D389E5E1} (XPLControlProject.XPLControl) - file://C:Program FilesGatewayhelpspotXPLControl.CAB
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Google Software Updater (gusvc) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleCommonGoogle UpdaterGoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: HP Status Server - Hewlett-Packard Company - C:WINDOWSsystem32spooldriversw32x863HPBOID.EXE
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
O23 - Service: Intel NCS NetService (NetSvc) - Intel(R) Corporation - C:Program FilesIntelNCSSyncNetSvc.exe
O23 - Service: NoIPDUCService - Vitalwerks LLC - C:Program FilesNo-IPDUC20.exe
O23 - Service: nProtect GameGuard Service (npggsvc) - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32GameMon.des.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:WINDOWSsystem32nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: PrismXL - Lanovation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesLanovationPrismXLPRISMXL.SYS
O23 - Service: VNC Server Version 4 (WinVNC4) - RealVNC Ltd. - C:Program FilesRealVNCVNC4WinVNC4.exe
O23 - Service: WUSB54GCSVC - GEMTEKS - C:Program FilesCompact Wireless-G USB Adapter Wireless Network MonitorWLService.exe

--
End of file - 10466 bytes

Do i have one?

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updates are not working

2009-04-13T05:18:00.005-07:00

I noticed that the windows update feature was not working for me. The only advice i received was code 800736B2 - So I google it with no help at all, so i checked Microsoft.com and they also had no answer. So Im trying the helpful community! - I am also still waiting for an email back from them - not holding my breath too long though. I also received the error code 80070002, and i worked through the fix for that - still get it though, thought id mention it in case it was related to the 8007362 error code..help please.

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Very unique issue with Windows XP

2009-04-13T05:18:00.003-07:00

Ive been an avid admirer of Microsoft Windows for a couple of years now, and I have been using the OS without any actual problem that I cant fix myself. However, Ive come a across a situation which has now forced me to use the Windows 7 beta release because I am not able to use windows XP, which I am most comfortable with. Let me explain why -

The first OS i installed on my computer was Win XP SP2. When SP3 was released, I installed that one promptly. When Windows 7 Beta became available, I decided to give it a try and format my drive and installed the new OS. But since, I found that 7 was in beta, it was not completely reliable, so I switched back to XP.

When I switched back to XP (SP2), the installation went fine, and I was able to log on to windows without any problem. The issue started as soon as I installed my motherboard drivers. When I restarted my system after installing the drivers, a whole lot of errors started cropping up, especially the one with "data execution prevention" and "run a virus check" usually follows, and I wasnt able to run many programs, including "system" in the control panel. "data execution prevention" wouldnt allow me to run programs, which were mostly Windows native programs. At one point, windows totally stopped me from logging on. All I could run was the Task Manager.

I restarted my PC into safe mode to see if I could find any solution. However, the problem persisted and so, I change my installation disk to SP3, and reformatted my drive and reinstalled windows. The same problem crops up after installing the motherboard drivers, and now Im really baffled because this is my first experience of this kind after using Windows for so many years.

Please note that this problem does not arise with Windows 7 or Vista.

If anyone could help me solve this issue, Id be really grateful. Heres my System Configuration:

Intel core 2 Duo processor E4600 @ 2.40 GHZ
1 GB RAM
Currently running Windows 7 (without any issues)
2 SATA hard disks, 160 GB each
Windows Installation discs I use (that both installed correctly) - Windows XP SP2, and SP3
Motheboard - ASUS with NVIDIA Chipset
Drivers
-chipset -NVIDIA chipset driver 16.11 package for XP and 64bit XP.(WHQL)
-NVIDIA chipset driver 16.11 package for Vista and 64bit Vista.(WHQL)
-RIS -RIS 67.53 for MCP73.
-NDIS_542 -NDIS_542 for MCP73.
-Audio -Realtek Audio Driver V5.10.0.5490 for Windows XP 32/64bit (WHQL).
-Realtek Audio Driver V6.0.1.5490 for Windows Vista & 64bit Vista(WHQL).

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Ipod Shuffle problem

2009-04-13T05:18:00.001-07:00

My iPod shuffle will not respond to my PC. It was working fine a few days ago, but I wanted to add new songs and it wont connect to the computer. It doesnt show up in My Computer as a disk drive or in iTunes. When I plug it in it shows an orange light flashing on the front, which is suppose to mean its charging or syncing, but I get neither. The procedure is actually like this; Plug in and I get a green light. Then it flashes quick green, then blinking orange. My PC doesnt seem to recognize the iPod is trying to operate with the computer. What do I do to fix this?

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Training Your Users

2009-04-11T11:11:00.001-07:00

When it comes to user interface design, I'm no guru, but I do have one golden rule that I always try to follow:

Make the right thing easy to do and the wrong thing awkward to do.

The things you want users to do should be straightforward and clear -- as simple as falling into the pit of success. Make your software easy to use. Duh. Everyone knows that. The less obvious part of this rule is that sometimes there are things you don't want users to do. In those cases, you actually want your application, or at least certain areas of it, to be harder to use. For example, operations that are risky or dangerous should take more steps.

What you're doing with this design technique is training your users:

The central lesson I learned from exotic animal trainers is that I should reward behavior I like and ignore behavior I don't. After all, you don't get a sea lion to balance a ball on the end of its nose by nagging.

When you make features easy to use, you are rewarding user behavior you like. You are guiding users through your application, giving them a clear and obvious path of least resistance. And when you intentionally choose not to make a feature easy to use, you are effectively ignoring user behavior you don't like. You are indirectly discouraging users from utilizing those features.

If you aren't taking advantage of both techniques in your user interface -- rewarding with simplicity, and (judiciously) ignoring with complexity where necessary -- you aren't properly training your users.

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...programs just keep spazzing out!

2009-04-10T01:11:00.015-07:00

I had everything perfect and then all of a sudden one after another different programs just starting to act up. I have went to all windows help desk but nothing so far?

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HELP..i've lost sound in my computer

2009-04-10T01:11:00.013-07:00

Ive turned on my laptop to find that there is no sound coming from it..Ive tried playing music on Winamp but no sound works. I dont know if anyone in my family has spilt anything on my laptop but in case they didnt does anyone know what the reason may be?
When I tried to hook it up to speakers, winamp gave me an error message saying there was a bad direct sound driver..
any help would be greatly appreciated

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registry settings

2009-04-10T01:11:00.011-07:00

How to set or change registry editing permissions in Windows XP
i am not able to change any settings in the registry. i can not edit any registry keys.how can i do it.

help please its urgent

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Application/Website Required

2009-04-10T01:11:00.009-07:00

Hi All,

I have a requirement for a tool/application/website that can help us to audit the security groups that an owner owns in Active Directory. I need an application that can do the following:

1. List the groups an owner owns (we have a database that contains group name, ads path, owner information hence the code can be linked with the database to get the information)

2. Owner of a group could select the group and veiw the members of that group (May be the code needs to be linked with AD to get the members of the group)

3. Using the tool we should be able to send the email to all the members of a selected group or specific members of the group ( This is required for audit purpose. owner needs to check with the members of the group if they still needs access to the group or not hence need to send an email. As a group can have hundreds of members, sending a manual email to everyone is time consuming). The email should contain a link which can take the user probably to one of the interfaces of our tool- that we need to develop. It should ask the member- do you still need access to the group and have two choices- yes and No. If the user selects Yes and submits nothing should happen. If the member selects No and submits it , member should be automatically removed as a member of the group and the owner of the group should be notified about the change (through an email or something).

I am not sure which programming language or scripting can help me to achieve this application. Any help will be greatly appreciated. It would be great if someone can take it up for me. I can give you the information that you may need for this project. You can let me know your terms and conditions.......if both of us agree we can start working on it at the earliest.You can email me at luvsohail2000@yahoo.com

Thank you.

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outllook messages lost

2009-04-10T01:11:00.007-07:00

My computer Operating System is Windows XP, but this may not be relevant. when using Outlook Express for emailing, a window appears asking if you would like to free up disk space by "Compacting Messages" I always click cancel. Today, my small brother was using the computer and clicked yes.

For reasons I cannot understand, a large amount of messages have now been removed from my Sent Folder . so i am not able to understand that these deleted mails stored in the hard disk or not. if these are stored in the hard disk . how it can be recovered.help!! please

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Need an alternate to RDP

2009-04-10T01:11:00.005-07:00

I need a way to login to my users through other computers and dont what to use Remote Desktop. I already have a home network setup and the computers connected. Any Suggestions?

Thanks

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Check box and Radio Dial form validation help

2009-04-10T01:11:00.003-07:00

This is very frustrating the lack of helpful resources on this topic. I hope someone here can help. Please put the solution within the code context and don't just throw code and jargons or it'll likely just confuse and frustrate myself and other rookies.

I want to get the same validation effect as the fields on this page but for the radio dials and check box(s):

The js:
http://johnwboyd.net/templates08/car-loan1/2/form.js

The HTML:
Car-Loan1 Auto Loan Application for All Credit Types (http://johnwboyd.net/templates08/car-loan1/2)

I'd also like to implement character, email, etc. validation into this such as
at w3schools (NO alert though...just the field text color change only):
function validate_email(field,alerttxt)
{
with (field)
{
apos=value.indexOf("@");
dotpos=value.lastIndexOf(".");
if (apos<1||dotpos-apos<2)
{alert(alerttxt);return false;}
else {return true;}

When I try to integrate 2 scripts thing seem to go haywire. Sure wish javascript could be more integration friendly for non tech wizards...

Thanks!

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How to clear cach user from network?

2009-04-10T01:11:00.001-07:00

Dear all, I have used peer to peer network of Vista, Firstly i long to another computer successfully and my PC was remembered that username and password then another computer was changed username and password, so my pc couldnt log in to that PC to again, because my PC remember old password. please Someone help me.

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� character problem and FF

2009-04-10T01:10:00.003-07:00

Hi all
Small problem with the � symbol. I use the following code "£2.50" to represent the sum of _�2.50_.
no problem with ie, it renders: �2.50
however with FF it renders: £2.50,
if i leave a space £ 2.50, it renders � 2.50 with a space.
It is minor detail but very frustrating
Any idea ?????????
Thank you

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[Source: Code Forums - Posted by FreeAutoBlogger]

Sudoku Solver using sets

2009-04-10T01:10:00.001-07:00

A friend and I are trying to create a very basic Sudoku Solver using sets. This is what we have come up with and it works but there has to be a way to simplify. Is there anyone out there that can give us some suggestions on how to simplify?

[code]
import java.util.*;

public class Solver
{
public Solver(int [][] game)
{
cellSolved = 0;
cells = new int [SIZE][SIZE];
{
possibles = (Set[][]) new Set[SIZE][SIZE];
{
for(int i = 0; i< SIZE; i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j < SIZE; j++)
{
possibles[i][j] = new TreeSet();
}
}
for(int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j< SIZE; j++)
{
cells[i][j] = 0;
for(int k = 1; k < SIZE; k++)
possibles[i][j].add(k);
}
}
}
int n;
for(int r = 0; r for(int c = 0; c {
n = game[r][c];
if(n !=0)
{
possibles[r][c].clear();
cellSolved++;
}
add(n, r, c);
}
}
}
private void add(int n, int row, int col)
{
cells[row][col] = n;
removeFromSetsRow(n,row);
removeFromSetsCol(n,col);
removeFromSetsBlock(n,row,col);
}
private void removeFromSetsRow(int n, int row)
{
for(int c = 0; c possibles[row][c].remove(n);
}
private void removeFromSetsCol(int n, int col)
{
for(int r =0; r possibles[r][col].remove(n);
}
private void removeFromSetsBlock(int n, int row, int col)
{
int startRow = (row/3)*3;
int startCol = (col/3)*3;
for(int r = startRow; r for(int c = startCol; c possibles[r][c].remove(n);
}
public void Solve()
{
boolean done = false;
int r,c,n;

while(!done)
{
done = true;
for(r = 0; r< SIZE; r++)
for(c = 0; c< SIZE; c++)
{
if(possibles[r][c].size()==1);
{
done = false;
n = possibles[r][c].iterator().next();
add(n,r,c);
cellSolved++;
}
}
}
}
public boolean isSolved()
{
return cellSolved = SIZE * SIZE;
}
public static final int SIZE = 9;
private int cellSolved;
private Set[][] possibles;
private int [][]cells;
}
[end code]

This is the tester:
[code]
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Tester
{

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
throws FileNotFoundException
{
Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter name of input file: ");
String inputFileName = myScanner.next();

FileReader reader = new FileReader(inputFileName);
Scanner in = new Scanner(reader);

int[][]game = new int[Solver.SIZE][Solver.SIZE];
for(int r = 0; r {
for(int c = 0; c < Solver.SIZE;)
game[r][c] = in.nextInt();
}
in.close();
Solver sud = new Solver(game);
System.out.println("Here is original game");
System.out.println(sud);
sud.Solve();

if(sud.isSolved())
{
System.out.println("Game solved, see solution");
System.out.println(sud);
}
else
{
System.out.print("Game not solved");
System.out.println("This is as far as I got");
System.out.println(sud);
System.out.print("Possible sets");
System.out.println("When program terminated");

}
}

}
[end code]

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Traffic Shaping appliance?

2009-04-07T02:04:00.003-07:00

I am trying to sort through sourceforge to find what I'm looking for, but it's hard to say whether all these programs actually do what I want - so I'll take a chance and see if anyone here can suggest a specific program.

What I'm trying to do is find a program that I can install on a computer with two NIC's. I want to put this computer between a network appliance, and a server (man in the middle), and limit the bandwidth between the two to simulate a limited WAN connection. Ideally I could simulate Synchronous/Asynchronous speeds as low as 1mbps/512kbps. Perhaps there's a program out there that can do this, and even simulate packet loss of a certain percentage?

The application is to test IP cameras and our software internally against low bandwidth and perhaps even unreliable WAN connections.

Now that I think about it more, I suppose I could do this with a Linksys WRT54G flashed with one of those alternate OS's that provide more flexibility, but I would prefer not to have to do any routing. Maybe someone knows whether you can traffic shape switched frames with cracked linksys routers and not just routed LAN -> WAN packets?

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Internet Explorer Closes as Soon as it Opens

2009-04-07T02:04:00.001-07:00

Just recently, my firefox started to close when opening a new tab about a fourth of the time. I tried out IE just to see if it was a virus or other malware and found that IE closes as soon as it opens.

I also cannot update McAfee for some unknown reason, most likely the same reason.

Heres my HJT log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 4:10:36 PM, on 4/6/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16791)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolsv.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32Hummbirdinetd32.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkFrameworkService.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanmcshield.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanvstskmgr.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32spoolDRIVERSW32X863HPZipm12.exe
C:Program FilesAnalog DevicesSoundMAXspkrmon.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesOpenAFSClientProgramafsd_service.exe
C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe
C:Program FilesViewpointViewpoint ManagerViewMgr.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32wscntfy.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkUpdaterUI.exe
C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanSHSTAT.EXE
C:WINDOWSexplorer.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://www.cnn.com/
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
O1 - Hosts: 129.2.71.188 REDWOOD
O1 - Hosts: 129.2.71.188 RMBS
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 6.0AcrobatActiveXAcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.5.0_06binssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarGoogleToolbar.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEToolbarHelper Class - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 6.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifier5.0.926.3450swg.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Dictionary Compression sdch - {C84D72FE-E17D-4195-BB24-76C02E2E7C4E} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarComponentfastsearch_219B3E1547538286.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 6.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google Toolbar - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle ToolbarGoogleToolbar.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [McAfeeUpdaterUI] "C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkUpdaterUI.exe" /StartedFromRunKey
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ShStatEXE] "C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanSHSTAT.EXE" /STANDALONE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IgfxTray] C:WINDOWSsystem32igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:WINDOWSsystem32hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Network Associates Error Reporting Service] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesNetwork AssociatesTalkBacktbmon.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:Program FilesJavajre1.5.0_06binjusched.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [swg] C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifierGoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
O4 - Startup: Adobe Gamma.lnk = C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeCalibrationAdobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Acrobat Assistant.lnk = C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 6.0Distillracrotray.exe
O4 - Global Startup: AFS Credentials.lnk = C:Program FilesOpenAFSClientProgramafscreds.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2OFFICE11EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.5.0_06binssv.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.5.0_06binssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2OFFICE11REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:Program FilesAIMaim.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v ... 2257120187
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpip..{B9D8535F-08B3-440C-AE73-23A244E76806}: NameServer = 128.8.76.2,128.8.74.2
O20 - Winlogon Notify: AfsLogon - C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32afslogon.dll
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobe Systems SharedServiceAdobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleCommonGoogle UpdaterGoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: Hummingbird Inetd (HCLInetd) - Hummingbird Communications Ltd. - C:WINDOWSsystem32Hummbirdinetd32.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldDriver1050Intel 32IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: MATLAB Server (matlabserver) - Unknown owner - C:MATLAB7webserverbinwin32matlabserver.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Framework Service (McAfeeFramework) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkFrameworkService.exe
O23 - Service: Network Associates McShield (McShield) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanmcshield.exe
O23 - Service: Network Associates Task Manager (McTaskManager) - Network Associates, Inc. - C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesVirusScanvstskmgr.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:WINDOWSSystem32spoolDRIVERSW32X863HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: spkrmon - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesAnalog DevicesSoundMAXspkrmon.exe
O23 - Service: OpenAFS Client Service (TransarcAFSDaemon) - OpenAFS Project - C:Program FilesOpenAFSClientProgramafsd_service.exe
O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation - C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe

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please help! thanks guys.

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DOWNLOAD REALPLAYER FOR FREE NOW!

2009-04-07T02:03:00.015-07:00

Hello Everyone,
Download Realplayer 10 Now
http://download.cnet.com/RealPlayer/3000-13632_4-10073040.html

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mpbtn and ymsgr

2009-04-07T02:03:00.013-07:00

Hi. This is my first post. Thanks for reading it.

I have windows XP.

What do mpbtn.exe:2508 , and ymsgr_tray.exe:2256 mean?

Are they something I need or something I dont want?

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Flashy folder appears in every flash drive I plug to my pc..

2009-04-07T02:03:00.011-07:00

Here is the logfile.

Hope you can help with my problem.
My Registry Edit has been disabled was well as my task manager.
My Folder option in control panel also disappear.

I was trying to fix it by using gpedit.msc but I cant.

I believe that this Flashy.exe is the one reason why i have this problem in my pc.

Tnx a lot in advance!

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 8:25:36 AM, on 4/6/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolsv.exe
C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgamsvr.exe
C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgupsvc.exe
C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgemc.exe
C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32CTsvcCDA.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32wscntfy.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32VTtrayp.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32VTTimer.exe
C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgcc.exe
C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.65.0OEAddOn.exe
C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.65.0ZangoSA.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32Flashy.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32driverssvchost.exe
C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe
C:Program FilesHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Bar = http://g.msn.com/0SEENUS/SAOS11
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/def ... .yahoo.com
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://search.orbitdownloader.com
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/def ... .yahoo.com
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/def ... .yahoo.com
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchURL,(Default) = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/def ... .yahoo.com
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Local Page =
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe,password_viewer.exe
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 5.0ReaderActiveXAcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_03binssv.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {89BAF38F-4097-4577-A368-CB56DD136717} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Zango - {90B8B761-DF2B-48AC-BBE0-BCC03A819B3B} - C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.65.0HostIE.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifier5.1.1309.3572swg.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Zango - {90B8B761-DF2B-48AC-BBE0-BCC03A819B3B} - C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.65.0HostIE.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [VTTrayp] VTtrayp.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [VTTimer] VTTimer.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AVG7_CC] C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ZangoOE] C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.65.0OEAddOn.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ZangoSA] "C:Program FilesZangobin10.3.65.0ZangoSA.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Flashy Bot] C:WINDOWSsystem32Flashy.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [SVCHOST.EXE] C:WINDOWSsystem32driverssvchost.exe
O4 - Startup: systemID.pif = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office10EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_03binssv.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_03binssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {53F6FCCD-9E22-4d71-86EA-6E43136192AB} - (no file)
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {925DAB62-F9AC-4221-806A-057BFB1014AA} - (no file)
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra button: SpeechExpert - {9963BBF2-4056-4899-87FA-ECAA6724C46F} - C:WINDOWSsystem32shdocvw.dll (HKCU)
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: &SpeechExpert - {9963BBF2-4056-4899-87FA-ECAA6724C46F} - C:WINDOWSsystem32shdocvw.dll (HKCU)
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:program filesbonjourmdnsnsp.dll
O12 - Plugin for .pdf: C:Program FilesInternet ExplorerPLUGINSnppdf32.dll
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:Program FilesInternet ExplorerPluginsNPDocBox.dll
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpip..{8CBFDA0D-2E29-4314-A8FB-22DD6A2BE28C}: NameServer = 85.255.114.93,85.255.112.235
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpip..{AF7D214D-18FD-4743-9EDB-846ED0C40EFE}: NameServer = 208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpip..{BB594E8E-4BAC-43DB-8ED4-00FFB7CD25B0}: NameServer = 85.255.114.93,85.255.112.235
O17 - HKLMSystemCS1ServicesTcpipParameters: NameServer = 85.255.114.93 85.255.112.235
O17 - HKLMSystemCS1ServicesTcpip..{8CBFDA0D-2E29-4314-A8FB-22DD6A2BE28C}: NameServer = 85.255.114.93,85.255.112.235
O17 - HKLMSystemCS2ServicesTcpipParameters: NameServer = 85.255.114.93 85.255.112.235
O17 - HKLMSystemCS2ServicesTcpip..{8CBFDA0D-2E29-4314-A8FB-22DD6A2BE28C}: NameServer = 85.255.114.93,85.255.112.235
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpipParameters: NameServer = 85.255.114.93 85.255.112.235
O20 - Winlogon Notify: winbue32 - winbue32.dll (file missing)
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobe Systems SharedServiceAdobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (AVGEMS) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:PROGRA~1GrisoftAVG7avgemc.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Creative Service for CDROM Access - Creative Technology Ltd - C:WINDOWSsystem32CTsvcCDA.EXE
O23 - Service: Google Software Updater (gusvc) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleCommonGoogle UpdaterGoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
O23 - Service: ServiceLayer - Nokia. - C:Program FilesPC Connectivity SolutionServiceLayer.exe

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Almost Perfect

2009-04-07T02:03:00.009-07:00

I'll always remember WordPerfect as the quintessential white text on blue screen application.

For a period from about 1985 to 1992, WordPerfect was the most popular word processing program in the world on virtually every computing platform. I remember it well; the very concept of word processing was synonymous with WordPerfect.

And now I can't even recall the last time I encountered a WordPerfect document, much less anyone who still uses WordPerfect. The software is still limping along, barely, under the auspices of Corel corporation, as WordPerfect Office X4. I guess it's a testament to how quickly things change in the world of software; you can dominate the world for years, only to be relegated to little more than a dimly remembered footnote in computing history a decade later.

Perhaps that's why the online book Almost Perfect, which documents the rise and fall of WordPerfect, is such a gripping read. I clicked through, read the first chapter, read the second chapter, and ... I couldn't stop reading it!

Some of the story is predictable. WordPerfect, like many other companies at the time, never really made the transition from DOS to Windows. They didn't just bet on the wrong horse, they institutionalized a software culture that lived and died on character mode assumptions. That, plus an almost fanatical dedication to cross-platform parity -- even when the platforms they supported made little business sense -- makes the final outcome almost inevitable.

Still, there's something intriguing about the fledgling SSI corporation. For one thing, the entire business was run in an agile, almost by-the-seat-of-their-pants way. It's a bit of a David and Goliath story, how they clawed their way to success over so many formidable opponents by simply dedicating themselves to creating an excellent product, and cultivating a vibrant community around that product both inside and outside the company. But perhaps the best part is that the company was run by programmers:

We spent a lot of time in meetings going over what had to be in the product and how things should work. These decisions were made by the programmers, who sometimes had very heated discussions about what was needed. At times the three of us on the Board had to assume the role of referee. Some of the issues were very complicated, so by the time the arguments were finished and a decision was made, I usually had a headache.

It was somewhat unusual for a software company to let the programmers decide the future of its products. We were, however, a company founded and owned by programmers, where programmers were treated with an extra measure of respect. The marketing department was used primarily to sell products once they were developed, and only rarely did it get involved early enough to perform the traditional marketing role of identifying a need and defining a product to fill that need. At times this put us in the position of developing solutions before we identified problems, but it was hard to be too critical of the programmers when the company was so successful. To their credit, the programmers tried very hard to listen to our customers and to those of us in the marketing department. The programmers were smart and thoughtful and very good at protecting the best interests of the company. At times, however, they were prone to manipulate some of the data they received to fit what it was they wanted to do.

The story sort of fizzles out toward the end, as the author, W. E. Pete Peterson, is unceremoniously kicked out of the company just as WordPerfect Corporation begins to lose its hold on the market. Perhaps this is fitting: like WordPerfect itself, he doesn't go out with a bang, but a whimper.

At any rate, Almost Perfect is fantastic reading. Long out of print, it finds its own audience when self-published on the web. It's reminiscent of the very best early computer industry tales from one of my favorite books, Accidental Empires.

I was paging through the book again after I was reminded of it, and I found this passage:

Of course, companies don't have to grow. Electric Pencil, the first word processing program for the Apple II, was the archetype for all word processing packages that followed, but its developer, a former Hollywood screenwriter, just got tired of all the support hassles and finally shut his company down. In 1978, Electric Pencil had 250,000 users. By 1981, it was forgotten.

The book was also made into a documentary, Triumph of the Nerds. I recommend both highly.

I'm not sure if all the lessons from Almost Perfect are relevant today -- but some failure patterns are timeless, and I certainly admired the way SSI bootstrapped itself while letting the employees (and more specifically, the programmers) run the company.

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ASP.NET

2009-04-07T02:03:00.007-07:00

Dear Friends,

I am using Dot Net 2003 Edition. VB.NET, C#.NET applications are running under network map drive (U:) fine. But ASP.NET application not runnting network map drive.

I have already change the security to full trust.

It is only runing on c:Inetpubwwwroot directory.

How to change.

Please reply me

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Windows freeze up

2009-04-07T02:03:00.005-07:00

My Windows freeze up many times a day. Every time Ive the same error, last one was:

Date: 2009-04-05
Hour: 22:08:04
Event Id: 7000
Category: none
Filename: netevent.dll
File Version: 5.1.2600.0
Product name: Microsoft Windows Operating...
Product version: 5.1.2600.0
Source: Service control manager

What should I Do??? Please help me!

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Computer freezes every couple mins and then comes back.

2009-04-07T02:03:00.003-07:00

My computer freezes every couple mins and then comes back. Does this continually.
AVG detected a trojan but I am not sure if it ever deleted it completely.

Heres my hijackthis report

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 11:31:20 PM, on 4/6/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32Ati2evxx.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWService.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolsv.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32Ati2evxx.exe
C:Program FilesGoogleUpdateGoogleUpdate.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE
C:WINDOWSehomeehtray.exe
C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveMonitor.exe
C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcrotray.exe
C:Program FilesSynapticsSynTPSynTPEnh.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesRealUpdate_OBrealsched.exe
C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgtray.exe
C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe
C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWTray.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
C:Documents and SettingsSumilLocal SettingsApplication DataGoogleUpdateGoogleUpdate.exe
C:Program FilesVeoh NetworksVeohVeohClient.exe
C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle Calendar SyncGoogleCalendarSync.exe
C:Program FilesLaunchyLaunchy.exe
C:Program Files3MPDNotesPDNotes.exe
C:Program FilesWindows Desktop SearchWindowsSearch.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgwdsvc.exe
C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
C:Program FilesCisco SystemsVPN Clientcvpnd.exe
C:WINDOWSeHomeehRecvr.exe
C:WINDOWSeHomeehSched.exe
C:Program FilesYahoo!WidgetsYahooWidgets.exe
C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgrsx.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32SearchIndexer.exe
C:Program FilesXobniXobniService.exe
C:Program FilesYahoo!WidgetsYahooWidgets.exe
C:WINDOWSeHomeehmsas.exe
C:Program FilesYahoo!WidgetsYahooWidgets.exe
C:Program FilesYahoo!WidgetsYahooWidgets.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesMacrovision SharedFLEXnet PublisherFNPLicensingService.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32wuauclt.exe
C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32dllhost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32SearchProtocolHost.exe
C:WINDOWSPCHEALTHHELPCTRBinariesHelpCtr.exe
C:WINDOWSPCHealthHelpCtrBinariesHelpSvc.exe
C:WINDOWSPCHealthHelpCtrBinariesHelpHost.exe
C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe
C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32SearchProtocolHost.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAcrobatActiveXAcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:Program FilesAVGAVG8avgssie.dll
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveShellExtensions.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar Helper - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifier5.1.1309.3572swg.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:Program FilesJavajre6libdeployjqsiejqs_plugin.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Veoh Browser Plug-in - {D0943516-5076-4020-A3B5-AEFAF26AB263} - C:Program FilesVeoh NetworksVeohPluginsregVeohToolbar.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ehTray] C:WINDOWSehomeehtray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [GrooveMonitor] "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [INPROCOMMWireless] C:Program FilesAtherosWirelessUtilityWlanUtil.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SynTPEnh] C:Program FilesSynapticsSynTPSynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TkBellExe] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesRealUpdate_OBrealsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AVG8_TRAY] C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgtray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AppleSyncNotifier] C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleSyncNotifier.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Ad-Watch] C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWTray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [MSMSGS] "C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Google Update] "C:Documents and SettingsSumilLocal SettingsApplication DataGoogleUpdateGoogleUpdate.exe" /c
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Veoh] "C:Program FilesVeoh NetworksVeohVeohClient.exe" /VeohHide
O4 - HKCU..Run: [VoxOx] C:Program FilesVoxOxvoxox.exe
O4 - Startup: Desktop Manager.lnk = C:Program FilesResearch In MotionBlackBerryDesktopMgr.exe
O4 - Startup: Digsby.lnk = C:Program FilesDigsbydigsby.exe
O4 - Startup: OneNote 2007 Screen Clipper and Launcher.lnk = C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12ONENOTEM.EXE
O4 - Startup: Yahoo! Widgets.lnk = C:Program FilesYahoo!WidgetsYahooWidgets.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Google Calendar Sync.lnk = C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle Calendar SyncGoogleCalendarSync.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Launchy.lnk = C:Program FilesLaunchyLaunchy.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Post-it Digital Notes.lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: VPN Client.lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: Windows Desktop Search.lnk = C:Program FilesWindows Desktop SearchWindowsSearch.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: Add to Google Photos Screensa&ver - res://C:WINDOWSsystem32GPhotos.scr/200
O8 - Extra context menu item: Append to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to existing PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF - res://C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 8.0AcrobatAcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2Office12REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) - C:Program FilesYahoo!CommonYinsthelper.dll
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/s ... wflash.cab
O18 - Protocol: grooveLocalGWS - {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} - C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveSystemServices.dll
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:Program FilesAVGAVG8avgpp.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: avgrsstarter - C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32avgrsstx.dll
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:WINDOWSsystem32Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: AVG Free8 WatchDog (avg8wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:PROGRA~1AVGAVG8avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Cisco Systems, Inc. VPN Service (CVPND) - Cisco Systems, Inc. - C:Program FilesCisco SystemsVPN Clientcvpnd.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMacrovision SharedFLEXnet PublisherFNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate1c98576ae957d7c) (gupdate1c98576ae957d7c) - Google Inc. - C:Program FilesGoogleUpdateGoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: Google Software Updater (gusvc) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleCommonGoogle UpdaterGoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldDriver11Intel 32IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
O23 - Service: Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service - Lavasoft - C:Program FilesLavasoftAd-AwareAAWService.exe
O23 - Service: Viewpoint Manager Service - Viewpoint Corporation - C:Program FilesViewpointCommonViewpointService.exe
O23 - Service: XobniService - Xobni Corporation - C:Program FilesXobniXobniService.exe

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End of file - 11668 bytes

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Make a Webpage Open?

2009-04-07T02:03:00.001-07:00

I want to write a vbscript that can open my firefox browser with no toolbars/menu bars/status bars. I also want the window to be a fixed sze any hints?

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Forum bot - Help please

2009-04-05T21:29:00.007-07:00

Hi,
I am searching for help with creating a forums bot. I don't intend to make a spambot! I just want to make a web application in PHP with database which should help me with creating and replying for my post on many forums. I am registered on about 50 forums where I post links to my files and I do it daily. But it take me about 2 hours to do one post. So I want to creat an application where I put links to my files and some description and save it to database and then I want to create post with this content to all of the forums. Of course under my login name. So I am looking how are the spam or guestbook robots work so I could use code to built this application. Could someone help me?

Thanks.

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I Happen to Like Heroic Coding

2009-04-05T21:29:00.005-07:00

I've been following Michael Abrash for more than 10 years now; he's one of my programming heroes. So I was fascinated to discover that Mr. Abrash wrote an article extolling the virtures of Intel's upcoming Larrabee. What's Larrabee? It's a weird little unreleased beast that sits somewhere in the vague no man's land between CPU and GPU:

[Larrabee] is first and foremost NOT a GPU. It's a CPU. A many-core CPU that is optimized for data-parallel processing. What's the difference? Well, there is very little fixed function hardware, and the hardware is targeted to run general purpose code as easily as possible. The bottom lines is that Intel can make this very wide many-core CPU look like a GPU by implementing software libraries to handle DirectX and OpenGL.

We know that GPUs generally deliver one or two more orders of magnitude more performance than a general purpose CPUs at the things they are good at. That's what I would expect for dedicated hardware devoted to a specific and highly parallizable task.

Michael Abrash has already attempted what most people said was impossible -- to build a full software 3D renderer that runs modern games at reasonable framerates. In other words, to make a general purpose CPU compete in a completely unfair fight against a highly specialized GPU. He's effectively accomplished that, and his company sells it as a product called Pixomatic:

In this three-part article, I discuss the process of optimizing Pixomatic, an x86 3D software rasterizer for Windows and Linux written by Mike Sartain and myself. Pixomatic was perhaps the greatest performance challenge I've ever encountered, certainly right up there with Quake. When we started on Pixomatic, we weren't even sure we'd be able to get DirectX 6 features and performance, the minimum for a viable rasterizer. I'm pleased to report that we succeeded. On a 3 GHz Pentium 4, Pixomatic can run Unreal Tournament 2004 at 640�480, with bilinear filtering enabled. On slower processors, performance is of course lower, but by rendering at 320�240 and stretching up to 640�480, Unreal Tournament 2004 runs adequately well -- even on a 733-MHz Pentium III.

Pixomatic is documented in an excellent series of Dr. Dobbs articles. It's fascinating reading; even though I know zero about assembly language, Michael's language of choice, he's a fantastic writer. That old adage about the subject not mattering when you have a great teacher has never been truer.

I remember trying out Pixomatic briefly four years ago. Those CPUs he's talking about seem awfully quaint now, and that made me curious: how fast is the Pixomatic software renderer on today's CPUs? My current box is a Core 2 Duo (wolfdale) running at 3.8 GHz. So I downloaded the Unreal Tournament 2004 demo (still fun, by the way!), and followed the brief, easy instructions provided to enable the Pixomatic software renderer. It's not complicated:


ut2004.exe -software

One word of warning. Be sure you have an appropriate resolution set before doing this! I was playing at 1920x1200 initially, and that's what the software renderer defaulted to. And here's the shocker: it was actually playable! I couldn't believe it. It wasn't great, mind you, but it was hardly a slideshow. I tweaked the resolution down to something I felt was realistic: 1024x768. I turned on framerate display by pressing ...


~
stat fps

... from within the game. This Pixomatic software rendered version of the game delivered a solid 40-60 fps experience in capture the flag mode. It ran so well, in fact, that I decided to bump up the detail -- I enabled 32-bit color and bilinear filtering by editing the ut2004.ini file:


[PixoDrv.PixoRenderDevice]
FogEnabled=True
Zoom2X=False
SimpleMaterials=True
LimitTextureSize=True
LowQualityTerrain=False
TerrainLOD=10
SkyboxHack=True
FilterQuality3D=3
FilterQualityHUD=1
HighDetailActors=False
SuperHighDetailActors=False
ReduceMouseLag=True
DesiredRefreshRate=0
DetailTexMipBias=0.000000
Use16bitTextures=False
Use16bit=False
UseStencil=False
UseCompressedLightmaps=False
DetailTextures=False
UsePrecaching=True

Once I did this, the game looked totally respectable. Eerily reminiscent in visuals and performance to the classic, early Voodoo and Voodoo 2 cards, actually.

(If you think this looks bad, check out Doom 3 running on an ancient Voodoo 2 setup. It's certainly better than that!)

The frame rate took a big hit, dropping to 30fps, but I found it was an uncannily stable 30fps. The only achilles heel of the Pixomatic software renderer is places with lots of alpha blending, such as when you fire a sniper rifle, obscuring the entire screen with a puff of muzzle smoke, or if you're standing near a teleportation portal.

Pretty amazing, right? It is!

And utterly pointless.

My current video card renders Unreal Tournament 2004 at the highest possible resolution with every possible quality option set to maximum, at somewhere between 200 and 300 frames per second. Despite the miraculously efficient assembly Abrash and Sartain created to make this possible at all, it's at best a carnival oddity; even the crappiest onboard laptop 3D (assuming a laptop of recent vintage) could outperform Pixomatic without even breaking a sweat.

We know that the game is far more enjoyable to play with a real GPU, on a real video card. And we're hip deep in real GPUs on every platform; even the iPhone has one. Perhaps Pixomatic made some business sense back in 2003, but it didn't take a genius analyst back then to see that it would make no business sense at all today. At the same time, I can't help admiring the engineering effort that went into building a viable 3D software renderer, something that seemed virtually impossible bordering on foolish.

In short, it will be possible to get major speedups from [Larrabee] without heroic programming, and that surely is A Good Thing. Of course, nothing's ever that easy; as with any new technology, only time will tell exactly how well automatic vectorization will work, and at the least it will take time for the tools to come fully up to speed. Regardless, it will equally surely be possible to get even greater speedups by getting your hands dirty with intrinsics and assembly language; besides, I happen to like heroic coding.

Ditto.

We'll have to wait and see if Intel's efforts to push GPU functionality into their x86 architecture makes any of this heroic coding more relevant in the future. Either way, it remains impressive.

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The Ugly American Programmer

2009-04-05T21:29:00.003-07:00

On the internet, you can pretend the world is flat. Whatever country you live in, whatever language you speak, you have the same access to the accumulated knowledge of the world as every other citizen of the planet Earth. And a growing percentage of that knowledge can and should be available in your native language.

But I believe the rules are different for programmers. So much so that I'm going to ask the unthinkable: shouldn't every software developer understand English?

A wildly disproportionate amount of programming information is available in English. The overwhelming majority of programming languages use English keywords. By any metric you can possibly measure, English is the lingua franca of programming.

Now, In terms of cultural literacy and travel, presuming that everyone should speak English is a totally unacceptable attitude, the epitome of the ugly american.

But those rules don't apply to us.

We're not talking about normal everyday people. We're talking about programmers. Citizens of the internet. People who swear allegiance not to a country, but a compiler. Hackers have their own culture, their own norms and standards for literacy. Eric Raymond notes that functional English is required for true hackers:

As an American and native English-speaker myself, I have previously been reluctant to suggest this, lest it be taken as a sort of cultural imperialism. But several native speakers of other languages have urged me to point out that English is the working language of the hacker culture and the Internet, and that you will need to know it to function in the hacker community.

Back around 1991 I learned that many hackers who have English as a second language use it in technical discussions even when they share a birth tongue; it was reported to me at the time that English has a richer technical vocabulary than any other language and is therefore simply a better tool for the job. For similar reasons, translations of technical books written in English are often unsatisfactory (when they get done at all).

Linus Torvalds, a Finn, comments his code in English (it apparently never occurred to him to do otherwise). His fluency in English has been an important factor in his ability to recruit a worldwide community of developers for Linux. It's an example worth following.

Being a native English-speaker does not guarantee that you have language skills good enough to function as a hacker. If your writing is semi-literate, ungrammatical, and riddled with misspellings, many hackers (including myself) will tend to ignore you. While sloppy writing does not invariably mean sloppy thinking, we've generally found the correlation to be strong -- and we have no use for sloppy thinkers. If you can't yet write competently, learn to.

It's difficult to communicate this idea without feeling like an ugly American programmer. But it doesn't come from a nationality, or a desire to dominate the world. It's nothing more than great hackers collectively realizing that sticking to English for technical discussion makes it easier to get stuff done. It's a meritocracy of code, not language, and nobody (or at least nobody who is sane, anyway) localizes programming languages.

I received this email from Slawomir, a Polish programmer, a few months ago. He confirmed what I've always suspected and secretly believed -- but have been hesitant to say:

I just listened to Stack Overflow podcast episode 29 where you discuss localization of developer tools.

In my opinion there is no reason to translate developer tools and documentation.

I know many developers in Poland who prefer (as Joel mentioned) to get English documentation rather than Polish translation and the reason for that is that translations were not always accurate. Even Microsoft developer documentation was translated partially or with errors, so reading original English document was easier than English-Polish soup.

If everybody blogs and develops in English - our global repository of solutions and blog posts is much bigger and you have better chances of finding an answer to your problem.

Consciously choosing to switch from Polish to English reminds me why I gave up Visual Basic for C#, as painful as that was. These languages do exactly the same things -- and the friction of choosing the minority language was severe. I found reams of code and answers in C# whenever I searched, and almost nothing at all in VB.NET. I spent so much time converting code into VB.NET and introducing new bugs and errors in the process, along with countless language-only forks. This eventually stopped making sense to me -- as it would to any good programmer.

Advocating the adoption of English as the de-facto standard language of software development is simple pragmatism, the most virtuous of all hacker traits. If that makes me an ugly American programmer, so be it.

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Almost Perfect

2009-04-05T21:29:00.001-07:00

I'll always remember WordPerfect as the quintessential white text on blue screen application.

We spent a lot of time in meetings going over what had to be in the product and how things should work. These decisions were made by the programmers, who sometimes had very heated discussions about what was needed. At times the three of us on the Board had to assume the role of referee. Some of the issues were very complicated, so by the time the arguments were finished and a decision was made, I usually had a headache.

It was somewhat unusual for a software company to let the programmers decide the future of its products. We were, however, a company founded and owned by programmers, where programmers were treated with an extra measure of respect. The marketing department was used primarily to sell products once they were developed, and only rarely did it get involved early enough to perform the traditional marketing role of identifying a need and defining a product to fill that need. At times this put us in the position of developing solutions before we identified problems, but it was hard to be too critical of the programmers when the company was so successful. To their credit, the programmers tried very hard to listen to our customers and to those of us in the marketing department. The programmers were smart and thoughtful and very good at protecting the best interests of the company. At times, however, they were prone to manipulate some of the data they received to fit what it was they wanted to do.

The book was also made into a documentary, Triumph of the Nerds. I recommend both highly.

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Windows 7 build 7057 has been leaked

2009-04-03T22:23:00.003-07:00

A new Windows 7 build 7057 has been leaked. It was compiled just 6 days back. Itll expire on 02/03/2010.

There are lots of changes in this new build. Some of them are as follows:

* The infamous UAC issue has been fixed. In previous Windows 7 builds when you changed the UAC level, Windows didnt show any prompt message. It was dangerous from security point of view as a malware can turn off UAC on a system easily.
* New user display Images
* New Wallpapers
* New Icons for few programs
* New login screen

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The Eight Levels of Programmers

2009-04-03T22:23:00.001-07:00

Have you ever gotten that classic job interview question, "where do you see yourself in five years?" When asked, I'm always mentally transported back to a certain Twisted Sister video from 1984.

I want you to tell me -- no, better yet, stand up and tell the class --

what do you wanna do with your life?

You want to rock, naturally! Or at least be a rockstar programmer. It's not a question that typically gets a serious answer -- sort of like that other old groan-inducing interview chestnut, "what's your greatest weakness?" It's that you sometimes rock too hard, right? Innocent bystanders could get hurt.

But I think this is a different and more serious class of question, one that deserves real consideration. Not for the interviewer's benefit, but for your own benefit.

The "where do you see yourself in five years" question is sort of glib, and most people have a pat answer they give to interviewers. But it does raise some deeper concerns: what is the potential career path for a software developer? Sure, we do this stuff because we love it, and we're very fortunate in that regard. But will you be sitting in front of your computer programming when you're 50? When you're 60? What is the best possible career outcome for a programmer who aspires to be.. well, a programmer?

What if I told you, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, that there were Eight Levels of Programmers?

Dead Programmer

This is the highest level. Your code has survived and transcended your death. You are a part of the permanent historical record of computing. Other programmers study your work and writing. You may have won a Turing Award, or written influential papers, or invented one or more pieces of fundamental technology that have affected the course of programming as we know it. You don't just have a wikipedia entry -- there are entire websites dedicated to studying your life and work.

Very few programmers ever achieve this level in their own lifetimes.

Examples: Dijkstra, Knuth, Kay
Successful Programmer

Programmers who are both well known and have created entire businesses -- perhaps even whole industries -- around their code. These programmers have given themselves the real freedom zero: the freedom to decide for themselves what they want to work on. And to share that freedom with their fellow programmers.

This is the level to which most programmers should aspire. Getting to this level often depends more on business skills than programming.

Examples: Gates, Carmack, DHH
Famous Programmer

This is also a good place to be, but not unless you also have a day job.

You're famous in programming circles. But being famous doesn't necessarily mean you can turn a profit and support yourself. Famous is good, but successful is better. You probably work for a large, well known technology company, an influential small company, or you're a part of a modest startup team. Either way, other programmers have heard of you, and you're having a positive impact on the field.
Working Programmer

You have a successful career as a software developer. Your skills are always in demand and you never have to look very long or hard to find a great job. Your peers respect you. Every company you work with is improved and enriched in some way by your presence.

But where do you go from there?
Average Programmer

At this level you are a good enough programmer to realize that you're not a great programmer. And you might never be.

Talent often has little do do with success. You can be very successful if you have business and people skills. If you are an average programmer but manage to make a living at it then you are talented, just not necessarily at coding.

Don't knock the value of self-awareness. It's more rare than you realize. There's nothing wrong with lacking talent. Be bold. Figure out what you're good at, and pursue it. Aggressively.
Amateur Programmer

An amateur programmer loves to code, and it shows: they might be a promising student or intern, or perhaps they're contributing to open source projects, or building interesting "just for fun" applications or websites in their spare time. Their code and ideas show promise and enthusiasm.

Being an amateur is a good thing; from this level one can rapidly rise to become a working programmer.
Unknown Programmer

The proverbial typical programmer. Joe Coder. Competent (usually) but unremarkable. Probably works for a large, anonymous MegaCorp. It's just a job, not their entire life. Nothing wrong with that, either.
Bad Programmer

People who somehow fell into the programmer role without an iota of skill or ability. Everything they touch turns into pain and suffering for their fellow programmers -- with the possible exception of other Bad Programmers, who lack even the rudimentary skill required to tell that they're working with another Bad Programmer.

Which is, perhaps, the hallmark of all Bad Programmers. These people have no business writing code of any kind -- but they do, anyway.

These levels aren't entirely serious. Not every programmer aspires to the same things in their career. But it's illuminating to consider what a programmer could accomplish in ten years, twenty years, or thirty years -- perhaps even a lifetime. Which notable programmers do you admire the most? What did they accomplish to earn your admiration?

In short, what do you wanna do with your life?

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Deleting all appointments in Outlook

2009-04-03T02:15:00.003-07:00

Where I work some people have been let go. There accounts have been backed up and deleted from active directory. But there appointments they set are still on the other users calendars. How do I remove all appointments set by a "Organizer" so that these do not keep popping up. I cannot get on that users log in to delete them because the account in AD is gone.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Justin

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SEO ASP Page

2009-04-03T02:15:00.001-07:00

I received a request from a client to do their site's SEO. The entire site is built on ASP. Can I simply take each ASP page on the site and optimize in terms of meta tags and H1 and all that good SEO stuff? Or am I missing something with this ASP?

I've never used ASP and I am just a bit weary of it to make sure it's not something that I am completely unaware of. As far as I can tell looking at the code, I can just make my HTML edits as need be and just reupload the page.

Any insight would be much appreciated!

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How To Download Tagged Facebook Pics

2009-04-02T02:36:00.015-07:00

I accidently fount great Facebook app called Get My Tagged Pics that allow you to download Tagged pics.
Get My Tagged Pics allow you to download tagged pics in batches of 10, rather than having to download each one separately

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regedit & cmd won't run...a/v won't update. Log included.

2009-04-02T02:36:00.013-07:00

First time poster but Ive done a lot of reading here tonight!

Im getting random website redirects, regedit & cmd wont run (although msconfig will) and I cant update Avast! or install Trend Micro, either in normal or safe mode. The virus scans I have been able to run have come up clean but theres obviously something going on.

Heres my HijackThis log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 12:03:47 AM, on 4/1/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32ibmpmsvc.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesWindows DefenderMsMpEng.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinEvtEng.exe
C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinS24EvMon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolsv.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32IPSSVC.EXE
C:Program FilesThinkPadConnectUtilitiesAcPrfMgrSvc.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
c:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32PSIService.exe
C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinRegSrvc.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32TPHDEXLG.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32TpKmpSVC.exe
C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageRescue and Recoveryrrservice.exe
C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageCommonSchedulertvtsched.exe
C:Program FilesThinkVantageSystemUpdateUCLauncherService.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32wuauclt.exe
C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageCommonLoggerlogmon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32wscntfy.exe
C:Program FilesGoogleGmail Notifiergnotify.exe
C:Program FilesBillP StudiosWinPatrolwinpatrol.exe
C:Program FilesWindows DefenderMSASCui.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32tp4serv.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32TpShocks.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32TpScrLk.exe
C:PROGRA~1LenovoPkgMgrHOTKEYTPHKMGR.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe
C:Program FilesAnalog DevicesCoresmax4pnp.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoPkgMgrHOTKEYTPONSCR.exe
C:Program FilesLenovoPkgMgrHOTKEY_1TpScrex.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32rundll32.exe
C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageSafeGuard PrivateDiskpdservice.exe
C:PROGRA~1THINKV~2PrdCtrLPMGR.exe
C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32igfxpers.exe
C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageCommonmndmapdrv.exe
C:WINDOWSexplorer.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32net.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://www.netflix.com/WatchNowMovie?mo ... 540166_3_0
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - c:Program FilesJavajre6binjp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - c:Program FilesJavajre6libdeployjqsiejqs_plugin.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [{0228e555-4f9c-4e35-a3ec-b109a192b4c2}] C:Program FilesGoogleGmail Notifiergnotify.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [WinPatrol] C:Program FilesBillP StudiosWinPatrolwinpatrol.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Windows Defender] "C:Program FilesWindows DefenderMSASCui.exe" -hide
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TrackPointSrv] tp4serv.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TpShocks] TpShocks.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TPKMAPHELPER] C:Program FilesThinkPadUtilitiesTpKmapAp.exe -helper
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TPKBDLED] C:WINDOWSsystem32TpScrLk.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TPHOTKEY] C:PROGRA~1LenovoPkgMgrHOTKEYTPHKMGR.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TP4EX] tp4ex.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [suScheduler] C:Program FilesThinkVantageSystemUpdateUCLauncher.exe /SCHEDULER
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "c:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SoundMAXPnP] C:Program FilesAnalog DevicesCoresmax4pnp.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SoundMAX] C:Program FilesAnalog DevicesSoundMAXSmax4.exe /tray
O4 - HKLM..Run: [PWRMGRTR] rundll32 C:PROGRA~1ThinkPadUTILIT~1PWRMGRTR.DLL,PwrMgrBkGndMonitor
O4 - HKLM..Run: [PDService.exe] "C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageSafeGuard PrivateDiskpdservice.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LPManager] C:PROGRA~1THINKV~2PrdCtrLPMGR.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [igfxtray] C:WINDOWSsystem32igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [igfxpers] C:WINDOWSsystem32igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [igfxhkcmd] C:WINDOWSsystem32hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Google Desktop Search] "C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle Desktop SearchGoogleDesktop.exe" /startup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [EZEJMNAP] C:PROGRA~1ThinkPadUTILIT~1EzEjMnAp.Exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [cssauth] "C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageClient Security Solutioncssauth.exe" silent
O4 - HKLM..Run: [BluetoothAuthenticationAgent] rundll32.exe bthprops.cpl,,BluetoothAuthenticationAgent
O4 - HKLM..Run: [BLOG] rundll32 C:PROGRA~1ThinkPadUTILIT~1BatLogEx.DLL,StartBattLog
O4 - HKLM..Run: [BigDogPath] C:WINDOWSVM_STI.EXE Philips SPC 300NC PC Camera
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:Program FilesAdobeReader 9.0ReaderReader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Wootalyzer] C:Program FilesWootalyzerwoot.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:Program FilesWindows Media PlayerWMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [updateMgr] "C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 7.0ReaderAdobeUpdateManager.exe" AcRdB7_1_0 -reboot 1
O4 - HKCU..Run: [TomTomHOME.exe] "C:Program FilesTomTom HOME 2HOMERunner.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [swg] C:Program FilesGoogleGoogleToolbarNotifierGoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Skype] "C:Program FilesSkypePhoneSkype.exe" /nosplash /minimized
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Semagic] C:Program FilesSemagicLiveJournalU.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Google Update] "C:Documents and SettingsTongaLocal SettingsApplication DataGoogleUpdateGoogleUpdate.exe" /c
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: Add to Google Photos Screensa&ver - res://C:WINDOWSsystem32GPhotos.scr/200
O8 - Extra context menu item: Semagic - C:Program FilesSemagiclink.htm
O9 - Extra button: Software Installer - {D1A4DEBD-C2EE-449f-B9FB-E8409F9A0BC5} - C:Program FilesLenovoPkgMgrPkgMgr.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O11 - Options group: [JAVA_IBM] Java (IBM)
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/
O15 - Trusted Zone: http://gis.montva.com
O16 - DPF: {74FFE28D-2378-11D5-990C-006094235084} (IBM Access Support) - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/IbmEgath.cab
O16 - DPF: {9059F30F-4EB1-4BD2-9FDC-36F43A218F4A} (Microsoft RDP Client Control (redist)) - http://roa.pt-usa.net/tsweb/msrdp.cab
O16 - DPF: {E598AC61-4C6F-4F4D-877F-FAC49CA91FA3} (acpRunner Class) - https://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/acce ... ontrol.cab
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1SkypeSKYPE4~1.DLL
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:PROGRA~1GoogleGOOGLE~1GOEC62~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: ACNotify - ACNotify.dll (file missing)
O23 - Service: Ac Profile Manager Service (AcPrfMgrSvc) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesThinkPadConnectUtilitiesAcPrfMgrSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Access Connections Main Service (AcSvc) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesThinkPadConnectUtilitiesAcSvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Amazon Unbox Video Service (ADVService) - Amazon.com - C:Program FilesAmazonAmazon Unbox VideoADVWindowsClientService.exe
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAppleMobile Device SupportbinAppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Event Log (EvtEng) - Intel Corporation - C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinEvtEng.exe
O23 - Service: Google Desktop Manager 5.7.806.10245 (GoogleDesktopManager-061008-081103) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleGoogle Desktop SearchGoogleDesktop.exe
O23 - Service: Google Software Updater (gusvc) - Google - C:Program FilesGoogleCommonGoogle UpdaterGoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: ThinkPad PM Service (IBMPMSVC) - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32ibmpmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldDriver11Intel 32IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe
O23 - Service: IPS Core Service (IPSSVC) - Lenovo Group Limited - C:WINDOWSsystem32IPSSVC.EXE
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - c:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
O23 - Service: MioNet Service (MioNet) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesMioNetMioNetManager.exe
O23 - Service: ProtexisLicensing - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32PSIService.exe
O23 - Service: IBM PSA Access Driver Control (PsaSrv) - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32PsaSrv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Registry Service (RegSrvc) - Intel Corporation - C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinRegSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Service (S24EventMonitor) - Intel Corporation - C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinS24EvMon.exe
O23 - Service: ThinkPad HDD APS Logging Service (TPHDEXLGSVC) - Lenovo. - C:WINDOWSSystem32TPHDEXLG.EXE
O23 - Service: IBM KCU Service (TpKmpSVC) - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32TpKmpSVC.exe
O23 - Service: TSS Core Service (TSSCoreService) - IBM - C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageClient Security Solutionibmtcsd.exe
O23 - Service: TVT Backup Service - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageRescue and Recoveryrrservice.exe
O23 - Service: TVT Scheduler - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesIBM ThinkVantageCommonSchedulertvtsched.exe
O23 - Service: ThinkVantage System Update (UCLauncherService) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesThinkVantageSystemUpdateUCLauncherService.exe
O23 - Service: VNC Server Version 4 (WinVNC4) - RealVNC Ltd. - C:Program FilesRealVNCVNC4WinVNC4.exe

--
End of file - 11031 bytes

Thanks, I really appreciate the help.

Robin

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bad sound driver

2009-04-02T02:36:00.011-07:00

I opened up my window media player 5.01, and tried to play a song. I got an error that says:

Bad Direct Sound Driver. Please install proper drivers or select another device in configuration.

waht is the wrong in my drivers . all the drivers are installed well

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logo for autotext

2009-04-02T02:36:00.009-07:00

Hi

Im new here and I would like to know if its possible to save a logo together with a text as Autotext?

I have a template and I would like to save the content of the template as one entry in the autotext. What happened if I mark all and save it as autotext is: The text will only be copied and the logo not.

How can I save the text and the logo together? Im not really sure if this possible.

Thanks and regards

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Problem with encrypted and compressed files on NTFS.

2009-04-02T02:36:00.007-07:00

Hi All,

I am using raw data-structures of NTFS to copy contents of a file in to other file.
I am traversing the data runs and copy the contents of the clusters in to other file.

It works for normal files, but if a file is encrypted or compressed it fails as new file does not have setting (Attributes) that tell File System that this file is encrypted or compressed. So file system treats this file as normal file and it does not decrypt or decompress it while reading the new file.

I want that this new file behave same as of original file.
Can any one tell me how I can achieve it?

Thanks.

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Message Box Picture

2009-04-02T02:36:00.005-07:00

Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone knew how I could make a message box/pop up appear. But instead of text I want an image I made to take up the whole box. Any suggestions/ideas?

I am trying to use VBScript.

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Display Reapeat Region in 2 columns, how to do it?

2009-04-02T02:36:00.003-07:00

Hi there!
I am a newbie into PHP language and I am using Dreamweaver to learn some basics and so I am doing myself a database administration with records display or list as test.
So, on dream weaver I managed to make a list using repeat region but only with one column of data... here is the code:

Code:
---------

if (!isset($_SESSION)) {
session_start();
}
$MM_authorizedUsers = "10";
$MM_donotCheckaccess = "false";

// *** Restrict Access To Page: Grant or deny access to this page
function isAuthorized($strUsers, $strGroups, $UserName, $UserGroup) {
// For security, start by assuming the visitor is NOT authorized.
$isValid = False;

// When a visitor has logged into this site, the Session variable MM_Username set equal to their username.
// Therefore, we know that a user is NOT logged in if that Session variable is blank.
if (!empty($UserName)) {
// Besides being logged in, you may restrict access to only certain users based on an ID established when they login.
// Parse the strings into arrays.
$arrUsers = Explode(",", $strUsers);
$arrGroups = Explode(",", $strGroups);
if (in_array($UserName, $arrUsers)) {
$isValid = true;
}
// Or, you may restrict access to only certain users based on their username.
if (in_array($UserGroup, $arrGroups)) {
$isValid = true;
}
if (($strUsers == "") && false) {
$isValid = true;
}
}
return $isValid;
}

$MM_restrictGoTo = "../error_success/access_denied.php";
if (!((isset($_SESSION['MM_Username'])) && (isAuthorized("",$MM_authorizedUsers, $_SESSION['MM_Username'], $_SESSION['MM_UserGroup'])))) {
$MM_qsChar = "?";
$MM_referrer = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (strpos($MM_restrictGoTo, "?")) $MM_qsChar = "&";
if (isset($QUERY_STRING) && strlen($QUERY_STRING) > 0)
$MM_referrer .= "?" . $QUERY_STRING;
$MM_restrictGoTo = $MM_restrictGoTo. $MM_qsChar . "accesscheck=" . urlencode($MM_referrer);
header("Location: ". $MM_restrictGoTo);
exit;
}
?>if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
{
$theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;

$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);

switch ($theType) {
case "text":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
break;
case "long":
case "int":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
break;
case "double":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL";
break;
case "date":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
break;
case "defined":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
break;
}
return $theValue;
}
}

$currentPage = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];

$maxRows_modelos = 20;
$pageNum_modelos = 0;
if (isset($_GET['pageNum_modelos'])) {
$pageNum_modelos = $_GET['pageNum_modelos'];
}
$startRow_modelos = $pageNum_modelos * $maxRows_modelos;

mysql_select_db($database_pachecos, $pachecos);
$query_modelos = "SELECT * FROM modelos ORDER BY Modelo ASC";
$query_limit_modelos = sprintf("%s LIMIT %d, %d", $query_modelos, $startRow_modelos, $maxRows_modelos);
$modelos = mysql_query($query_limit_modelos, $pachecos) or die(mysql_error());
$row_modelos = mysql_fetch_assoc($modelos);

if (isset($_GET['totalRows_modelos'])) {
$totalRows_modelos = $_GET['totalRows_modelos'];
} else {
$all_modelos = mysql_query($query_modelos);
$totalRows_modelos = mysql_num_rows($all_modelos);
}
$totalPages_modelos = ceil($totalRows_modelos/$maxRows_modelos)-1;

$queryString_modelos = "";
if (!empty($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
$params = explode("&", $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
$newParams = array();
foreach ($params as $param) {
if (stristr($param, "pageNum_modelos") == false &&
stristr($param, "totalRows_modelos") == false) {
array_push($newParams, $param);
}
}
if (count($newParams) != 0) {
$queryString_modelos = "&" . htmlentities(implode("&", $newParams));
}
}
$queryString_modelos = sprintf("&totalRows_modelos=%d%s", $totalRows_modelos, $queryString_modelos);
?>

PM - Lista de Modelos

Lista de modelos

	NOVO	0) { // Show if not first page ?> ">	0) { // Show if not first page ?> ">	">	">
Registo do n� at� de

mysql_free_result($modelos);
?>
---------
Is it possible to make this work displaying two columns of records instead of just one?

thank you in advance for your time and patience. :^o

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Should Competent Programmers be "Mathematically Inclined"?

2009-04-02T02:36:00.001-07:00

One of the more famous Edsger Dijkstra quotes is from his 1972 Turing award lecture, How do we tell truths that might hurt?

Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.

Note that he specifically says native tongue, not English. Which makes me wonder why all of Dijkstra's most important writings were in English, not his native Dutch.

But I digress. Let's consider the first part of the Dijkstra quote. Should competent programmers be "mathematically inclined"? It might be instructive to think of programming as a form of mathematics, at least for one reason: to resist localization. Although there have been attempts to create localized programming languages, as far as I know, nobody has ever tried to localize π or the number 3. They're universal. So in that sense, programming languages bear a vague, passing resemblance to mathematics. Learn the symbols once and use them everywhere in the world, no matter what your native tongue is.

On the other hand, I have not found in practice that programmers need to be mathematically inclined to become great software developers. Quite the opposite, in fact. This does depend heavily on what kind of code you're writing, but the vast bulk of code that I've seen consists mostly of the "balancing your checkbook" sort of math, nothing remotely like what you'd find in the average college calculus textbook, even.


{
  i = j++ / (x + v);
}

Not exactly the stuff mathletes are made of.

I never understood the desire to formally equate skill at mathematics with skill at programming. While being a math wonk certainly won't hurt you as a programmer, it's very hard for me to draw a direct line from "good at math" to "good at programming". Like Rory, I believe that software development requires some markedly right-brained sensibilities.

When I was growing up, I remember hearing people say things like, "If you like computer programming, then you'll love math." I always thought that these people were absolutely nuts. While there is something intrinsically similar about certain types of math and computer programming, the two are different in many more ways than they are similar.

With math, and I'm not talking about the crazy number-theory math philosophy "Do numbers really exist?" side of things, but with the applied stuff, there are correct answers. You're either correct or you're incorrect.

With coding, the best you can hope for is to do something well. With so many different ways to effect a single outcome, it's up to some very right-brained sensibilities to determine if you've met your goal, as there isn't anybody (except [another more experienced developer]) who can tell you if you're right or not.

If you ignore your right brain, and I'm talking generally about abstraction and aesthetics, then you can slap some code together that might work, but it also might be one hell of a maintenance nightmare. If you focus only on the right brain, you might have something that works, but is so utterly inefficient and personalized that you're the only person on Earth who could make sense of the code and maintain it.

All those caveats aside, people still advocate the idea that math alone has the power to make you a better programmer. Steve Yegge makes the best case I've read for the programmer-mathematician, with his five points:

Math is a lot easier to pick up after you know how to program. In fact, if you're a halfway decent programmer, you'll find it's almost a snap.

They teach math all wrong in school. Way, WAY wrong. If you teach yourself math the right way, you'll learn faster, remember it longer, and it'll be much more valuable to you as a programmer.

Knowing even a little of the right kinds of math can enable you do write some pretty interesting programs that would otherwise be too hard. In other words, math is something you can pick up a little at a time, whenever you have free time.

Nobody knows all of math, not even the best mathematicians. The field is constantly expanding, as people invent new formalisms to solve their own problems. And with any given math problem, just like in programming, there's more than one way to do it. You can pick the one you like best.

Math is... ummm, please don't tell anyone I said this; I'll never get invited to another party as long as I live. But math, well... I'd better whisper this, so listen up: (it's actually kinda fun.)

To me, this reads like a broad recipe for becoming intellectually curious and building skill at solving abstract problems. Important programming skills, to be sure, but not necessarily exclusive to the study of math. If math is your preferred way to sharpen your saw, then have at it -- but it's hardly the only way.

I recently received this email:

I run a small (4 people) web dev shop and I'm finding that younger coders haven't had the pleasure of writing assembler or managing without library functions. I've always found strong math skills to be one of the most useful skills for coding, and when one has Google and a massive library of functions, one doesn't have to be good at math to get things working, until it either breaks, has edge cases, or brings out OS or library bugs.

Some quick examples: simplifying tricky equations to determine array indicies or memory offsets; trigonometry to help with physical calculations; mental hex/bin/dec conversion; logic equalities such as DeMorgan's theorem.

He's got the right idea; if we're going to talk about math, let's get out of the abstract and into the specific. Let's talk details. Examples. What could be more math-y than that?

What code have you personally written where a detailed knowledge of math made your work easier? I can think of some broad categories. Writing a 3D game. Or a physics simulation. Or low-level image filters. Or compression algorithms. The list goes on and on. But if you're in those situations, you'll know it.

Maybe I'm a hopeless optimist, but I think most programmers are smart enough to learn whatever math they need just in time to attack the problem at hand.

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Help a newbie pls!

2009-04-02T02:35:00.003-07:00

Hello all from Greece (Sorry for my English)!
If anybody can help me with this problem please make a post!
I am having trouble with my php script when i am trying to redirect the users of my contact form to the thank you page and this think drives me crazy.
I know that the is not working because i output somethink on the browser before the header command.
Is there any other way to do this with php? No meta redirection.

Here are the 3 php scripts that are needed for the form to work!

1)Prosses.php :

PHP:
---------

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$problem = FALSE;
if(empty($_POST['name'])){
$problem = TRUE;
echo "Παρακαλώ εισάγετε το όνομά σας!\n";
}
if(empty($_POST['email'])){
$problem = TRUE;
echo "Παρακαλώ εισάγετε το email σας!\n";
}
if(empty($_POST['message'])){
$problem = TRUE;
echo "Παρακαλώ εισάγετε το μήνυμά σας!\n";
}

if(!$problem){
$n = $_POST['name'];
$l = $_POST['last'];
$e = $_POST['email'];
$m = $_POST['message'];
$s = "Name: $n \n";
$s .= "Last name: $l \n";
$s .= "E-mail: $e \n";

if(mail("admin@megaweb.gr", "Your Contact Form", $m . $s)){
echo " Το μύνημά σας έχει σταλεί.\n\n";
echo ' Επιστρέψτε στο http://www.megaweb.gr ';
#"Your email was successfully sent!\n";
}
else
{
echo "There was an error sending the message, please try again!\n";
}
}
}
else
{
echo "Oops, looks like you didn't submit the form, go back and fill it in!\n";
}

?>
---------

2) form.php

PHP:
---------
session_start();
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
if(isset($_POST['captcha_code']) && isset($_SESSION['captcha_code'])) {
if(md5($_POST['captcha_code']) == $_SESSION['captcha_code']) {
echo ' ';
}else{
die('Ο κωδικός ασφαλείας ήταν λάθος. Γυρίστε πίσω και ξαναπροσπαθήστε.') . '
';
}
}else{
if(!isset($_POST['captcha_code'])) {
echo 'Δεν έχετε εισάγει κωδικό ασφαλείας.
';
}
if(!isset($_SESSION['captcha_code'])) {
echo 'Result: No CAPTCHA was viewed.
';
}
}
}
?>
---------

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Strange Behaviour in IE7 - Javascript only refreshes dropdown once

2009-04-02T02:35:00.001-07:00

Strange little issue. Using Javascript and AJAX to pull in a drop down box for car models when a car make is chosen. Here's what happens: if I choose Ford, the Ford models appear. I choose Honda, the Honda models appear. But if I choose Ford again - the update doesn't happen. Essentially, anything that's already been selected will not reappear.

Here are the code snippets:

Code:
---------

Select a Make..

---------

Code:
---------
<%
If Request("Make") & "!" = "!" Then
%>
Select a Make..
<%
Else

%>

<%
End If
%>
---------
Your thoughts on why this is happening are most appreciated!

Cheers..
Drew

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See You at EclipseCon!

2009-03-30T23:15:00.001-07:00

I have the very great honor of speaking at this year's EclipseCon with one of my heroes, Clay Shirky.

The theme of this year's EclipseCon is collaboration -- so all the talks are presented by two speakers. Our talk, The Social Mind: Designing Like Groups Matter, will alternate between the theory (Clay) and practice (Jeff) of online community. Hopefully in a coherent way.

This is an easy talk for me to deliver, because I quite literally used Clay Shirky's book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, as a blueprint for building Stack Overflow.

I wasn't kidding when I said It's Clay Shirky's Internet, We Just Live In It.

I can't emphasize enough how deeply I respect Clay. I've read everything he's written to a degree that you might even say I studied it. Clay continues to be one of the most perceptive and insightful technical writers in the world on the topic of internet culture and community. His latest missive on the demise of newspapers is not to be missed. It's thrilling to have this opportunity to speak side by side with such a vital, important figure in internet history.

It is also extremely gratifying to me that I am giving this talk to a group of non Windows-centric developers. Despite my personal background, we always intended Stack Overflow to be a tribute to the greater craft of programming, a place where you could rub shoulders with fellow programmers from all sorts of different backgrounds and professional interests -- a bit like the old, classic computer programming magazines like Byte and Dr. Dobb's Journal.

It pains me to see developers who let themselves get locked into some particular toolchain ghetto, without at least peripheral awareness of what else is going on in the programming world around them.

Good programmers are interested in everything -- and that's exactly the kind of talk Clay and I intend to deliver.

Update: I'm not sure the event was recorded, but Alan Zeichick's summary of our talk is outstanding. I also put the slides up on SlideShare for viewing or download, though it's tough without audio.

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The Ugly American Programmer

2009-03-30T23:14:00.001-07:00

One of the most wonderful things about the internet is that you can pretend the world is flat. Whatever country you live in, whatever language you speak, you have the same access to the accumulated knowledge of the world as every other citizen of the planet Earth. And a growing percentage of that knowledge can and should be available in your native language.

But I believe the rules are different for programmers. So much so that I'm going to ask the unthinkable: shouldn't every software developer understand English?

Now, In terms of cultural literacy and travel, presuming that everyone should speak English is a totally unacceptable attitude, the epitome of the ugly american.

But those rules don't apply to us.

As an American and native English-speaker myself, I have previously been reluctant to suggest this, lest it be taken as a sort of cultural imperialism. But several native speakers of other languages have urged me to point out that English is the working language of the hacker culture and the Internet, and that you will need to know it to function in the hacker community.

Back around 1991 I learned that many hackers who have English as a second language use it in technical discussions even when they share a birth tongue; it was reported to me at the time that English has a richer technical vocabulary than any other language and is therefore simply a better tool for the job. For similar reasons, translations of technical books written in English are often unsatisfactory (when they get done at all).

Linus Torvalds, a Finn, comments his code in English (it apparently never occurred to him to do otherwise). His fluency in English has been an important factor in his ability to recruit a worldwide community of developers for Linux. It's an example worth following.

Being a native English-speaker does not guarantee that you have language skills good enough to function as a hacker. If your writing is semi-literate, ungrammatical, and riddled with misspellings, many hackers (including myself) will tend to ignore you. While sloppy writing does not invariably mean sloppy thinking, we've generally found the correlation to be strong -- and we have no use for sloppy thinkers. If you can't yet write competently, learn to.

I received this email from Slawomir, a Polish programmer, a few months ago. He confirmed what I've always suspected and secretly believed -- but have been hesitant to say:

I just listened to Stack Overflow podcast episode 29 where you discuss localization of developer tools.

In my opinion there is no reason to translate developer tools and documentation.

I know many developers in Poland who prefer (as Joel mentioned) to get English documentation rather than Polish translation and the reason for that is that translations were not always accurate. Even Microsoft developer documentation was translated partially or with errors, so reading original English document was easier than English-Polish soup.

If everybody blogs and develops in English - our global repository of solutions and blog posts is much bigger and you have better chances of finding an answer to your problem.

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HijackThis log - Disabled CMD prompt, regedit

2009-03-30T03:19:00.001-07:00

Ive been trying to solve this problem the whole morning till evening and came to a conclusion that ive been hit by a malware.

Im the only user of my laptop and the only one with administrative rights. I tried to install a new game and i was stopped by this malware.

I cant go into CMD prompt
I cant go into Regedit
I cant install Spyware Doctor, Ad-wareAE or any other programs

My log(I cant find the upload/attach file button)

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 5:09:17 PM, on 3/27/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16441)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:Program FilesNational InstrumentsMAXnimxs.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32RUNDLL32.EXE
C:AcerEmpowering Technologyadmtray.exe
C:Program FilesSynapticsSynTPSynTPEnh.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32rundll32.exe
C:Program FilesIntelWirelessbinZCfgSvc.exe
C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinifrmewrk.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogitechLComMgrLVComSX.exe
C:WINDOWSRTHDCPL.EXE
C:Program FilesKaspersky LabKaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0avp.exe
C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveMonitor.exe
C:Program FilesAcerVoIP Phone Chargervoip phone charger.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32wbemunsecapp.exe
C:Program FilesSony EricssonMobile2Application LauncherApplication Launcher.exe
C:Program FilesQuickTimeqttask.exe
C:PROGRA~1LAUNCH~1LManager.exe
C:Program FilesAdobePhotoshop Album Starter Edition3.2Appsapdproxy.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinDot1XCfg.exe
C:Program FilesRainlendar2Rainlendar2.exe
C:Program FilesSkypePhoneSkype.exe
C:DOCUME~171937LOCALS~1TempRtkBtMnt.exe
C:Program FilesSkypePlugin ManagerskypePM.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesTeleca SharedGeneric.exe
C:Program FilesSony EricssonMobile2Mobile Phone Monitorepmworker.exe
C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32NOTEPAD.EXE
D:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://myrp.sg
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=74005
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings,ProxyServer = ISA-Firewall.rp.sg:8080
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:Program FilesYahoo!CompanionInstallscpnyt.dll
O2 - BHO: Thunder AtOnce - {01443AEC-0FD1-40fd-9C87-E93D1494C233} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: &Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:Program FilesYahoo!CompanionInstallscpnyt.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAcrobatActiveXAcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:PROGRA~1SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:PROGRA~1MI1933~1Office12GRA8E1~1.DLL
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_02binssv.dll
O2 - BHO: ThunderBHO - {889D2FEB-5411-4565-8998-1DD2C5261283} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Hotspot Shield Class - {F9E4A054-E9B1-4BC3-83A3-76A1AE736170} - C:Program FilesHotspot ShieldhssieHssIE.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:Program FilesYahoo!CompanionInstallscpnyt.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [PHIME2002ASync] C:WINDOWSsystem32IMETINTLGNTTINTSETP.EXE /SYNC
O4 - HKLM..Run: [PHIME2002A] C:WINDOWSsystem32IMETINTLGNTTINTSETP.EXE /IMEName
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:WINDOWSsystem32NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:WINDOWSsystem32NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ADMTray.exe] "C:AcerEmpowering Technologyadmtray.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SynTPEnh] C:Program FilesSynapticsSynTPSynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IntelZeroConfig] "C:Program FilesIntelWirelessbinZCfgSvc.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IntelWireless] "C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinifrmewrk.exe" /tf Intel PROSet/Wireless
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ePower_DMC] C:AcerEmpowering TechnologyePowerePower_DMC.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Acer ePower Management] C:AcerEmpowering TechnologyePowerAcer ePower Management.exe boot
O4 - HKLM..Run: [eRecoveryService] C:AcerEmpowering TechnologyeRecoveryMonitor.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IMEKRMIG6.1] C:WINDOWSimeimkr6_1IMEKRMIG.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [MSPY2002] C:WINDOWSsystem32IMEPINTLGNTImScInst.exe /SYNC
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LVCOMSX] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogitechLComMgrLVComSX.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SkyTel] SkyTel.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AVP] "C:Program FilesKaspersky LabKaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0avp.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [IMJPMIG8.1] "C:WINDOWSIMEimjp8_1IMJPMIG.EXE" /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32
O4 - HKLM..Run: [GrooveMonitor] "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12GrooveMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ntiMUI] C:Program FilesNewTech InfosystemsNTI CD & DVD-Maker 7ntiMUI.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [WinampAgent] C:Program FilesWinampwinampa.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [vptray] C:PROGRA~1SYMANT~1VPTray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [voip phone charger] "C:Program FilesAcerVoIP Phone Chargervoip phone charger.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Thunder] "D:Program FilesThunder NetworkThunderThunder.exe" /s
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_02binjusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Sony Ericsson PC Suite] "C:Program FilesSony EricssonMobile2Application LauncherApplication Launcher.exe" /startoptions
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeqttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [LManager] C:PROGRA~1LAUNCH~1LManager.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [DownloadAccelerator] "C:Program FilesDAPDAP.EXE" /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:Program FilesAdobeReader 8.0ReaderReader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Adobe Photo Downloader] "C:Program FilesAdobePhotoshop Album Starter Edition3.2Appsapdproxy.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:Program FilesMSN MessengerMsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Rainlendar2] C:Program FilesRainlendar2Rainlendar2.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Skype] "C:Program FilesSkypePhoneSkype.exe" /nosplash /minimized
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Steam] "c:program filessteamsteam.exe" -silent
O4 - HKCU..Run: [updateMgr] C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 7.0ReaderAdobeUpdateManager.exe AcRdB7_0_9
O4 - HKCU..Run: [igndlm.exe] C:Program FilesDownload ManagerDLM.exe /windowsstart /startifwork
O4 - HKCU..Run: [ares] "C:Program FilesAresAres.exe" -h
O4 - HKCU..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeqttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKUSS-1-5-18..Run: [Communicator] "C:Program FilesMicrosoft Office CommunicatorCommunicator.exe" (User SYSTEM)
O4 - HKUS.DEFAULT..Run: [Communicator] "C:Program FilesMicrosoft Office CommunicatorCommunicator.exe" (User Default user)
O7 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem, DisableRegedit=1
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MI1933~1Office12EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Send to &Bluetooth Device... - C:Program FilesWIDCOMMBluetooth Softwarebtsendto_ie_ctx.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: - D:Program FilesThunder NetworkThunderProgramgeturl.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: - D:Program FilesThunder NetworkThunderProgramgetallurl.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_02binssv.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:Program FilesJavajre1.6.0_02binssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: 5 - {09BA8F6D-CB54-424B-839C-C2A6C8E6B436} - d:Program FilesThunder NetworkThunderThunder.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: 5 - {09BA8F6D-CB54-424B-839C-C2A6C8E6B436} - d:Program FilesThunder NetworkThunderThunder.exe
O9 - Extra button: Web Anti-Virus statistics - {1F460357-8A94-4D71-9CA3-AA4ACF32ED8E} - C:Program FilesKaspersky LabKaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0SCIEPlgn.dll
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MI1933~1Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:PROGRA~1MI1933~1Office12ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MI1933~1Office12REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Researcher - {9455301C-CF6B-11D3-A266-00C04F689C50} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedEncarta ResearcherEROPROJ.DLL
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {B205A35E-1FC4-4CE3-818B-899DBBB3388C} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedEncarta Search BarENCSBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: @btrez.dll,-4015 - {CCA281CA-C863-46ef-9331-5C8D4460577F} - C:Program FilesWIDCOMMBluetooth Softwarebtsendto_ie.htm
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @btrez.dll,-12650 - {CCA281CA-C863-46ef-9331-5C8D4460577F} - C:Program FilesWIDCOMMBluetooth Softwarebtsendto_ie.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:WINDOWSNetwork Diagnosticxpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:windowssystem32nwprovau.dll
O16 - DPF: {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B} (QuickTime Object) - http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/200 ... plugin.cab
O16 - DPF: {C3F79A2B-B9B4-4A66-B012-3EE46475B072} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Me ... b56907.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/s ... wflash.cab
O17 - HKLMSystemCCSServicesTcpipParameters: Domain = rp.edu.sg
O17 - HKLMSoftware..Telephony: DomainName = rp.edu.sg
O17 - HKLMSystemCS1ServicesTcpipParameters: Domain = rp.edu.sg
O17 - HKLMSystemCS2ServicesTcpipParameters: Domain = rp.edu.sg
O17 - HKLMSystemCS3ServicesTcpipParameters: Domain = rp.edu.sg
O18 - Protocol: grooveLocalGWS - {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} - C:PROGRA~1MI1933~1Office12GR99D3~1.DLL
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1SkypeSKYPE4~1.DLL
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: c:program,filespermissionresearchprai.dll,c:program,filespermissionresearchprai.dll,c:program,filespermissionresearchprai.dll,c:program,filespermissionresearchprai.dll,
O23 - Service: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 (AVP) - Kaspersky Lab - C:Program FilesKaspersky LabKaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0avp.exe
O23 - Service: AdminWorks Agent X6 (AWService) - Avocent Inc. - C:AcerEmpowering TechnologyadmServ.exe
O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Bluetooth Service (btwdins) - Broadcom Corporation. - C:Program FilesWIDCOMMBluetooth Softwarebinbtwdins.exe
O23 - Service: SMS Agent Host (CcmExec) - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32CCMCcmExec.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Event Log (EvtEng) - Intel Corporation - C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinEvtEng.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMacrovision SharedFLEXnet PublisherFNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: Genesis Streaming Service - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesWOW VisionGenesis ClientWPGApplicationLauncher.exe
O23 - Service: Hotspot Shield Service (HotspotShieldService) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesHotspot Shieldbinopenvpnas.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesInstallShieldDriver1150Intel 32IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesiPodbiniPodService.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Altera JTAG Server (JTAGServer) - Unknown owner - c:altera72sp3quartusbinjtagserver.exe
O23 - Service: LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service (LightScribeService) - Hewlett-Packard Company - C:Program FilesCommon FilesLightScribeLSSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Lookout Citadel Server (LkCitadelServer) - National Instruments, Inc. - C:WINDOWSsystem32lkcitdl.exe
O23 - Service: National Instruments PSP Server Locator (lkClassAds) - National Instruments Corporation - C:WINDOWSsystem32lkads.exe
O23 - Service: National Instruments Time Synchronization (lkTimeSync) - National Instruments Corporation - C:WINDOWSsystem32lktsrv.exe
O23 - Service: LVSrvLauncher - Logitech Inc. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesLogitechSrvLnchSrvLnch.exe
O23 - Service: NI Configuration Manager (mxssvr) - National Instruments Corporation - C:Program FilesNational InstrumentsMAXnimxs.exe
O23 - Service: National Instruments Domain Service (NIDomainService) - National Instruments Corporation - C:Program FilesNational InstrumentsSharedSecuritynidmsrv.exe
O23 - Service: NILM License Manager - Macrovision Corporation - C:Program FilesNational InstrumentsSharedLicense ManagerBinlmgrd.exe
O23 - Service: NI Service Locator (niSvcLoc) - National Instruments Corp. - C:WINDOWSsystem32nisvcloc.exe
O23 - Service: National Instruments Variable Engine (NITaggerService) - National Instruments Corporation - C:Program FilesNational InstrumentsSharedTaggertagsrv.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:WINDOWSsystem32nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: OpcEnum - OPC Foundation - C:WINDOWSsystem32OpcEnum.exe
O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32PnkBstrA.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Registry Service (RegSrvc) - Intel Corporation - C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinRegSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Cyberlink RichVideo Service(CRVS) (RichVideo) - Unknown owner - C:Program FilesCyberLinkShared FilesRichVideo.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Service (S24EventMonitor) - Intel Corporation - C:Program FilesIntelWirelessBinS24EvMon.exe
O23 - Service: TuneUp Drive Defrag Service (TuneUp.Defrag) - TuneUp Software - C:WINDOWSSystem32TuneUpDefragService.exe
O23 - Service: TuneUp Program Statistics Service (TuneUp.ProgramStatisticsSvc) - TuneUp Software - C:WINDOWSSystem32TUProgSt.exe
O23 - Service: Automatic Updates (wuauserv) - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32driverssvchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: XAudioService - Conexant Systems, Inc. - C:WINDOWSsystem32DRIVERSxaudio.exe

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See You at EclipseCon!

2009-03-30T03:18:00.017-07:00

I have the very great honor of speaking at this year's EclipseCon with one of my heroes, Clay Shirky.

I wasn't kidding when I said It's Clay Shirky's Internet, We Just Live In It.

It pains me to see developers who let themselves get locked into some particular toolchain ghetto, without at least peripheral awareness of what else is going on in the programming world around them.

Good programmers are interested in everything -- and that's exactly the kind of talk Clay and I intend to deliver.

Update: I'm not sure the event was recorded, but Alan Zeichick's summary of our talk is outstanding.

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Vista says I'm connected; can't surf the web

2009-03-30T03:18:00.015-07:00

OS: Vista Home Basic

Taskpanel icon says I am connected to the Internet (local and Internet). The connection says it is excellent, but I cant browse the web and command prompt cant ping Google.

This happens all the time.

Any ideas?

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Eset Smart Security Help!

2009-03-30T03:18:00.013-07:00

When i try and install Eset Smart Security I get a error saying *Error writing to file: C:Program FilesESETESET Smart SecurityDriversepfwndis.sys. Verify that you have access to that directory*

Then When I Hit The *Ignore* Button It Comes Up *Error writing to file: C:Program FilesESETESET Smart SecurityeplgOutlookEmon.dll. Verify that you have access to that directory*
And I Cant Ignore It, I Was Going Change The Folder Permissions But I Couldnt Find It.

So Please If Anyone Knows How To Fix This It Would Be Much Appreciated

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Help if you can please

2009-03-30T03:18:00.011-07:00

I posted here in this section because its a windows problem..

I would like to help a friend who was hacked.

QUOTE:

Ive been searching for *fixes* and can only find others with the same
problem.

Many of the files in my installation of phpBB have an ugly patch of
scripting (Im googling the fairly unique string tmp_lkojfghx)

Last night, the bb stopped working. I found the problem with the files,
deleted them and uploaded fresh. It was working when I went to bed. (I
assumed it had happened recently when the files were set to 777 briefly
for a config change. Theyre changed back, and its still happened.)

This morning, its happened again. The files are read only. There are
only two of us with ftp access and I trust us both.

Crystal Tech is feeding me canned answers from a book, some of which
refer to versions of phpBB which are three years old; one link they sent
was regarding an exploit patched in 2005. (When CT works, its great,
but for some reason, when theres the slightest issue, they suddenly
become corporate stiffs who just keep repeating "not our fault; not our
fault." Also a bit scary, this morning Im having problems connecting to
them via ftp.)

Im not a MySQL admin, nor do I know much about PHP security. But I
cant find any helpful info about preventing this from happening again,
and Crystal Tech is pretty much leaving it up to me.

Thanks!
S

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Please check my Hijacked. Thanks.

2009-03-30T03:18:00.009-07:00

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:33:52 PM, on 3/28/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolsv.exe
C:Program FilesAviraAntiVir PersonalEdition Classicsched.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32keyboardservices.exe
C:WINDOWSRTHDCPL.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32RUNDLL32.EXE
C:Program FilesAviraAntiVir PersonalEdition Classicavgnt.exe
C:Program FilescFosSpeedcFosSpeed.exe
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataFearghuslsass.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe
C:Program FilesSUPERAntiSpywareSUPERAntiSpyware.exe
C:Program FilesAviraAntiVir PersonalEdition Classicavguard.exe
C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
C:Program FilescFosSpeedspd.exe
C:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32nvsvc32.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32PnkBstrA.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:PROGRA~1Yahoo!MESSEN~1YAHOOM~1.EXE
C:Program FilesGarenaGarena.exe
C:Program FilesWinampwinamp.exe
C:Program FilesmIRCmirc.exe
C:Program FilesuTorrentuTorrent.exe
C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroHijackThisHijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com
F2 - REG:system.ini: Shell=Explorer.exe C:WINDOWSsystem32keyboardservices.exe
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAcrobatActiveXAcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAcrobatActiveXAcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: Skype add-on (mastermind) - {22BF413B-C6D2-4d91-82A9-A0F997BA588C} - C:Program FilesSkypeToolbarsInternet ExplorerSkypeIEPlugin.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:Program FilesJavajre6libdeployjqsiejqs_plugin.dll
O4 - HKLM..Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:WINDOWSsystem32NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM..Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:WINDOWSsystem32NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM..Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:WINDOWSsystem32NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [avgnt] "C:Program FilesAviraAntiVir PersonalEdition Classicavgnt.exe" /min
O4 - HKLM..Run: [cFosSpeed] C:Program FilescFosSpeedcFosSpeed.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:Program FilesAdobeReader 9.0ReaderReader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [DAEMON Tools-1033] "C:Program FilesD-Toolsdaemon.exe" -lang 1033
O4 - HKLM..Run: [USB2.0] C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataMicrosoftUSB2.0usb-hi.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Keyboard] C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataFearghuslsass.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:Program FilesJavajre6binjusched.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [SUPERAntiSpyware] C:Program FilesSUPERAntiSpywareSUPERAntiSpyware.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Yahoo! Pager] "C:Program FilesYahoo!MessengerYahooMessenger.exe" -quiet
O4 - HKCU..Run: [uTorrent] "C:Program FilesuTorrentuTorrent.exe"
O4 - Global Startup: kbdrv16.com
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2OFFICE11EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Skype - {77BF5300-1474-4EC7-9980-D32B190E9B07} - C:Program FilesSkypeToolbarsInternet ExplorerSkypeIEPlugin.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2OFFICE11REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra Tools menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1SkypeSKYPE4~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: !SASWinLogon - C:Program FilesSUPERAntiSpywareSASWINLO.DLL
O23 - Service: Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus Scheduler (AntiVirScheduler) - Avira GmbH - C:Program FilesAviraAntiVir PersonalEdition Classicsched.exe
O23 - Service: Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus Guard (AntiVirService) - Avira GmbH - C:Program FilesAviraAntiVir PersonalEdition Classicavguard.exe
O23 - Service: ##Id_String1.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## (Bonjour Service) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:Program FilesBonjourmDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: cFosSpeed System Service (cFosSpeedS) - cFos Software GmbH - C:Program FilescFosSpeedspd.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:Program FilesCommon FilesMacrovision SharedFLEXnet PublisherFNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:Program FilesJavajre6binjqs.exe
O23 - Service: nProtect GameGuard Service (npggsvc) - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32GameMon.des.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:WINDOWSsystem32nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:WINDOWSsystem32PnkBstrA.exe

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