francois

hi'

try to reinstall using the repair option, not the first one! the one you find along with the setup page, and after this don't forget to update again

francois

hi'

I have seen this already, copy protection!

can be played on a dvd player but not on PC or else ...

the best is to unencrypt the dvd onto your hdd and then burn it again, region free and hassle free too

if can't do it, it's still ok for any dvd player ... but not for PC

francois

hi'

news but incomplete ...

..Uncorrected critical vulnerability in Windows (28/12/05)

MAJ in 31/12/05: availability of an unofficial corrective

SUMMARY:

A new vulnerability was discovered in Windows. A defect of safety similar to a defect recently corrected (alert of 08/11/05) allows a hostile individual to take the remote control of the computer of his(her) victim or in a virus to run automatically during the preview or during the display of a multimedia .WMF file trapped in the Windows explorer or the browser Internet Explorer. This fault is already exploited in a hostile way by roguish Web sites.

SOFTWARE () CONCERNS (S):

Windows XP SP2 Microsoft

Windows XP SP1 Microsoft

Windows XP Microsoft

Windows 2000 Microsoft

Windows Me Microsoft

Windows 98 SE Microsoft

Windows Microsoft 98

Windows Microsoft 2003 Server

CORRECTIVE:

No official corrective is available for the moment because this fault was discovered while it was already exploited by a roguish site ( 0-day ). The risk of hostile exploitation is maximal because the detail of a code allowing to exploit this fault via the component Perceived by the images and the Windows faxes (Windows Picture and fax Viewer) SHIMGVW.DLL was made public. Besides the attentiveness towards hypertext links and not sure files, the concerned users can update their antivirus because certain publishers elaborated a signature intended to detect the booby-trapped files (Bloodhound. Exploit 56 to Symantec, Exploit-WMF at McAfee, TROJ_WMFIOO.A at Trend Micro, W32 / PFV-Exploit at F-Secure, Exploit. Win32. IMG-WMF at Kaspersky). The users of Internet Explorer can also configure the security level of their browser on "Raised" or use temporarily another browser to prevent an automatic exploitation via a roguish Web page (with an alternative browser, a dialog box can appear all the same to suggest to the Internaut downloading or running the booby-trapped file, what it is then necessary to refuse). It is finally possible to deactivate the component SHIMGVW.DLL to limit the risks of hostile exploitation using the code made public, whatever is the browser (the Internet users using their computer professionally should beforehand consult their computer or responsible service security):

* Click "Start menu";

* Click "Exécuter";

* Type or copy and paste " regsvr32 / u shimgvw.dll " (without quotation marks);

* Press the button "OK" or the key(touch) "Entrance"("Entry");

* Press the button "OK" in the dialog box of validation(confirmation).

His(Her,Its) deactivation returns the inalienable component in case of hostile attack via the Windows explorer or a browser, but also in case of normal use by a justifiable application. To reactivate this component once the available corrective or in case of disturbance excessive continuation(suite) to its deactivation:

* Open a Windows session as Administrator (if need be);

* Click "Start menu";

* Click "Exécuter";

* To type or copy and paste " regsvr32 shimgvw.dll " (without quotation marks);

* Press the button "OK" or the key(touch) "Entrance"("Entry");

* Press the button "OK" in the dialog box of validation(confirmation).

The last investigations indicate that the defect of safety(security) is not in the component SHIMGVW.DLL but in the function of the library GDI32.DLL, what explains that the fault is exploitable by the other means that the Preview of the images(frames) and the Windows faxes (among which the Paint applications and the Lotus Notes). Besides, it is possible to modify the extension of a .WMF booby-trapped file while preserving to him(her) its harmfullness (by opting for example by a .JPG extension), thus the attentiveness towards hypertext links and not sure files indispensable rest by waiting for the availability of a corrective, especially in this period of exchange of virtual boards and the other images.

31/12/05: A second exploit (code allowing the same programmer not specialist to design programs exploiting the fault) was made public in a irresponsible way by specialized contributeurs. He allows the creation of booby-trapped files more with difficulty detectable by antiviruses and would be already exploited in a hostile way under the shape of mails containing a trapped image (notably HappyNewYear.jpg) provoking the installation of a hidden door. An expert in security published from his part a temporary unofficial corrective unofficial patch for the recent versions of Windows: Contrary to the partial solution consisting in deactivating the component SHIMGVW.DLL, which protects only against the corresponding exploit, this corrective offers a more complete protection by preventing any use of the vulnerable function of the library GDI32.DLL without perturbing for all that significantly the functioning of the system, but it is not an official corrective thus it is suggested without any guarantee (installing by being Administrator and to uninstall via the Start menu > Control panel > Add / Delete of programs > deleting the " Windows WMF Metafile Vulnerability HotFix " program in case of problem or before installing the official corrective). Considering the gravity of the situation, we recommend the deactivation of the component SHIMGVW.DLL and the application of this unofficial corrective, by waiting for the availability of an official corrective.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

- > ms info page

leave IE sidely by now and use firefox, opera or else

and pay attention on what you click on

francois

good one, I'll spread it to friends and relatives

thanks

francois

hi'

for a valid test yo need to do it with a site as close to you as possible.

you isp can have this on it's page ...

with my isp, I get 6mb/s down, 700kb/s up, if I run any other test they are always miles away telling me that I get only a 2mb/s line

and as I secure my machine, most of the test pages works only for the upload and I get some 40kb/s sometime (just half of it)

francois

hi'

talking a lot for a no issue of ms update!

1. get a genuine windoz

2.update

windows update doesn't need IE to be opened!

just check in the control center that either auto or download and tell me is checked, and forget it!

you'll get this little yellow shield sometime telling you that some update are either already installed(you may have to reboot) or that you ahve new updates to install.

where is the problem?

ha, cracked version!

good luck with them as all of them have been manipulated!

proof?

it is not possible to make copies of windows that keep the same activation number, so manipulate it a bit and go on ...

the machine that run windoz on my desktop is a genuine one!

had to pay for but, can't compare poor quality release and the genuine one, and I'm basicaly a Linux users (running Suse 10.0)

francois

ps:

WindizUpdate requires a browser plugin to be able to determine what updates your computer needs. A quick scan of your browser settings reveals that the plugin is not installed.

Installation is very simple: please choose the link below to download and install.

download now download and install

You will be returned to the WindizUpdate homepage when the plugin is successfully installed. If you are unfamiliar with installing unsigned plugins, you may find the WindizUpdate installation program easier to use.

Note: This is an Unsigned browser plug-in. We recommend that you make sure your definition files are up-to-date for your antivirus and/or anti-spyware software before continuing.

when I see this, it makes me go away

browser plugin? which one? do they say or explain?

for the paranoid : think about a trap made in ms

i stopped buying pirate DVDs at Pantip because they dont always work ,scratchfree but they dont work .a mystery

hi'

not really a mistery, a sh1t quality dvd and a too fast copy ...

I had one that we could watch twice before the disc was totaly fvcked, no way to get it back even on pc or linux ...

francois

hi'

you have been hijacked

do you scan for virus when insert anything in your machine that comes from outside? blame yourself

basicaly, it must be a video viewer, loaded with a load of crap ...

media player disabled and so on ...

restart in safe mode as an admin and uninstall this viewer that should be in the list of installed progs in the control panel section.

if not, it must be in prog files on C drive, delete and then search in the registry for it's name or company name, note all this once you find the culprit!

and search ... can take a little time, depends how many times this sh1t replicated itself ...

otherway, more simple but... , use system restore to go back to the day before you bought this video.

this is valid if the system restore was on before all this happened.

francois

hi'

you choose a nice one, the next is the SN26P with SLI ... for gamers

in yours, you may add, a n'vidia gforce 7800gt PCI express, a 6600gt would be enough, but games are getting hungry ... no less than 128mb memory for video, a 256 is nothing really extra by now for gamers

some card even run with 512mb of ram on ... a bit expensive!

Asus put on the market a new one dual gpu, the EN7800GT, faster than a dual 7800gt in sli mode ... still a bit expensive, but the benchmarks are amazing

for ram, no secret, Corsair xms ddr2 4400, dual channel, buy them by sets,

two sets of 2x512 or 1 set of 2x1gb

for hdd, you mentionned 3.5", which is the standard for PC hdd, go for a WD Raptor sata 36gb or 74 gb, 10.000tr/mn, set the system up on this one and leave it alone.

add to all this an external hd of good capacity some 200gb, and go on

a maxtor would do a great job for backup and storage.

you talk also about Linux, try Suse, the latest release 10.0 is ready for you.

if you want more security, you can still add some soft to secure the server,

or use Slackware ... but then you'll need some drivers first

btw, the standard size for laptop or notebook is 2.5" hdd

francois

Is there any way of fixing this from within suse?

i dont have a win xp cd to boot with and  activate the recovery for the MBR

hi'

you normaly don't need it ...

get a soft like drive image "oldy but goody", or ghost and boot from it, on the first

screen you get options, in these options there is a restore MBR, go fot it!

the soft ask, are you sure? yes, indeed

and once restore all, install it for backup

there is also a line to type in safe mode command line only, but I forgot it ...

something like "fix mbr" ...

francois

hi'

ABC(yet another bit torrent) definitly! simple, efficient, just enough features to work well

I gave up on azureus and bitcomet

francois

Hi  francois

No intentions to offend........

Maybe its the best practice for this linux section to incorporate a do's and dont's for all to understand your needs.

have a good xmas

hi'

that's a good idea, anyone voluntary for it ?

even a copy/paste of some already written stuff, don't really need new one as nothing has changed really

I could start to make a short how-to, but I don't have really the time for this by now ...

too busy fixing windoz machines

definitly a good idea that could be pinned ...

francois

ps; merry xmas to you too

hi' alain

merry xmas

francois

hi'

even after years you'll still learning

like all of linux or Unix users

learning, not trying to fix an OS that needs to be maintain regularly

I wanted also to say thanks to wallalai, it's nice to have an advanced user with us here in this section

francois

Peter and the wolf comes to mind!!!

right, so very right ... sad:(

and obvioulsy it's none of their fault

btw, the rescue team is still training for diving ... some retirees from the french "raid" teach them ... still now

francois

ps: forgot to add; that for UN everything is set up, but nothing is working properly.

tower-guards are here but no one at night to watch ...

alarms are here and there is a control center " on the beach! " ...

responsible Thais should rather say, they are trying to make it working instead of pretending that they have now an advanced technology to give a valid alert.

violence is a lack of vocabulary

Gilles Vignault(canadian singer and writer)

have to say also, that sometime alcohol intoxication may drive to hysteria, which concern a mass of women, when the man turn into violent power hunger.

francois

may he rest in peace ..

hi'

no doubt!

go for corsair and if possible avoid "value" ram

go for a ram class 2.5 or 2, you'll get the best speed you may expect from them

and if you go for a dual channel ram, don't buy them seperatly, buy a pack

it's far better as they are build for working together as nothing is different from one to another, 2 seperate ones aren't obviously on the same quality range, even if they match in numbers and series ... techy explanation could be boaring

francois

you may look here too :

learn Linux

any how-to or read-me file will teach you something

francois

hi'

open yast and go to software menu(you'll be asked for the admin password), look at install or suppress a package, and clic on it, you get a new window Yast2, search, in the top button you have selections, look at the menu, and hilight "Selections", you'll have the entire list of the package already installed, just check the one you may need as a dependency

you may search one by one also, if you like

Suse will ask you the cd when is needed.

francois

hi'

I read all of it ...

sounds like some Thais are awake now, they realised that they have been fooled by what they hoped to be someone rich and honnest .. right the opposite, rich but my wife told me that she or her mother never saw such an arrogant leader and they wish him out, but not only him, his party also!

Thais don't love Thais only ...

toxin forgot this

let's watch the way down of a dictator

does he have a house in swiss already?

francois

hi'

Linux and generaly gnu stuff are opened

so, let's post in here, that would be interesting to a lot more people

francois

hi'

nothing more to add, this is the way

console and follow instructions, and don't forget to read the read me file

francois

hi'

just my 2cts in here ...

don't choose a via chip ...

motherboard ASUS P5WD2 premium, not more expensive but rocksolid!

but this include a new video card PCI Express ... anyway!

and choose a good power supply, a good brand name, enermax, tagan etc ...

and a good cpu heatsink, the one intel provide is just crap for the Thai weather(too hot)

so, to be really ok, take a termalright xp90 copper with a good fan that push at least a good 150cfm, like a panaflo

francois

or may be they bought some old stock of animal food from europe years ago to save a bit ...

here are the beginning of the result!

do you remember what happenned in europe and especialy in England?

wish them good luck ..

francois

in BKK it's hand like foot and dirty mouth that's being spraid among politicians

francois