http://www.techspot.com/vb/ All your programs and utilities comments, suggestions and feedback. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:00 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.techspot.com/vb/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.techspot.com/vb/ http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138348.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:23:35 GMT hello guys.i have to make a trojan virus that stay behind other programs and deletes a file..any file even itsself.. id like to know if you can give me the code or suggest me any good book that i can read??its a project for my uni so any feedback would be useful.thanx again hello guys.i have to make a trojan virus that stay behind other programs and deletes a file..any file even itsself.. id like to know if you can give me the code or suggest me any good book that i can read??its a project for my uni so any feedback would be useful.thanx again ]]> limbizkit13 http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138348.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138347.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:17:15 GMT hello guys.i have to make a trojan virus that stay behind other programs and deletes a file..any file even itsself.. id like to know if you can give me the code or suggest me any good book that i can read??its a project for my uni so any feedback would be useful.thanx again hello guys.i have to make a trojan virus that stay behind other programs and deletes a file..any file even itsself.. id like to know if you can give me the code or suggest me any good book that i can read??its a project for my uni so any feedback would be useful.thanx again ]]> limbizkit13 http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138347.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138346.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:18 GMT Hi all, when a file is saved to the harddisk is it the file system or operating system that is responsible for saving it to the harddisk. Again, which one is responsible for maintaining files on the harddisk (defrag and scandisk)?. Many Thanks MarkH Hi all, when a file is saved to the harddisk is it the file system or operating system that is responsible for saving it to the harddisk. Again, which one is responsible for maintaining files on the harddisk (defrag and scandisk)?.

Many Thanks
MarkH ]]> markh http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138346.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138335.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:51:28 GMT I stubbornly used IE7 back when I had Vista, even after IE8 was officially out. Well, I upgraded to Windows 7 recently and now I'm stuck with IE8. But I'm still having a problem that I had back in IE7 on Vista.

When I click to open a new tab (I've got the New Tab page disabled, it just shows the about:blank page), usually what's supposed to happen is the address bar is given focus so the user can just start typing a link. This is what used to happen to me, for the first day or so using IE8 on Windows 7. But now what's happening is the new tab opens, the address bar gets focus for half a second (literally) and then loses it, so I have to manually give it focus. It seems a minor inconvenience...but it's really really annoying. I'm constantly opening new tabs to research some new aspect of whatever project I'm working on and I don't want to have to take the extra few seconds to make sure the address bar has focus. It's more than just giving the address bar focus, I'm so used to it just having it that I open a new tab and just start typing, so I'll open a tab and get through typing a url just to realize that the address bar doesn't have focus, so I have to give it to it, then retype the (potentially very long) url AGAIN!

The ONLY thing I can think that would interfere with the address bar is a toolbar that I have installed, which has a news ticker on it. When I open a new tab I guess the toolbar is reloaded or maybe just that component is reloaded (the news ticker is fed from an XML feed). Further research shows that no, the news ticker seems to have nothing to do with it. I disabled it in my toolbar installation and I still get no focus. I went all out and straight disabled the toolbar and BAM, I get focus again.

So here's my problem, I want to continue using my toolbar, I like my toolbar. I also want to be able to keep the ability to have my address bar be focused when I open a new tab. It's a Conduit toolbar...so...does anyone have any suggestions?

And just so you all know, sometimes it works properly, it's not always broken. ]]> HaLo2FrEeEk http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138335.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138330.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:30:20 GMT I use two monitors and do not want youtube to exit fullscreen mode on monitor #1 every time I use monitor #2.

When you watch youtube (or any other web for that matter) in fullscreen it says "press esc to exit fullscreen mode" HOWEVER pressing the mouse on monitor #2 ALSO forces youtube to exit fullscreen mode. Is there a way to keep youtube in fullscreen mode on monitor #1 while I use the mouse on monitor #2? ]]> lnm http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138330.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138306.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:37:54 GMT Unsure what category I was suppose to put this under.

When ever i search for something on the web using Google I click on the link and it otally goes to a different link now if click on ling doesn't work hit the back button click on same link again and I seem to do this 3 to 4 times then it go to the right link.

anyone heard of this?

David ]]> DLambie http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138306.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138277.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:19:22 GMT Hi guys,

I'm new to the forums but have been subscribed to the RSS feed for a while. Apologies for creating a thread as my first post, but I deemed this the best place to ask this question.

I recently bought a laptop with a built-in webcam (MSI GX620 for the curious ones). It initially came with Windows Vista, but I quickly formatted and installed Windows 7. Unfortunately, Windows Vista came with a decent webcam software called CrazyTalk - it allowed capture and video recording, as well as editing and image warping - a la Mac's Photo Booth app.

Now I have no good software to utilize my webcam. Does anyone know of any decent open-source webcam capture/record software?

Thanking you in advance for your help,
Aaron, Ireland. ]]> TheCosmicFrog http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138277.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138272.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:11:10 GMT Windows Movie Maker is not included in Win7, however it can be easily imported from Vista to Win7.

Microsoft offer Windows Live Movie Maker as a substitute, but [I]it cannot edit audio files whereas the Vista version can[/I].

Open Vista Program files and copy the folder entitled: "Movie Maker". Paste the folder intact into Win7 Program files.

Create a shortcut to desktop by opening the "Movie Maker" folder & right clicking the file "MOVIEMK". Click: "Send to desktop as shortcut".

If desired, the shortcut on the desktop can be copied and pasted into the "Start Menu" which is found using the following:

1. Open any folder. In top taskbar click: Tools \ Folder Option \ View Tab \ Dot: "Show hidden files, folders & drives".

2. Open Win7 C:\ Program Data \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Start Menu \ Programs

Simply paste the desktop shortcut into the programs folder, and reset folder view to normal. ]]> Poppa Bear http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138272.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138254.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:37:25 GMT I recently placed a post in the Video Cards section, as I at first believed my problem to be related to my 4870, but now I know differently. I've looked for a delete button on my thread, and can't seem to find it. Apologies if this has caused a problem! I wasn't sure whether to amend the last one or start this one. I'll mark the other one as needing deletion.

I've been suffering random crashes, which manifest themselves as a frozen screen in-game or on Youtube and sometimes just cursor loss. Tabbing back to my desktop shows a black screen with various menus and opening and closing and my toolbar is placed on the top of my screen. I cannot do anything at this point, including trying to ctrl, alt + del so I have to press the refresh button.

Knowing the 4800 series to be buggy, I blamed it on my card, but today I suffered another crash but was fortunate enough to make out an error message: 'dwm.exe application error'. I've had a search and as far as I can see dwm is responsible for the Vista graphics. I've not been able to get any further than that as it seems to be a fairly rare problem, except I did come across a dodgy offer of a downloadable program that can fix my registry.

I'm confused at this point. This is a new PC and I know it's come with a restore disk, but I don't know whether that can just repair a faulty registry? I've tried contacting the makers of my PC and their online messaging system appears to be down. Is there a registry repair tool out there that's trustworthy and would it work?

To be honest, I'm scared I've been stuck with a rather expensive lemon and really not sure what to do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! ]]> RX_Queen http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138254.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138220.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:39:24 GMT Thank you! ---------- Joyfax Server Windows Fax Server Solution Thank you!

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Windows Fax Server Solution ]]> joyfax http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138220.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138191.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:12:47 GMT When I try to install itunes on my new PC, it tries it in the "E" drive which doesn't exist. It won't let me change to another drive. Any suggestions? ]]> RobertJR http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138191.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138182.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:03 GMT Hello members,

First let me say I'm very glad to have found this forum, and secondly to have the opportunity to join and learn from this board. I only wish I had done so sooner.

techintraining ]]> techintraining http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138182.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138176.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:15:58 GMT A Google search for a fix shows that a lot of people are experiencing this problem: .net will not install. Has anyone got a fix for this; and what is Microsoft's responsibiliity? Without .net there are quite a few programs I cannot run. Please assist. ]]> Auldsod http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138176.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138159.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:14:49 GMT I have Microsoft Works Suite 2006 I originally bought for my Windows XP computer and now own a Windows Vista in which I downloaded on to my Vista, but when I try to save documents they get messed up. How do I upgrade my Works Suite 2006 without paying through the nose? I have Microsoft Works Suite 2006 I originally bought for my Windows XP computer and now own a Windows Vista in which I downloaded on to my Vista, but when I try to save documents they get messed up. How do I upgrade my Works Suite 2006 without paying through the nose? ]]> walkingsticks75 http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138159.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138124.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:28:53 GMT So, what will happen with Norton when I upgrade from Vista to Win7..? Will it still work? -do I have to Activate it again? ---- Or would it be better to just do a clean install of everything? ---- So, what will happen with Norton when I upgrade from Vista to Win7..?

Will it still work? -do I have to Activate it again?

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Or would it be better to just do a clean install of everything?

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Can't find the right answers on Norton.com...don't tell me that Norton sucks, I know it. ]]> DjKraid http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138124.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138056.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:14:10 GMT I am going to be running the 64 bit and 8 gig of mem. my question is do I need any particular spyware. I am using Avast Anti Virus, and Sunbelt Personal Firewall,Are these good enough for today. If there are any more advice I need I would appreciate it. Thanks Nick I am going to be running the 64 bit and 8 gig of mem. my question is do I need any particular spyware. I am using Avast Anti Virus, and Sunbelt Personal Firewall,Are these good enough for today. If there are any more advice I need I would appreciate it.


Thanks Nick ]]> nickc http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138056.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138039.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:37:19 GMT Good morning everyone;

My name is ascott373, and I'm having a problem accessing my homework on EXCEL 2003. I'm getting an error message that 'SKU011.CAB cannot be found'. I believe my issue started when I downloaded EXCEL 2007 when I was told to upgrade my EXCEL to 2007.

So it appears that when I downloaded the EXCEL 2007, it blanket my everything that I've done on EXCEL 2003. I went to: control-panel/add & remove programs/ Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, then pressed 'change' and followed the instructions to repair and reinstall.

I got the same error message: 'SKU011.CAB cannot be found'. I don't have a CD to reinstall 'SKU011.CAB because my laptop computer came preconfigured my school that I graduated from 8 months ago.

I need help ASAP! ]]> ascott373 http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138039.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138033.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:31:51 GMT Please pardon my ignorance here. I have 32-bit Vista Ultimate on an older Pentium D system. It's fast enough, and I have a good graphics card. I got the copy as an OEM when I built a different system and never used it. I decided to try it here just for the heck of it.

It is used for 3 things - As a SageTV client (so there are NO video files stored locally on the c: drive), as a Media Portal client (again, NO video files created or stored locally) and UB Funkeys for my son (not a big app by any means).

As far as utilities go, I have a couple - O&O Defrag, Catalyst Control Center, Norton Ghost, and CPUZ. That's about literally it. Nothing else.

I've enabled the ability to see hidden AND system files. The pagefile is on the second drive and there are no leftover ones on the main drive. Hyberfil accounts for maybe 3GB of the total. I did a cleanup and got rid of Windows.old.

Is this a case of supply creating its own demand? In other words, if I installed this on a 30GB SSD, would it only take up 10-15GB or so? I've heard that's what a clean install of Vista Ultimate takes.

Is Ultimate just grabbing a ton of space for restore points and shadows and such because it can?

This just seems ridiculous to me that I have to spend an hour letting my drive Ghost itself if I want a backup. the c: drive is a SATA II 500GB WD drive.

Is this normal? Is something lurking on the c: drive I can't find but is being backed up anyway?

I'd like to get a 60GB SSD but am honestly afraid to when I see this going on.

How would Vista Ultimate install in that case?

Could I go down to 30GB?

Thanks for any help. ]]> Savage1701 http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138033.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138030.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:50:06 GMT Hello.

Today I downloaded a 4GB rar archive with many files.

The problem is I only need 1 file from that 4GB archive and when I try to extract it, winrar goes over the whole archive, skipping the rest of the files.

It's a 4GB archive and I have to wait a lot for winrar to skip the rest and continue to the extraction of the file I selected. (ancient PC)

How can I extract that single file without having to wait the skip of the rest of the files?

Or maybe is there an alternative program to winrar which does this?

Thanks in advance.

PS: Tried WinZip but to no avail. ]]> Synoptic http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic138030.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137880.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:04:11 GMT Sometimes when you want to watch a DVD video but not on DVD player, all you need is a DVD converter to help you to rip it to another portable video players like ipod, iphone touch, etc. Also if your friend borrowed your DVD and you may like to watch it as well then again a DVD converter will... Sometimes when you want to watch a DVD video but not on DVD player, all you need is a DVD converter to help you to rip it to another portable video players like ipod, iphone touch, etc.

Also if your friend borrowed your DVD and you may like to watch it as well then again a DVD converter will assist you solve this problem.

I would appreciate if someone here can recommend me some good dvd rippers.Thax in advance! ]]> chase2009 http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137880.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137850.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:29:56 GMT I have several avi and mp4, mov files which other people had converted from DVD. I am wondering if I can convert these files back into DVD format and restore the original quality then burn them to DVD. Has anyone been able to do this? I have several avi and mp4, mov files which other people had converted from DVD. I am wondering if I can convert these files back into DVD format and restore the original quality then burn them to DVD. Has anyone been able to do this? ]]> friend2u http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137850.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137849.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:56:26 GMT Hi;
I have a home network with 3 computers. I am connected to the Internet over Optimum Online (Cablevision) cable modem, and have my own router(s) to distribute the network throughout the house.

I am looking into the possibility of increasing Internet security by installing a "smarter" router between the cable modem and the rest of the network.
I would like this router to handle Internet filtering, to prevent anyone from going onto sites that will cause harm to the computer, as well as parental controls for my 12 year old niece.

I could run a proxy server, and I already own a license for Win 2K server I could set up on another machine and use it as the proxy, but I think that purchasing a new router would be a lot less expensive and more efficient.

My current router(s), D-Link DI-724U and DI-624 will perform very rudimentary Internet filtering and parental control, but this is neither sufficient or convenient.

I also will have Internet security installed on all PC's to handle virus, malware, etc, but I am having so much trouble with seemingly legitimate web sites downloading spyware, and other non-invited software.
I can set my Internet software for tighter controls, but it is difficult to do this with three PC's, and would like to block certain sites from all computers at once.

Can anyone suggest a router that would handle this requirement?

Thanks

FW ]]> fw2004 http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137849.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137818.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:38:47 GMT I've seen high-speed videos shot with multi-thousand fps cameras, and the ones that have sound have slow motion sound. I want to know how to film this slow motion sound. For a good example of exactly what I mean, watch mythbusters, they do slow motion footage with sound all the time.

I've tried just recording a regular sound and stretching it in a program like Vegas, but then it gets all distorted and...idk how to explain how it gets, here's an example:

Normal:
[url]http://infectionist.com/misc/odst_egg-hitchhikers.mp3[/url]

Stretched (x2):
[url]http://infectionist.com/misc/odst_egg-hitchhikers_stretch.mp3[/url]

Notice the echo? That happens, and that's only when I stretch it to x2, high-speed cameras film at many many times normal NTSC framerates. Does anyone know a way I can record at higher...framerates? I'm not sure if that's what you would call it when referring to audio, but you should know what I mean. ]]> HaLo2FrEeEk http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137818.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137813.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:09:56 GMT Recently, I have a Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac, but do not know how to use it, who could help me? Recently, I have a Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac, but do not know how to use it, who could help me? ]]> laisdenr http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137813.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137790.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:24:37 GMT Hello, I create a new Outlook 2003 profile, complete the data for the ISP e-mail and then start Outlook using the new profile. The 10 days of saved e-mails at the ISP download. These are duplicates and not a problem. My old PST was named Outlook1. I also have a new PST named Outlook which I... Hello,

I create a new Outlook 2003 profile, complete the data for the ISP e-mail and then start Outlook using the new profile. The 10 days of saved e-mails at the ISP download. These are duplicates and not a problem.

My old PST was named Outlook1. I also have a new PST named Outlook which I guess was created with the new profile.

I want to use Outlook1 as my only PST or I want to move all of the data from Outlook1 into the new PST named Outlook. What is the best procedure to accomplish this?

I'll save your answer so I don't have to ask again.

Thank you ]]> Knot2Brite http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137790.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137748.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:28:57 GMT I have a small acer Aspire 5515 and just recently when I plug my power cord into it, it won't charge my computer, does anyone know how I can fix it? ]]> Ganthor http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137748.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137740.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:29:26 GMT hello- i run a dell computer with all the up to date internal parts,sound card etc. i keep getting error messages either for audio or video codecs are missing when playing downloaded videos and movies from the internet. i was a computer programmer 30 years ago but am a newbie with almost all the... hello- i run a dell computer with all the up to date internal parts,sound card etc.
i keep getting error messages either for audio or video codecs are missing when playing downloaded videos and movies from the internet.
i was a computer programmer 30 years ago but am a newbie with almost all the desktop's tech. today.
the last message i got was code C00D11DF was missing. is there a way to download all the codecs needded for windows xp pro? if so where from. i have done searching for these and it's very confessing to this old man what i need to download.
all that i have found is free download-then they want an arm and a leg for their expensive programms that i can't afford.
i posted this same info. last night and have not heard anything back.(of course it's probably my fault, because i don't know what a "thread" is).
please help-and advise if i need to log back on to this site, or will recieve an email
i have posted to this site?
thanks
dagger88 ]]> DAGGER88 http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137740.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137723.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:30:44 GMT I dont think its my computer, because its worked before. But, I put in the disk, and nothing opened up. I tried clicking on it under 'My computer' but nothing ever opened. What else should I try? P.S.// Could you explain very clearly, step by step. Thank You! ]]> Yemein http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137723.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137701.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:17:30 GMT I have been having trouble with Internet Explorer. It was very slow to start up and then very slow to use the drop-down menus. I ran AVG Free to make sure that any problems were sorted out there, but not much to report. I then installed Interent Explorer 8 and there was no improvement. However,... I have been having trouble with Internet Explorer. It was very slow to start up and then very slow to use the drop-down menus. I ran AVG Free to make sure that any problems were sorted out there, but not much to report. I then installed Interent Explorer 8 and there was no improvement. However, I have just started to notice some improvement in the start up speed. However, it is still slow to operate the menus, expecially the Favorites menu. Also, switching between tabs is slow. Can anyone suggest what might be the problem?
Thank you ]]> nowthentech http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137701.html http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137691.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:06:31 GMT Hi. (I searched for "java" and did not find many threads specifically discussing it.)

I updated Java yesterday and was extremely irritated to have (a) startup entries re-activated after I had disabled them previously, and (b) an updated FF plugin for Java but the previous plugin was not removed and is still there, so I assume there could be conflicts?

Anyway, I guess I'm just pissed off that this software is "pulling a Quicktime" from 10 years ago, [I]i.e[/I]., completely ignoring my current settings during the update process and resetting all the options to what the software maker wants them to be, rather than respecting my settings.

So I am curious - how important is Java, and would the world end if I uninstalled it completely? From what I have read, it helps display applets on websites mostly, and who needs that really? I'm not a 'gamer,' so I don't need it for that either. I've also read that it is a major security risk, and I update it because I have been told I need to do so regularly to prevent infections.

So if this software is (a) a big backdoor into my system that can be exploited, (b) a resource hog that slows everything down when running, and (c) is mostly designed to make web sites do things I really don't want them to do anyway, [U]is it really a critical software to use[/U]?? I understand that websites that I like, like sports scoreboards that update automatically, may not work. But I'm starting to wonder whether that extra functionality is really worth the risk/hassle.

[B]Does Java provide any functionality that is critical to system function or security[/B], or is it merely a bell/whistle that 'enhances' browsing? If it is the latter, then I might try disabling it completely for a while to see whether I notice much difference. BUT, if disabling it opens a backdoor security-wise, I definitely don't want to do that. So I await the advice of wiser people than myself...

I'm leery of any software that overwrites user settings, and I wonder if a mass "disable-Java" campaign starting on sites like TS might be a way to get their attention? If enough people disabled it, web sites would have to start using alternatives or risk losing traffic, which would in turn force the Java people to improve their product and stop overriding user settings.

Thanks for your advice/opinion. :) ]]> billyellis http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic137691.html