For WinME Users Only... - Page 10

aarhus2004 · 19-Oct-2006, 12:01 PM **#136**

This is the first anniversary of my 'no security madness' - so I ran a Panda Active Scan in celebration! I attach a GIF of the results. (GIF). As you can see I was greeted with some 'stuff'. Six items all told. The Cookie I am very familiar with - so that was no problem. I was puzzled by the Adware Registry one. And surprised by the MyGlobalSearch items in Program Files.

Sure enough there was a folder in Program Files named "MyGlobalSearch". Its contents, other than the creation date, yielded no specific clues as to its origin. Panda referred me to its database item 'MyWebSearch' which uses the expression "Potential hacking tool". I decided it must be related to a blog tool bar search install which I rid myself off some days ago - it being of little interest. I deleted the folder. I deleted the Cookie anyuseratatdmt.com/ which comes from a very well-visited site "Cricinfo". And ran Panda again. Nothing. (No reference to a Registry item either).

My boot-up time remains at 10 secs. I have decided to keep an eye on the Program Files but apart from that I am pleased with the freedom from so much software/freeware updating, and security concerns-in-general. My computer runs an average of sixteen hours a day and is always on-line. I chose to avoid Spam among my personal e-mail (via Outlook Express and the IP) which is a simply a matter of having an alternative e-mail for giving-out when a request for my e-mail address is made on the Net (by Panda for example). I prefer Hushmail to other alternates (Yahoo/Hotmail come to mind) because I can separate Spam and personal mail on this free (but limited storage) service.

Those of us whose first investment in a computer was made in 2000 and who, for one reason or another, are staying with Windows Millennium, are probably being joined by folk who have been given (or purchased at low cost - $150?) an older system with WinME, and it is primarily the latter who are the prompt for the continuation of this thread begun in November 2005. They may well be beginners. And I urge them to bring their general problems with WinME to this TSG forum (link) and their security-related issues to this one (link). I, in no way, advocate their attempting to begin their computing lives without using the excellent freewares designed to protect their computers from malwares. This forum, "Tech Tips and Tricks", is specifically for sharing what we have learned/found-out about - and believe this to be a worthwhile thing to do.

Cheers, WinME Users.

Ben.

ekim68 · 20-Oct-2006, 12:45 AM **#137**

Happy anniversary. You've been a wealth of information.

aarhus2004 · 20-Oct-2006, 12:12 PM **#138**

Thanks, Mike.

I listened to the entire CD#7 the other early morning and got my exercise for the day! My entire body was keeping the beat

. Great way to begin any day. Your gifts and those of you all much appreciated. Cheers for "A Bunch of Old Guys".

Ben.

aarhus2004 · 02-Nov-2006, 11:52 AM **#139**

The Problem with Resources in Windows 9x ('95, '98 and Millennium). and learning how to live with it!

These two links - here and here - sum it up. On these pages may be found other equally interesting links.

Coming 'soonish' a summary of the Tips, Tricks and Tweaks for Windows Millennium users in this - their thread.

Cheers.

Ben.

aarhus2004 · 12:55 AM

This thread's TIPS, TRICKS and TWEAKS.

The POST numbers are links. And all links given are revisions.

POST 1........Jack Gulley's web page on WinME which prompted this thread.

POST 3....... On System Restore - a link to an excellent thread in TSG. Here And one to the site of an MVP who specializes in System Restore problems: Noel Paton. Here

POST 16......The Delindex Link (The best cleanup WinME freeware) & The RegSeeker link (tweaks and registry clean)

POST 17...... Boot Log Examiner (How does your computer fare on Startup) - link

ScanDefrag (automated Disk Cleanup, Scan Disk and Disk Defragment freeware) - link
MS Splash Screen remove on Boot-up - Tip/Tweak
Shortcuts to shutdown and restart - Tip/tweak
Enabling DMA - Tip/Tweak and a link
Expanding Control Panel - Tip/Tweak
The second great WinME Tips/Tweaks website - link

POST 24.......ShellIconCache (remove/resize/restore). The link given in this post is now obsolete. Do this: Go to Start|Search| enter: shelliconcache. If the folder returned is larger than is reasonable (say 500kb) delete it and re-start. Windows will recreate the folder and reduce its size. N.B. This is a hidden system file so you will have to unhide those. Go to Start|Settings|Folder Options|View and scroll down to the appropriate settings (there are three of them). See flavallee's Sticky this forum here.

POST 30........Various links including the excellent vb2java cleanie - link and a revised link to HijackThis. Here

POST 35........Product Key: find it if it exists! - link
'Bills Way' - link to his (Bill's) visual basic freeware site especially his RegSrch.vbs registry search one.

POST 43 .......Link to MS Newsgroups for WinME listing these categories... Applications. Display. Games. General. Hardware. Internet. Movie Maker. Multimedia. Networking. New User. Power Management. Printing. Setup. System Tools.

Also: About Norton A/V and McAfee A/V (as resource hogs and trouble-makers)

POST 46 ......."Bare Essentials" (Some ideas on Security - mine) revised link: Here

POST 52 ........Tweaks:

Virtual Memory Management.
Active Scripting Disablement (The most interesting of the winme tweaks!).
DirectX checkout (Is yours working efficiently?)
Startup Axis (Don't burden your computer from the word 'Start').
Maintenance of software/hardware - routines. And a very good website on cleaning. Here.
Tweaks re resource excess usage.

POST 65 .........This forum and its original purpose (a nag). A Sun Java important update. and a revision - here to moderator dvk01's post on the need to update Java (re: Vundo infections)

POST 77..........Desktop Locker v1.0 freeware (prevent easy access to your desktop) - link

POST 82..........A final (well almost!) word on my security thinking. Here

POST 83..........MenuShowDelay Lightning fast menu display - your choice of lightning speed or less.

An intro. to jv16pt originally a freeware registry cleaner (and still one of the best). It is available here.

POST 84 ........Search engine searching - risks disclosed - BBC Tech Article here: re: Risky search engine terms

POST 93.........Testers and Testing - RAM, Hard Disk and Sun Java

POST 94.........Rootkit Detector Software (See TSG thread here And a review here

POST 98........ ScanDefrag the latest update is Oct 2006 here

POST 99.........MSJava removal tool. Use this prior to an install of Sun Java Runtime. Here

POST 100......Windows Updates Catalog for use if you do a Format and Install of WinME. Here

To view and to clean-up your Index.dat files this is a proven tool. Here

POST 109......Renaming your Recycle Bin. Here.

POST 121......Zert patches for older Windows versions incl WinME. Thanks Tom (lotuseclat79)

POST 134...... Re the Sticky here in this 'Tips and Tricks' forum. A clarification.

POST 135......Sun Java Runtime Update
From moderator dvk01's Sticky post in 'Security' about the importance of updating Sun Java's Runtime. Here

POST 139...... The Resource Issue in Windows 9x. With links to expert opinion and guidance.

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My thanks to the other posters so far in this thread. They have all added to it in their own way - so if you have time have a read.

angelize56......41
anglin_fool......14
bellgamin.........9,11,18,20,22,49,51,107
blues_harp28..4
bogle................12
buck52.............58,61,63
ekim68.............8,27,40,66,68,72,74,76,78,89,91,106,112,113,117,119,127, 129,131,132,137
GoJoAGoGo......47,60,62,85,101,103,105,116
hunters.............25,28
JohnWill............7,10
lotuseclat79.....96,120
ramean............13,15
remaja.............87,90
Rockn...............54,71
Stoner..............2,6,36,38,80,122,124,126
Tapeup.............31,55,59
tj29392...........44
watcher...........114

Cheers.

Ben.

aarhus2004 · 08-Nov-2006, 09:00 AM **#141**

Hello Windows Millennium Users.

I could sure use your assistance at this point

so if you are willing will you please try this out for me:

A summary. I have tried everything I can think of and some besides - see my post in Web & Email here - to access a sample video stream of a sports event which I know users of XP can do. So what I would like you to do (it takes very little time and is not difficult) is go to this webpage here which is the sample streaming page of a parent company known as CricketOn.TV. There are several different sports offered as samples it doesn't matter which one you choose. You will see the following just above those samples:

"Please Note - These sample streams may take around 90 seconds to load from the point your[sic] enter the username and password details (below). Please be patient.

USERNAME: streamtest
PASSWORD: test "

Click on the sample of your choice. Your default media player will open and show 'Acquiring license'. A small new window will then open which is the log-in window. Enter the username and password given above - and sit tight for a couple of minutes.

If you then get the sample stream, or don't, please post here.

Many thanks.

Ben.

P.S. I have been in touch with the site's support team but with no remedy for my inability to get these samples

ekim68 · 08-Nov-2006, 03:03 PM **#142**

I've tried and don't get the sample stream, too. I looked at their support and it seems
to me that they say it should work on Windows media player version 7 and above.
However, I have version 9 and it doesn't like it. I'll try later on with my laptop which has XP.

And, I have had a little luck with alternatives, third party stuff:

http://www.divxmovies.com/players/

And, I'll check to see if I have the latest codecs for my media version.

aarhus2004 · 08-Nov-2006, 04:12 PM **#143**

Good on you, Mike and thanks.

Augie65 · 08-Nov-2006, 08:09 PM **#144**

Just wanted to let you know that I used my wife's computer that is running
Windows 98SE and went to the site and it worked. She has WMP9 on her
machine. I did get a window after closing the player about updating the license,
but other than that, I entered the login and it accepted and began playing.
So I am out of ideas why yours will not work.

ekim68 · 08-Nov-2006, 08:35 PM **#145**

Thanks Augie65. I just tried it again and it works with my win media player. Maybe a
problem with the site earlier.

aarhus2004 · 12:57 PM

Augie65 and Mike,]

Thanks to you both. I just got it with WinME and WMP7 so the answer seems to be that the site did have server problems, perhaps intermittent ones, perhaps too much traffic on occasion too.

Cheers.

Ben.

Update: I now no longer have to log-in to get it and that's after my total daily wipe of all cookies/histories/index.dat etc etc. For what it's worth, that site offers a higher bandwidth streaming than the 'other'.