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    - How to make hard drive as slave I have just purchased a sata hard drive and want to make it a slave in my pc, which is running on windows xp home. Where must the jumpers be placed to do this. A pic would be handy. Thanks Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879994
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    - HELP!!!!! This installation SUCKS!!! Someone please help me!! I have to install either Windows 95 or 98 on my clients computer. This is all hos app will work under. No matter what, I get a protection error EVERYTIME!!! In 95 it is some OIS or something and in 98 it is some NDIS. A bootlog did not help. I have 4 hours left to get this thing done......someone please help me. Microsofts site has, as usual, helped.... Thank you so very much!! John Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879958
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    - US CERT - another QuickTime vulnerability warning - other APPLE NOTE: Win9X/ME users, your APPLE Quicktime is severly outdated.... look for alternative codex offerings if you need support for the extensions. The newer QuickTime players do NOT support 9X/ME/NT. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-094A Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: April 3, 2008 Last revised: -- Source: US-CERT Systems Affected * Apple Mac OS X running versions of QuickTime prior to 7.4.5 * Microsoft Windows running versions of QuickTime prior to 7.4.5 Overview Apple QuickTime contains multiple vulnerabilities as described in the Apple Knowledgebase article HT1241. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. I. Description Apple QuickTime 7.4.5 vulnerabilities in the way different types of image and media files are handled. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to access a specially crafted image or media file that could be hosted on a web page. Note that Apple iTunes installs QuickTime, so any system with iTunes may be vulnerable. II. Impact These vulnerabilities could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. For further information, please see Apple knowledgebase article HT1241 about the security content of QuickTime 7.4.5 III. Solution Upgrade QuickTime Upgrade to QuickTime 7.4.5. This and other updates for Mac OS X are available via Apple Update. Secure your web browser To help mitigate these and other vulnerabilities that can be exploited via a web browser, refer to Securing Your Web Browser. References * About the security content of the QuickTime 7.4.5 Update - <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1241> * How to tell if Software Update for Windows is working correctly when no updates are available - <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304263> * Apple - QuickTime - Download - <http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/> * Mac OS X: Updating your software - <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106704> * Securing Your Web Browser - <http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/> _________________________________________________________________ The most recent version of this document can be found at: <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-094A.html> _________________________________________________________________ Feedback can be directed to US-CERT Technical Staff. Please send email to <cert@cert.org> with "TA08-094A Feedback VU#931547" in the subject. _________________________________________________________________ For instructions on subscribing to or unsubscribing from this mailing list, visit <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html>. _________________________________________________________________ Produced 2008 by US-CERT, a government organization. Terms of use: <http://www.us-cert.gov/legal.html> ____________________________________________________________________ Revision History April 3, 2008: Initial release -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBR/UvJvRFkHkM87XOAQIyFAf/RbzzemNIgWIg5js5px9a+1gdaGHxvu/5 SMLzPniRUcOHyKha655bTQSzmZ4bT/j2x24u8NYbZyiWcYphzFmrNTjHCEMs++QP iTRymTYMC1CthV7J2uFpvNGa9UrIcVmeSJjWJcVw7xdOi2JrcD3pHU62bN0aFNsX Qtm7w1SlYP0+1y7YzMNP1ZsbCsKBmRfs45x4U8AivZJ6Bewh5uUc0Ic8PGSeLSsA HUXUQW/ddJREf1TBqgTlDchPHH4s9W4DbjGEdApsIYQJUWOjvZBSeGNzOz4eRpT+ WwDoxQDkBYn7T/ooofDh49L30s5dL4PTvnrb6Btnxr5M0wxduAKOrA== =cONM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879950
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    - Can't find program startup command The program "Microsoft Chat" launches upon bootup. I can't find the shortcut or command that causes it. It is not under the MSCONFIG startup tab. Where should I be looking for it and how do I stop the program from launching upon startup? Also, in Win XP you can put a shortcut in "C:\documents&settings\usersname\start menu\programs\startup" to have a program launch upon bootup. What is the equivalent action in Win98SE? Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879942
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    - Active@Undelete - Hard Drive Recovery Recover lost, deleted or formatted data from hard drives and other damaged media. Toll-free and low prices. http://www.health3.com.cn/health/Hard-Drive.htm Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879936
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    - Keeping Registry Clean and Protect From Spyware Registry spyware is basically spyware that hides itself away inside of your computer. Basically the registry is the heart of your computer. Your registry is system registry, it is heart of your computer where major components of your system reside. The registry keeps track of your all system files, drivers for your hardware, program installed and records their behavior and settings. Where as spyware refers to a broad category of malicious software that has been designed to intercept or take partial control of the operation of your computer. Of course, this happens without your consent. Therefore you can see just how bad registry spyware can be. You will be able to tell when you have registry spyware. This is because more than likely your computer will start to have pop-ups that will tell you that your registry is damaged. More than likely this is not true. Sometimes the only way to correct this issue is by formatting your computer drive. Of course, this is a pain and thus you will probably want to try to do anything and everything possible before you do this.... Registry Repair: http://groups.google.com/group/regrepairsbv Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879932
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    - Registering Windows 98 For years I've had a Windows 98 PC that's never really been connected to the internet (well, some dial uponce upon a time); I've just recently wiped it, reinstalled Windows and bought a NIC (it didn't have etherney), and hooked the PC up to my network. I'm trying to find some drivers for a few devices and wanted Windows to search online for them. But before I can do that, I need to register Windows 98. When I try to do that, I'm told that "The microsoft registration site is busy; please try registering again." I'm done this a couple of times with no success; is that site still around? Is there another way to register, or a workaround? I'd appreciate any advice. TIA! Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879925
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    - Desktop Icons puzzle I have been having problem with Desktop icons when using the arrange icons menu selection. The icons become misaligned on left side of the screen even though the name, type, size and date are in order the icons themselves are in disarray. There are two users with personalized desktop settings. If I set the display properties dialogue on the effects tab with large icons checked, this will straighten out the misaligned icons. If I switch back to small icons the correction will continue to this setting up to the point that I use the arrange icon or line up icon on the application menu. This becomes tiresome when working. Any idea as to what is wrong with this feature? Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879912
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    - dos prompt issue please help. i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom. so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom. now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here to get the cd to kick in. i tried several cdwin 98 cdwin_98 setup I am lost. TIA -- ____________________________________________ Kevin Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879905
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    - Restrict dialup number We are fixing to be giving some computers away to needy children and will be providing free internet. The machines run Windows 98 as they are quite old. We want a way to lock in a dialup number that they can not change. The reason for this is that we have dialup numbers for our regular customers which cost us per unique login and then we have dialup numbers for these computers for which we are charged a flat rate. If someone starts changing the numbers on these computers to the numbers we are charged unique logins for, then we will start losing a good bit of money on the deal. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879898
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    - Windows 98 Start up problems After an unexpected power failure, PC will not reboot - any suggestions? Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879891
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    - Why? During Bootup, the message below appeared: 105: CMOS Settings are Wrong 107: CMOS Display Type is Wrong Press F1 to run Setup Press F2 to Load Default Values and Continue Why did the above message appear? Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879872
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    - Discover How To Finally Unleash Your Computers True Potential! Transforms Any Dead-Slow PC Into a Lightning Fast, Stable and Secure System...In Just 15 Minutes Dear Frustrated PC User, =B7 If you've ever wondered why your computer seems to run so much slower than it used to... =B7 If you've ever heard of frustrated people losing all their data because of an unexpected crash, infection or other disaster... =B7 Or, if you've ever worried about having to fork over hundreds of dollars for upgrades or a visit from your local computer geek... You can kiss all the worries, wondering and frustration goodbye...forever! Visit: http://pcsecretformula.com/?e=3Ddavdiablo@aol.com Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879857
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    - newest version of avast! antivirus released v4.8 Hello: For details see: Press Release: newest version of avast! antivirus released http://www.avast.com/eng/press-release-avast-4-8-released.html avast! antivirus Home Edition, anti-spyware & anti-rootkit for Windows http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-free-home-antivirus-antispyware.html Note that the new v4.8 still supports Win 9x/ME, although not all features are supported on these older platforms. But the good news is that there is still a good anti-malware package that currently supports these older platforms! Cheers, O.J. P.S. Sorry for the cross-post. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879853
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    - how to clean cashe How do I clean cashe on windows 98se, Dell desktop? Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879846
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    - MSDOS Prompt problem Getting the dreaded "There is not enough memory to run this program" error message when I try to go to a DOS Prompt. I have a number of programs that only run in DOS.. I have MaxPhysPage=40000 and MaxFileCache=512000 All I did was move this win98se hard drive to a different computer. Previous comp had 2GB RAM. Removed the Enum key in registry before running on new computer. It started up fine and found all the new equipment okay. This comp has only 1GB of RAM and it shows that in right click on Computer icon Anyone have any suggestions? Galen Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879845
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    - Printin Problems Previously in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, I wrote: I´m having printing problems specifically with IE6, so I decided to re-install it from scratch hoping to the problem solved. When I try to re-install IE, I get this message (my system is in Brazilian Portuguese so I´ll try to translate):The install process can´t download missing files using a not mapped UNC path with drive letters... Does anybody how I can resolve this matter? Thanks! ------- Well I managed to re-install IE6 in the computer (Win98SE by the way) and the problem is still occuring. So the guys thought I should cross-post this problem to these two discussion groups (win8.gen_discussion and win98.prinitn). So I gave it a shot. Anybody out there can help me with a solution? Thank you! Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879844
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    - Follow-up Here's prior post: Background: Promise 133 controller card, 2 WDC 80GB hard drives on removable trays. Promise bios shows identical drives. First master (alone), second master w/slave (DVD burner). Unable to access 2nd hard drive. Have tried: Simple boot floppy with ME dos on it, and same with 98SE dos on it at boot time. DriveImage 2002 with 98SE dos on it. XP w/SP2. WinME window environment. 98SE environment. Swapping drives in trays and using the unaccessible drive by itself. Swapping tray insertable locations. Jumpers adjusted accordingly. During floppy boot (both 98SE and ME), have observed the access LED on the tray indicating access to that hard drive. PC locks up everytime. Similar in XP boot, ME and 98SE when I open windows explorer to investigate My Computer. WDC diagnostic tool on bootable floppy similar results. ------------------------------------------------------ For those who want more precise info the one I'm having trouble with is IDE2 drive. I tried onboard ide with same result both attempting to boot with it, and booting from floppy and CD with WD diagnostics on it. Using a firewire enclosure with the problem drive, XP SP2 disk manager remains attempting to make contact with logical disk manager for 10 minutes. I stopped it at that point. Attempting to populate, error message said that the partition(s) may be of Windows 2000 nature. I don't own Windows 2000 and the drive has never seen such. -- Dave How about a tax to support any military conflict/police action over 3 months old? An actual war, we can do what's been done in the past. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879836
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    - Renaming files. Say I have 10,000 files sitting in dedicated folders that accomodate 30 files, one for each day. The curly bit, is they have brevity in their current name and are only identified by their "modified Date" for example 2104.zip will be recognised 12 times one for each year since 1996 that is 2104.zip modified say 22nd april 1998 2104.zip modified say 24th april 2001 etc. How may I rename them, so that the zip will still activate yet I can fit them in 1 file (so that 2104.zip 1998 does not get overwritten by 2104.zip 2001) Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879813
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    - Operating sys disk as an Ext drive? I am in a screaming hurry, I have an old W98 comp that gives me 3 "beeps" when I power on. then blank screen. I need to search the HDD for some old files I need to give my programmer. Can I simply hoik out the HDD, plug it into an ext HDD case and search for the files with my XP? Cheers and ta for any info, Rod. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879797
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    - screensaver password reverting to old password intermittently Any idea why my Win98SE screen saver password every few weeks reverts to the old password? The new one fails after it worked fine for days. The screen saver is native to the OS. The network password remains what it should be. I change the screensaver password and everything's okay until some weeks later. No one else uses the machine and it's not on the Internet. I use profiles as if for multiple users (I forgot what apparently worked better that way), but mine's been the only login all this time. I'm not going to a previous state with registry and startup files, and if Win is doing that without telling me it's not telling me, but whether the reversion only happened after a cold reset I don't recall. Nothing useful in <SYSTEM.INI>. Wasn't a problem before the last time I changed the screensaver password, which is also after the *.pwl file was last modified (I changed my login password then, too). I don't know where the screensaver password is stored, but "Underwater (high color).theme", Underwater.scr, & Underwater.dll were last modified in 1999, as are all of "C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Underwater*.*", which should eliminate them; and it's not in the registry (unless encrypted). According to Find for the whole computer, the only files modified the same recent day I last changed my password were C:\WINDOWS\TEMP \~DFE6E9.TMP, ...\~DF5F4C.TMP, ...\~DF52A4.TMP, & ...\~DF60EA.TMP (each 3,584 bytes); they respectively contain the following plain English per Notepad: ~DFE6E9.TMP has "R o o t E n t r y", ~DF5F4C.TMP has "R o o t E n t r y", DF52A4.TMP has "R o o t E n t r y", & ~DF60EA.TMP has "R o o t E n t r y", "SCANDSKW", "SETUP", "W8=C7" (unknown if relevant to platform being Win98SE), "SETUP", "SETUP", "SETUP", "SETUP1", "SOFFICE", "SOUNDMAN" (I don't know what I have in the bought-as-barebones machine that's about Soundman or in the homebuilt that used to house the HDD w/ same OS), "SPOOL32", "ST6UNST", "START", "STPSUP", "SUCATREG", "SYSINFO ?", "SYSMON", & "SYSTRAY". As an experiment, I changed the password recently to the normal password twice via each of two methods (via Display and Passwords applets), i.e., 4 times total. Every time it said it had successfully been changed, which means it can't tell the difference if there's no real change. I tested the password correction; it works now. One hunch: The old password was 8 characters long, all different. The new password is the same minus the rightmost character. (I know that kind of change is weak security, but that's a different subject. I should tighten that after I solve this problem.) Could the similarity mean Win is sometimes remembering the old one? I'm glad I know this old password, but I shouldn't have to. I usually discard them. Ideas? Thanks. -- Nick Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879790
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    - cannot copy to a cd Just got my computer started back up again after some ails (norton). I wanted to copy some files from MRY DOCUMENTS (photos) to a CD. Put in a blank CD. Readied it up. Selected SEND TO. And get this response: ERROR COPYING FILE Cannot create or replace (name of file). Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879743
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    - Need Advice Well, it looks like I've finally reached the end-of-life with my P11, 300 MHz Win98se machine. My master hard drive went belly-up but I have managed to limp along by replacing it with my properly re- jumpered slave drive. Fortunately it was a clone of the master so it was able to boot-up okay. The dilemma: What to replace my computer it with. I have a good friend who is a well respected local Computer (since 1994) technician who strongly recommends Dell, ONLY because they are the only ones who still sell XP machines. His strong opinion is that Vista is very buggy and doesn't look like it is going to be cleaned up in the near future. Also he says the unique "features" of Vista are mostly troublesome eye candy and messy security items, and that XP will survive for at least the next 5+ years. My question: Should I limit my choices to Dell because of the XP/Vista consideration or should I bite the bullet and go for the best machine for my kilobuck without regard for the operating system. Any thoughts, recommendations will be appreciated. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879730
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    - cd player i have an old dellgx1 with a pentiunm 2 processor that won't recognize the disk player. it says no dvd player installed and i have checked plug in and even replaced it with another player with no luck. i can't load any programs like a printer ect. can anyone help? i am no computer expert and realize its old but would like to fix it untill i can get another. thanks Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879721
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    - How to stop automatic page refresh (IE6) on Drudgereport.com ? In the Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> Custom level settings I've set "Allow Meta Refresh" to Disable, but the drudgereport website still performs constant page re-freshes every minute or two. How can I stop this refresh? (this is win-98se, IE 6.0.2800.1106) Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879718
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    - Changing motherboard Win98SE Hi All, I managed to turn up a used computer for $20 which contained a suitable 800MHz Celeron board, which I could use to replace my dud motherboard. I've never replaced a motherboard before, so just doing it was of interest to me. I wanted to boot up the original hard drive with all applications installed and get it to work with the the new motherboard. I put an old installation hard drive into the $20 computer so I could experiment - I got some good stuff off the internet of "how-to" do it. I had Acronis True Image at the ready too, with existing backups of the system. I did alright on the motherboard, graphics, in the transfer to the new motherboard etc, but the audio just plain refused to work. I eventually made the drive un-bootable trying to fix this audio sound card problem. I had to True Image recover the drive. The method I finally found worked best was to: (1) Do a repair-install of Win98SE. This got most of the motherboard right including rather crucially the CDROM. Probably the best first step with any OS if you can do this. (2) Install the motherboard chipset drivers and get them right. (3) Install the Graphics Driver. (4) Un-install any audio sound card stuff in Add/Remove Programs. (5) Go into Safe mode and delete anything to do with the old sound card in Device Manager. (6) Install the sound card drivers. It ought to all work now. Any problems then try re-installing drivers. Might be useful to someone. :) Ross Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879715
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    - Running program from flash drive means lock.exe doesn't work I have an Adata USB flashdrive running a p2p program that also stores downloaded files on it. I left it running for a few hours. When I came back, it was no longer running the program. All the data is secure so I have to run lock.exe, together with a password to access it. But when i run lock.exe from the installation disk, it says "No Flash device attached!". When i run lock.exe fro the flash device, it says "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down". So now I can't even access the program and data that was in the security area. Does anyone have an idea as to what has happened because it looks as if I'll have to reformat it, which seems pointless if the same problem is going to occur. Regards, Larry. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879688
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    - US CERT - CISCO -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-087B Cisco Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: March 27, 2007 Last revised: -- Source: US-CERT Systems Affected * Cisco IOS Overview Cisco has released Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20080326-bundle to correct multiple vulnerabilities affecting Cisco IOS. Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. I. Description Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20080326-bundle addresses a number of vulnerabilities affecting Cisco IOS 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, and 12.4. Further details are available in the US-CERT Vulnerability Notes Database. II. Impact The impacts of these vulnerabilities vary. Potential consequences include disclosure of sensitive information and denial of service. III. Solution Upgrade These vulnerabilities are addressed in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20080326-bundle. IV. References * US-CERT Vulnerability Notes - <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/byid?searchview&query=cisco-sa-20080326-bundle> * Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20080326-bundle - <http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080326-bundle.shtml> * Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS Virtual Private Dial-up Network Denial of Service Vulnerability - <http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080326-pptp.shtml> * Cisco Security Advisory: Multiple DLSw Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS - <http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080326-dlsw.shtml> * Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS User Datagram Protocol Delivery Issue For IPv4/IPv6 Dual-stack Routers - <http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080326-IPv4IPv6.shtml> * Cisco Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Cisco IOS with OSPF, MPLS VPN, and Supervisor 32, Supervisor 720, or Route Switch Processor 720 - <http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080326-queue.shtml> * Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS Multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN) Data Leak - <http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080326-mvpn.shtml> ____________________________________________________________________ The most recent version of this document can be found at: <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087B.html> ____________________________________________________________________ Feedback can be directed to US-CERT Technical Staff. Please send email to <cert@cert.org> with "TA08-087B Feedback VU#936177" in the subject. ____________________________________________________________________ For instructions on subscribing to or unsubscribing from this mailing list, visit <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html>. ____________________________________________________________________ Produced 2008 by US-CERT, a government organization. Terms of use: <http://www.us-cert.gov/legal.html> ____________________________________________________________________ Revision History March 27, 2008: Initial release -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBR+vjW/RFkHkM87XOAQLjnQf+PgUTq9wrF8th28Ur2qUgViOGFbNOzwbp 1Awp1ygPnGsT2BVBdwo7ugfuQXMHiz8rnG/7Ovf5prr3FjI6I/3XRMFTpS/ZmF1W m0e6H+vhJSmvJp02a4X9Rzm8Rq9jYda7SJHAFiiblxMSKOuOn2bKpOPxyrhnZmcA UsuFp5A4mHoMqi4LWO0XqCTBzC1r3myx9j3dVg0yJ0LuIvYWUoqOsHI1ywG+ryLO MfSbpvFgbfU5pn3e61hS++oIpOjmlLuRdu1o/2vHizqcUSfhKx2ccdOUG0c2Opr/ oabL6WpJHRePXbz1jdOPHGVPVH/6OVVSr+L2Ug1Qd8hBLwwbcfGweQ== =pX05 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879686
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    - An ALTERNATIVE to Notepad? Hallo I need an alternative to Notepad (of Windows 98) I need only two features more: -replace funcion -no 64 Kb limit (free) Hopefully: - same little Kb size - same Notepad layout and speedness - Italian language As you see.. the Windows XP "Notepad" (!) but it doesn't run on Win98 (Comdlg.dll problem) Have you a precise piece of software to suggest to me? Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879677
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    - US CERT - Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, other Mozilla -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-087A Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: March 27, 2008 Last revised: -- Source: US-CERT Systems Affected * Mozilla Firefox * Mozilla Thunderbird * Mozilla SeaMonkey Other products based on Mozilla components may also be affected. Overview New versions of Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey address several vulnerabilities, the most severe of which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. I. Description The Mozilla and the SeaMonkey projects have released new versions of Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey to address several vulnerabilities. Further details about these vulnerabilities are available in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories and the Vulnerability Notes Database. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document, such as a web page or an HTML email message. II. Impact While the impacts of the individual vulnerabilities vary, the most severe could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. An attacker may also be able to cause a denial of service or execute cross-site scripting attacks. III. Solution Upgrade These vulnerabilities are addressed in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey 1.1.9. Disable JavaScript Some of these vulnerabilities can be mitigated by disabling JavaScript or by using the NoScript extension. For more information about configuring Firefox, please see the Securing Your Web Browser document. Thunderbird disables JavaScript by default. IV. References * US-CERT Vulnerability Notes - <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/byid?searchview&query=mozilla_200803> * Securing Your Web Browser - <http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/browser_security.html# Mozilla_Firefox> * Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories - <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/> * Known Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Products - <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html> * Mozilla Hall of Fame - <http://www.mozilla.org/university/HOF.html> * NoScript Firefox Extension - <http://noscript.net/> _________________________________________________________________ The most recent version of this document can be found at: <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html> _________________________________________________________________ Feedback can be directed to US-CERT Technical Staff. Please send email to <cert@cert.org> with "TA08-087A Feedback VU#466521" in the subject. _________________________________________________________________ For instructions on subscribing to or unsubscribing from this mailing list, visit <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html>. _________________________________________________________________ Produced 2008 by US-CERT, a government organization. Terms of use: <http://www.us-cert.gov/legal.html> ____________________________________________________________________ Revision History March 27, 2008: Initial release -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBR+wDN/RFkHkM87XOAQJAhgf/bIVWAfAziBM4goXAtieyD2iOa3IG+6In KhYvC97IuQhVi2OBXW6mIBjBIGSg1mPehN9Su1N2/58hHH5yvmH2mhus2unOV6cQ z+SXE8fuVbWthaeYaAlCRFGjtwek6uaXre1PmfUV4tbrPLZIyo3GgU/W37SIxp3L BtBJTUL2rnEh+c7GH+6PjY6WNZvLHjuSaktSVXkFZZ7cr8cbVF2Q/qluK0Yb04Zu sYlzZnI8kqwlck+EuNOgU1BDfkDCz2ZIMcre6/y7og+btXiLeo+f84DfXLlthqyo Ng4D/I2+9iI/k4QhUOShrOKY3ZQzr9liQn/mtZUFPVxXTuOe9dtK5w== =Ite0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879636
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    - Black screen (no logo) before desktop shows How can I display the Windows 98 logo (with the changing color bar at the bottom) before the desktop loads, instead of just see a black screen for 1 minute? When the machine starts, the Windows logo displays, then the screen goes black for about one minute, then the desktop loads. The machine is running fine. msdos.sys does have the line "Logo=1" I tried just putting 'logo.sys' in the C: directory. No joy. Thanks. -Dennis -- Dennis Kessler http://www.denniskessler.com/acupuncture Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879635
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    - Win 98SE and 1 gig of memory Does Windows 98 se have a problem with a 1 gig stick of memory? I have two PCs and both are dual boot with 98 and XP. Both motherboards support up two two 1 gig sticks of memory. When I tried to use one niether would boot up in 98, With 1.5 gig of memory it says there is insufficient memory to start windows. The memory is compatible with the boards according to the web sites. Even XP, which did boot up, was noticably slower with 1.5 gig of memory than with 768 meg. Why would this be? Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879624
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    - how to boot in verbose mode - please help I am still trying to find the cause of the following problem ... > Booting into Safe Mode really magnifies the shower of bad pixels problem. > Doesn't this eliminate the ATI AGP video card as the cause of the problem? I recall that there is a way to boot the system in verbose mode but can't remember exactly how. Anyone know? "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:... > > "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message > news:DK2dnfULVaaTIUDbnZ2dnUVZ_rWtnZ2d@comcast.com... > > Adam wrote: > > > "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message > > > news:D8qdncBrBfPOM0DbnZ2dnUVZ_vmlnZ2d@comcast.com... > > >> Adam wrote: > > >>>> Well, it's installed and working for now. I'll have to > > >>>> let it run overnight to see how it goes. > > >>>> > > >>>> The thing that isn't perfect is the VGA cooler is so high that > > >>>> it sticks out of the case and is not compatible with > > >>>> the case cover (if I ever need to put it on). > > >>>> > > >>>> Also, not sure why but, on bootup, the Windows logo bitmap has > > >>>> a bunch of bad pixels at random places. After that, all looks > > >>>> fine. Any ideas? > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> Well, the system has been running practically non-stop with > > >>> the VGA cooler installed since Friday evening. And, > > >>> all still looks fine with the exception of the shower of > > >>> bad pixels on the Windows "logo.sys" bitmap at startup. > > >>> Anyone know what's wrong? > > >> > > >> Happy to hear it's working well. > > >> Perhaps the bitmap for the Windows Logo is corrupted. > > >> You may be able to run SFC and replace it with one from your setup > > >> disk or install one of the many other logos available on the > > >> Internet. > > >> It is located: C:\Windows\Logos.sys and is around 130kb. > > >> > > > > > > It looks more like the "logo.sys" (not "logos.sys") bitmap. But, > > > "logo.sys" is NOT located in C:\Windows. It is located in > > > C:\BACKUP and C:\Windows\OPTIONS\CABS only. > > > > > > Also, the PCI video card did not show a light shower of bad pixels. > > > > You are correct about logo.sys and logos.sys. > > Perhaps you could try uninstalling your AGP video card drivers and > > installing the latest ones. > > I'm out of ideas. > > Hope your Radeon continues to work well otherwise. > > PS: Perhaps you should try uninstalling your PCI vid drivers, before > > installing the new AGP drivers. > > > > Booting into Safe Mode really magnifies the shower of bad pixels problem. > Doesn't this eliminate the ATI AGP video card as the cause of the problem? > Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879619
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    - Data Feed inn Excel Form I know this question does not belong in this group and I already posted it in an other group but here is the only place I always get answers.I guess I should explain my problem better I downloaded my product feed from yahoo but it is not in an Excel form and I am trying to convert it to Excel. on top of the feed it says the " <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> ". Maybe this has something to do with it? Sol Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879615
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    - Data Feed in Excel form I downloaded my product data feed from yahoo but it is not in an Excel form and I am trying to convert it to Excel. on top of the feed it says the " <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> ". Maybe this has something to do with it? Sol Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879614
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    - boot disk Hello again....... I wrote on Sunday with regards to being unable to get my computer started up. I can't get past the DELL LOGO screen and then it goes to a black screen with the cursor blinking on the left top. I tried the F8, the control key, F5 key............... so far, NIX! And so someone asked if I had a boot disk. YES, I do....but before I put it in and start trying........could someone tell me what the procedure is and how I should respond to hopefully get my old girl up and running. Appreciation extended to those who are in the know!! Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879591
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    - Re: destorying the hard drive - Thanks Franc and Mike. Thanks for the info, guys. You are VERY knowledgeable. You have educated me but also gave me a bit of a headache. Oh well. -- Savagery of the relationships between people. Here, everyone is on the make, all of them doing their damndest to take someone else by surprise, to relieve this man of his property, to enjoy that girl's flesh. There is no gentleness, there are only pleasures. Eyes which already devour the easy prey offered them, eyes which seek out the chink in the armour, the weak point, the little patch of pale skin into which the nails can sink and bring blood spurting out. Spying eyes, fierce eyes, sharp eyes which loathe and wound. A look which passes summary judgment, a knowing look, one which wants, not to understand, but to keep at a distance, to consume at a distance. A kind of tentacle, eye- sucker clamped to the intellect's stomach. The world is not pure. The world is free, roamed by wild animals, inhabited by greedy, hate-filled monsters. Loneliness, indifference: hatred. J.M.G. LeClézio Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879573
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    - Inbox contents simply vanished In OE 6, Windows 98, the entire contents of the Inbox just vanished after restarting computer. There were about 4 weeks of e-mail in there. Other folders do not seem to be affected. I looked in the Outlook Express folder on my hard drive, and the Inbox file at this address: C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\{9226D728-E116-11DA-8D61-00045A5FABE0}\Microsoft\Outlook Express was down to something like 130 KB, containing just a lot of unreadable code. I normally move Inbox contents to other folders regularly to keep Inbox from getting too large. I've never seen anything like this. The contents of a huge file simply vanishing. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879572
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    - Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98? Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with Windows 98? I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R disc - put it into the CD drive and then scan the system. FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but it only works for Win2K/NT/XP. Thanks!!! Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879542
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    - BIG Problem I installed the Unofficial Windows 98 patches. Now the computer does not go into Windows, not normal nor Safe Mode. I get a fatal exception error at 0187 (or (0167):BFF9E0BF. I can also sometimes see an error in VXD VWIN32(05). Can someone help me get the computer to work again? I couldn't reinstall Windows 98 from a CD either. Setup thinks (wrongly) that disk commpression is used. Thank you. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879533
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    - Accessing identical hard drive Background: Promise 133 controller card, 2 WDC 80GB hard drives on removable trays. Promise bios shows identical drives. First master (alone), second master w/slave (DVD burner). Unable to access 2nd hard drive. Have tried: Simple boot floppy with ME dos on it, and same with 98SE dos on it at boot time. DriveImage 2002 with 98SE dos on it. XP w/SP2. WinME window environment. 98SE environment. Swapping drives in trays and using the unaccessible drive by itself. Swapping tray insertable locations. Jumpers adjusted accordingly. During floppy boot (both 98SE and ME), have observed the access LED on the tray indicating access to that hard drive. PC locks up everytime. Similar in XP boot, ME and 98SE when I open windows explorer to investigate My Computer. WDC diagnostic tool on bootable floppy similar results. -- Dave How about a tax to support any military conflict/police action over 3 months old? An actual war, we can do what's been done in the past. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879522
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    - OBJINFO.XML I know this question does not belong in this group and I already posted it in an other group but here is the only place I always get answers. How can I convert an nonmedia.xml file to an OBJINFO.XML file? Sol Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879505
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    - computer won't start up Hello. Yesterday I started up my computer quite normally. When I opened OE it froze. This happened a number of times and so I restarted in SAFE MODE. From there I did a number of things like VIRUS CHECK, SPYBOT and did a delete and clean up of files. Scan disk, defrag, etc. Later I went into normal mode and tried again.......another freeze up. Did a restart and then disabled NORTON Internet Security and ANTIVIRUS. Then OE opened fine and I was able to do a little more work online. Shut down normally. Today I pushed the start button......did NOT notice any peculiar sounds or something out of the ordinary....the screen went just past the DELL COMPUTER SCREEN and then to a cursor on the top left, it made its usual starting noise and it stops there. Suggestions are welcome......... Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879489
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    - PCMCIA CF Let me rephrase my question... does anyone know of a PC Card/PCMCIA CF card adapter that comes with a Win98se driver? Thanks. Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879486
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    - Win98 cannot boot up When I power up my win98, all I can see now is the Logo and a few cycles of the led light moving left to right and hang, What can I do to get the system running again? Before this happen I downloaded and install Superantispyware (run a scan),winzip9.0 and my soundcard driver.TIA .................................amen amen Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879475
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    - Protection programes names? Any suggestionS what are the programs that I can download to protect my win98se from all the nasties in the internet? TIA Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879468
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    - My mouse gets the jitters I ran for virus and adware. Nothing. Periodically, the mouse starts to jump about erratically. Like the PC is really busy even though it shouldn't be. This gets worse until it is not usable. Continues even after all applications are closed. Symptoms are gone after reboot. I never had this on my old PC running at 450MHz on win 98. I am now at 2.6GHz with win 98SE. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Is this common? Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879463
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    - multi copies of MS DOS Prompt After I boot up to my Win98SE to Desktop, multi copies of MS Dos Prompt appearing. Thinking that its infection, I scan my hdd and got rid of the bad stuff. However, this MS Dos Prompt boxes does not seems to go away. How can I stop it from appearing? TIA Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879459
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    - How do we clear or delete the temporary folders In win xp, we can clear/delete the TIF by %temp%, how do we clear the TIF in Win98SE? In short, what must I do besides deleting my own unwanted folders in order to free up space in my hdd. TIA Tag: GrystMill link! Tag: 879456

Hi Gary,
The link to "Security" on the GrystMill website is not working. I keep
getting a IIS 404 error on the page. I hope this link will be back with
links to Mike Burgess website. tia-maria

Re: GrystMill link! by PA

PA
Sat Apr 05 14:06:14 PDT 2008

http://www.grystmill.com/ is working fine here.

Mike Burgess' website is http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/index.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Jim wrote:
> Hi Gary,
> The link to "Security" on the GrystMill website is not working. I keep
> getting a IIS 404 error on the page. I hope this link will be back with
> links to Mike Burgess website. tia-maria

Re: GrystMill link! by Brian

Brian
Sat Apr 05 14:41:17 PDT 2008

The link to Gary's site works fine here as well, but as the OP mentioned the
"Security" link on that page 404's.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:O$VlpK2lIHA.1052@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> http://www.grystmill.com/ is working fine here.
>
> Mike Burgess' website is http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/index.htm --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> Jim wrote:
>> Hi Gary,
>> The link to "Security" on the GrystMill website is not working. I keep
>> getting a IIS 404 error on the page. I hope this link will be back with
>> links to Mike Burgess website. tia-maria

Re: GrystMill link! by Gary

Gary
Sat Apr 05 15:18:26 PDT 2008

The page needs editing. I just deliberately broke the link a few days ago.
Fast & cheap.
Meanwhile, see http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Jim" <invalid@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:eisuBX1lIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi Gary,
> The link to "Security" on the GrystMill website is not working. I keep
> getting a IIS 404 error on the page. I hope this link will be back with
> links to Mike Burgess website. tia-maria
>
>