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    - win98 updates still available??? hi Group, I am still a win98se fan, but have gone thhrough so many app installations and de-installations that my registry and hard drive have become a mess. In the past, I just re-installed win98. But since support has been dropped, I am curious whether the microsoft updates are still available? I searched through the archives of this ng, and evidently microsoft was still making the win98 updates available -- at least up until the end of 2006. Does anybody know if they are still available??? thanks in advance for any help, jw Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878554
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    - Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. http://smallbusinessebooks.googlepages.com/ http://smallbusiness-ebooks.blogspot.com/ Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878537
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    - Question about Mouse settings My current Computer is a Sony VAIO - Pentium 4 - CPU 1300M. From the settings options, the mouse appears to be set at double click, but whenever I attempt at highlighting/selecting a group of objects (jpeg, .txt or whatever files) and single click on the first of a series, it immediately wants to work with the first object and gives me no time to highlight any other or range of others. I tried to slow down the click speed but it does not seem to make a difference. It does appear that every thing is executed by a single click, but I do not see other options about the mouse movement. Am I missing something? Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878522
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    - Bluetooth software? Been looking for BT software for 98se but have not found anything. Would like to get a Logitech V470 BT mouse to work with it. Logitech's installation CD only works with Xp & Vista. Anyone know where I can D/L some BT software for 98 which will recognize the mouse? TIA Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878516
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    - Writing An Online Dating Service Profile? 3 Mistakes You Must Well, after 4 years of reading far in excess of 10,000 profiles of men and women searching for a partner through online dating services, I've laughed at my fair share of poorly written introductions... Of those 10,000 online dating service profiles, no more than a dozen captured our attention enough to make the first move. I'm sure that you wish to get lots of reactions to your online dating service advertisement, otherwise why would you bother joining a site, and paying a fee to meet new people? If that is the case, then make sure you avoid the following 3 mistakes at all costs: 1. "I May Be the one you're Seeking For" This may be the case. However, by employing this combination of words anywhere for your online dating service profile, you aren't telling me, or your potential suitor, anything new... What this line does say to someone checking you out is that the online dating service profiler didn't do a lot of thinking about how they wanted to present themselves. Tell people what gets your eyes twinkling or even what REALLY gets you up in the morning - and don't say it's your alarm clock, either. Now is the time to let your passions really shine through... 2. "I'm the one Your Mother Warned You About" This is, from my research in any case, virtually the most overused phrase in an opening line for online dating service profiles. True, it's the generic option of some of the larger sites (such as Lavalife or even True) - if your profile is awaiting approval, this tag line will show up while waiting for the a-okay... To avoid this, come up with something a bit more unique and original. But what if http://www.dontplayplay.com/html/Dating/20060925/9850.html Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878505
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    - Writing An Online Dating Service Profile? 3 Mistakes You Must Well, after 4 years of reading far in excess of 10,000 profiles of men and women searching for a partner through online dating services, I've laughed at my fair share of poorly written introductions... Of those 10,000 online dating service profiles, no more than a dozen captured our attention enough to make the first move. I'm sure that you wish to get lots of reactions to your online dating service advertisement, otherwise why would you bother joining a site, and paying a fee to meet new people? If that is the case, then make sure you avoid the following 3 mistakes at all costs: 1. "I May Be the one you're Seeking For" This may be the case. However, by employing this combination of words anywhere for your online dating service profile, you aren't telling me, or your potential suitor, anything new... What this line does say to someone checking you out is that the online dating service profiler didn't do a lot of thinking about how they wanted to present themselves. Tell people what gets your eyes twinkling or even what REALLY gets you up in the morning - and don't say it's your alarm clock, either. Now is the time to let your passions really shine through... 2. "I'm the one Your Mother Warned You About" This is, from my research in any case, virtually the most overused phrase in an opening line for online dating service profiles. True, it's the generic option of some of the larger sites (such as Lavalife or even True) - if your profile is awaiting approval, this tag line will show up while waiting for the a-okay... To avoid this, come up with something a bit more unique and original. But what if http://www.dontplayplay.com/html/Dating/20060925/9850.html Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878504
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    - Writing An Online Dating Service Profile? 3 Mistakes You Must Well, after 4 years of reading far in excess of 10,000 profiles of men and women searching for a partner through online dating services, I've laughed at my fair share of poorly written introductions... Of those 10,000 online dating service profiles, no more than a dozen captured our attention enough to make the first move. I'm sure that you wish to get lots of reactions to your online dating service advertisement, otherwise why would you bother joining a site, and paying a fee to meet new people? If that is the case, then make sure you avoid the following 3 mistakes at all costs: 1. "I May Be the one you're Seeking For" This may be the case. However, by employing this combination of words anywhere for your online dating service profile, you aren't telling me, or your potential suitor, anything new... What this line does say to someone checking you out is that the online dating service profiler didn't do a lot of thinking about how they wanted to present themselves. Tell people what gets your eyes twinkling or even what REALLY gets you up in the morning - and don't say it's your alarm clock, either. Now is the time to let your passions really shine through... 2. "I'm the one Your Mother Warned You About" This is, from my research in any case, virtually the most overused phrase in an opening line for online dating service profiles. True, it's the generic option of some of the larger sites (such as Lavalife or even True) - if your profile is awaiting approval, this tag line will show up while waiting for the a-okay... To avoid this, come up with something a bit more unique and original. But what if http://www.dontplayplay.com/html/Dating/20060925/9850.html Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878503
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    - Test..... testing microsoft server.... Ignore aaa Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878502
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    - Computer Failure For some time I have been using a Machine that has suddenly started having problems and is, currently, not functioning. It had a primary and a secondary Hard Disks with a lot of Data that I would like to retrieve from them. The prinmary has the Operating System (W98SE), along with other good stored Data. The Secondary Disk has a lot of saved information and many family photos. Is there an easy way for me to install these disks on another machine and get the info that I would like to save? Yes, I will back all up on CD's, once the job is done! Thank you! Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878498
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    - can a win98 machine act as a usb msd device? A camera or an USB stick can act as an USB mass storage device. Is it possible to run a driver or program on a win98 machine so that this machine is seen as an USB mass storage by another machine? So that for example a XP machine sees the hard disk of the win98 machine via USB? JMS Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878477
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    - Long delay during POST This machine has a consistent 40 second delay during POST before windows starts to load. This is not normal as I usually see less than 10 seconds delay in other computers. Included for info: autoexec.bat SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D3 T4 LH C:\WINDOWS\AU30DOS.COM Set tvdumpflags=8 config.sys numlock = off What are usual causes of a long delay here, and a fix? ms Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878471
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    - Occasional Problems with Logoff feature hanging on "black" screen Win98SE was a great improvement over Win98 in this regard, but I still have occasional hang-up problems. Any fixes out there ? Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878469
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    - network card install and vip.386 Tried to install a network card with no success. Seems similar to the following (see link below) but I don't understand how to see the "illegal operation" messages that are mentioned. All I know is that the installation chokes right after the vip.386 popup is clicked on and then after the reboot the device manager says the network card has been disabled because it caused a problem at startup. Network card hardware is known good. I don't know if the vip.386 file is relevant to this problem or not. Any ideas? Thanks. http://help.lockergnome.com/windows2/Installing-Ethenet-card-fails-causing-VXD-tbl-loss-connectiv-ftopict482802.html Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878456
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    - GET COMPUTER RELATED FREE TIPS & TRICKS PCTIPS COMPUTER RESORCE FOR SOFTWARE PICS & MANY NFO. Information & advice for avoiding and recovering from computer virus, spyware-- infections,& download source of freeware, shareware of free antivirus , antispyware & many other internet tools Must visit now to get valuable help at-- http://www.pctips.googlepages.com Label-Windows tips,computer tricks, pc help,speed up computer,free antivirus,antispyware,freeware,free software,internet security,pc maintenance Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878454
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    - Reinstalling Windows 98 Upgrade I have a computer with a dual boot setup to windows 98 and Linex. I want to reformat the hard drive and remove the partions that exist and install only windows 98. My problem is that the windows 98 CD I have is an upgrade edition. It says I need windows 3.1 or 95 installed to use the CD. Is there someway I can reformat the hard drive and still install from the CD. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878438
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    - Trouble with new display and Device Manager I had trouble getting the right drivers installed for my Viewsonic LCD. Essentially I ended up booting up the machine with no drivers and Windows installed a Default Monitor. After finally getting the correct drivers installed on my computer the correct drivers where installed but the computer still thinks there's an unknown monitor attached to the machine and keeps recreating the Default Monitor at start-up. How do I fix this false detection of an unknown monitor ? Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878422
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    - Blue Screen - Drive C Once in awhile, on my Win98 First Edition desktop, I will get a blue screen that says "Unable to write to Drive C". When I click on enter, the desktop appears, and everything works fine. Could this be an impending hard drive issue? Thanks! Scott Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878386
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    - Very OT, size of PDF files. Don't know where else to discuss this, because afaik there id no adobe or pdf newsgroup. I bought something that came with a CD and on it was the owners manual, which was a 9 meg pdf file. Looking for later software, I went to their website and downloaded the manual, which was 2 megs. Strangely, they look identical, each 68 pages, and when I alt-tab from one to the other in Acrobat, I can't see any difference in quality. Anyone have experience with this. If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878385
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    - What is final, last windows update, security file we should dl for Win98SE? Thank you! :) Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878380
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    - FAT32 size issues, _just_ about size? Is the issue with FAT32 and Win9x, if I've understood the problem correctly, simply about the size of one directory, or is it also an issue of the size of the entire hdd. My reason for concern is, other hardware issues aside first, could we run Win9x on a large 200gig computer if it were partitioned into the 32gig (or whatever max size actually is) pieces? Or is the 200gig an issue right off the bat? Thanks. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878375
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    - IE 6 with 98 SE? PIII 1 GB 256 Ram Win 98 SE. Using IE 5.5. Some of the web sites I use now need IE 6. Should I install IE 6? Where is a safe place to download it? Thanks for ay advice. Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878353
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    - How to read harddrive that was once too big for mobo. How to read harddrive that was once too big for mobo? I have a hard drive that was too big for the mobo that I first used it on. I think it is 800 Meg (but I'll check again if it matters) and when I bought it, I think Western Digital had a remapping program that allowed the drive to pretent to the mobo that its geometry was different from reality. I tried connecting it as a slave, setting the jumpers correctly, and iirc, it wasn't recognized at all. I bought an enclosure and hooked it up to the USB port, and although the computer seees the enclosure and installs or loads the HDUSB stuff, the drive never shows up on any drive list. Conecting it as a master drive has its own problems, which see below, and furthermore, I have another drive from the same persion which was never a master drive and doesn't have an OS on it. So I can't connect it as the master drive. Wot should I do? I have a Promise card that would have iiuc enabled me to run these drives without the remapping software that it uses, but wouldn't the remapping software still run since it is there, regardless of whether it is plugged into the new, powerful mobo, or the Promise card? When I was using this drive as my master drive, when the computer booted up, just after the very beginning of start-up, a white box with blue text, or something, displayed, giving notice that this software was running. Now I have a newer mobo and much bigger hd's, but I want to get some data off of this HD. I tried last October, and iirc I couldn't use it as a slave drive. So I used it as the master and made my primary a slave. It gave all kinds of warnings at the start that convinced me it wouldn't start, but somehow it did, and I got the data I needed then. However after I shut down, and removed the drive, and reset my real drive as Single Drive, it wouldn't start. (I was leaving on a long business trip the next day and had a friend coming in to download my email, so I was really bothered. ) I controlled my panic and booted from a floppy, and sys'ed the HD and bingo, it worked again. How did the old HD un-sys or de-sys or re-sys the newer HD while it was temporarily a slave? How can I avoid this from happening altogether. Thanks a lot. If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878350
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    - [Commercial] Windows Device Driver Training from Industry Hello All, With a growing demand for Windows System Professionals, we are pleased to announce a new weekend batch of "Windows Internals and Device Drivers" for working professionals and Engineers. Course Highlights: Windows Internals - It includes topics related to key components of system like - Thread scheduling, I/O, memory management, - Windows Security - Debugging using Win Dbg to explore windows internals. Windows Device Driver It deals with important driver-building and designing mechanisms - Windows Driver Model and development - PnP Concepts - Storage Stack - Device Driver building, debugging, writing installer. - Synchronization, Interrupts, PnP Filter drivers. Labs Carefully designed labs and exercises which will help participants to apply knowledge gained through lectures immediately in their assignments. You will also design, develop and debug a simple USB driver. Starting Date : Saturday, February 23, 2008. Duration : 1.5 months for each module Timings : Saturday and Sunday, 3 hours per day. Venue : Concepts Systems, Pune 602-603, The Pentagon, Shahu College Road, Next to Pune-Satara Road, Near Panchami Hotel, Parvati. Pune - 411009. Registration: We encourage you to register at the earliest since there are limited seats. About Us: Concepts Systems Educational Services has always been in forefront for providing software professionals and aspirants with best-of-the-breed technologies which ensure that professionals/students remain on the cutting edge of technology and continue to win their goals. If you have any queries feel free to call us on 020-24216888 / 9960638738 Or mail us at training@conceptssys.com. For customized on- site training for your team, send a mail to info@conceptssys.com. Thanks & Regards, Team, Concepts Systems. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878331
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    - RE: SPYWARE (FREE DOWNLOAD) Margie, On 13 Feb 08, I downloaded SpyBot 1.5.1.12 with latest detection update 2/13/2008 to my Windows 98 SE and it seems to work fine. The day before I had downloaded update 2/06/2008, ran it and removed a lot of "stuff" I didn't want. This seems to be their web site: http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html . My son put SpyBot on my computer a few years ago and I just 'update' it without plugging in their web site to get the updates; however, I just went to their web site to get the info for you. Here is the web site of a columnist (Betty Champagne) who offers free advice and refers us to many 'free" programs http://www.bitsnpcs.info . Many of her articles are archived on the site. Good luck! Yankee Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878330
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    - Windows Registry Rebuilder error When I run the registry rebuilder it gets 85 % complete and then says it cannot fix a file error and aborts. My Win98SE machine seems to work fine, so is this message a reliable indicator of a serious problem ? -- Warren No spam address used. Please reply to group only. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878312
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    - Delete and purge question Just curious, when something is emptied from recycle bin or purged using w98se, where does it go? By that I mean can it be retrieve or is it actually gone for good? Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878308
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    - SPYWARE (FREE DOWNLOAD) Downloaded the 2007 ad-aware for my neighbour today only to find out it is not compatible with win 98 also downloaded what i think was the old spybot and that had to be paid for. Do any of you know of a good safe free spyware that can be downloaded for windows 98 SE many thanks -- margie Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878287
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    - Folder Options!!! Hello, is there anybody out there!!! win98se OS I have a dilemma. I was setting up separate Profiles for the different Users in Passwords on this machine along with ICS in a study of NAT capabilities of a SS4100 modem. *_ I noticed that some of the Desktop folders for another user that were not the correct folder type as oem boot like on My Desktop, in particular the systems folders. So I went into Folder Options and clicked reset all folders...*_ This "little" move erased all the very important program files that were in a folder(s) or shortcut folder(s) that I had on My Desktop and all the other desktops. This is a disaster. Luckily, I can find some of these programs with Find File and Folders but the path is the same as the shortcut folder or the my New folders i.e. folders that I created that are now "empty". Also, My Docs seem unaffected by the reset. WTF did I do to deserve this bug? Any thoughts here would be helpful. *_ snow and black ice. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878278
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    - US CERTS Combined This post concerns issues in Windows [not us/9X] IE, and other,. the second segment concerns exploits in PDF documents. As 9x can not use the newer Reader versions, disable Java, html connections, and other aspects in the 9X reader [see its settings to disable], or use something like Foxit Reader to help avoid potential issues. Your firewall can also be used to block Adobe Reader's access to the outside world. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-043C Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: February 12, 2008 Last revised: February 12, 2008 Source: US-CERT Systems Affected * Microsoft Windows * Microsoft Internet Explorer * Microsoft Office * Microsoft Visual Basic * Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Overview Microsoft has released updates that address critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Visual Basic and Internet Information Services (IIS). Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code, gain elevated privileges, or crash a vulnerable system. I. Description Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities that affect Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Visual Basic and Internet Information Services (IIS) as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2008. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. For more information, see the US-CERT Vulnerability Notes Database. II. Impact A remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code, gain elevated privileges, or cause a denial of service. III. Solution Apply updates from Microsoft Microsoft has provided updates for these vulnerabilities in the February 2008 security bulletins. The security bulletins describe any known issues related to the updates. Administrators are encouraged to note these issues and test for any potentially adverse effects. Administrators should consider using an automated update distribution system such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). IV. References * US-CERT Vulnerability Notes for Microsoft February 2008 updates - <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/byid?searchview&query=ms08-feb> * Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2008 - <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-feb.mspx> * Microsoft Update - <https://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/> * Windows Server Update Services - <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/default.mspx> _________________________________________________________________ The most recent version of this document can be found at: <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html> _________________________________________________________________ Feedback can be directed to US-CERT Technical Staff. Please send email to <cert@cert.org> with "TA08-043C Feedback VU#104665" 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 February 12, 2008: Initial release -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBR7IkKvRFkHkM87XOAQIMdgf/Z4QINqEeDeTdbKj9Jn4K+v5WKr+GWL0R J3C7PfJyQvqnl0ctnqF4DOBvi8xgPXWuhCqh6XEgi7ImkJVxI8HPpy1gj8K9YC5J ZDidLPOPvo3suzeEw3pNX/9oN9sOSsvCxwkzgq3cw7e3/vh69zLJWEg3Mz5Vc0UC lU8u4HLMpDFXzn2NA3/YlTDyc45OV3Z5LCA8GHkqIBzZLZUtprIjIeXBOxbY3pqw Ac9f8FB5c88PHW8+34pXmzt7QXuynW+8yrCuApIc0ZduUpB1+7Pi1aVmDwxxGdSz GUP3Ue8minBwUIyBn3h1jxUwO7nADPToVVLHj8fwHaFXvoNQha8iKg== =imPA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----------------------------------------------- The reason for this post is that this exploit has been used in PDF documents which you might encounter: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-043A Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities Original release date: February 12, 2008 Last revised: -- Source: US-CERT Systems Affected * Adobe Reader version 8.1.1 and earlier * Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D, and Standard versions 8.1.1 and earlier Overview Adobe has released Security advisory APSA08-01 to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. I. Description Adobe Security advisory APSA08-01 addresses a number of vulnerabilities affecting the Adobe Acrobat family of products, including Adobe Reader. Acrobat versions 8.1.1 and earlier are affected. Further details are available in the US-CERT Vulnerability Notes Database. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to load a specially crafted Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Acrobat integrates with popular web browsers, and visiting a web site is usually sufficient to cause Acrobat to load PDF content. At least one of these vulnerabilities is being actively exploited. The SANS Internet Storm Center Handler's Diary contains more information. II. Impact The impacts of these vulnerabilities vary. The most severe of these vulnerabilities allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. III. Solution Upgrade Upgrade Adobe Reader or Acrobat to version 8.1.2 according to the information in Adobe Security advisory APSA08-01. Disable web browser display for PDF documents Preventing PDF documents from opening inside a web browser may mitigate this vulnerability. Applying the following workaround in conjunction with upgrading may prevent similar vulnerabilities from being automatically exploited. To prevent PDF documents from automatically being opened in a web browser with Acrobat or Reader: 1. Open Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader. 2. Open the Edit menu. 3. Choose the Preferences option. 4. Choose the Internet section. 5. De-select the "Display PDF in browser" check box. Disable automatic opening of PDF documents in Microsoft Internet Explorer To disable automatic opening of PDF files in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), a second step is required. To configure IE to prompt before opening a PDF file, disable the "Display PDF in browser" feature (as described above) and then make the following changes to the Windows registry: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroExch.Document.7] "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00 Disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader and Acrobat Disabling JavaScript in Adobe Reader and Acrobat may prevent this vulnerability from being exploited. In Acrobat Reader, JavaScript can be disabled in the General preferences dialog (Edit --> Preferences --> JavaScript, de-select Enable Acrobat JavaScript). IV. References * US-CERT Vulnerability Notes for Adobe Security advisory APSA08-01 - <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/byid?searchview&query=APSA08-01> * Securing Your Web Browser - <http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/> * Adobe Security Advisory APSA08-01 - <http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html> * Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Release Notes - <http://www.adobe.com/go/kb403079> * SANS Internet Storm Center Handler's Diary - <http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3958> * Configuring Windows Explorer - Registry EditFlags - <http://mc-computing.com/WinExplorer/WinExplorerEditFlags.htm> * Internet Explorer Opens .exe Files Instead of Downloading Them - <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140991> * Office Documents opening in IE - <http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/04/29/123181.aspx> ____________________________________________________________________ The most recent version of this document can be found at: <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html> ____________________________________________________________________ Feedback can be directed to US-CERT Technical Staff. Please send email to <cert@cert.org> with "TA08-043A Feedback VU#666281" 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 February 12, 2008: Initial release -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBR7GpKvRFkHkM87XOAQLYfwf9EXuDalc6LTL67Y8B10IOYyOokKTVoU6S KELfTOOutRM4mZB0RFaqR1baphSya2T4mt6Zt+52pJzVga2bKkifvHIgY4kQ0sgA 2Le9xiBd+9ZQGglcEVn0QlUl9FazFp5bQNC3gRtobxCAKz0ERUy9hznjk6mFqcJG xYvVuYf3NauoaLGFBqg59XFpXyjLzN67vNKqsOE8FXX9eOjzqEGS78FTi3BM2/fW JZeLe8zqn4WAOqCgqvUwotqi1rFvD97xwkh6w890Mspgku0nbCV3ZptLTHRSwLg4 5SIApXzuxRx2OntUyCMYYuhNnODlAGlT2RfO6Wtkes1E+8c1cscaag== =zk0E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com _________ Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878270
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    - wps file Hi! I got an e-mail from someone today with an attached WPS FILE. I clicked on it and my WORD 2000 opened it, but it was unreadable gobbledygook. And SO....what is this?? Is there some way to convert this to readable language?? Appreciate any help. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878263
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    - Windows98SE/OE6 microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion Cable does not come this far out in the suburbs where I live; so, I only have dial-up connection to the internet. I recently downloaded and installed all the Windows 98 SE critical updates. Prior to that when I was already online in Internet Explorer or Outlook Express, in Outlook Express I could select Send/Recv and send/check my mail while already online. Now when I'm already online I select Send/Recv and try to check mail or send mail my modem connection is disconnected and I have to dial-up again. I can then send/check mail; however, If I click to check mail again, it disconnects me and I have to go through the connect/dial up process again. Is there an update I need to uninstall or settings I need to change? Thanks! Yankee Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878260
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    - Video Card for an older Dell - Should I install a new one? Hi, My video card was working great until a crash required my reloading Windows 98. From then on I never was able to make it work correctly, despite lots of help here and originally from Dell before the Windows 98 support went off. (The sound is not working, either, but it is the picture quality I need fixed) Since this is an old obsession, I have to revisit the situation. I would like to know if starting over by replacing the video card for a new one with its new software would likely solve my problem. I feel there is no sense in going through all the steps to repair again and again, as I did before. Also, are video cards specific to the computer and operating system, as I think they are? My reason to do this is that I have many 3 1/2 discs with family photos and they are all compacted using a Windows 98 DOS program that does not work on Windows XP, my current laptop OS. The photographs come up so bad on the screen that I cannot even see if they are worthwhile to save. I know how to do the save and use them on the laptop, although it is not easy and I do not want to bother with a bunch of pictures of no use. I'll give the computer away as soon as I know there is are no further use for it. Thanks, George Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878235
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    - Mouse pointer static on desktop My daughter uses Win98 (Not sure) at work and the mouse pointer is static on the desktop. The mouse and another mouse, which works, has been tried in the PS2 port and the USB port, but without success. The keyboard is working OK. I have advised her to look at 'Mouse' in Device Manager to see if 'This device is working properly' and to make absolutely sure that the mouse is properly connected, but she is not at work until Tuesday. Any other ideas please? Thanks, Emrys Davies. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878225
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    - cd not reading in win98 1st edition hello, I've been trying to get an old PB 910 to read the cd with no luck ( the PB group has been trying to help me solve this also). It is win 98 and the cd flashes as power up starts and displays itself on the initial boot screen. The cd is connected to its own 40 pin ribbon and is listed as secondary master in the boot up window. The HD is on it own 40 pin ribbon as well. In the bios the Primary and Secondary master are set to auto. When in windows any cd inserted always results in cd not ready window (abort,retry, fail). I have also put in a different cd (2004 toshiba) with the same results. This MB also has usb ports (if this makes any difference?) which work quite well. I only wish usb were a boot option in the bios. Any suggestions to make this cd work...? mc Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878222
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    - disk defragmentor My disk defragmetor keeps running in a loop and I have tried everything i can and nothing seems to be working. So, if you have any help to offer please tell me. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878206
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    - USB, USB2 same machine and strange interconnect question Win98SE currently runs USB can I add PCI card for usb 2 and use it at the same time (move usb2 devices to that interface). Strange question is Can two pc be interconnected via USB ports and maybe even have a hard drive on the same usb. Just wondering. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878191
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    - e machine ??? Recently a local store has afew e machine 36?? no monitor and running XP (XP OK for me). It appears that none wants the machines just because the OS is XP. What I wonder about is how reliable are these e machines...looking at the box it was made in China but I did not find a company name or e mail address. Does this mean once you buy it that's it. ???. Thanks Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878190
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    - OT: general email query. Using OE I always have receipt of emails sent, I was curious to know if it possible to somehow have a copy of an email one sends to a site dedicated email link. If I respond to Bloggs and Co, with an email, using their site I don't seem to get any indication I have responded or sent them an email, any workarounds? Thanks. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878182
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    - scanreg.exe switch syntax ? Hello, An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based standalone PC ! :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 ! After a long fight, (Asus P5A? AMD K6/2-500), and it hanging on a black screen, (after bios post and the "Windows 98 screen" with the "scrolling/rotating" line at the bottom of it), I fought and uninstalled Norton Internet Security, which I suspected was causing the black screen hang, ....and indeed after removing Norton - it will boot up in Windows Normal GUI mode. So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg /backup ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "??? ??? ???" ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is mistakenly detecting the Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a bad sector, or would that not happen ? In any event, I now have Spinrite 6 running. TIA regards, Richard Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878180
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    - ALT Key My mouse is not working. I am trying to delete it in device manager but I can not get to it without the mouse! I am attempting to use the keyboard to maneuver there but am unsuccessful becuase I lack both knowledge & skills to use the keyboard (ALT, control & windows keys). I know it can be done but how?! -- lecurry Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878176
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    - (OT slightly) .mov files Hi all Tad of topic, sorry, but I thought I'd ask in my favourite ng first. Anybody know a conversion tool for .mov -> .avi, freeware hopefully :) 98 compatibility hopefully as well, Win 2K if needs must. Best regards Tony Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878169
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    - IPF in SFC Any help/advice on resolving this is appreciated I'm running win98SE and SFC crashes during scanning for altered files SFC caused an invalid page fault in module KRNL386.EXE at 0002:000042cc. Registers: EAX=00000061 CS=014f EIP=000042cc EFLGS=00000207 EBX=c1890290 SS=1327 ESP=00008194 EBP=000081a0 ECX=0000ffff DS=016f ESI=00461abc FS=0f4f EDX=c1890308 ES=016f EDI=0046998c GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 67 aa fe 46 ff e2 a4 eb 10 67 8b 04 42 86 c4 67 Stack dump: 81980000 00461dff 00078208 434481b0 1df71907 0000006c 00008204 0a9d81e2 ffff1dff 19078208 19070336 03e00330 19070336 0073006e 0001000a 19078204 Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878159
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    - video card with digital TV for 98? Hi everyone Starting preparations for all analogue TV going off the air in one year. Being I use 98 MOST of the time and watch most TV on the PC (old ATI All-In-Wonder video card, has built-in TV), I'm wanting to find a video card which has *digital* TV and drivers for Win98SE. Anyone know of such a card? TIA Vic Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878155
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    - Win98SE/IE6 I am reinstalling 98SE/IE on a older computer using the CD. Since MS no longer supports it, is there any site I can get the Security Updates ? Fred Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878146
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    - Outlook Express - can't erase messages Hello I'm having a problem with my outlook express. Since last 2 weeks, i'm not been able to clean my messages, no metters in what folders they are, and no metters how i try to erase then (clicking on the red cross, selecting all and right click the mouse and click on delete, what ever) Some one have a sugestion? Best regards Miguel Machado Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878143
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    - What's the difference between FAT32 and Extended FAT File System ? Extended FAT File System: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa914353.aspx Vista now has eFAT (or exFAT) compatibility with SP1. Not sure about XP. So what are the key technical differences between eFAT and FAT32? According to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT - theoretical max file size 2^64 bytes (16 Exabytes) vs 4 Gb (2^32) - cluster size of up to 2^255 bytes vs 32 mb (that seems wrong - a cluster can be larger than max file size?) (FAT32 spec is 32 kb, not 32 mb) - support for more than 1000 files in a single directory (what are they comparing it to? FAT32's limit is more than 1000) - support for access control lists - support for Transaction-Safe FAT File System (TFAT) eFAT seems to be Micro$oft's preferred propriatary solution for portable and fixed storage beyond 4 or 8 gb. Most likely because FAT32's propriatary status is murky and they don't want it to be adopted industry-wide as portable storage and devices transitions to higher capacities (where the currently used but public domain FAT-16 is not able to go). Does this mean that Vista can be installed and run from an eFAT drive? Why else would Vista need eFAT compatibility? A slaved drive or device would most likely be connected via USB so it's not clear why the file system of the device or drive is relavent. Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878142
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    - win386.swp Several years ago I moved this file from the Windows folder to the C drive on an old computer. I would like to move it back to the Windows folder. For the life of me I can't remember how !!!!!!!!!!!! Point me in the right direction. tks Fred Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878121
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    - error loading explorer.exe ....must reinstall etc. i.ve been having this problem for a while and have gotten as far as changing explorer.exe to winfile.exe so i can reinstall explorer .....problem is when i get to doublle clicking on the setup.exe in the file manager it tells me there is not enuf memory to run the application and i need to quit one or more opperations and then try again .........how do i clear memory from this point so i can run the setup.exe for explorer ?? thanx bh Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878119
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    - Which Video Card? I have a used Gateway E3200 450MHZ with 384 MB RAM, running Win98 First Edition. With the Rage 128 AR AGP1X, AGP2x, 8.0M memory video card that came with it, videos are often choppy. I have a Radeon WBUC070 video card with AGP 32MB, SVGA video card available to replace this card. It looks like the model is 7000 A70L. I have another card ...an ATI Radeon 9200SE Stealth video card with 128MB DDR, DVI Out, PCI version. I assume that either of these cards would be an upgrade. This computer has a Samsung 173P LCD monitor. The computer is used for basic email and internet, which occasionally involves streaming video. There's no gaming done on this system, and no DVD's are played. The Samsung monitor accepts DVI. With the Radeon 9200SE's DVI output, would the improvement in image quality be noticeable? Which of these video cards would be the best upgrade, without going overboard? Thanks! Scott Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878117
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    - i am waiting for your sex i am waiting for your sex see and replay _____________________________ http://www.freewebs.com/business-xx beutiful girls photo & videos : see and get together ____________________________ http://padmagirl.blogspot.com Tag: naous benyahia Tag: 878097

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