Recent content by fredk

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    Anybody heard of Radialpoint?

    Thanks. I had seen that. Unfortunately it tells me nothing about the companies software or or that software's performance. I wonder if that means free is much more important than performance/reliability.
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    Anybody heard of Radialpoint?

    My ISP is replacing the current security provider (Norton) with these guys. I have only been using the AV part provided, so am wondering who Radialpoint is and what their AV software might be like.
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    HDCP funkieness?

    I am currently running a vista based htpc upconverting dvds to 1080p to my sony display (A2020). My graphics card is set to 1920x1080. On several occasions I have not been able to play a standard dvd. I get an error message telling me there is a problem with and that my dvd may be in use by...
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    Vista System image backup and recovery, uac

    Thanks Navid. I missed that thread in my searches. Sounds like I will be able to do everything I want to with Vista ultimate. Dosn't explicitly say that you can write the .vhd file to a different drive, but I would assume so. Will try once again to get the details directly from the ms...
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    Good Free Firewall for Windows XP?

    Getting off topic but... Unless you use a firewall on a dedicated machine running a different OS??? Fred
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    Have I been Assimilated?

    Silent Running. Thanks for the info on akamai. Checking my network activity log for a couple of days, there does not seem to be any unusual activity. irishScott. I have also seen reviews saying Norton is at the top of the class and much less bloated than before. Doesn't seem to cause much...
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    Have I been Assimilated?

    It has been a few days and I have been checking logs daily and noticed a few things. The firewall rules seem to be updating twice daily and any time I switch users or reboot. I am now wondering if this is some sort of Norton administrative activity. Something is still trying to attack my...
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    Vista System image backup and recovery, uac

    I have more or less decided to put Vista on my new pc, now I need to decide which version. One of the things I wanted to do in my new setup was to find an easy way to do periodic clean installs of the OS and aps. I noticed that some versions of vista include something called System image...
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    Have I been Assimilated?

    I am running Norton Internet Security 2007 and have come across a bunch of stuff that just dosn't seem right. It started about a week ago when I was running live update and could not update the firewall. I have tried numerous times and, until last night, everything but the firewall updated...