| 2010/7/9-23 [Computer/SW/Virus, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:53879 Activity:nil | 7/9 I'm adding a larger and faster HD to my XP machine, and I want
to move my installation to the new drive, can anyone recommend
a tool that can do this? I'd perfer somethng inexpensive as
it's a one time thing.
\_ There's a lot of software that does this, but Norton/Symantec Ghost
seems to be the standard and I have used it successfully many
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| 2008/3/4-7 [Computer/SW/Virus] UID:49325 Activity:kinda low | 3/4 Hi, what's the best free anti-virus software for XP? What about
anti-spyware? Currently I'm using Active Virus Shield and Spybot.
Thanks.
\_ I've used: avg, spybot s&d, adaware, trend micro's housecall.
\_ Does Spybot S&D protect Firefox? It soulds like the injection
feature only supports IE.
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| 2005/6/11-13 [Computer/SW/Virus] UID:38087 Activity:kinda low | 6/10 If I buy "Norton Internet Security 2005", is it possible (easy) to
install "Norton Antivirus 2005" ONLY, and not install any of the
other applications included with "Norton Internet Security 2005"?
\_ AFAIK, no.
\_ If you tell me what you are trying to accomplish, I will gladly
give you a list of compelling reasons to not bother with Norton
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| 2004/4/23-24 [Computer/SW/Mail] UID:13356 Activity:nil | 4/23 Does anyone care to share any experiences they've had with *nix
virus scanning software for email (I have sendmail in mind)?
Free packages are preferable, stability is very important,
execution speed and very frequent updates not as important. Thanks.
\_ This is not a troll, but why do you need virus scanning on *nix?
\_ Unix mail server for Windows clients?
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| 2004/3/31-4/1 [Computer/SW/Security] UID:12954 Activity:moderate | 3/31 I want a second line for fax but alas my studio apt. does not
seem to have the inside wall wiring. Is there a way to get virtual
fax or fax mailbox, where I can download incoming fax to my computer?
\_ ok I googled and found some service, but would appreciate comments
from users of these kind of service.
\_ support your fellow Cal alumni's company:
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| 2003/8/13-14 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:29336 Activity:high | 8/13 Is there a security patch against the Blaster Worm for NT Workstation?
All I see on the MS web site are patches for NT Server, NT TSE, and
versions of 2k / XP / Server 2003, but not NT Workstation. Thanks.
\_ yes, just delete winnt/system32/msblaster.exe
\_ I don't think it's that easy, since that program
was constantly being called upon by some key in
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| 2003/7/1-2 [Computer/SW/Mail] UID:28887 Activity:moderate | 7/1 Does anyone use any SMTP antivirus scanning software for unix/linux?
I'm looking at Sophos, McAfee, etc. Symantec seems to have the worst
solution.
\_ Using Sophos. Not to shabby. They stay on top of new viruses
pretty damn well, and its resource footprint is quite small.
Only thing is you must restart to load updates, which is a touch
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| 2002/7/8-9 [Computer/SW/Virus, Computer/SW/Mail] UID:25303 Activity:moderate | 7/8 Anyone use any SMTP anti-virus software? Anything free out there
which at least detects for the major viruses like Klez?
\_ google: klez procmail
\_ Anyone use Symantec's MailGear or similar products?
\_ I am using exim+exiscan+SAVI. SAVI is not free but
there is a trial version available. --jsjacob
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| 2002/5/15 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers, Computer/SW/Unix, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:24837 Activity:insanely high | 5/15 My boss wants me to track what websites a user visits. The user is
smart enough to delete their history every time they log out (tweakui?)
Any recommendations for UNIX/NT software to do this?
\_ You can use a network snooper but I question what will be
accomplish by tracking what websites your own workers visit.
\_ There could be the case of the person visiting inappropriate
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| 1999/8/25-26 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:16395 Activity:high | 8/24 Does anyone know of a low-level copy program like dd for Windows/DOS?
I have a dying hard drive that I want a direct duplicate of.
\_ I always wondered what the difference between using dd and cp-ing
an image to /dev/??? was.
\_ dd of=/dev/... opens /dev/... and writes to it
cp foo /dev/... removes /dev/... and replaces it with foo
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| 2012/6/27-7/27 [Computer/HW/Memory, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:54424 Activity:nil | 6/27 You can't put 16GB RAM in the new 13" Macbook Pro.
Fuck you Apple!
\_ Really? I know they say you can't put more than 8GB in the 13"
MBP, but I have 16GB in my 2011 13" MBP and it works perfectly.
\_ I thought the new ones have soldier on HD and RAM just like
the Macbook Air?
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| 2011/3/31-4/20 [Computer/SW/Languages/Python] UID:54070 Activity:nil | 3/20 Has anyone here had success in using python 3.0? Any gotchas
to worry about? I've got an entire set of apps in python 2.x
and am wondering if it's worth it to upgrade?
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| 2010/7/21-8/9 [Academia/GradSchool/MBA, Computer/SW/OS] UID:53891 Activity:nil | 7/21 "How to Upgrade an Old Phone into a Porsche"
http://www.csua.org (finance.yahoo.com)
"Ortiz spends five to six hours each day searching Craigslist for the
right kind of swaps. Over the last two years and 14 trades ......"
If he just got a job and work five to six hours each day for two
years, he would probably have earned more than enough money to buy the
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| 2010/1/22-30 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:53655 Activity:high | 1/22 looking to buy a new development laptop
needs ssdrive, >6 hr possible batt life, and runs linux reasonably
Anyone have a recommendation? Thx.
\_ thinkpad t23 w ssdrive and battery inplace of drive bay
\_ Ever wondered what RICHARD STALLMAN uses for a laptop? Well,
wonder no more!
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| 2009/11/24-12/6 [Computer/HW] UID:53542 Activity:low | 11/24 What is the best 25-32" monitor out there? I am ready to upgrade
my 9 year old CRT. -ausman
\_ How much money are you willing to spend, and how good do you
really need it to be good? Are you willing to pay $900 for the
industry standard monitor used by graphics artists, or are you
so cheap that you'll only want to pay up $400 for something that
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| 2009/8/17-9/1 [Computer/SW/OS/Linux] UID:53274 Activity:nil | 8/14 weird, Zone Alarm free seems to notice when my linux machines
apt-get upgrade (specifically i get popups from my zafree box on
my lan that says 'we have prevented <ip for lin box> from connecting
to http://jackass.canonical.org (real server) ). Weird. I guess ZAF is in
promisc mode?
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| 2010/2/8-18 [Computer/SW/Apps/Media, Computer/SW/Apps] UID:53695 Activity:kinda low | 2/5 I like Adobe Flash. When written correctly, it scales along
with your browser size. It looks consistent on every single
browser. It is predictable. On the other hand, I'm not a big
fan of CSS/HTML, which for the most part, look wildly different
between browsers, and don't even work consistently or
correctly at times. So why do so many people (like Steve Jobs)
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| 2009/8/27-9/9 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:53304 Activity:nil | 8/26 Any suggestions on a good OCR program for either OS X or Windows that
will work on scanned documents outputted to pdf? Preferably free?
Thanks, scottyg
\_ Check Abbyy or Scansoft. Not free.
\_ Thanks...I think I'd prefer a free or opensource piece of
software unless there is a huge difference in quality. I
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| 2009/3/11-17 [Computer/SW/Apps, Computer/SW/Languages/Misc] UID:52701 Activity:high | 3/11 I have a potential gig at a large(ish) magazine that wants to setup
a system like this to put a digital edition of their issues online:
http://www.exacteditions.com
There are many services out there that do this, and in fact they are
currently using one. But they'd like to save money by moving this
in-house. They're starting with PDF files and want to display them
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| 2008/11/2-5 [Computer/SW/Apps] UID:51779 Activity:nil | 11/2 I'm thinking about buying Adobe Lightroom 2. I understand that
registration today is very much online driven. Does anyone know
if purchase is limited to registering to ONE computer only?
What if I reinstall Winblow (which I do every 12-18 months),
will I lose the license?
\_ there is no license.
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