The Tool Time guy writes for CNet?
Posted on 02/17/2004 1:16:37 PM PST by OldCorps
Archive material. Lots of good stuff here.
Got any suggestions for an XPPro PC that can't get to HTTPS sites since a Windows Update?
All of you, computer savvy or not, should use the Proxomitron. It will work out of the box and protect against such things as popups and homepage hijackers. Run the install program, put a shortcut to it in your startup folder, and then set it as an http proxy on port 8080. To do this for IE go to tools, internet options, connections. Then click settings if you have a dialup connection or click lan settings if you have cable. Either way, the rest is the same. Check the box that says use a proxy server and then click advanced. Under proxy address by HTTP, type in "localhost". Under port, type in 8080. OK your way out and surf free of popups, ads, and other obnoxious stuff.
You will have an icon in your system tray. If you want to bypass the program and see the page as it would appear normally, right click the icon and select bypass all filters and refresh the page.
Another thing. If you maintain the browser proxy settings as mentioned above and the Proxomitron is not running, you will not be able to connect to the internet. You will either have to reverse the proxy settings in the browser settings or start the Proxomitron.
Finally, this program is a stand-alone meaning it adds nothing to the registry or do such things as install dll's in the windows directory. This means if you don't like it all you have to do is not use it and if you want to uninstall it, just delete its program folder.
It's available here:
http://www.proxomitron.info/files/index.shtml
I would suggest getting the first one listed named ProxN45j.exe because that one is the latest version and provides one-click install.
I have given you all the instructions you will need to use the program succesfully. You won't even need to look ar the help file but of course that is the first place to look along with the readme file for more info. The program is amazing and can do alot more than what I have mentioned. But that requires some extra study.
By the way, it's totally free. Sadly, this wll be the last release. The developer will no longer be working on it. However, unless the web drastically changes, it will work fine for years to come.
I used to a couple of years ago get daily tech stuff from ZDnet. As you can see in the link they have feedback for all their articles.
Just as here, there's a couple of vehement MS backers. One that always stood out to me then was one who went by "Tim Taylor" Never found out if it was real or a riff on Tool Time. Don't know if he's still there.
Those same rabid fans of MS (or Mozilla or Linux, for that matter) also post feedback in the program downloads section. (ZDnet and Cnet are the same bunch).
http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/AnchorDesk/4520-7297_16-5120689.html
And was he farting in her general direction? :)
Bump.
"Filthy, nasty spywareses...
trying to ruin the Precious.
We won't lets that happen, no.
We'll shows them good!"
In IE click on Tools/Internet Options/Security Tab and make sure the slide bar is set to Medium. Cookie handling is the issue. If the slide bar is already set to Medium then try a lower setting of the slide bar then click Apply/OK. Try to go to a secure site to see if it works. the "S" in http means secure site.
If you know the update # that caused the problem please advise. That would help me determine what has gone wrong.
You're very welcome. I would not surf without it.
Wow! This is from a real old post. I'm glad to see someone took a look at the MyIE2 program. I like it a lot and it works on sites where Opera won't.
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Home study use.
Excellent post. (good for home use as well).
Question to you though, reguarding the link http://sac-ftp.gratex.sk/utilmisc23.html , why would one need to optimize one's memory? Also, does that work for all Microsoft OS'es or just Windows 98, for example?
Interesting, thanks.
There are two kinds of "memory" in a computer.....The hard drive is for long term saving of documents, etc.....while RAM is short-term memory which is physically mounted to the motherboard.
When you click on Free Republic, for example, the video display is stored in temporary RAM but is not saved to the hard drive unless you have chosen to make Free Republic available offline.
If you have many programs open but lack a sufficient amount of RAM then your computer becomes very sluggish and some programs may not even work.
On the other hand, if a computer has plenty of RAM then RAM optimization becomes less important. All computers are sold by the major mfrs with insufficient amounts of RAM unless the computer is ordered as a custom made machine and enough RAM is specified so that optimization becomes necessary. Knowing this is why I recommend the installation of FreeRAM.
Most off-the-shelf computers these days are sold with 256 Meg of RAM. That is the bare minimum for WinXP if other programs are configured to run at Startup if one expects to see good performance. The more RAM a computer has the faster and more efficient it will be.
WinXP is very efficient at managing RAM but earlier versions have what is referred to as "memory leaks." When a person exits a program Windows is supposed to remove all of that program from RAM. With versions prior to WinXP this became a problem because programs that were not even in use were still residing in RAM because previous versions of Windows were not very good at managing RAM.....leaving less RAM for other applications and programs.
The FreeRAM program not only makes sure that all programs not in use are removed from RAM but it also "compacts" RAM so that there are no "dead spots" so that RAM becomes more efficient.
I run WinXP Pro with 1 Gig of RAM but still choose to run FreeRAM because I can notice a difference in performance with it as opposed to without it. As you might guess, I spend a lot of time on the internet and use many graphics programs, etc, so that I have configured FreeRAM to optimize every 30 minutes.
FreeRAM will run on versions of Windows from Win95 - WinXP.
That's the best explanation I can give to you without getting too technical, if I haven't already. :-)
Oops!
I forgot to mention that if you want to read a site that goes into a little more detail and may provide you with further info as well as downloads you can visit:
http://home.houston.rr.com/computerdoc/index.html
Yes, that is my site. :-)
I cant really say, I dont have much experience with spyware.. But it might be time to back up your data and rebuild the system..
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