802.11b Homebrew Antenna Shootout (Pringles Wins!)

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[Rodney King]

It does? ok. it seems like when I look at othere peoples computers they have a lot less. thanks.

[Clinging Bitterly]

I reckon you're using NT or 2K or XP Pro, those systems all give a detailed report of running processes. I checked mine (XP Pro) and it's currently at 26 running processes, though a slightly different set than yours - for instance, I canned MSN Messenger and Windows Message Service - they are annoyances for which I have no use, and I'm currently letting the XP built in firewall have a tryout instead of ZoneAlarm, and I use NAV instead of Mcafee.

You can look for the files on your drive and right click and select properties to see who published them. You might want to research any that are unsigned.

Dave in Eugene

[Rodney King]

Thanks a lot for your help! Perhaps I ought to can zonealarm and use the xp firewall.

[Clinging Bitterly]

>> Perhaps I ought to can zonealarm and use the xp firewall.

I dunno. I decided just a couple days ago to give it a trial, I'll check the logs & see what's been blocked. I did check it on the grc.com website & it came back full stealth. I do miss ZA's systray icon though. With my crappy MSN dialup connection, it gave a much better indication of throughput than the standard Windows icon.