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--------------( the above is an advertisement )-------------- 1) Shortened IssueI normally prepare Thursday's issues on Tuesdays; and unless you've been living in a cave, you're aware that the US experienced a horrific terrorist attack on Tuesday. To you, that was a couple days in the past. To me, it's happening now: I watched the World Trade Towers fall on TV about an hour ago. In that hour, I've gone from initial shock, to tears for the victims, to an icy outrage at the fools who perpetrate acts like this. There is no excuse, no justification, no motivation, no rationale that can make acceptable a brutal act of unprovoked violence against the innocent and uninvolved--- except, perhaps, in the minds of madmen, barbarians, and pawns who substitute slogans for rational thought. Today's issue will be somewhat shorter than usual. Click to
email this item to a friend 2) A Hoax Getting Too-Wide PlayReader Tom Whalen was one of many disturbed by allegations at a site (the URL can't be reproduced here because the site name includes a certain four-letter expletive beginning with the letter "F"):
Listen to your BS detectors, Tom: they're giving you good info. The fact that the site name contains an expletive is a sign that the people peddling this nonsense are kids, either chronologically or psychologically. I suspect the former, because no one with any serious Windows experience or almost any meaningful DOS experience at all is stymied by "hidden files." What these kids are talking about are things like the DAT files that simply contain the stuff that--- for example--- lets IE offer a selection of recently-visited URLs as you type in an address. Hidden DAT files are "system" files; and like *all* system files in Windows, they're inaccessible by default to keep the uninformed from diddling with them. But, same as any other system file, they're accessible if you reset the file Attributes either in Windows (it just takes a couple clicks) or from DOS (it just takes one command-line instruction). In fact, cleaning the DAT (and similar) files was the working example we used in the "Save Your Butt With DOS" series ( http://content.techweb.com/winmag/columns/explorer/2000/21.htm ); and that led to the creation of the Clean9x batch files at http://www.langa.com/cleanup_bat.htm . That free file will completely erase the DAT files in question, simply and easily. When you think about it, Windows 9x has been around for a long time--- 6 years. The idea that Microsoft could have planted in every copy a "secret database" that somehow could have remained hidden until now--- that is, until a bunch of kids finally learned about the ATTRIB command--- is laughable. In short, the idea that Windows contains a secret database for spying on you is an utter hoax. It's just plain BS. Click to
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1/ Do you, like me, really, really hate Windows Media Player 7/7.1 and find it cluttered bloatware that takes forever to load, seems to promise everything but does nothing well? WinME won't let us kill it off, but SRRP will swap it back to Media Player 6.4 and let you get on with life. And, if you're into self-flagellation, you can even swap back to WMP 7/7.1 later. But there are so many better products out there.... 2/ SRRP kills off Movie Maker. Like, when was the last time you used it and how lame was it? Free up some hard drive instead. There is, however, no going back on this without your Windows CD. System Restore Remover Pro is a small (516 KB) download and installs in Control Panel. Once installed and activated, its possible it may display a screen saying your ME is not registered (even if it is) - click 'don't show this again' and Yes, choose your preferred tweak, reboot and voila! OK, its not all that big a deal, but it gives you the illusion you can have a small part of OS as you use it, not how Mr Bill wants it to be. Keep up the great work with the Langalist! Regards, Barry W Cook Thanks, Barry. Manual de-activation of System Restore isn't hard. The method--- and the reasons why you might want to do it--- are covered in " Ten Ways to Make Windows ME Run Better" at http://content.techweb.com/winmag/windows/features/merunbetter/default.htm .But SRRP does more than the plain manual removal method, and may thus be a useful tool for those readers dealing with WinME's particular quirks. Click to
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