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XP Spyware
mobrien_12:
Worker did understand that you were talking about XP itself.
Get a 3rd party firewall program like zonealarm.
When it asks if it can talk to microsoft.com tell it NO.
MS isn't going to like this. After all, they obviously think they have a right to make your computer phone home all the time.
worker201:
quote:Originally posted by dull60:
GOD I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT 3RD PARTY SPYWARE I AM TALKING ABOUT THE TYPE OF THING LABELED ON THE FIRST FUCKING MICROSUCK PAGE BUT FOR XP INSTEAD OF 98.
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I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about. I even cruised the Microsuck home page to find any articles like the one you speak of. Perhaps you could provide a link?
Look, an OS uses ports (like doors). Ftp traffic comes to one door, http traffic to another. There are hundreds of doors, and in Windows, they are all unlocked by default. If you close a door, nothing can get in or out through that port. So, if you close whatever port Microsoft happens to be using to send its spydata to the home servers, then the data will not be sent. All you have to do is figure out what port to close. A quality firewall program will let you close any port you like, anytime you wish.
Caps lock should be off when conversing on forums.
dull60:
the artical im talkin about is here
http://www.microsuck.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml
worker201:
The registry edits should be similar for both 98 and XP.
XP locates the IE hidden files (which are not entirely hidden) in \settings and users\yourname\content\. I don't have windows in front of me to verify that this is the correct path, but you can at least start there.
Refalm:
quote:dull60: windows was using 20% or so of my bandwith
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It's called QOS, and it's installed on all Windows XP machines by default.
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