Is it me or is everyone getting lots of windows updates recently?

Martini

I should check your update settings. The last batch that I had on XP were on 19th April

Optimist
I seem to have been getting one every two days recently. Where do I find my update settings please?
M

This is an interesting twist. It's the first time I've seen it in a virus email. The name of the attachment looks at first sight to end in .txt, thereby making it safe to open, but in fact ends in .pif, making it an executable program.


Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
name="detail3.txt .pif"

Martini

Start Button - Right Click My Computer - Select Properties then the Automatic Updates Tab.

Kayak

You could detect that with a rule that flaged long attachment names. So far as I know Outlook does not do this but do you know if it could be done by running a script when an attachment arrives?

Don't know optimist. I rely on looking at the raw text of the email before opening any with an attachment. Virus scanners are for wimps :-) This one fooled me long enough to open the email, but I realised before opening the attachment itself. Mind you I should have got a grey warning box if I had done that.

Sorry to be a nuisance, computer probs and using other computer.

How do I get a new window up each time I open up internet explorer? It is grabbing an already open window and using that

2Abbey

Try Tools/Internet Options, click on the advanced tab and make sure the option "Reusue windows for launching shortcuts" (under browsing) is unchecked.

Thanks Optimist, I thought that was it.

It is unchecked, does it require a restart?

You shouldn't need a restart but it nevre does any harm.

If anyone can help I would appreciate it, I have just updated to Norton IS 2004 - but it seems to be blocking the streaming feed...I have disabled as many of the settings as I can but as soon as I enable it the streaming stops. Maybe someone has encountered this problem. I have made no other changes to the system. Thanks in advance.

In the log is says

TCP non-syn/non-ack packet on invalid connection. Packet has been dropped
Source IP address: streamer.moneyam.com(193.243.128.76)
Destination IP address: ABCD-000006(81.76.191.12)
TCP Source Port: http(80)
TCP Destination Port: 1145
TCP Message Flags: 0x00000014

Garibaldi,

Jonathan may have some suggestions to point you in the right direction on this one. I will ask him and post the results here.

Ian

Thanks Ian.

I would appreciate some help as well, if possible.
I need to connect another screen . I have a disused laptop so would rather not invest in another tft. Can I connect this to the laptopI normally use and utilise it as an extra screen? If so, how?
Thanks in advance

Garibaldi,

I have just spoken to Jonathan, and he has advised that you need to be enabling any setting to do with Java and any setting to do with cookies - I am sorry I can't be of any more help, but we do not have the same piece of software in the office.

Ian

Yep those were the first things I checked...thnx anyway

Garibaldi, sorry to be so negative but I would recommend that you remove NIS2004, if you search the web you will find it has a pretty bad name and is a resourse hog, the stream problems could just be down to the delays NIS is causing. I dont use it but watched it slow down someone leses PC recently.

I hate these sort of products!

Do you have broadband? do you use a router? you can get pretty good security on routers and good enought virus protection with products like AVG and Trend Housecall. DO thats along with some Spyware bloking and you will be better of than with NIS.

Thanks for advice, I think I agree with you actually, have regressed back to IS 2002 for now, all is working and it has updated my subscription by a year as well..Norton AV now does not work but have just installed AVG. Broadband arrives where I am in 10 days, so will go that route when I can.

Ian et al
any ides regarding my post 1693??
thanks in advance

Jules,

I am not sure - let me ask JT for you.

Ian