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Firefox Myths Quote: Myth (Definition) - A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology. There are numerous Myths floating around the Internet regarding Firefox. Hopefully this site will debunk some of these.

Updates: v1.0.2 Performance Myths - Firefox Achieved 10% Market Share in 2005 Security Myths - Firefox is More Secure by not using ActiveX Feature Myths - Firefox fully supports the most important W3C Standards

Updated! v1.0.1 Performance Myths - Firefox is the Fastest Web Browser Performance Myths - Firefox is Faster than Mozilla Security Myths - Firefox is the Most Secure Web Browser Feature Myths - Firefox Blocks all Popups Feature Myths - Firefox is the Most Standards Compliant Web Browser

XP Games - A Windows XP Freeware Game Guide Quote: There are thousands of games available for Windows XP. All the well known titles cost money to own. This guide covers the better Freeware games from Independent Developers and Commercial Publishers. The following games are 100% free full games, not Demos or Shareware. None have any Adware or Spyware. Every game listed has been installed and tested for basic compatibility with Windows XP. Most of the Games will work on Windows 2000 and older versions of Windows just check the requirements. Hopefully this will provide you with some good entertainment without ever having to spend a dime. This is not intended to be an all inclusive Guide but a reference to target the better Freeware titles.

XP Myths - Myths Regarding Windows XP Quote: Myth (Definition) - A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology. There are numerous Myths floating around the Internet regarding Windows XP, especially relating to Optimizations and Security. Hopefully this site will debunk some of these. Requirements, Optimizations and Security Myths Debunked.

Optimize XP - A Windows XP Optimization Guide Optimize Windows XP to improve both work and gaming performance safely. Windows XP's default configuration is far from optimized. This guide will help you improve your overall system performance. I avoid using or recommending "all-in-one" Windows XP Tweak programs since many blindly adjust settings that have no affect on performance and can cause future problems. This guide is designed to be performed top to bottom, in sequence since some steps are required to be performed before others.

The Optimize XP - A Windows XP Optimization Guide is not recommended to be used with other guides. Any tweaks, optimizations or utilities from any other guide that work are already in the guide. For Windows 2000 use: Optimize 2000 - A Windows 2000 Optimization Guide

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/Optimize2000.html "Clean Spyware and Viruses + Optimize Windows 2000 to improve both work and gaming performance safely. Windows 2000's default configuration is far from optimized. This guide will help you improve your overall system performance."

Copy the following lines to a batch file and run it: msiexec /i {00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7} /qb- REMOVE=HTMLSourceEditing msiexec /i {00010409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7} /qb- REMOVE=HTMLSourceEditing msiexec /i {00020409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7} /qb- REMOVE=HTMLSourceEditing msiexec /i {00030409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7} /qb- REMOVE=HTMLSourceEditing

Secure XP - A Windows XP Security Guide Improve Windows XP's Security on computers not connected to a Domain. Windows XP Home does not include all the security features Windows XP Professional does, so some security options may be unavailable to the Home user.

Quote: You must admit, Internet Explorer is under attack, having its many holes exposed (called 'windows' for a reason). Yes I admit it is under attack but it can be secured, look at Steps 1, 2 and 3 of the Guide. The largest exploit that CWS and its variants exploit is MSJVM, once that is removed you are left with ActiveX Vulnerabilities. They are closed down with SP2 and Spyware Blaster. In the end a secure IE gets no more Spyware infections then you do with Firefox. Unless of course you are ad click happy . At which point recommending Firefox becomes just a personal preference and offers nothing more then Avant Browser has, actually Avant Browser has more features. Alot of people online are overly hyping Firefox when it is very easy to secure IE from spyware infections.

Quote: This will secure your connection and also deactivate the Server and Workstation services as well. If you click on shares in Computer Management you will get an error since the server service isnt started- a bit more tidy than a Registry workaround You would want to use the Registry File if you have file sharing enabled. Quote: Not sure if it is nessesary to have the Windows Firewall enabled and a 3rd party one (such as Zonealarm) at the same time. I normally turn off the Windows one and also disable the "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" service. It specifically mentions not use both at the same time. Quote: Also, they missed a biggie out! If you can, use an alternative to Internet Explorer such as Opera, Mozilla, FireFox. That is a personal preference.

Secure XP - A Windows XP Security Guide