Block downloads. Prevent browser changes. Locks down Add-ons, Preferences, 'about:config', Bookmarks Blocks unwanted Web Sites All with a central password.
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i find that an active-X block stops loads of stuff. the landlord has to press a button to allow active-x. Active-x was one of the first ways to get full program operation from browser. java has sort of been more secure than it, but i have not found it as nessisary to block All scripting (java)
@JourneymanGeek Oh yeah, I remember the other day when I was looking for a way to stop ADs from the router and found a few dozen of constantly-mantained host files.
once there is no active-x, and no scripts , and no .net programs possible to run from browser, i can walk through the depths of hell, without anything actually getting to the computer from the browser. The stuff that stays in the browser then (stupid warnings) are then laughable
spywareblaster puts in thousands of kill bit (kind of things) in the registry for active-x , passivly disabling them before they run. and they keep adding in more. plus it puts pure crap sites in the restricted zone, again passivly taking out 17,000 pieces of junk without any real slowdowns or scanning junk
Active-X kill bits , are just using the windows compatability system (i think) and saying no to them. one caveat a registry cleaner will see it as something inactive and remove them :-(
The new java 8 (update) has changed the default security for java. only high and higher now. which i think means there has to be a cert somewhere ? so the criminals have to make that extra effort to make thier viruses more secure :-)
one guy even took a picture of his monitor showing the underscore.. I am seeing it and can confirm
grub works fine, and I can boot into lubuntu. Unfortunately, I accidentally fragged the windows SSD and wanted to attempt to reinstall it....but I can't reinstall without bios...or to be more specific, the bios seems to have reverted to "secure boot" disabling most of grub's functionality and stopping me from booting from my usb drives...
@deltree i only know desktops, and do not do linux, but there are a few options in todays new bioses that make the thing so bloody fast, it doesnt wait for user input. instead you have to apply the OS software to get back in. Now hows that gonna work when the os is borked?
so if anyone has any ideas for repairing my bios I'm all ears. All the forums I've seen have given up when the user sent in for an RMA. I attempted a manual CMOS reset, taking the motherboard out and popping the battery and everything...but nothing seems to fix it
anywho, I can access the bios, by grub and by pressing delete at startup...but the bios is just that black screen with an underscore...no interface at all...doesn't appear to be a video glitch either, as standard commands like esc,f10 don't do anything
did the CD or some download have one of them softwares for getting into the bios ? Which only are made for windows systems? and if you used such a booting that engages the bios to come up on post?
so, in my experimentation, I have manaed to back out of grub (esc, then 'exit')
it throws an ugly red error when you do
but when you press enter (ok)
something amazing happens
windows 8 recovery screen appears
and won't let you do anything
:)
I looked into the update instructions....more than one person has bricked their MSI trying to use the windows software to update it....it's best to flash the bios from....the bios....which I can't access...and no, there's no linux software for it...I'd think it unwise to run it in wine or a VM
this is how MSI recommends you update the bios file:///home/deltreey/Downloads/Flash_BIOS_by_UEFI_BIOS_Setup_Utility_en.pdf
I'm tempted to toss the machine altogether...as stupid and wasteful as it seems. The battery hasn't worked correctly since I took the thing apart the first time.... both windows and linux weren't charging it and thought it was empty or....even once they thought it was a desktop machine
I think there are instances where a UEFI can put up a text underscore, not positive. but that has to be one sure clue as to where the softwares are at.
If that has to be out to booting, and beyond the posting, then your just not getting TO the bios (which you know exists)
the windows recovery screen has an option for UEFI, when I select that, press delete at startup, or press system settings in grub, I get to that screen with the static cursor...which I am 90% sure is the "bios" interface now
you think I'm missing the prompt because of fast boot?
on a desktop , we would just reset the uefi/bios to defaults, not so easy on laptop. but we would not flash it, because that adds in more possibilities for issues.
on an obscure forum, someone suggested holding ctrl+fn+num7....not sure why, but I'm tempted to try it...unfortunately, there is a key combination that will lock you out completely based on what I've been reading which has me...a tad paranoid
that's actually not a terrible idea
I'll be back in a few minutes after trying to boot without any drives
so pulling the hard drives did nothing...at first... The system just went to a blank screen. pressing delete brought up the blank screen with the cursor
but...
when I put the drives back in...windows took the priority...instead of grub...so the recovery screen popped up
one of my clients had chinese govt malware on their router... I kicked over the data to linksys so they could mitigate it....offered to send them the hardware. now word back
@JourneymanGeek For what I know, the US co-developed a worm with Israel designed to disable Iranian centrifuges used for nuclear refinement...or so they say
A friend of mine sprayed "Black Flag Home Defense" insecticide under her
computer. It died immediately. I'm trying to figure out why, and how
fixable it might be.
I found an MSDS, but it only says what the active ingredient is,
deltamethrin, 0.02%. Apparently everything else is proprietary and/o...
superuser.com/questions/895586/… <--- what went wrong here? asks for opinion, ok, but seriously wasnt this all donvoted because "nobody was going to Read that"?
So i can understand the downvote on the question, but did they have to "prove thier point" by downvoting all the answers too?
The reason to still "worry" about SSD is, they literally went from the manufactures themselves saying that SLC would last ~1Million rounds, to the MLC-TLC 10-30K rounds. So all the people worried back when it was 1 million , why should they be relieved now?
yea when the nand should have made it to the next century, it was the contollers that died
still years after all that, i bet my metal box around the stuff, still provides better insulation, than heat sinc. Knowing that the controller could have used the whole of the aluminum box around it to have it be cool as a cucumber.
I tend to assume any one thing is unreliable and have multiple points of failure where I can ;p
For all of those who were worried...
Ok I just saw everyone's responses and started cracking up, made me look dumb as hell lol. I've been charging it like this until now and nothing bad has happened but I've stopped it now. Probably shouldn't have done it until I got responses... but anyways I'll do what you said. Thanks. — Ashour Badine59 mins ago
all this SSD writing to death, and they should have had HDs being thrashed the whole time too. if 1in4 of them died (working 4x as slow) during the SSD tests, mentally i could call it a wash
I feel like my setup should be a complete reversal, to use the SSD for the store once read a few times things. and beat the heck out of the HDs. But i failed to see the point of the Speed, if it wasnt in the most used location.
Just installing an SSD into an HP Probook 6560b and noticed that Samsung Magician states that the drive is connected with SATA 2. I looked in the BIOS and SATA 2 (3.0gbps) was chosen, rather than SATA 3.
This was the default setting.
Why would SATA 2 be default rather than 3? I realise HDD will...
how to answer such a question, of course improved speed of the storage could "use more power", but 99.8% only because things can occur faster. Did you get it working at sata 3 or not.
The users pane let's us see our own questions, answers, comments, tags, badges votes etc.
It would be really nice if we could also see the most recent posts we viewed.
There have been so many occasions I've looked for something to find it, forget to mark it as favorite and close the browser (t...
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Just installing an SSD into an HP Probook 6560b and noticed that Samsung Magician states that the drive is connected with SATA 2. I looked in the BIOS and SATA 2 (3.0gbps) was chosen, rather than SATA 3.
This was the default setting.
Why would SATA 2 be default rather than 3? I realise HDD will...
The users pane let's us see our own questions, answers, comments, tags, badges votes etc.
It would be really nice if we could also see the most recent posts we viewed.
There have been so many occasions I've looked for something to find it, forget to mark it as favorite and close the browser (t...
