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Mountain Goat · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject:

Alan, I'm really sorry to disappoint you, but all our XpPro installations (7, or counting the woodle's pet food calorie counter dedicated laptop, 8 in total) are running SP2 and none are pirate. You may find pirate XpPro an oxymoron.

Out of the 70 millions users, I gather, from a quick scan via Google and the tech forums, that I am not alone, apologies - I meant to say 69,999,999 users - I wouldn't want to include you.

If you're feeling bored, perhaps drop your post into one of the geek forums? You may find a flak jacket useful.

MG
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Jimbo · Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 3097 Location: Perigord noir

We still run Windows 2000 Pro on two of our workstations (because our expert says the platform is more stable than XP or Vista) and I was worried that AVG8 might not be compatible. However, it downloaded successfully on both and automatically kicked out 7.5. But I wonder how much longer we will be able to use friendly and reliable old 2000.

Jim

Mountain Goat · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:06 am Post subject:

Same feelings about friendly and reliable Windows NT - ran a network for years without the slightest blip - solid as a rock. Does it still exist?

MG
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Alan Knighting · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:51 am Post subject:

Alan Knighting · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:24 am Post subject:

Apologies to Margaret,

I think my last message should have been addressed to Richard or Jenny although I’m not sure which one is MG.

Alan

Mountain Goat · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject:

Having upgraded and done a full drive check with AVG 8.0 I'm the proud owner of 1,800 cookies on one of our laptops, 1,200 on another.

Before I find a way of zapping them, surely there are good cookies and evil cookies and should I best leave alone?

MG
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Alan Knighting · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject:

vrooje · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 3229 Location: Burgundy, France

I approve/reject all new cookies/cookie-setting sites as they come up, and I currently have cookies from 65 different sites (most of which set multiple cookies). I force most of them to be session cookies and I clear them regularly anyway, and it does me no harm.

The only cookie I don't like to clear is the one set by Lay My Hat that allows me to stay logged in to the forum at all times. Smile

MG, I'd say you're probably fine as-is. If you want to do as I do, it will take some getting used to (the constant requests for cookies), but it is very enlightening.
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Alan Knighting · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject:

Brooke,

As is the case with many things, proper cookie control can be an eye-opener but don’t many people need their eyes opened about many things?

Alan

Mountain Goat · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:53 am Post subject:

Many thanks for the advice.

Brooke, re:

The only cookie I don't like to clear is the one set by Lay My Hat that allows me to stay logged in to the forum at all times.

I find the login drops after 30mins or so - is that a function of LMH's inner workings, Paolo's preference or my browser (Firefox)?

MG
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vrooje · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 3229 Location: Burgundy, France

If you check the box to keep you logged in at all times, the forum shouldn't log you off. If it does that, it's probably a preference in your browser that forces LMH's cookies to be session cookies, or something else in your settings that forces sessions to expire after 30 minutes (if it's that regular).
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Brooke

Marks · Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 1602 Location: Costa Blanca

www.ccleaner.com/ is a good way to manage cookies. You chose to include or exclude and when you run the cleaner those you don't want are removed.

Jimbo · Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 3097 Location: Perigord noir

I've got nearly 1600 cookies on my main workstation. If I zapped all of those, is the worst that could happen as a result that it'll take me longer to access those sites again? Do any of these cookies have a more sinister motive? And would my machine be noticeably better for their removal?

Jim

Mountain Goat · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:05 am Post subject:

Thanks, Brooke and others.

So, following up on Jimbo's question, which to delete and which to keep and what are the downsides of deleting?

MG
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Alan Knighting · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:10 am Post subject: