Disabling 'simple file sharing'

Right click the Start menu
->Explore->Toolbar->Tools->Folder options->View>
scroll down until yoou see 'use simple file sharing' and deselect it.
Click 'okay'
Now, you should see the Security tab on the folder.
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Windows Vista Networking & Sharing
Use access control to restrict who can use your files
HDD Share names will not stick
Cannot change default administrative shares

spywareremove.com

Al buscar yieldmanager.com sale como primera opción en google.com:
ad.yieldmanager.com Removal Instruction
ad.yieldmanager.com Description and Removal Instructions.
Find and Detect ad.yieldmanager.com on your PC.
Remove, Uninstall and Get Rid of ...

Vorsicht! Attention! Atenzione! Cuida'o!!!!!!!!!!!!!
spywareremove. com/ removeadyieldmanagercom.html es una página muy sugerente en un sitio de apariencia seria y profesional, pero que es para descargar software engañifa (rogue software) que parece ser un software para proteger de sofware malicioso, pero es peor que eso.
Si tiene un problema con infección del "yieldmanager Ad"

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To tryr to determine were ad.yieldmanager.com is hosted
Execute ->cmd
C:\Documents and Settings\myhome>ping ad.yieldmanager.com
Pinging ad.yieldmanager.com [213.52.227.196] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 213.52.227.196: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=47
Reply from 213.52.227.196: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=47
Reply from 213.52.227.196: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=47
Reply from 213.52.227.196: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=47
Ping statistics for 213.52.227.196:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 68ms, Maximum = 76ms, Average = 71ms
C:\Documents and Settings\myhome>tracert ad.yieldmanager.com
Tracing route to ad.yieldmanager.com [213.52.227.196]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 5 ms 4 ms 11 ms 10.49.128.1
2 7 ms 25 ms 7 ms g02-pegasus.crs-1.onvol.net [212.56.128.190]
3 28 ms 21 ms 17 ms g01-draco.crs-1.onvol.net [212.56.129.97]
4 46 ms 38 ms 56 ms 217.15.96.213
5 47 ms 37 ms 35 ms ge1-15.73-1.datastream.com.mt [217.15.97.70]
6 * * 57 ms pal5-maltacom-4-mt.pal.seabone.net [195.22.218.121]
7 78 ms 77 ms 76 ms par8-par1-racc1.par.seabone.net [195.22.210.97]
8 87 ms 83 ms 86 ms prs-b1-link.telia.net [213.248.98.105]
9 84 ms 84 ms * prs-bb1-pos6-1-2.telia.net [213.248.65.77]
10 169 ms * * ldn-bb1-pos7-2-0.telia.net [213.248.64.10]
11 * 196 ms 191 ms ldn-b3-pos6-0.telia.net [213.248.65.238]
12 80 ms * * globix-106876-ldn-b3.c.telia.net [213.248.100.166]
13 66 ms 66 ms 65 ms ge-4-2-0-core2.lhr2.globix.net [209.10.12.225]
14 75 ms * 80 ms so-4-1-0.core1.lhr3.globix.net [209.10.11.150]
15 66 ms 75 ms 66 ms v4-edge5-gw3.lhr3.globix.net [209.10.22.5]
16 * * 71 ms 213.52.198.6
17 70 ms 68 ms 76 ms 213.52.227.196
Trace complete.
C:\Documents and Settings\myhome>
http://www.schwarzl.com/ipcheck.htm...ip3=227&ip4=196
Put in the tcp/ip number you are searching for:
Response from whois.ripe.net:
% This is the RIPE Whois query server #2.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Note: the default output of the RIPE Whois server
% is changed. Your tools may need to be adjusted. See
% http://www.ripe.net/db/news/abuse-p...l-20050331.html
% for more details.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html

% Note: This output has been filtered.
% To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag
% Information related to '213.52.128.0 - 213.52.255.255'
inetnum: 213.52.128.0 - 213.52.255.255
org: ORG-GL5-RIPE
netname: UK-GLOBIX-20001010
descr: Provider
descr: Globix Limited
country: GB
admin-c: DJK15-RIPE
tech-c: ASK33-RIPE
status: ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower: GBIX-RIPE-MNT
mnt-routes: GBIX-RIPE-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

organisation: ORG-GL5-RIPE
org-name: Globix Limited
org-type: LIR
address: Globix Limited
Prospect House
80-110 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1HB
England
phone: +44 20 7611 3000
fax-no: +44 20 7611 3002
e-mail: ripe-admin@globix.net
admin-c: CL1060-RIPE
admin-c: NB78-RIPE
mnt-ref: GBIX-RIPE-MNT
mnt-ref: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered
person: David Krauth
address: Globix Limited
address: Prospect House
address: 80 - 110 New Oxford Street
address: London. WC1A 1HB
address: UK
phone: +44 20 7908 8000
fax-no: +44 20 7908 8010
e-mail: dkrauth@globix.com
nic-hdl: DJK15-RIPE
mnt-by: GBIX-RIPE-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered
person: Adeel Khan
address: Globix Limited
address: 1 Olivers Yard
address: London
address: EC1Y 1HQ
address: UK
phone: +44 20 7611 3115
fax-no: +44 20 7611 3002
e-mail: akhan@globix.com
nic-hdl: ASK33-RIPE
remarks: ************************************
remarks: Please send abuse/spam notifications
remarks: to: abuse@globix.net only.
remarks: ************************************
mnt-by: GBIX-RIPE-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered
are these people http://www.globix.net/ responsibel for ad.yieldmanager.com spyware?
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Source

How to remove one of the most difficult spyware popup infections to date:
ad.yieldmanager.com
This insidious spyware was extremely persistent, avoiding cleaning by a normal set of favorite cleaners: Kaspersky, AVG Antivirus, AVG Antispyware, Spybot, Ad-Aware, Panda Online, HijackThis, l2mfix, VundoFix, Easy Cleaner, CleanUp!, and ewido.net.
At first it was even difficult to identify the type of spyware because the popups didn’t leave many clues other than an occasional “New Offer” popup window. However, after letting the PC system “ferment” a little to let the spyware infestation spread, the ad.yieldmanager.com signature appeared in one of the windows.
The best removal sequence came mostly from this site:
http://www.pchell.com/support/smitfraud.…
where are the steps for removing SmitFraud.
The set of cleaners to run from Safe Mode in this order:

• SmitRem by NoahdFear
  http://noahdfear.geekstogo.com/
• SmitFraudFix
  http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix
• RogueRemover
  http://www.majorgeeks.com/RogueRemover
• Aproposfix
  http://swandog46.geekstogo.com/aproposfix
• HijackThis
  http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis
• CCleaner
  http://www.ccleaner.com
• CleanUp!
  http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup
• Easy Cleaner
  http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniart…

Of the set of cleaners, RogueRemover and Aproposfix were considered the critical programs for this particular spyware infection.
After running all these cleaners the ad.yieldmanager.com spyware was removed completely.

Source:

http://www.zomocainc.com/2007/07/13/how-…

Firefox preloader

Descargar Firefox Preloader (feb 2005)
Firefox Preloader is a utility that is designed to load parts of Mozilla Firefox into memory before it is used to improve the its startup time.
La aplicación permite subir a la memoria determinados componentes del navegador que se despliegan en la memoria tras iniciarse el sistema operativo, tal como ocurre con Internet Explorer.
De manera que al iniciar Firefox los componentes principales ya estén cargados y dé la impresión que la aplicación inicia en tan sólo un par de segundos.
No compatible con Vista, no compatible con firefox 3.5?

googleapis.com

Source: http://www.robtex.com/dns/googleapis.com.html

googleapis.com is a domain controlled by four nameservers at google.com. All of them are on different IP networks.
googleapis.com has three IP numbers. All of them are on different IP networks. lively.com, urchin.com, google.net, gstatic.com, android.com and at least 13 other hosts point to the same IP. jot.com, gmail.ie, gmail.ug, gmail.ge, google.ae and at least 27 other hosts share nameservers with this domain. www.googleapis.com, ajax.googleapis.com and ajix.googleapis.com are subdomains to this hostname.

Visit googleapis.com

DMA reverts to PIO

Driver not intended for this platform
Driver not intended...
The stuttering DVD drive or the lame hard disk
Das stotternde DVD-Laufwerk oder die gelähmte Festplatte
Quick solution

If you're not interested in the details, but just want to fix this problem as quickly as possible:

1. Click here.
2. Despite any warnings click on the [Open] or [Execute] buttons as required to execute the file resetdma.vbs. (If you fear that this web site could be malevolent, you can use the manual method instead, which is described below. Or you could download, save, and inspect the program with an editor like the Windows Notepad. It is a script text file.)
3. If the program found any ATA channel to reset, reboot your computer and test all drives.
4. If the problem is still not solved, set the offending channel to PIO manually, reboot your computer, set the channel back to DMA, and reboot again.
5. Please report your results here. Thanks!

Please note that this works only with the Windows drivers. If your device had its own manufacturer's drivers installed, this program cannot fix the problem and will not do anything to them. Instead it will report that no resettable DMA channels were found.
Note also that many CD and DVD drives only use UDMA-2, because their data rate is much lower than that of a hard disk. This is normal and no reason to worry.
If you are interested in the details, read on. The program tries to reenable DMA in the registry exactly as described below, for all suitable ATA channels. Windows then redetects the DMA status after the next reboot.

Windows update & security

telus.net/dandemar
Important Computer Security, what you MUST do:

• 1. Firewall
• 2. Windows Update
• 3. Antivirus
• 4. Spyware

Service Pack Installation Checklists for
Windows XP, Windows Vista
and other versions of Windows.

Check out the NEW Microsoft Update

Windows XP Service Pack 2

Product Key Emails

Many potential issues may be eliminated by following
good Safety & Security practices

"Access is Denied" installing Windows XP SP 2

1. Verify you are attempting to install SP-2 using a profile with Administrator access.
2. Try a different profile that has Administrator access, create one if you do not already have another
3. You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you try to install Windows XP Service Pack 2
4. Follow the Service Pack Installation Checklist

The drive is not ready for use

The drive is not ready for use; its door may be open. Please check drive \Device\Harddisk1\Partition1 and make sure that a disk is inserted and that the drive door is closed.
Cause

This article was previously published under Q222871 in Microsoft Help&Support
This behavior occurs because removable media can be reported as malfunctioning if a cartridge is not present in the removable media device.
When the disk controller BIOS queries a removable media device, it stores the device status information in memory. At startup, Windows NT sends a query to determine the status of devices connected to the disk controller. Depending on the firmware installed, the BIOS revision, or the characteristics of the disk controller, removable media can be reported as malfunctioning if a cartridge is not present in the removable media device.

If you don't have a floppy drive but the icon appears in the Hard Drives/Partitions XP window, then it's for improper BIOS settings
Solution
Disable the onboard FDD controller in BIOS, set the floppy drive a: 3.5" to 'not installed'
Or disable "nostalgic" floppy disk drive in Device Manager