Are the transparency and translucency switches for the tga's enabled? They should be, if not. That is the most common cause for the black halo.
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There are also manual instructions for removing it here: http://www.securemost.com/articles/trou_3_remove_ie_searchbar.htm If you have Norton's, I would use Koasati's link first, otherwise, the link I'm giving has a more complete list of the dll's and reg entries to remove it manually. The link I gave also indicates that Pest Patrol now has blazefinder on it's update list, so that might be a good way to go also. Pest Patrol is a very good spyware remover. Good luck. <img src="http://i
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Stumpy, if you've run hijack this , you might want to check this thread to see if anything looks familiar: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=34589&goto=nextnewest
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Stumpy, if you click on the search toolbar, to what page does it take you? From the research I did just a few minutes ago, it seems there are two adware toolbars called 'Search Assistant', one by Blazefind.com, and one by lop.com. They also seem to be real devils to remove by all accounts. But from what I've found so far, they need to be treated differently so you need to know which version you have. <img src=
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.. to additionalize (like that word?) No, because it is not a word. The regular verb add is sufficient. undoubtably Undoubtedly, or perhaps even indubitably. <img src="http://imag
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I believe the problem has to do with the font. The font mrs_footsie is showing in the screenshot is not the skin font. Check your User Overrides in WB Config, and change the font setting for "All skin-defined fonts to be replaced by:" to "Leave skin fonts alone" And I believe your problem will go away. It is also possible that the font size is causing the problem, since it looks to be a bit larger font, but it's hard to tell from the screenshot as the same size in different fonts can occupy sign
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I hadn't started a new skin with that version, but I had a similar problem. I've been trying to finish the animations in my first skin, and the update came in the middle of it. I had the animations already included in my skin, even though I'm not completely happy with them yet, but when I opened the skin in SS after the update, they were gone! Fortunately, I still had the files separately, so no real harm done, but I had a sick feeling for a few seconds. Anyway, I too rolled back for now. <
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I think it's safe to say that all spyware programs are flawed in that sense. No single product out there catches everything. I run Pest Patrol, AdAware, and Spybot and each catches things the others miss. It also changes week-to-week as the updates change. Each of them have at times detected/removed something the others haven't included yet in their updates. I think the safest bet is to run more than one of them on a regular basis. However, having said that, each of those I listed, depe
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Methinks Fuzzy Logic is one of the brightest crayons in the box, but likes to make comments like #32 just for fun.
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Is that right? That doesn't seem right. I was reading that workers in textiles make about $2.00 per hour (Compared to the US which makes about 8 times that for the same job). The average income for the "common class" was $1,269.62. $2.00 an hour is $4,160 per year, so the "average" of $1,269.62 seems reasonable. That would be over $3.00 a day <
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I think that for the most part, dealing with the webmasters or web site owners of any sites in Russia especially will be a waste of time. The Russian mafia is very real, and has taken over a huge chunk of the piracy business from what I understand. The shadow economy of Russia provided by the mafia there has a dramatic influence on the economy, not to mention their other powers of intimidation and fear. The government may be the only hope for help there, unfortunately. And we all know how govern
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I just got an email from a friend who teaches English at a university in China. His English is better than mine, but he likes to play with my head with exaggerated Chinese 'inscrutibility'. He says he is willing to help with
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Jafo, my Russian is a bit rusty, but I can still read and write it fairly well. Fortunately, as I mentioned, I have friends in each of those countries who are native speakers and are willing to help. I spent a great deal of time this morning contacting people there who might be willing to help, and so far the response has been very good. So the language barrier shouldn't be too large a problem for me. It will be tracking down the right people to talk to and then convincing them to do something w
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paxx: thanks for posting. Although your approach to the topic is different than mine, on one thing we definitely agree. The problem is not unique to Eastern nations. By the way, the Chinese government seized more than 120 million pirated videos, more than 12 million pirated software units, and nearly 200 million other pirated products last year. As I said before here, it's a start. Japan, Korea, and Australia also had some huge seizures of pirated products last year, I believe. <BR
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KarmaGirl: I just offered in this thread to help any artist here who asks to contact people in Russia as well as China or Japan. Guess I'll find out how difficult it is, assuming the occasion arises. And yes, I said the same thing in my initial post here that laws are only as good as the countries' willingness to enforce them. I freely admit that the government of China lags far behind most of the rest of the world in enforcing IPR laws. But they DO have the laws and are doing more enfo
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Boxxi: I am very sorry that I hijacked your thread. I posted there because the comment that upset me was there. In hindsight, I very much wish I had not continued jockeying back and forth with Jafo in that forum. I was upset by the remarks and by some of his responses. I think we both got carried away in the heat of the moment. hopefully he and I can sort things out between us in private. Again, I apologize to you for hijacking your thread. <A HREF="https://www.wincustomize.com
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IPlural: Thank you for providing the link to that site. It is very informative, and I believe relatively unbiased. I really hope people will also read the White Paper available from the link at the top of the page. It has some very good information beyond the numbers. A couple of points though. I never said that piracy was not common in those countries. In fact here I specifically acknowledged that it is common. You point out the 92% piracy rate for China, which is atrocious. But, corre
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Jafo: I am not trying to provoke anything, other than hopefully an informed discussion. In fact, quite the opposite. My purposes for this post are stated quite clearly: To provide access to factual information from reliable sources, To take up the challenge/suggestion you made to me to assist others in getting their works removed from those foreign sites, and to better explain why I was offended by the comments you made. Since the original discussion was public, I felt my explanation should also
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Your statement is a fair generalization. The statement regarding "a [common] Eastern culture of 'take it, copy it, and disrtribute it' and to hell with its owners" is not.
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I am not a lawyer, nor do I claim to be an expert on intellectual property law. However, I have had a fair amount of exposure to the impact of international trade agreements specifically related to trademark and patent rights through the negotiation of contracts with international customers and suppliers (including Chinese, Japanese, and Russian companies) of my past employers. I have also done quite a bit of research in the area of international copyright law. International law regardi
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Look up the word "common" in any dictionary. The first definitions are something on the order of this: - Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more joint: common interests. - Of or relating to the community as a whole public: for the common good. That is from Dictionary.com. I fail to see how my posts distorted anything you said. Certainly not to the standard of "contemptible." I found your statement to be offensive. I spoke out and explained why I found
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I have no argument with you whatsoever regarding the importance of zealously defending the rights of individuals to control the distribution of their works. In fact, I very much respect and agree with your position on the issue of copyrights. I very sincerely respect you and commend you for your efforts in that area. But that has nothing whatsoever to do with the point of my posts. And yes... the key word is [common]. That is the point. Your statement attributes this behavior commonly t
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Some of my ancestors, non-combatants, were killed by the Nazis in World War II. I lost a cousin and a very dear friend in VietNam. My father's best friend had his business and home destroyed and he was severely beaten in the Watts riots by African-Americans. Since I and my family were personally affected by these individuals, then by your rationale, would I then be entitled to make negative characterizations in this forum about all those of Germanic, Vietnamese, or African origins? I sincerely d
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There are rips posted on this board on a weekly basis, with sites from all over the world, including Western sites, even those sites in our own skinning community. Those at fault are individuals . The countries and regions you mention are comprised of literally billions of people. To characterize billions of people by the acts of a few hundred or even a thousand is hardly justified. To paraphrase a statement you made earlier, "Just because some individuals may have cultural insens
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The history between you and Elfkura is none of my business, and is actually irrelevant to my post. My objection was to your gross negative generalization of a whole class of people - "Eastern culture." Perhaps it may make of me an exhile, but I will speak up to anyone who posts that kind of slur on any culture. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle" ALT="Powered b
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