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[bob3160]

The next time you have a problem, Why not take a look at
Windows Reliability Monitor

Thanks for sharing this Bob as I find this very interesting

It's a great little tool to see what's not working and find out why.
If you go back in history, you should also find out what got installed to cause the problem.
Doesn't fix everything but it's another tool when you're playing detective.

[CraigB]

The next time you have a problem, Why not take a look at
Windows Reliability Monitor

Thanks for sharing this Bob as I find this very interesting

It's a great little tool to see what's not working and find out why.
If you go back in history, you should also find out what got installed to cause the problem.
Doesn't fix everything but it's another tool when you're playing detective.

It's a very handy windows function that I've used many times before, even for reporting several avast problems from the past

[George Yves]

The next time you have a problem, Why not take a look at
Windows Reliability Monitor

I found it in my Vista but didn't see the graphs. Are they for Win7 and older only?

[CraigB]

Not sure about Vista George but it's in Windows 7 and 8.

[bob3160]

Oxygner KeyShield Is A Virtual Keyboard Immune To Keyloggers & Spyware

[bob3160]

A new Start Button from Google for Google

[bob3160]

Automatically remove tracking tokens from URLs in Chrome, Firefox

[DavidR]

If you use NoScript in firefox, there should already be a blocker for Urchin tracker. If you have NoScript you can check it has that string present, open the about:config page and type urchin in the Search and it should show this.

If you have it no need to have another add-on just to do this task.

[bob3160]

If you use NoScript in firefox, there should already be a blocker for Urchin tracker. If you have NoScript you can check it has that string present, open the about:config page and type urchin in the Search and it should show this.

If you have it no need to have another add-on just to do this task.

With NoScript, it's a manual operation the add-on I described does it automatically.

[Dch48]

If you use NoScript in firefox, there should already be a blocker for Urchin tracker. If you have NoScript you can check it has that string present, open the about:config page and type urchin in the Search and it should show this.

If you have it no need to have another add-on just to do this task.

I see it as another way of weakening the overall structure of the internet by reducing the amount of revenue generated by legitimate advertising.

[bob3160]

If you use NoScript in firefox, there should already be a blocker for Urchin tracker. If you have NoScript you can check it has that string present, open the about:config page and type urchin in the Search and it should show this.

If you have it no need to have another add-on just to do this task.

I see it as another way of weakening the overall structure of the internet by reducing the amount of revenue generated by legitimate advertising.

Agree with you which is why I don't use it.

[DavidR]

If you use NoScript in firefox, there should already be a blocker for Urchin tracker. If you have NoScript you can check it has that string present, open the about:config page and type urchin in the Search and it should show this.

If you have it no need to have another add-on just to do this task.

With NoScript, it's a manual operation the add-on I described does it automatically.

Check my image, this is a default setting created by the NoScript add-on, I didn't add it.

[DavidR]

If you use NoScript in firefox, there should already be a blocker for Urchin tracker. If you have NoScript you can check it has that string present, open the about:config page and type urchin in the Search and it should show this.

If you have it no need to have another add-on just to do this task.

I see it as another way of weakening the overall structure of the internet by reducing the amount of revenue generated by legitimate advertising.

NoScript doesn't block adverts, it blocks scripts.

Something like AdBlockPlus blocks ads, I guess you aren't too familiar with firefox (being an IE10 advocate) or the add-ons used by it.

[Dch48]

If you use NoScript in firefox, there should already be a blocker for Urchin tracker. If you have NoScript you can check it has that string present, open the about:config page and type urchin in the Search and it should show this.

If you have it no need to have another add-on just to do this task.

I see it as another way of weakening the overall structure of the internet by reducing the amount of revenue generated by legitimate advertising.

NoScript doesn't block adverts, it blocks scripts.

Something like AdBlockPlus blocks ads, I guess you aren't too familiar with firefox (being an IE10 advocate) or the add-ons used by it.

I wasn't talking about  NoScript but rather the program that Bob posted. I'm well aware of the difference between AdBlock and NoScript even though I don't use either one.

[bob3160]

The 2 Faces of Gmail's Compose function:

Some like it small:

Some like it big

The choice is yours