Black Viper is back! Yes, in Security

Black Viper is back! Yes, in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17971580 en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:36:01 EDT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:36:01 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18107284 SpannerITWks : hpguru

I explicity said " shutting down services etc that are NOT required "

People can always quickly return the BV config to as was and compare before and after.

I know you didn't say i said " MS Windows Sucks " and i don't think it's totally true. MS itself has done some dastardly deeds over the years though !

I don't install malware that often lol.

pre vista

You are correct sir, and more like a fever i'd say !

Spanner
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/SpannerITWks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18107284 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:52:13 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18107163 anon : Drastically off topic.

said by hpguru

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BV's advise is very bad advise. I also wonder what percentage of those who have followed BV's bad advise closely are also among those who are always ragging in forums about how much "MS Windows Sucks

hpguru, forgive me, but advise is a verb, not a noun. The word you should be using is advice.

I see this on all the forums lateley; its like a cold, everyone's catching it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18107163 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:28:41 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18103680 hpguru : Personally I have always felt that in the hands of most users, BV's advise is very bad advise. I also wonder what percentage of those who have followed BV's bad advise closely are also among those who are always ragging in forums about how much "MS Windows Sucks". After all one cannot expect a crippled OS to perform any differently than a crippled OS.

said by SpannerITWks

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Many of the tweaks he mentions actually help to secure your PC a lot better, by shutting down services etc that are not required, so can't be used by Malware.

So don't install malware.
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Dear Jesus!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18103680 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:48:17 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18100911 Mele20 : They were updated several days ago. I used them for SP2. As of then, he had not told us why he disappeared. Has he done that now?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18100911 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:35:09 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18100821 NICK ADSL UK : Black Viper's Service Configurations Updated!
»www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18100821 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:17:31 EDT Re: Tweaks, upgrades and performance analysis http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17997035 AB :

said by EGeezer

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That's the simple way - throw hardware at it, which will generally improve most non-application and non-database issues. But you gotta note that there are people here who've noted (or claimed to) the sub-millisecond difference between seek times to different locations on a disk.. ;)

When I seek at 8ms intead of 9ms, it just "feels" faster. ;)

Also, I'm looking at it from the perspective of a real operating system where one can actually see such detail and model changes to system parameters and the resulting throughput changes.

Now you're just trying to confuse the issue with facts. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17997035 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:41:02 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17997029 Name Game : When all said and done...
If you choose the right hardware it still might not increase your download speed. But in many cases when the chunk size is adjusted just right it will get everyone's attention without standing in the queue.

ht tp://www.joe-ks.com/MultiMedia/UpsetBoss.wmv
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Also, I'm looking at it from the perspective of a real operating system where one can actually see such detail and model changes to system parameters and the resulting throughput changes.
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said by EGeezer

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. . Anyone attempting to fine-tune for performance needs to analyse the performance of all components, including applications and data objects, and look at more than a cookbook set of recommendations. . . .

I dunno . . . sounds like a lot of time & effort to me.

I'm gonna just disable all caching, set the swapfile to 'zero', crank my CPU up a couple of notches, and have done with it.
YMMV. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17995247 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:10:48 EDT Tweaks, upgrades and performance analysis http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17995081 EGeezer : There has been some good discussions, and some broad generalizations made in this topic.

As for BV's site and value, I have found it useful to determine what services perform what functions and what can be tweaked to tune for security or performance. I applaud him and others who provide such information.

I wish system performance were as simple as some portray. My experience in the commercial grade OS world has been that not only does one have to consider swapping and paging settings, the system loads need to be analysed and need to include CPU, memory, I/O, communications, application design, database design, permissions and file structure.

The amount of workload on the various components also affects the effectiveness of performance tuning. For example, one can add memory to a poorly performing system, but if the application is I/O intensive and the database is not properly indexed, the system will gain little if any throughput.

As a component like disk, CPU or Communications pipe becomes busier, a queuing effect starts to impact response time. For example, a Comm line utilization above 40% busy will start to show deteriorating throughput. CPU at 70% and disk I/O throughput starts to queue at 40%. When queuing becomes significant, another element of response time becomes evident; wait time, where components and programs wait for queued requests to be fulfilled. At that point, tweaks or upgrades that would provide little or no benefit begin to make a bigger difference.

This isn't a complete explanation, as volumes have been written on system performance.All I've done is scratch the surface.

BV's (or anyone else's) tweaks may - or may not - provide significant throughput improvements. For systems with low relative utilization of its components, the tuning may have minimal effect. Systems with bottlenecks will generally see improvements when the bottlenecked components are upgraded.

Anyone attempting to fine-tune for performance needs to analyse the performance of all components, including applications and data objects, and look at more than a cookbook set of recommendations. System performance tuning is as much an art as a science, but is still based on an orderly process.
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03:14:07 UTC Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2038 - a date that will live in infamy...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17995081 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:56 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17994483 radical1 : Amen]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17994483 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:35:23 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17994421 AB :

said by Blue2

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Besides, with MS, you always need a "Microsoftese" dictionary handy and still end up scratching your head.

"Please wait while the list is being populated". My first reaction when I saw this years ago was "populated by whom"? . . .

Amen to that.
I despise using Microsoft's sites to find tech information. They never met a sentence they couldn't turn into a mish-mash of jargon. I think they must threaten to fire anyone who makes any information straightforward and simple to comprehend.

said by radical1

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. . You guys should donate some funds to the guy for all his hard work too.

Oh, good! Just what the Internet needs-- someone else telling us all what we should do. :uhh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17994421 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:23:00 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17993972 radical1 : I am glad to see he is back.Viper was a big help in me learning what services to shut down in xp.

You guys should donate some funds to the guy for all his hard work too.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17993972 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:48:13 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17993027 Blue2 : Besides, with MS, you always need a "Microsoftese" dictionary handy and still end up scratching your head.

"Please wait while the list is being populated". My first reaction when I saw this years ago was "populated by whom"?

Black Viper may be a techie but at least he writes like he's human.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17993027 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:51:51 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17991464 TraCKs5 :

said by wapu

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The "Big Deal" about that site is that the information was easy to follow and all in one place. I could go there when looking for info on machines on my domain and machines in a workgroup. It was the best source for information.

As for going to micrsofts site, that is like telling someone to look something up on the internet without a search engine. Doable, but a big PITA.

I learnt how to reformat my computer and to make email rules for outlook express through BVs site and will be forever gratefull :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17991464 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:05:02 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17991429 EGeezer : We'uns only smoke the good stuff, La Gloria Cubana and Arturo Fuente. They go great with a nice smoky Islay Single Malt. You can have the seeds and stems.. :D
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said by EGeezer

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It's Monday blues, I need sympathy, here's my s'gar.. :D

How'd you get that doobie to look so store bought? That would fool every peace officer. Man, with the size of that thing, you don't need sympathy; you need company.
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»egg.d21c.com/egg.swf

Argle is still tweaking his fast user switching.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17989002 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:03:03 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17988710 Name Game :

said by AB

said by dj_figgy

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Bottom line, people will argue about anything :)

I take issue with that. ;)

You will have to stand in line with the rest of us :D
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17988710 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:09:44 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17988698 GadgetsRme :

said by CajunTek

said by AB

said by dj_figgy

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Bottom line, people will argue about anything :)

I take issue with that. ;)

Hey, that's my issue... and you can't have it... ;)

sorry, couldn't resist

It is like I told jabarnut

awhile back, 10 people=10 opinions and they're all WRONG because damn it I'm the one that's ALWAYS RIGHT!! Now that's the end of that subject.
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Gadgets]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17988698 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:07:16 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17988637 CajunTek :

said by AB

said by dj_figgy

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Bottom line, people will argue about anything :)

I take issue with that. ;)

Hey, that's my issue... and you can't have it... ;)

sorry, couldn't resist
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said by dj_figgy

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Bottom line, people will argue about anything :)

I take issue with that. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17987440 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:14:32 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17986710 dj_figgy : Bottom line, people will argue about anything :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17986710 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:16:42 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17984355 Name Game :

said by Mele20

said by Name Game

:

Besides that even Hardware you might use comes into play on the techincal end of it..

»support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/I···ql.shtml

It's Jazzy who has a Gateway. I have a Dell XPS 600 and another older Dell...no Gateway. So, I don't think the Gateway support site would be of much help to me. ;)

;)

What kind of help you looking for..I thought everything was copasetic except the flash "what playing" stuff trying to do in your WinAMP.. flickering your display when you listen to the radio staions on the net so it mess up your posting and other multitasking you are doing ? We can do Dell also..but not in Security. :(
Did you ever check with dell site on your motherboard ?

Your settings are OK. :D
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said by Name Game

:

Besides that even Hardware you might use comes into play on the techincal end of it..

»support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/I···ql.shtml

It's Jazzy who has a Gateway. I have a Dell XPS 600 and another older Dell...no Gateway. So, I don't think the Gateway support site would be of much help to me. ;)
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»www.msfirefox.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17984308 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:02:44 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17984291 Mele20 :

said by Steve

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I don't understand how Virtual Memory works

Oh, really...well then why don't you explain it? Obviously, you just wanted to take a cheap jibe.since you didn't bother to explain what you have read from my mind that you are so certain I don't understand...yeah...well... :p :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17984291 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:00:43 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17984264 Mele20 :

said by Doctor Four

said by Name Game

:

Oh my goodness the FBI also got to your link :D I always wonder who controlled all those 404's

The page you requested cannot be found. The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

Actually, it's merely a case of him putting an extra ) at
the end of the URL:

You missed the point, obviously. :( »www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/09/secur···dex.html

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»www.msfirefox.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17984264 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:55:36 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17982726 Name Game :

said by Steve

said by Mele20

:

So, I take it you are one of those who set a gigantic swap file size? I think that doesn't make much sense. I force XP to use physical memory. I set a small swap file and that has worked beautifully.

Allow me to translate this for the others:

said by Mele20

, what she really means :

I don't understand how Virtual Memory works

Besides that even Hardware you might use comes into play on the techincal end of it..

»support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/I···ql.shtml

Just ask Jazzy :)

»How much is to much Memory,"Curious" Question
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said by Doctor Four

said by Name Game

Actually, it's merely a case of him putting an extra ) at
the end of the URL: »www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/09/secur···dex.html

Yes we did that early this AM also :D

»is there a virus on this website?

but I like NetFixer's idea much better.. ;)

»Re: is there a virus on this website?
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said by Mele20

Allow me to translate this for the others:

said by Mele20

, what she really means :

I don't understand how Virtual Memory works

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said by Name Game

Actually, it's merely a case of him putting an extra ) at
the end of the URL: »www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/09/secur···dex.html
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"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17982466 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:42:49 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17982342 Blue2 : No Shamrin, I was not trying to make this personal. But I was trying to make a point about how unpleasant it is to have people judge you without facts.

Black Viper is providing a service that you can accept or ignore. I object to people attacking him for providing it, unless they don't feel that they have gotten their "money's worth" or are willing to provide something better.

Of course one should be cautious about security precautions and one should know the reliability of the source before doing anything that might cause harm. But if one questions the motives of everyone who provides advice, you can start questioning the motives of everyone here at BBR as well. That would be rather cynical.

Black Viper owes you nothing, but many act like he does. It doesn't matter if you know him well or not. The point is that you can criticize his advice, but I take exception with criticizing his motives unless you have some proof of his bad intentions...or can do better.

Those that can, do. Those that can't, criticize.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17982342 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:10:11 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17982124 shamrin : I'm not sure if you're trying to make this personal or what, but I'm not going to take it that way because it's not really worth it.

I will lightly defend my POV though and take issue with the "innocent until proven guilty" notion. I'm pretty sure you'll agree that's not really the best approach to security, in fact just the opposite is probably a better route. We can quibble over what's healthy (I think you have a buddy in NameGame trying to support your case about where to draw the line) and where tin foil hats come into play.

Just to be clear, I don't know Black Viper and I don't really care much about his site either way, if you do then that's quite fine by me - by all means frequent it with joy and inquisition with my full approval. All I was trying to do was lend a little support to some poster who had what I thought was a reasonable level of scepticism himself.

/sch
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I have no opinion, therefore I do not exist]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17982124 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:16:58 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981923 danny9 : Thanks for the post Nick.
I've been reading this post and I personally find it quite amusing.
The fact that Blackviper is back is good news for many and I am glad that everything is ok for him and that he has his life on track.
Many of the members of this site are very knowledgeable and very helpful.
They are always here to try to help someone in need.
I thank you for this because I have learned an awful lot from the members here.
From what I have noticed though, is many times it seems, that some posters expect your help and you go unthanked for what you do.
That's a shame, but some people expect everything as if they're owed this.
Love him or hate him, all the Blackviper is trying to do is help.
At his expense, on his own time, just trying to impart what he has learned, to try and help others.
Right or wrong, agree or disagree. I don't think he deserves the slams he's been getting by some people.
Those who dislike him or his info, have the right to disagree but knocking him for trying is wrong and unfair.
No one is perfect but some still try.

Carry on Blackviper, and Welcome Back!! :)
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said by shamrin

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I applaud your scepticism, we could use more of it around here, this is the internet after all and you do live in a country where the FBI are reading your email for no particularly good reason (»www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/09/secur···dex.html).
Any security expert that disappears for 2 years with no explanation then resurfaces in the same way deserves a certain amount of, well, scepticism. Let the over-reactors over-react.

I'll bet in the end though the story isn't as interesting as it seems right now. I've heard that for all its excitement, occasionally real life has been known to interfere, sometimes for long periods, with using The Google.

/sch

Oh my goodness the FBI also got to your link :D I always wonder who controlled all those 404's

The page you requested cannot be found. The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

But then again it could have been the russian mafia controlling your mouse and corrupting the link you posted :o Please check your firewall.
»Re: Firewalls, bad to use ZoneAlarm since it's too common?
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»www.missingkids.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981887 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:53:35 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981771 Blue2 : Shamrin, I applaud your right to your point of view, but I don't see how this has to do with the FBI reading emails in the US? Conspiracy theories and political arguments are best kept for another forum. (By the way, forget the FBI. ANY company you work for has the legal right to read your emails, so this isn't news.)

Did Black Viper describe himself as a "security expert"? I don't think he presented himself as anything other than a techie, using his spare time to advise others on how to optimize and secure Windows. I don't see how he owes you anything. He isn't under contract and can come and go as he pleases without asking for permission.

There's a difference between healthy scepticism and cynicism. Sceptics have doubts. Cynics just assume the worst. A cynic would see your location as India and just say that you are probably the guy who took away Black Viper's tech job.

Mind you, I'M not that cynical, and I sure hope that no one else is. It is simply unpleasant to go through life assuming the worst about everyone. You know, innocent until proven guilty and hold off judgement until the facts are in.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981771 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:16:48 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981634 shamrin : I applaud your scepticism, we could use more of it around here, this is the internet after all and you do live in a country where the FBI are reading your email for no particularly good reason (»www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/03/09/secur···dex.html).
Any security expert that disappears for 2 years with no explanation then resurfaces in the same way deserves a certain amount of, well, scepticism. Let the over-reactors over-react.

I'll bet in the end though the story isn't as interesting as it seems right now. I've heard that for all its excitement, occasionally real life has been known to interfere, sometimes for long periods, with using The Google.

/sch
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I have no opinion, therefore I do not exist]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981634 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:10:11 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981563 Blue2 :

said by jabarnut

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I suppose it's as good a time as any to come out of hiding...when you need some money in a hurry.

The gall!

(I should add that if he's had some health issues or other serious problems, then it's understandable, and he has my sympathy).

However, If he's going to come right out and immediately ask for donations, I still feel he owes his so called 'loyal readers' an explanation right now...not "soon".

Perhaps you should send donations "soon".....but not "now".

1) He "owes" you absolutely nothing, whether you are a loyal reader of not. (By the way, "loyalty" is a pretty ironic choice of words.) It always amazes me how people complain about free resources (software, advice sites, etc.) as if they've been "screwed" out of something. Not satisfied, move on.

2) He's been in "hiding" and "only" surfaced because he needs money in a hurry? Boy, you top even us jaded New Yorkers for cynicism. Beware of the Easter Bunny too; he might be after your eggs.

3) "Come right out and ask for donations?" You mean that rather discreet indication at the end? How would you suggest that anyone that needs help ask for it--telepathy?

4) Lastly, let's just get a rope and string 'em up. Let's not wait for his explanation. That will also serve as a warning message for other people who dedicate their time to such misguided efforts. ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981563 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:00:37 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981452 Mele20 :

said by toadlife

:

Windows operating systems are "swap happy" and like to write pretty much all physical memory to the swap file as soon as they are loaded. Other OSs like linux and FreeBSD, tend to try to fill up physical memory before resorting to swapping, but in the end they all do the same thing - they make it so processes that need physical memory get it.

So, I take it you are one of those who set a gigantic swap file size? I think that doesn't make much sense. I force XP to use physical memory. I set a small swap file and that has worked beautifully. I monitor its usage and it has always been under 80% of the limit I set until a couple of days ago (when I was trying to save data in Process Monitor and Process Explorer was running also) and that is the only time that Windows has had to resize the page file in over 3 years and tell me I was totally out of physical memory. :D

Edit to add that I think is great that BlackViper is back. I'm like Crystal Sky...it is a lovely birthday present. :)

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»www.msfirefox.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17981452 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:01:45 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17980941 Name Game :

said by toadlife

You are quoting an error from a badly written game for Windows 95. Is there a point to that?

My point is many of the games out there are still bady written..and user have more than just games to contend with on their PC's today since they also use them for other things as the primary use.They buy them canned from a manufacture and they do not build them from scratch. This means they have all kinds of Aplications Loaded and services runnning even with processes in the background.

Now you can push the limits of your swap..
»www.ap0calypse.com/archive/index···-97.html
or buy as much RAM as your boards will take..but it still comes down to the fact that disabling services you do not need in WinXP for the average user will gain more RAM and over a 24 hour period if you set up Cacheman to monitor your PC it will give you the min/max values on all the perameters..even as you deal with waiting for windows to resize the swap and pray that you do not run into fragmentation.
All services do not just sit there and those that a user does not need they can set them to manual or disable. Even SP2 took a crack at a few..and lest we forget..not all user are running Pro.. most are WinXP Home.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17980677 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:40:00 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17980598 MADx : That is what I use Viper's website for, security.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17980598 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:21:54 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17980486 SpannerITWks : It seems like quite a few people are focusing only on things like, how many Mb's of RAM and HD could be saved !

Many of the tweaks he mentions actually help to secure your PC a lot better, by shutting down services etc that are not required, so can't be used by Malware.

Spanner
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/SpannerITWks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17980486 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:55:39 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17980364 CtrlAltDel : Nice to see black viper back. Since I discovered »www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx it has proven very useful in addition to bv.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17980364 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:30:26 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17980328 toadlife :

said by Name Game

:

It will speed up more than boot time even if you let Window manage..which is silly to do in the first place.

Please point me to some tests that show this. I've never seen any. However, I have seen tests that show the opposite.

said by Name Game

:

I am certianly familiar with pre-emptive multitasking to guarantee each process a regular "slice" of operating time making the processor rattle around the jobs in the queue.

Exactly. Which is why disabling services does not make a difference. These services, for the most part just sit there and do nothing. A process that does nothing does not take up a measurable amount of CPU time from other processes.

Virtual memory is why disabling services appears to free up RAM, but really does nothing but keep data from being loaded into the swap file at boot. XP and all other modern operating systems move the memory pages allocated by processes to virtual memory when they are not being used. As a result, the memory being taken up by these idle services does not impact processes that are active. Windows operating systems are "swap happy" and like to write pretty much all physical memory to the swap file as soon as they are loaded. Other OSs like linux and FreeBSD, tend to try to fill up physical memory before resorting to swapping, but in the end they all do the same thing - they make it so processes that need physical memory get it.

said by Name Game

:

When people get that famous message in XP..

"Digitized sounds are not available in Enhanced Mode due to the nature of preemptive multitasking. Use standard mode [win /s] to allow for digitized sounds"

..they cringe also.

You are quoting an error from a badly written game for Windows 95. Is there a point to that?
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Windows Services - Black Viper 2002

Everything else - DSLR 2004 to present

Even though I've been a member since of DSLR since 2002, the initial drive to learn the ins and outs of online security came from GRC.com and Black Viper.

Welcome back, Black Viper.

said by CS Anon Style :

This is the best birthday present I received this year!

Happy Birthday. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17979829 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:47:29 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17978934 anon : Hurray!
This is the best birthday present I received this year! :D
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 @ 2:26 PM PST

Sparrow

Flying under the DB radar! ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17978934 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:32:35 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17978722 Name Game : It will speed up more than boot time even if you let Window manage..which is silly to do in the first place. I am certianly familiar with pre-emptive multitasking to guarantee each process a regular "slice" of operating time making the processor rattle around the jobs in the queue.

When people get that famous message in XP..

"Digitized sounds are not available in Enhanced Mode due to the nature of preemptive multitasking. Use standard mode [win /s] to allow for digitized sounds"

..they cringe also.

But out the gaming arena and back to the every day user..The More RAM they can end up with just after a full reboot..the better their performance will be..

Here's a laptop laying around which proves it..
You should have seen it before we uninstalled Window Defender..the mix of ram and swap was funny.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17978722 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:49:02 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17978511 toadlife :

said by Name Game

:

For now the link I have the most respect for is this one.

Translation: I'm am one of those people who believes that if something is written on the internet more than once, it must be true.

said by Name Game

:

Microsoft WINDOWS XP Services Setting

BOOSTING PERFORMANCES ON LOWER RESOURCEFUL SYSTEMS RUNNING WINDOWS XP.
Notes: Disabling Windows XP "un-needed services" can free up to 12MB-70MB of RAM, depending on system.

the info is factual..and it even gives credit

Editor's Note: This information was originally created and belongs to Black Viper.
We have reproduced and enhanced it, in part until the original website returns, if ever.

»www.racelinecentral.com/WindowsX···ces.html

Concepts for you to familiarize yourself with:

* Preemptive Multitasking
* Virtual Memory

Both of them make disabling services next to useless.

Disabling services will decrease 12-70MB of data in your swap file and can speed up boot time. Speeding up your boot time is not a bad thing, but you are fooling yourself if you think there is any other performance benefit to disabling services.
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said by Name Game

said by toadlife

:

Call me envious...
Call me a hater....
Call me an asshole (I am), but...

*yawn*

I seriously don't understand why people fawn over this moron.

His site is full of information ripped off from other sources, and illogical rants that show at best his mediocre brain capacity.

His, and his adoring fans belief that shutting off services improves application performance in Windows 2000 and XP is a perfect demonstration of the placebo effect in action, as published (and unpublished - I've done them myself) benchmarks have shown that shutting off services in Windows XP has virtually zero benefit.

If you want to learn about Windows, try www.microsoft.com. There you can get all of that good Windows information, minus the stupid hamburger rants.

/end_rant (maybe BV can publish it next to his hamburger rant)

Hey toadlife,
Since you just joined us in 2004it is time for a history lesson and some addtional info to spice up the thread....

Gee. Thanks for putting me in my place. I feel so stupid now.
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With that said, I really don't understand the huge fan following. I used his site to help me out with a few things. I use alot of different websites for gathering information. If a web site disappears, I find another one.

Anyway, I am glad he decided to return, and continue helping other PC users. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17977921 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:03:58 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17977562 AB :

said by altermatt

:

...are we SURE this is really the original BV? Some have suggested (I have absolutely no info one way or another) that someone else grabbed the domain name when it came up for renewal, not to update anything, but to hit loyal users up for donations and then never contribute anything further.

If it's Blackviper, I'm happy for him, and glad to see him back.
Love him or hate him-- you can take him with a grain of salt, but the guy provides great information.

The only downside could be if it is in fact as you alluded to, and this is none other than Blackviper's arch-enemy "The Red Salamander" instead-- foul deeds being done, and just one more step in his dastardly world Windows Services-Guide Website domination scheme.

Time will tell . . . .
Let's keep our fingers crossed! ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17977562 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:40:13 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17977476 jabarnut : Perhaps you should have also read a little further along in the thread:
»Re: BlackViper

What can I say....I'm a littler wiser now.
Not much, but a little.
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said by jabarnut

:

If I'm the * some * people you're referring to, I never called him any "names".

I simply stated that if he was going to suddenly disappear for two years, maybe he owed his "loyal readers" at least some sort of explanation as to why, *before* he left.

And lets just say that was impossible for some reason.
Now that he's finally back...what's with the big mystery?

Come out and explain it now.
He could have done that in the time it took him to write the short mystery novel that is on his site at the moment.

Jeez

said by SpannerITWks

:

You wanna see him disappear again soon or what ?

Spanner

Sure as hell wouldn't bother me.

»Re: BlackViper

said by jabarnt :

said by whizkid3 :
Why doesn't someone write him?

Great idea whizkid3

I just did!

I'm thinking (hoping), he will eventually be back too.
Of course "Site under construction and coming soon" could mean anything.

Like a lot of people, I really miss the Site and told him so....I'll let you guys know in the rare event I actually hear from him.

Perhaps he really did answer your inquiring Spring missive back then two years ago (if he received it), or at least thought about answering it (if he could) ... ;)

Either way, it's good to know that he is apparently alright!
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Part III: "Swap files", Themes and other miscellany

Now we come to BV's non-services recommendations.

First off, he discusses "swap files" (by which he means page files). His recommendations, from the worst performance to the best:

»www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=410234

**************************************

Long after the release of Win XP, Mircosoft then finally made up a page where they took a shot at Performance

That you can read here with other suggestions they now have besides RAM with XP.

Managing your computer's performance
»www.microsoft.com/resources/docu···mfr=true

Managing computer memory
When your computer is running low on RAM and more is needed immediately, Windows uses hard drive space to simulate system RAM. This is known as virtual memory, and is often called the paging file This is similar to the UNIX swapfile. The default size of the virtual memory pagefile (named pagefile.sys) created during installation is 1.5 times the amount of RAM on your computer.

You can optimize virtual memory use by dividing the space between multiple drives and removing it from slower or heavily accessed drives. To best optimize your virtual memory space, divide it among as many physical hard drives as possible. When selecting drives, keep the following guidelines in mind:

• Try to avoid having a pagefile on the same drive as the system files.

• Avoid putting a pagefile on a fault-tolerant drive, such as a mirrored volume or a RAID-5 volume Pagefiles don't need fault-tolerance, and some fault-tolerant systems suffer from slow data writes because they write data to multiple locations.

• Don't place multiple pagefiles on different partitions on the same physical disk drive.

You can choose to optimize your computer's memory usage. If you use your computer primarily as a workstation, rather than as a server, you can have more memory devoted to your programs. Your programs will work faster and your system cache size will be the default size that came with Windows XP. You can also specify to set aside more computer memory for a larger system cache, If your computer is used primarily as a server, or if you use programs that require a larger cache.
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said by toadlife

Hey toadlife,
Since you just joined us in 2004it is time for a history lesson and some addtional info to spice up the thread.

"In October 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP, a version built on the Windows NT kernel that also retained the consumer-oriented usability of Windows 95 and its successors. This new version was widely praised in computer magazines.[1] It shipped in two distinct editions, "Home" and "Professional", the former lacking many of the superior security and networking features of the Professional edition. Additionally, the "Media Center" edition was released in 2003, with an emphasis on support for DVD and TV functionality including program recording and a remote control. Mainstream support for Windows XP will continue until April 14, 2009 and extended support will continue until April 8, 2014.[5]"
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP

With those dates in mind..those "other sources" (Microsoft themselves ;))you mentioned :D did not even published that info until.. Published: May 1, 2003 | Updated: May 2, 2003
:p :(

Then you jump into a 09-04-05, 03:13 PM Fresh Daemon's rant post about Blackviper where he does a clean installs of Windows XP, but it is really in both cases "brand-new installation of XP SP2 " and we know it's XP Pro and his goal is to tell gamers they need more RAM after he overclock the hardware with tweakies..and uses it all to bash Blackvipers site wherein at Blackviper Original content created: February 14, 1999 and He published info that not only Fresh Daemon used to rant..but the real facts are BlackViper was the first one, even before Microsoft themselves, publish ANY details on XP Services Information whatsoever muchless in a format that all could understand when Win XP was first released.

So all of you can rant till the cows come home and even Fresh Daemon can post freely admitting "Don't imagine that the services BV disables to achieve his Power User and Barebones configurations are unnecessary or useless for the desktop user, they're not, and memory savings here definitely come at the expense of functionality."

But the real facts today in 2007 is that the functionality that he speaks about is User preference..just like he expressed his own Personal preferences on his likes or dislikes.

And the fact even remains that there are even differnet kinds of gamers and overclockers. Some just play..some host..etc.

Since we are now in the age of SP2 on XP and not yet SP3 ;)
I would suggested that even Fresh Daemon info is outdated from 2005..and I could add a buddle of tweaks and suggestions for user of winxp sp2 pro that would also help since Microsoft did finally wake up and take Security seriously on that Service Pack..but they also crippled the user in other respects that can be corrected by the USER without giving up on Security.

For now the link I have the most respect for is this one.

Microsoft WINDOWS XP Services Setting

BOOSTING PERFORMANCES ON LOWER RESOURCEFUL SYSTEMS RUNNING WINDOWS XP.
Notes: Disabling Windows XP "un-needed services" can free up to 12MB-70MB of RAM, depending on system.

the info is factual..and it even gives credit

Editor's Note: This information was originally created and belongs to Black Viper.
We have reproduced and enhanced it, in part until the original website returns, if ever.

»www.racelinecentral.com/WindowsX···ces.html
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»www.missingkids.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976816 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:58:39 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976744 cork1958 : Better late than never, I guess!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976744 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:00:01 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976631 Lappen : Great news!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976631 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:06:42 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976611 Psicop : Here is a good guide as well:

»blogs.technet.com/markrussinovic···ces.aspx]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976611 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:50:22 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976369 wheeled : This is good news, he was missed...W]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976369 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:49:42 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976266 porkchops : Glad BV is back online.
His list of xp services was a great reference.

But I think someone beat him to the punch this time.
»SpeedyVista]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976266 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:06:09 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976184 dodgetech2 : I didn't even know Quack Viper was gone......]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976184 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:39:50 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17976070 EGeezer : Hadn't seen racelinecentral before - My favorite of the group is theeldergeek. :)
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said by toadlife

Ha! What have you done?
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To BV: Glad to see you back! :)
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As for going to micrsofts site, that is like telling someone to look something up on the internet without a search engine. Doable, but a big PITA.
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I am sure many people will be glad Black Viper is back.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17975893 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:26:17 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17975689 heels_fan : Thanks Nick...

Do I smell a hint of jealousy around here?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17975689 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:33:37 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17975168 kemp : Nice! Outstanding!
Thanks a lot!
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Call me a hater....
Call me an asshole (I am), but...

*yawn*

I seriously don't understand why people fawn over this moron.

His site is full of information ripped off from other sources, and illogical rants that show at best his mediocre brain capacity.

His, and his adoring fans belief that shutting off services improves application performance in Windows 2000 and XP is a perfect demonstration of the placebo effect in action, as published (and unpublished - I've done them myself) benchmarks have shown that shutting off services in Windows XP has virtually zero benefit.

If you want to learn about Windows, try www.microsoft.com. There you can get all of that good Windows information, minus the stupid hamburger rants.

/end_rant (maybe BV can publish it next to his hamburger rant)
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said by EGeezer

said by major marco

:

I've read the guy's site sporadically throughout the years. Sometimes his info is helpful, sometimes not. But someone explain to me exactly what the deal is with the cult following around here. Chuck Sparks is just like any other schmuck who spends his life in front of a computer. That he has now emerged with a wife and now resides on the west coast is indicative that he dropped out sight for the past 2 yrs and is even more of a Joe Sixpack. What exactly is the reason for all the black viper .... around here?

As opposed to the Major Marco contributions? Well, where do we start ... :D

Only to tell him it makes no difference who blackviper is..the site is back up..it is useful and safe to visit.

That at DSLR we also like other sites which help in the same way and here they are..

»www.racelinecentral.com/WindowsX···ces.html

»www.liutilities.com/products/win···library/

»www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
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said by major marco

As opposed to the Major Marco contributions? Well, where do we start ... :D
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Copyright ©2000-2007 MajorGeeks.Com
Powered by Esselbach Storyteller CMS System Version 1.8
NTCompatible.

»majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12
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»www.missingkids.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17974593 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:02:32 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17974584 Jrb2 :

said by NICK ADSL UK

:

»www.blackviper.com/

Thanks Nick :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17974584 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:00:44 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17974057 HRM : I had found his old site in google archives and downloaded the entire thing. I guess I can delete that.

Thanks for the headsup.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17974057 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:27:26 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17973996 altermatt : My first reaction was YES! The original site was one of the most valuable security resources on the Net, IMHO; I can't count the number of noobies who are surfing much safer thanks to his guides (does that pretty much answer your ill-worded question, major marco?). My second was "hope he deals with Vista soon."

Unfortunately, my third is a bit more cynical, inspired by posts in another security forum...are we SURE this is really the original BV? Some have suggested (I have absolutely no info one way or another) that someone else grabbed the domain name when it came up for renewal, not to update anything, but to hit loyal users up for donations and then never contribute anything further.

If this is truly BV, he deserves a donation for the efforts he put into this resource. Any way to be sure? (I hate having these questions; tin foil hats don't become me :)).

EDIT: It looks to me as if the domain was registered in 2000 and doesn't expire until 2009, which bodes well for it being genuine, doesn't it? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17973996 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:15:47 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17973645 anon : Excellent! He made parole! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17973645 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:26:54 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17973490 jabarnut : If I'm the * some * people you're referring to, I never called him any "names".

I simply stated that if he was going to suddenly disappear for two years, maybe he owed his "loyal readers" at least some sort of explanation as to why, *before* he left.

And lets just say that was impossible for some reason.
Now that he's finally back...what's with the big mystery?

Come out and explain it now.
He could have done that in the time it took him to write the short mystery novel that is on his site at the moment.

Jeez

said by SpannerITWks

:

You wanna see him disappear again soon or what ?

Spanner

Sure as hell wouldn't bother me.
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A person devotes countless hours on behalf of others, in providing and financing a www stacked with very useful info and tips on how better you can secure your PC etc, and he gets called names etc ?

And why do " some " people always seem to take but not give. If it wasn't for people like BV and others, plenty of us would be worse off in many ways. So what's wrong with supporting someone, especially when they need it most. If more people had helped him out in the past with $ he wouldn't have to ask, and unfortunately often in life if you don't ask you don't get. You wanna see him disappear again soon or what ?

It's quite obvious to me from what he's frankly said, that he's had a few personal problems etc, and has stated he's been unemployed since October 2005. Give the guy a break will ya !

I'm pleased to hear he's found a nice girl and happily married, and going to college. So it sounds like he's back on track, which should be encouraged, NOT dissed etc.

Good for you BV, keep on keeping on.

Spanner
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/SpannerITWks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17973392 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:46:00 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17973130 jabarnut : All very strange I'd say.

First, he disappears from the face of the earth for a couple of years, with no explanation whatsoever, leaving all of his 'loyal readers' behind.

Now, he suddenly reappears out of the blue, and is still keeping everyone in 'suspense':

quote:
Soon, the world will know exactly what happened to me as well as many questions I am sure everyone has. Until then, here is some answers to questions that people may be asking themselves....

....the truth is stranger then fiction

...nobody but me actually knew the truth until just recently

And then, after leaving everyone still wondering what happened, he's looking for donations to boot (no pun intended).

quote:
...recent events have compelled me to reach out to my previous loyal readers for support

I suppose it's as good a time as any to come out of hiding...when you need some money in a hurry.

The gall!

(I should add that if he's had some health issues or other serious problems, then it's understandable, and he has my sympathy).

However, If he's going to come right out and immediately ask for donations, I still feel he owes his so called 'loyal readers' an explanation right now...not "soon".

Perhaps you should send donations "soon".....but not "now".
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Good to see BV back.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17973017 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:48:52 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972836 Grail Knight : That is indeed good news. :)

Thanks for the info.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972836 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:20:47 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972711 jaykaykay : This is good news indeed, especially for me personally. I am going to be getting a new system and will be reinstalling or adding anew XP, and I've forgotten more than I ever knew about the settings. I look forward to having this valuable guide to what might be settings to think about.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972711 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:59:21 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972675 TomR_in_MI :

said by major marco

:

What exactly is the reason for all the black viper "appreciation" around here?

In the early days of XP I was concerned about what MS was doing in the background. BV's services guide demystified XP for me. It gave me enough information to feel confident that I was in charge of my box and MS wasn't.

This past weekend I reinstalled XP for the first time in 3+ years of owning this box, I doubt I would have made it this long without having BV's guide in the early days.

I sent him a donation today. YMMV
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Your computer can help find a cure for cancer. Check out Team Discovery]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972675 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:51:46 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972533 MADx : Yessss! I been using Elder Geek, which is also a great site, but I prefer Blackviper's site overall. :D
Now I wish I knew what happen to Anime yume. :(

www.animeyume.org]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972533 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:22:09 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972516 Jeffrey :

said by NICK ADSL UK

:

»www.blackviper.com/

Wow, that is great news!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972516 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:19:46 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972512 major marco : I've read the guy's site sporadically throughout the years. Sometimes his info is helpful, sometimes not. But someone explain to me exactly what the deal is with the cult following around here. Chuck Sparks is just like any other schmuck who spends his life in front of a computer. That he has now emerged with a wife and now resides on the west coast is indicative that he dropped out sight for the past 2 yrs and is even more of a Joe Sixpack. What exactly is the reason for all the black viper .... around here?
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972512 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:19:34 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972431 dadkins :

said by jabarnut

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That's great news!

We may get an influx of new members now, after they shut down too many services and their computers won't boot.

New members are always welcome! :)

My thoughts exactly! :o

Thanks Nick!
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Thanks, Nick! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972214 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:24:33 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972045 TeMerc : There is a digg link too:
»www.digg.com/tech_news/Black_Viper_is_back]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17972045 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:53:01 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17971936 jabarnut : That's great news!

We may get an influx of new members now, after they shut down too many services and their computers won't boot.

New members are always welcome! :)
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:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17971907 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:27:19 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17971697 dannyboy 950 : Thanks that is great news ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17971697 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:47:40 EDT Re: Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17971692 HA Nut : Yippee! :D

BV's site was a wonderful resource and more than once I wondered if we would ever see it again. I'm glad he's back!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17971692 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:46:06 EDT Black Viper is back! Yes, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17971580 NICK ADSL UK : »www.blackviper.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17971580 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:24:07 EDT