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Baloney!  I've been running that way for as long as PCs have been around, .

With windows ACLs and NTFS came along with NT 1997. Different story with *nix OSs, but I assume we are talking about Windows, since it's the only PC platform for DVDProfiler.

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and never had a successful hack,

Successful hack means that you don't know that your system has been compromised.

Naah, triple post. Too tired and getting drunk   

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3. Hips

Hips?

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Contributing profiles and images, from a security perspective, is no different from visiting this website.  The only connection made is between your machine and our server, just as it is now as you read this message.  DVD Profiler makes similar connections when downloading profiles and images.

The only 100% secure way to ensure you are safe is to unplug your computer, and I bet the script kiddies are working on a way to infect you then too.

Keep your Windows updates current and run a decent virus scanner, and never choose to run an executable without considering the source, and you should be fine.

As mentioned above, plugins are programs.  You must choose to trust the source of the plugin just as you would when downloading an application elsewhere.

You know now that I'm reading this I have to remind myself that in the five odd years I have been using these programs (IVS/ Invelos) .., I have NEVER Ever had a problem with spyware or a virus in downloading any material from Ken's Site (s).,  Thanks Ken .
Can I ask exactly what precautions you use in protecting us all??. 
( I even got hit with some heavy duty spyware the other day when I visited Photobucket . )

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Keep your personal remarks to yourself, mister..

Well, your blog pretty much screams it out loud 

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  Anybody who think running proper virus detectors, firewalls, etc., isn't working with a full deck if you ask me.

Is ther a word missing from this sentence? If you mean that if you are running proper firewall, virus scanners etc. you are safe to run our computer with admin-rights you confirm my thoughts that you don't know anything about how Windows works.

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I don't care how many computers you manage.

That was just to put things in perspective that I may know what I'm talking about. I know statistics from that environment users working with user rights vs. admin rights. Virus scanners and firewalls are not even close to priority compared to keeping your OS up to date and using your computer with no admin-rights.

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Nobody, even you, is going to stop a professional hacker.

But it is really easy if computer is used with admin rights. Why are you arguing against the the ground stone of computer security? You still didn't answer to my question how does it limit your computer use if you are logged in with normal user rights?

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Quoting Rifter:

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Keep your personal remarks to yourself, mister..

Well, your blog pretty much screams it out loud 

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The blog is the proper place to do that.  Feel free to participate if you have something to say.

  Anybody who think running proper virus detectors, firewalls, etc., isn't working with a full deck if you ask me.

Is ther a word missing from this sentence? If you mean that if you are running proper firewall, virus scanners etc. you are safe to run our computer with admin-rights you confirm my thoughts that you don't know anything about how Windows works.

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I don't care how many computers you manage.

That was just to put things in perspective that I may know what I'm talking about. I know statistics from that environment users working with user rights vs. admin rights. Virus scanners and firewalls are not even close to priority compared to keeping your OS up to date and using your computer with no admin-rights.

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Come on, get serious.  You and I both know the average user has about as much technical knowledge as a chimpanzee.  You may, and probably do, know a lot more than I do about enterprise level networks, but that environment and my 3 PC home network are completely different animals and require different methods for proper functioning.  Rigs like yours are automatic targets; I'm pretty anonymous and not worth the effort of anybody but some punk teenager who is a Kevin Mitnik wanna-be.

Nobody, even you, is going to stop a professional hacker.

But it is really easy if computer is used with admin rights. Why are you arguing against the the ground stone of computer security? You still didn't answer to my question how does it limit your computer use if you are logged in with normal user rights?

As Achim noted, there are too many restrictions placed on the user level.  Between the so-called enhancements that Microsoft likes to make (without bothering to ask anybody) that make restrictions the default, and requirements I have for some of the things I do, anything less than full admin rights means I'm spinning my wheels on even the most routine things.  Ultimately, though, it is MY computer, and I should have the right to utilize it any way I see fit to and Microsoft be damned!

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As Achim noted, there are too many restrictions placed on the user level.

I thought I said that there are not too many restrictions... I merely mentioned the one restriction I found somewhat odd, being unable to change time and date. Everything else works great (been doing that for 17 months now and still happy with it).

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I merely mentioned the one restriction I found somewhat odd, being unable to change time and date.

Start Command Prompt with "Run As..."
Commands are "time" and "date" without "-marks