November 2001
HJ said that the bug which is giving him grief, entered as soon as he clicked on the Email heading. I recently read in an advice column, that it's a good idea to UNCHECK the box marked PREVIEW PANE. This stops the Email opening immediately and instead you double click the heading, thus giving you more control over what you open and what you don't.
Open Internet Explorer. Click on VIEW then LAYOUT, then you'll see the PREVIW PANE box. Uncheck and APPLY/OK. Hope this may help someone.
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Just noticed a web site with some great car related forums.
you can even buy and sell your car for FREE!
It's well worth a look
www.AutoSearcher.co.uk Read more
I think you're right, Colin. And since he's also pushing it in one of the virus threads, I think it's beginning to smell as though it's past its sell-by date.
Dave, whoever you are, please desist.
Quentin Willson was on Housecall recently - he was going on about it being the right time to buy a convertible. He had a J-plated MX-5 and he said they are selling from around the £3k mark. From where I don't know. Certainly not anywhere around where I live that's for sure. Read more
Little Mazda is a great car,i bought a'97 MX5 Monza Ltd Ed today and in comparison to the Japanese MX5s we always have i could not believe what a low 'workmans' spec it was.No e/windows,no A/C,and worst of all no power steering.A prime example of manufacturers/official importers taking the P.
Just got e-mailed that there's a sleeper virus lurking in many European computers. It was in mine. Here's what to do. Press the START button, then the Find button. Select Files and directories. Key SULFNBK.EXE into the search window. If and when it comes up, DO NOT OPEN IT. Press Edit, then Select All, then Delete. After you have done this, right click on your recycle bin and empty that as well.
HJ Read more
That's pretty funny, l wonder how far you could stretch that one...
Look out for the 'Win98' virus that hides in its own directory.
Do a find and delete the whole thing. Ignore its plaintive cries of "But this is a system file, are you sure you want to fnck with it?" This is just a clever ploy to stop you deleting it etc...
There is a design flaw with the clock assembly on the Jaguar X300. The LEDs that illuminate the display repeatedly heat the ribbon cable connecting the LCD to the main circuit board, eventually resulting in the cable melting and the display ceasing to function.
Needless to say, the main dealers want to charge £157+VAT for the whole module, whereas all that is needed is the replacement ribbon cable (20p?).
Does anybody know who makes the clock assembly (Jaguar won't say!), or where a used replacement can be found, or indeed where a cable can be obtained?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Read more
ribbon cable - maplins. You should be able to get high heat tolerance cable too.
depends if you want to DIY it on your jag though. Don't know if i would!
Not content in having to contend with speed cameras, The Times (261101) reports in the very near future another camera lurking in the bushes and no adjustment of speed will be enough to avoid a penalty.
Its is a Pollution Camera which detects dirty fumes by laser beam. It involves a sensor at the road side which sends a beam through the
vehicle's exhaust gases. The light is able to change depending on what is in the gas and is reflected back by a mirror on the other side of the road. If a failure is noted a camera is activated and takes a pic of the VRM. Two more laser beams measure the vehicle speed to 'calibrate' the reading. This is necessary as the slower the vehicle the thicker the gas trail will be. Best used on hills when the engine is working hard.
So keep well back from heavy lorries and I wonder should I consider fitting a defector tube on the end of the exhaust of the Disco to belt the fumes downwards?
The age of robotic regulation is fast approaching. No doubt somewhere in a little shed a bloke is working on a camera that can tell the difference in the colour and date of an Excise Licence.
You have been warned.
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Mark
Interesting link, which confirms all the potential problems highlighted here. Even if the problems of excluding external influences and getting even a moderately accurate reading are solved there is absolutely no mention of vehicle identification and it's therefore entirely unclear what emission standard they intend to apply.
As for decrying garage tests, at least these have a degree of standardisation, exclusion of background levels and some hope of repeatability, and that's what the law currently requires. It must be arguable that any prosecution cannot rest on something as inaccurate as a 'drive by' test, unless under controlled conditions. This may be used as a screening test, and so a basis for recommending a more rigorous test, but I have suspision the local authorities will see these as a revenue earner, and the Motoring Organisation legal services might be gainfully employed for a while if it really takes off.
There are plenty of questions about speed cameras, but can you imagine the questions raised here about location, sensor positioning, calibration, vehicle speed etc.
Regards
JS
To all that contributed on an earlier thread 'Thanks'. I feel that 2 visitors to this forum have benefited from my previous posting of where I obtained my new car from and have saved themselves a few thousand pounds on the way.
Sorry to have made this sound commercialised but had no intention to do this.
I just feel that people need to know. Read more
Oh K, you Kunning Kommercialist!
dan
(BTW does anyone want to buy a hamper of "dan's mum's delicious cookies" not available in any shop. Er, no relation of course.)
I don't usually jump up and down over virus warnings but it has just taken me 3hrs to get rid of one that slipped by Norton last night.
It was the W32BADTRANS.B@mm virus. This version was only logged by Symmantec on Saturday (24th) so unless you have updated in the last two days it will not be covered.
The virus loads files into the Windows System folders and adds a Registry entry to ensure they are running all the while so you can't delete them easily.
The "payload" is that the virus loads a program that can send information from your PC to the IP address that sent it to you, I gather it can transmit such things as all keystrokes you make on the PC and passwords etc.
It was only my Firewall that prevented this information (I hope) being sent from our PC, I have the IP No. that it was attempting to connect to and will investigate.
Symanntec appeared to say this should be an easy virus to remove manually but it was clinging onto our PC and has wasted a whole morning in cleaning it.
Seems somewhat topical given HJs comments a few threads down.
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Hello John,
Kernel32.EXE is the file that the W32BADTRANS.B@mm virus creates and it's the program that is the virus payload.
This new version of BADTRANS was only really seen from teatime on Friday 23rd, Symanntec issued their update to cover it a day later so it is still a very new virus.
Another bit of info I noticed last night was that this is exploiting a hole in the OE program and there is a patch on Windows Update for it, I'll have a look in a while. That would have the advantage of stopping all virus types that exploit the OE bug, until the virus creators get round it again of course.
Just to move on-topic for a minute I know some of the real pro guys have a datalink to the PC from their engine diagnostic. What chance of a virus getting to the engine ECU via that route? A diesel with fly-by-wire throttle and a virus might be a tricky beast.
David
I have seen a private ad for '97 Mitsubishi Charisma, 1.8GLS 24,000 mls at £4615 ono. Looks like a good buy for my wife. Anyone know much about this car? Read more
I have had a 97 1.8 GLX (non-GDI) for 3.5 years now. Presumably the one you are considering is the non-GDI model.
My parents had a 1.8 GDI and thought it was gutless, although I would say mine is quicker but less economical. I get about 30mpg on very short journeys and about 44mpg on long trips.
I have only had one problem with it and that was the immobiliser. It wouldn't allow me to start it. This was covered under my warranty.
It is an unexciting car but should provide you with many years of cheap problem free motoring.
Good luck!
About twenty-five+ years ago Honda imported a little 600cc. saloon called the Touring. A friend owned one, and I drove it a few times. Fairly ordinary except for the clutch, which I believe was called a 'dog' clutch, and consisted of two castellated discs which just slotted in(fairly noisily!)to transmit the drive.
Can anybody think of any other car which had this type of clutch?
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Also the Honda Z, any colour so long as it was orange.
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KB,
I don't think it is personal against HJ, I've received several attacks from known contacts today because they have no firewall and out of date virus protection.
So much so I've made up a standard e-mail reply to their contacts.
David