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Joy

Joy Report 26 Dec 2004 09:28

I replied to GR that I was surprised they needed sponsorship considering the number of subscribers. They thanked me for my feedback, I think they said!! Joy

valinkent

valinkent Report 26 Dec 2004 09:30

Morning everyone i hope you all had a great day yesterday and got lots of lovely presents. Well i have had a reply from GR saying exactly the same as Joy said SPONSERS. I have sent another e-mail asking why some get it and some don,t and with all the members they have at £7.50 a year what do we get out of the sponsership except the onnoying blue moving advert for loans . I agree we all could move our GR page over but why should we have to keep chopping and changing? Val

BobClayton

BobClayton Report 26 Dec 2004 11:10

There are various ways of blocking adds, depending of your system. These adds not only slow down your system they are also a potential route to malware/viruses etc. There are two main flashers types macromedia flash and animated gifs In Internet explorer tools/options/advanced make sure "play animations in web pages" is unchecked. If using SP2 Macromedia Flash can be disabled in Tools/manage add-ons. The only solution in SP1 appears to be third party or remove MF. Spyware Blaster has a "Kill Bit" in tools. A little known method even amongst experts is to use the "HOSTS" file. this does not use any software but uses windows itself. This is very effective and safe, you can delete/rename the HOSTS file with no problem. However it does block ads, banners, cookies, web bugs, and even most hijackers!! THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TIPS I KNOW OF! You can even block any site you want (stop kids going on e bay or whatever} Have a look here for an explanation http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm My tip of the year! (along with CCleaner) I use Firefox most of the time as this can block adds itself (only use IE for the odd site) but most people seem wary of trying something different. Bob