lifehacker.com— If you are trying to track down why your computer is running so slooowwwly, try using this simple DOS command from Digital Inspiration to uncover a possible problem:
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A hardware firewall(which a lot of the nicer routers have built in) works just fine without a software firewall. You just need to do some research and configure it properly. Not for the new users, but for someone who can take the time to read a few pages of information it is a great way to have one less resource hog running on your computer.
Not to be the historian here, but DOS was actually IBM's P.C. Disk Operating System. DOS was around on the 8086 for quite some time before Microsoft bought it from IBM. Microsoft DOS was dying, and nobody was using it, so they purchased IBM's PC DOS and "added to it". It eventually become Desk Manager (or something like that) which was a console based GUI style app. [similar to XTree or Norton Commander]. Later Desk Manager (not DeskMate), became Windows 3.0 / Explorer.Windows 2.0 only had a calculator and a clock if I recall correctly. I remember running on a CGA/EGA card and it sucked. GeoMate (or something like that) was far superior, but it just couldn't compete with the Microsoft mouse.All clear?
You can also see "who's connected" on a LInux and Mac box.Linux has a similar tool:etherape is a cool graphical representation monitoring bandwidth.<a class="user" href="http://etherape.sourceforge.net/">http://etherape.sourceforge.net/</a>MAC OSX has a similar tool: open up the terminal and type: lsof -iWorks well for finding out whats using up all your bandwidth or just finding the location of a bandwidth using process.
"netstat -b 5 > activity.txt did not work for me im on vista home pro SP1, am trying to stop a services Authorize in Firefox3 called yo-in-f99.google.com running on port :49951TCPI use look n stop as my firewall!! can anyone help me?
digital81Sep 23, 2007
A hardware firewall(which a lot of the nicer routers have built in) works just fine without a software firewall. You just need to do some research and configure it properly. Not for the new users, but for someone who can take the time to read a few pages of information it is a great way to have one less resource hog running on your computer.
ch33seheadSep 24, 2007
Well if you defrag that porn, it'll run much faster.
zmannSep 24, 2007
This is why I wish we could delete our own comments on Digg. I didn't mean to clog the tubes with my stupidity. Digg it down, digg it way down.
darkciti2Sep 24, 2007
Not to be the historian here, but DOS was actually IBM's P.C. Disk Operating System. DOS was around on the 8086 for quite some time before Microsoft bought it from IBM. Microsoft DOS was dying, and nobody was using it, so they purchased IBM's PC DOS and "added to it". It eventually become Desk Manager (or something like that) which was a console based GUI style app. [similar to XTree or Norton Commander]. Later Desk Manager (not DeskMate), became Windows 3.0 / Explorer.Windows 2.0 only had a calculator and a clock if I recall correctly. I remember running on a CGA/EGA card and it sucked. GeoMate (or something like that) was far superior, but it just couldn't compete with the Microsoft mouse.All clear?
unitedstatiansSep 24, 2007
You can also see "who's connected" on a LInux and Mac box.Linux has a similar tool:etherape is a cool graphical representation monitoring bandwidth.<a class="user" href="http://etherape.sourceforge.net/">http://etherape.sourceforge.net/</a>MAC OSX has a similar tool: open up the terminal and type: lsof -iWorks well for finding out whats using up all your bandwidth or just finding the location of a bandwidth using process.
nytiveSep 24, 2007
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shylilyFeb 5, 2008
This is some scary but need to know information...thanks.
boytoy69Jan 2, 2009
"netstat -b 5 > activity.txt did not work for me im on vista home pro SP1, am trying to stop a services Authorize in Firefox3 called yo-in-f99.google.com running on port :49951TCPI use look n stop as my firewall!! can anyone help me?