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Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: Internet - Recent Posts http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/tags/internet Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: Internet - Recent Posts en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:43:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 The_Man on "How Secure Are You On The Internet?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/10389#post-94904 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:20:08 +0000 The_Man 94904@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ How an Omniscient Internet ‘Sextortionist’ Ruined the Lives of Teen Girls <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/sextortionist/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/sextortionist/</a> hotdoge3 on "How Secure Are You On The Internet?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/10389#post-94883 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:20:17 +0000 hotdoge3 94883@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2011/07/10/how-secure-are-you-on-the-internet/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ghacks.net/2011/07/10/how-secure-are-you-on-the-internet/</a> How Secure Are You On The Internet? Microsoft has improved the security of it considerably, thanks to automatic updates and additional free security tools. Lets assume you have got your browser updated to the latest version, and that you generally update the application immediately when a new version comes out. You are secure now, right? Nope, you are not. Why? Because it is not only about the browser software. Browsers make automatic use of other applications, commonly called plugins. Popular plugins like Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight or Java are attack vectors as well, and successful ones too. Idunnobutiwastold on "Comodo Internet Security Pro 2011 free" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9855#post-91572 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:16:54 +0000 Idunnobutiwastold 91572@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks, Hotdoge. :) hotdoge3 on "Comodo Internet Security Pro 2011 free" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9855#post-91571 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:13:04 +0000 hotdoge3 91571@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.comodo.com/products/comodo-products.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.comodo.com/products/comodo-products.php</a> look on the L.H.S. click on Learn more Free Products Comodo Internet Security Pro 2011 (Try Pro FREE for 1 year!) may be good to get ? Wi-Fi Protection Live Expert help Firewall Protection Antivirus Software Inas on "Internet poker giants indicted in U.S. crackdown." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9594#post-90157 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:33:32 +0000 Inas 90157@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Am not surprised hotdoge3 on "Internet poker giants indicted in U.S. crackdown." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9594#post-90137 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:20:02 +0000 hotdoge3 90137@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20054433-38.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20054433-38.html</a> Internet poker giants indicted in U.S. crackdown. The three offshore companies--PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker--are accused of circumventing a 2006 U.S. law that prohibits financial institutions from handling transactions for online gambling sites. Prosecutors say they allegedly tricked U.S. banks and credit card issuers into processing billions of dollars in transactions that appeared to be legitimate sales on hundreds of fake online retail sites purportedly selling jewelry and golf balls. The Web sites displayed messages saying "This domain has been seized by the FBI pursuant to an arrest warrant." hotdoge3 on "Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9465#post-89972 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:09:37 +0000 hotdoge3 89972@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/253034,microsoft-dont-compare-ie9-downloads-to-firefox-4.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/253034,microsoft-dont-compare-ie9-downloads-to-firefox-4.aspx</a> Microsoft says comparing browsers is like apples and oranges, as Firefox wins on downloads Microsoft has attempted to cast doubt on Firefox 4's download success, saying comparisons between the Mozilla browser, Chrome and IE9 aren't fair. The trio of browsers were all recently updated, leading many to compare the number of downloads - which Microsoft said was "premature at best, and misleading at worst." Mozilla claimed 7.5 million downloads in the first day - well over the 2.3 million Microsoft recorded on IE9's debut day a week earlier. Firefox 4's download tracking page claims more than 48 million at the time of publication. <a href="http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/253377,firefox-4-beating-ie9.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/253377,firefox-4-beating-ie9.aspx</a> <a href="http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/251348,ie9-a-8216non-event8217-for-most-businesses.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/251348,ie9-a-8216non-event8217-for-most-businesses.aspx</a> IE9 a ‘non-event’ for most businesses With no Windows XP compatibility as of yet, the release of IE9 will mean little to most companies. Most corporate IT departments will not be affected by the release of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), largely because of its current incompatibility with Windows XP, according to an analyst. Inas on "Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9465#post-89768 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:18:09 +0000 Inas 89768@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ thanks for all your ongoing updates, Hotdoge3 - much appreciated. hotdoge3 on "Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9465#post-89754 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:22:34 +0000 hotdoge3 89754@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/ie9-vs-chrome-10-vs-firefox-4-vs-opera-1101-vs-safari-5-the-big-browser-benchmark/12023" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/ie9-vs-chrome-10-vs-firefox-4-vs-opera-1101-vs-safari-5-the-big-browser-benchmark/12023</a> Note: This post has been updated for the final release of Firefox 4. Here are the browsers that will be run: Internet Explorer 9 (9.0.8112.16421) 32-bit Internet Explorer 9 (9.0.8112.16421) 64-bit Firefox 4 Chrome 10.0.648.151 Safari 5.0.4 Opera 11.01 hotdoge3 on "Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9465#post-89420 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:18:20 +0000 hotdoge3 89420@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunascape_(browser)" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunascape_(browser)</a> is it fast ? do You like it chazzo125 any info be good Thanks in ad** Lunascape is a web browser developed by Lunascape Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. It is unique in that it contains three rendering engines: Gecko (used in Mozilla Firefox), WebKit (used in Apple Safari and Google Chrome), and Trident (used in Microsoft Internet Explorer).[2][3] The user can switch between layout engines seamlessly. chazzo125 on "Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9465#post-89390 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:52:23 +0000 chazzo125 89390@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I hardly ever use IE8, and have no intention of getting Win 7! Google Chrome is ok but on the basic side! My browser of choice is Mozilla Firefox. Lunascape is an interestingly different browser, as it 'tiers' multi-tabs! IE9 just seems an anarchistic remnant of some long forgotten age! hotdoge3 on "Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9465#post-89387 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:40:03 +0000 hotdoge3 89387@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ IE9 is NOT compatible with Windows XP as they like you to get windows 7 <a href="http://www.itknowledge24.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.itknowledge24.com/</a> TweakIE9 (New!).Download: x86/x64 | Documentation Screenshot <a href="http://www.itknowledge24.com/tweakie9.png" rel="nofollow">http://www.itknowledge24.com/tweakie9.png</a> <a href="http://www.betanews.com/article/Take-control-of-Internet-Explorer-9-with-TweakIE9/1300148016?awesm=betane.ws_11j" rel="nofollow">http://www.betanews.com/article/Take-control-of-Internet-Explorer-9-with-TweakIE9/1300148016?awesm=betane.ws_11j</a> chazzo125 on "Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9465#post-89359 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:42:18 +0000 chazzo125 89359@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Microsoft have once again shot themselves in both feet. IE9 is NOT compatible with Windows XP, Heaven knows why! Considering that VERY many XP users with older machines are unlikely to upgrade to Vista or Win 7, perhaps Microsoft could have the courtesy to upgrade IE8 (Some Hope.....?!) Mozilla Firefox 4 on the other hand runs absolutely fine under XP, though one or two features may be unavailable depending on your CPU/Graphics card. hotdoge3 on "Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9465#post-89328 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:43:01 +0000 hotdoge3 89328@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/56012/internet-explorer-9-released-heres-what-you-need-to-know/" rel="nofollow">http://www.howtogeek.com/56012/internet-explorer-9-released-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</a> IE9 has what could essentially be considered “FlashBlock” built right in—just head to Safety-> ActiveX Filtering, and turn it on from there… From now on, whenever you go to a site that tries to use an ActiveX control like Flash, you’ll have to click the little icon in the address bar to enable it. The new combined search/address bar is smart same as Google Chrome,looks like Chrome Firefox ? BuBBy on "Internet user arrested for linking to other websites." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9461#post-89307 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:21:50 +0000 BuBBy 89307@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ But if you read the document following - the arrested man was running a website where he streamed pay-per-view content (illegally) while collecting over $90,000 from advertisers. He also registered the website under an alias to supposedly make it harder for the authorities to locate him (didn't work obviously). So their "tag" that this crime is the same as "sending a you-tube link to a friend" is completely false. hotdoge3 on "Internet user arrested for linking to other websites." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9461#post-89304 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:12:35 +0000 hotdoge3 89304@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/dhscomplaint/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=undefined" rel="nofollow">http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/dhscomplaint/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=undefined</a> Internet user arrested for linking to other websites. Newly Obtained Homeland Security Documents Reveal Radical Shift In Internet Policy, Under that sort of thinking, everyone who's sent around a link to a copyrighted YouTube video is a criminal. Idunnobutiwastold on "Internet Explorer Zero-Day Accidentally Leaked To Chinese Hackers" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9165#post-89041 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:40:49 +0000 Idunnobutiwastold 89041@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ 04th March 2011. Link to the stand-alone installer for IE9 RC : <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-9/worldwide-languages" rel="nofollow">http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-9/worldwide-languages</a> [The executable is a 19 Mb download]. hotdoge3 on "Google is accusing Microsoft of cheating as the two duel for internet search sup" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9271#post-88227 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:07:34 +0000 hotdoge3 88227@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/4608397/Google-accuses-Microsoft-of-stealing" rel="nofollow">http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/4608397/Google-accuses-Microsoft-of-stealing</a> Google is accusing Microsoft of cheating as the two duel for internet search supremacy, but Microsoft denies the charge, saying it's just using all the tools available to lessen its rival's dominance. And so, Google laid a trap. The company made a list of gibberish or obscure search terms and manually linked them to unrelated websites. Then, 20 Google engineers took home laptops loaded with Internet Explorer, searched Google.com for those terms and clicked on the artificial results. Soon after, searching for the same odd terms on Bing would call up the same odd results. Cutts likened the trap to a mapmaker drawing a fake street or the Yellow Pages adding a fake name to its directory to flush out copycats. hotdoge3 on "Internet Explorer Zero-Day Accidentally Leaked To Chinese Hackers" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9165#post-88226 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:04:30 +0000 hotdoge3 88226@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/4606052/Internet-Explorer-users-exposed-to-hackers" rel="nofollow">http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/4606052/Internet-Explorer-users-exposed-to-hackers</a> Users of other browsers such as Google Chrome and Firefox were not affected. The Government was reviewing the vulnerability yesterday, but had not issued an alert to corporate networks, including government agencies. The Interim Fix a workaround. Go to <a href="http://support" rel="nofollow">http://support</a>. microsoft.com/kb/2501696 Scroll down and click "Fix It" under the "Enable" heading. Follow the download and installation instructions. Read The Readme Fist. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2501696.mspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2501696.mspx</a> <a href="http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/mhtml-fix-help-201954012.html" rel="nofollow">http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/mhtml-fix-help-201954012.html</a> copmom on "Internet Explorer Zero-Day Accidentally Leaked To Chinese Hackers" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9165#post-88133 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:37:57 +0000 copmom 88133@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Maybe that's why I switched to Mozilla Firefox as my browser?? hotdoge3 on "Internet Explorer Zero-Day Accidentally Leaked To Chinese Hackers" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9165#post-88125 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:08:34 +0000 hotdoge3 88125@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2501696.mspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2501696.mspx</a> Microsoft Security Advisory (2501696) Vulnerability in MHTML Could Allow Information Disclosure Published: January 28, 2011 Suggested Actions Enable the MHTML protocol lockdown Note Workarounds refer to a setting or configuration change that does not correct the underlying issue but would help block known attack vectors before a security update is available. Microsoft has tested the following workaround and states in the discussion whether the workaround reduces functionality. may be better to get Firefox hotdoge3 on "Internet Explorer Zero-Day Accidentally Leaked To Chinese Hackers" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9165#post-87683 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:44:22 +0000 hotdoge3 87683@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2274050/microsoft-google-flaw-china" rel="nofollow">http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2274050/microsoft-google-flaw-china</a> Microsoft and Google clash over zero-day flaw release The release by a Google researcher of a new tool that shows up to 100 Internet Explorer zero-day flaws has sparked a war of words over responsible disclosure. Michal Zalewski, a security researcher employed by Google, has released a debugging tool called cross_fuzz which allows researchers to expose up to 100 flaws in Microsoft’s browser Zalewski sent the tool to Microsoft in July warning that he will release it in January, after seeing evidence of investigations into the bugs from China. get Firefox hotdoge3 on "Internet Explorer Zero-Day Accidentally Leaked To Chinese Hackers" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9165#post-87539 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:58:48 +0000 hotdoge3 87539@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.darknet.org.uk/2011/01/internet-explorer-zero-day-accidentally-leaked-to-chinese-hackers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.darknet.org.uk/2011/01/internet-explorer-zero-day-accidentally-leaked-to-chinese-hackers/</a> Internet Explorer Zero-Day Accidentally Leaked To Chinese Hackers The moral of the story is, once again don’t use Internet Explorer! As right now, there is a potentially dangerous 0-day for IE in the wild hotdoge3 on "Did Internet Explorer 9 Cheat In The SunSpider Benchmark?" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/8860#post-85440 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:51:12 +0000 hotdoge3 85440@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://digitizor.com/2010/11/17/internet-explorer-9-caught-cheating-in-sunspider-benchmark/" rel="nofollow">http://digitizor.com/2010/11/17/internet-explorer-9-caught-cheating-in-sunspider-benchmark/</a> hotdoge3 on "computers could be infiltrated by the latest Internet technology" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/8152#post-83744 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:03:43 +0000 hotdoge3 83744@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/media/11privacy.html?_r=1&ref=technology" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/media/11privacy.html?_r=1&ref=technology</a> The new Web language “gives trackers one more bucket to put tracking information into,” said Hakon Wium Lie, the chief technology officer at Opera, a browser company. Some observers call it a “supercookie” because it stores information in at least 10 places on a computer. “I think it’s O.K. for them to say we want to provide better service,” !! hotdoge3 on "Microsoft's creaking Internet Explorer 6 is more secure Chrome or Opera" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/8009#post-82565 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:45:41 +0000 hotdoge3 82565@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/28/chase_ie_6_dumps_chrome_opera/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/28/chase_ie_6_dumps_chrome_opera/</a> Microsoft's creaking Internet Explorer 6 is more secure and popular than either Google's Chrome or Opera US banking giant Chase has determined. Chase has said it will support later versions of Microsoft's browser, such as IE 8, that does offer greater protection. Also making the cut are Mozilla's Firefox 2.0 and higher and version 3.0 and higher of Apple's Safari on the Mac - but not the PC. The bank has "strongly recommended" people using Chrome or Opera upgrade to a version of IE, Firefox or Safari it supports. hotdoge3 on "Microsoft is investigating reports of a new bug in Internet Explorer." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/8008#post-82564 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:26:34 +0000 hotdoge3 82564@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/06/mystery_ie_bug/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/06/mystery_ie_bug/</a> Microsoft is investigating reports of a new bug in Internet Explorer. "A nasty vulnerability exists in the latest Internet Explorer 8," Evans wrote. "I have been unsuccessful in persuading the vendor to issue a fix." Evans claims Microsoft has been aware of the bug since 2008 Ferguson, who says that Opera, Chrome, Firefox and Safari have all already fixed this vulnerability. ® hotdoge3 on "Government FoI Letter on Internet Spying is 90% Censored australian releasas doc" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7804#post-80743 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:07:12 +0000 hotdoge3 80743@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/australian-govt-releases-censored-web-spying-document-2643631.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/australian-govt-releases-censored-web-spying-document-2643631.html</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia</a> The Australian government has censored approximately 90 percent of a secret document outlining its controversial plans to snoop on Australians' web surfing, obtained under freedom of information (FoI) laws, out of fear the document could cause "premature unnecessary debate". Clearly, they're hiding something behind all that black ink: nobody blacks out that much text unless there's something they know will enrage the public. <a href="http://nocleanfeed.com/" rel="nofollow">http://nocleanfeed.com/</a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/22/australian-governmen.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/22/australian-governmen.html</a> <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/03/wikileaks-expos/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/03/wikileaks-expos/</a> WikiLeaks Exposes Australian Web Blacklist. <a href="http://www.techeye.net/internet/aussies-to-push-ahead-with-web-censorship" rel="nofollow">http://www.techeye.net/internet/aussies-to-push-ahead-with-web-censorship</a> A change of Prime Minister down under is not enough to kill off one of the most stupid ideas of the 21st century. hotdoge3 on "reinstalled Windows XP from supplied disk with laptop // Help please" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7128#post-73783 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:55:38 +0000 hotdoge3 73783@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ "Belarc Advisor"#!!may be not right! no my PC 8#'s only one is right did a goolge & <a href="http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/help/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/help/index.shtml</a> <a href="http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/help/finding.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/help/finding.shtml</a> How do I find my serial number? <a href="http://search.support.gateway.com/iphrase/query?command=text&attr1=&attr2=&render=1&text=How%20do%20I%20find%20my%20serial%20number?&s=0000&t=0&q=20&w=on&datafrontpage=yes&c0=e:12//sitemap%20entitlement//:eq//eSupport&c=e:8//iphrase%20meta%20topic//:eq//Search%20All%20Support" rel="nofollow">http://search.support.gateway.com/iphrase/query?command=text&attr1=&attr2=&render=1&text=How%20do%20I%20find%20my%20serial%20number?&s=0000&t=0&q=20&w=on&datafrontpage=yes&c0=e:12//sitemap%20entitlement//:eq//eSupport&c=e:8//iphrase%20meta%20topic//:eq//Search%20All%20Support</a> Where is the serial number located on this computer? ( 88 % ) Q: Where is the serial number located on this computer? A: You can have Gateway find your serial number for you by clicking the "Find My Serial #" link on the My Support page. For notebooks purchased after October of 2008, the serial number will be 22 characters long on a white label on the bottom of the notebook. Arrow Notebook Computers ( 76 % ) The serial number label for Gateway® notebooks is always located on the bottom of the notebook. You can have us find your serial number for you by clicking the "Find My Serial #" link on the My Support page. The serial number label location and information varies by model and features ordered. <a href="http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/assistant/default.asp" rel="nofollow">http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/assistant/default.asp</a> Gateway Download Assistant, Download NowFAQs Gateway Download Assistant is a small, ActiveX-based application designed to assist users with downloading, extracting, and installing drivers from the Gateway Support Web site. After successful installation of this file, the Gateway Download Assistant will provide you an easy-to-use interface when downloading Gateway-certified drivers and updates from My Downloads or Browse All Downloads. Application Requirements : Windows XP, Windows 2000 Internet Explorer 5.01, Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 insanitor on "reinstalled Windows XP from supplied disk with laptop // Help please" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7128#post-73740 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:55:41 +0000 insanitor 73740@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ That backup program you used puts all of your files into one folder. I never figured out why backup programs do that when putting the files into a subdirectory instead of the root directory will never restore the entire system. My best guess as to how to put the files into the correct folder is to connect the hard drive as a slave drive on another computer and move the files to the correct place. Since you probably do not know how to do that then it's not an option for you. Besides, I don't think it will work anyway. Go install directx and then the chipset driver, followed by the video driver and the sound driver. The network driver is next after that. To find out if you need any other drivers, going into the device manager is where you start. If you need to install a driver, it will show you there.