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| Thread ID: 28428 | 2002-12-19 03:53:00 | Paradise 128k Broadband | Steve Askew (119) | Press F1 |
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| 107512 | 2002-12-21 03:57:00 | If you want to be COMPLETELY sure that you have no keyboard spyware BUT still want to use the multimedia buttons then try this program ( http://www.girder.nl ). It is a free program that can control ANY windows app. If you assign the functions to your keyboard buttons through this, then you are able to assign functions to any button on the keyboard and are not limited to the function sets allowed by your keyboard app. However, this program does require a little work to set up, but it is worth it, especially as it has no spyware at all!! Craig. |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 107513 | 2002-12-21 06:19:00 | OK Here's what I have done. After some searching I have found a generic driver at Netropa.com & installed it & it worked fine except when I used the mute button, the on screen display for mute would stay on my screen untill I un-muted it. After monitoring internet activity for a couple of hours I was happy this driver was not phoning home. So then I copied the file osd.exe from the netropa folder in the program folder & went to add/remove programs & uninstalled multimedia keyboard & once my PC had rebooted I put the osd.exe file into it's own folder in the program folder & then I created a shortcut to osd.exe & put it in the Startup folder. Now when I start my pc the onscreen display works on my Volume & mute buttons & when I use the mute button the image displayed on my screen dissapears after a few seconds :-) Also zone alarm finds no unusual activity either. Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 107514 | 2002-12-22 13:51:00 | Hi Baldy, I also have the Netropa mmkeybd program on my Packard Bell, but have never had any traffic from it. If it was communicating over my network it would have shown up on the Ethereal logs (a sniffer). I have to say though that I have never used the multi media functions though and therefore may not have activated that program. |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 107515 | 2003-02-04 20:23:00 | Belated statements from HP, if anyone is interested any more: (1) There is a non-pinging version of the driver available at: h20015.www2.hp.com OSQreg=&cc=&prodId=hppavilion18376&lc=en&softitem=Driver&sw_lang=en Select "Netropa Keyboard Driver". (2) The driver pings (a) transmit no information (b) are set to expire on hitting the first network device beyond the PC: ANS Communications never sees them, and that company's address was apparently chosen at random by Netropa. The sole purpose of the pings, says HP, is to test for a functioning internet connection. See Computerworld reports at: www.idg.co.nz www.idg.co.nz Steve B. |
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