Daniel Tharp » General http://danieltharp.com/weblog I think I am, therefore I am. I think. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:19:38 +0000 en hourly 1 How to suppress idle scan notifications in Norton 2010 (Permanent Silent or Quiet Mode) http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2010/06/how-to-suppress-idle-scan-notifications-in-norton-2010-permanent-silent-or-quiet-mode/ http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2010/06/how-to-suppress-idle-scan-notifications-in-norton-2010-permanent-silent-or-quiet-mode/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:12:32 +0000 Daniel http://danieltharp.com/weblog/?p=207 How to suppress idle scan notifications in Norton 2010 (Permanent Silent or Quiet Mode)

This post is going to be formatted a bit differently than previous entries, the good chunk of people that read this are going to be from search engines and not my serial readers. Norton 2010 was about the highest rated paid antivirus on the market, but within a few hours I got irritated with the pop-up notifications that Norton is performing an idle scan in the background. I was even more irritated when I found that there was no real way to disable the pop-ups. It doesn’t do it while I’m doing something else but it is something else I have to close every time I come back to my computer after a time, and having moved from the totally silent Kaspersky AV 2008 I’m not cool with not being able to go totally silent. Silent Mode can be used, but then idle scans are disabled entirely and you have to turn it back on every day. The happy medium is Quiet Mode, which performs scans and only alerts you during actually important things. This is limited by default to a set number of instances, like disc burning. However, you can specify that Quiet Mode remain active while certain programs are running. This is the means we will use to put Norton in Quiet Mode for as long as we like.

Right click the Norton icon in your system tray and select Open Norton Anti Virus (or Open Norton Internet Security).

Under the Computer section, hit Settings.

Click the tab for Miscellaneous Settings.

Under Silent Mode Settings, click Configure next to User-Specified Programs.

Click Add.

Navigate to C:\Windows and double-click explorer.exe.

Click OK. You’re done!

Simple enough, and as far as I can tell it’s working beautifully. I just did this myself a few hours ago but haven’t had any notifications since. If this worked for you or you have a question just leave a comment.

This how-to is cross-posted at the official Norton Community forums at http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/How-to-turn-off-quot-annoying-quot-Norton-2010-messages-idle/m-p/243532#M116572

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Peter: Yeah, but you got to buy the cooler, too. That’s how they get you.

So I realized today that I’ve been sitting on the opportunity to get a free domain name through my host and have gone about three months without actually taking advantage of it. What sucks is I have a few projects I’m thinking about, but nothing I would call domain name worthy at the moment. I don’t really need one for fragrance because I have nothing to really contribute aside from reviews which I’d just as soon do on here. Speaking of, I’ve got about a dozen mini-reviews coming over the next week or so as I experiment with my niche samples, these in particular:

MPG – Santal Noble
Tauer – L’Air du desert marocain
Montale – Black Aoud
Monocle x CdG: Scent One – Hinoki
Amouage – Jubilation XXV
By Kilian – Cruel Intentions
By Kilian – A Taste of Heaven
By Kilian – Straight to Heaven
L’Artisan – Tea For Two
L’Artisan – Mechant Loup
CdG Series 3: Incense – Kyoto
Montale – Attar
Cereus – No. 7

The ones in bold have already been sampled and I’m gonna try and review all of them before bed tonight. If anyone has ideas for a new domain let me know. ;\

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  • More cologne reviews.  Get off your ass and write one at least every other day.  You have 30 bottles, can you be done in 2 months?  Deadline so set.
  • Start writing the Project: Wardrive article/miniseries.  Time’s not a huge issue here, nothing’s gonna happen for another 6 weeks in the project but there will be quite a bit of research and mapping prior to kickoff.  At least get the intro post ready, there will be a video to go along with it.
  • More posting in general.  You should be embarassed.
  • Laundry
  • Cold Fusion
  • $$$
    • ]]>     http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/08/to-do-list-6-august-2008/feed/ 0     The End Of An Error (not you, GWB) http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/07/the-end-of-an-error-not-you-gwb/ http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/07/the-end-of-an-error-not-you-gwb/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:05:53 +0000 Daniel http://danieltharp.com/weblog/?p=93 Today, 7/7 represents a milestone day for me.  A day that I’ve promised myself to stop being…a fatass.  I’m giving myself 8 weeks, to the end of August, to drop from an overweight 150 to an intermediate goal of 135.  With the benefits of a nice scale comes the ability to track other things like Body Fat, Muscle Mass, and more.  I’m counting calories, limiting myself to 1800 daily, and I’m trying to decide the best balance of carbs, protein, and fat for me and my lifestyle.

    So, here goes nothing.

    Today (Next Target 7/13) (Final Goal 8/31)
    Weight: 149.4 lbs (147.5 lbs) (134.2 lbs)
    Body Fat Percentage: 17.8% (17.4%) (14.6%)
    Muscle Mass Percentage: 44.7% (45.0%) (47.1%)

    ]]>     http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/07/the-end-of-an-error-not-you-gwb/feed/ 0     So, just curious… http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/06/so-just-curious/ http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/06/so-just-curious/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:47:51 +0000 Daniel http://danieltharp.com/weblog/?p=89 Is anyone else watching the UEFA Euro 2008 soccer games?  I’ve been watching a game every morning before class.  Very solid soccer, if you’re a fan.  Makes we want to play again. :(

    ]]>     http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/06/so-just-curious/feed/ 0     Ah hell… http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/06/ah-hell/ http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/06/ah-hell/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:49:23 +0000 Daniel http://danieltharp.com/weblog/?p=87 I couldn’t get away from it for too long, I’m GMing on a certain private WoW server again. If that’s your kind of thing holler at me on AIM and I can give you some more information.

    ]]>     http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/06/ah-hell/feed/ 1     Dear Paul Pierce, http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/06/dear-paul-pierce/ http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/06/dear-paul-pierce/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:53:03 +0000 Daniel http://danieltharp.com/weblog/?p=85 You are a freaking animal.  Best of luck to you sir.

    Go Celtics.

    ]]>     http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/06/dear-paul-pierce/feed/ 0     Let’s Rename It http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/05/lets-rename-it/ http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/05/lets-rename-it/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 01:00:42 +0000 Daniel http://danieltharp.com/weblog/?p=76 “The Moment Of Truth” would be a bit more accurate if it was renamed to “Who Wants To Be A Social Pariah?”

    Just sayin’.

    ]]>     http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/05/lets-rename-it/feed/ 0     Ambient http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/05/ambient/ http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/05/ambient/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 15:57:12 +0000 Daniel http://danieltharp.com/weblog/?p=74 Consider this:
    92% of the world’s population
    feel that their lives could be better.
    what about you?
    If you could do anything,
    anything at all,
    what would you do?
    What are you doing now?

    Imagine that
    you could live your life,
    knowing that it could not be better,
    and never feeling that you would rather
    be doing something else,
    be somewhere else,
    or be someone else.

    Now consider this:
    some people actually live that way
    and so could you.

    Contemplate this:
    What if 90% of the problems you encountered in your life
    were mere illusions and only existed in your mind?
    In your everyday life
    whenever something annoys you,
    stresses you, makes you mad, or makes you sad,
    consider if that something really matters.

    Will you even remember
    how you felt in one day, one week, one month, one year,
    or what about in ten years?
    So when the people you work for pressure you, and fail to understand you, does it really matter?
    And when they call you on the phone,
    screaming and yelling,
    does it matter and should you really allow that to influence your life?
    It’s all about choices.

    ]]>     http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/05/ambient/feed/ 0     The To-Do List for 5/25 http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/05/the-to-do-list-for-525/ http://danieltharp.com/weblog/2008/05/the-to-do-list-for-525/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 02:05:33 +0000 Daniel http://danieltharp.com/weblog/?p=73
  • Finish writing the Clinique Happy review (it’s a good one, trust me).
  • Start a new project, designing my own WP theme.
  • Clean
  • Move to Louisville

    • You know, in no particular order. :P

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