Kate The Bionic Uterus

Updated "My Modern Morrowind Build Guide" blog entry to version 2.9a" Added Bump and Reflection Mapping tutorial link in "Modding Tutorial Websites for Morrowind" section.

You really should add links.

Let me rephrase my question... Four years between image updates? Can "we" have a pic update please? That would be fun huh?

Is this mod still being worked on? There hasn't been a pic update in 4 years?

Hi Medragor-des, come for the mods and stay for the company

I guess I am permently perplexed as to why they don't release a CS. It is a major turn off.

Ok thank you SH, I will start to read LiliArch's instructions. What I have decided to do is save all these mods for my next play through. My brother has convinced me to play a vanilla game (just TSLRCM+M4-78EP) for three reasons: 1) I want to play it without any issues, last time I stopped playing the EP because of compatibility problems. 2) I want to see what you guys did with the new planet vanilla before I start messing with the game. 3) He wants to play it when I am done so I'll just copy the entire folder and give it to him that way. I will release my save game files playing; Difficult level, Female Dark Side using only dark side powers, Jedi Consular with the Sith Lord Prestige Class, No Lightsaber until the Return to Dxun and the Sith Camp where at the end you search the tomb to find Freedon Nadd's Short Lightsaber and then I may use it in my off hand. Sometimes I do and other times I don't depending on the drops I get during the game. That lets me play the next game fully modded on the Light Side.

So why did I post these mods here like you asked SH? SH? Helloooo SH? I am going ahead and following the install instructions found on the "HOME" page where it clearly states that after installing the TSLRCM the next step is installing the M4-78EP and then the mods of your choice. I really just want to get through the game at least once so I am just going to stay with these mods for now. I guess I could try others later. My plan is to play on Hard level, Jedi Consular with the Sith Lord Prestige Class, Dark Side using only dark side powers, No Lightsaber until the Return to Dxun and the Sith Camp where at the end you search the tomb to find Freedon Nadd's Short Lightsaber and then I will use it in my off hand. I plan on releasing my save games folder so people could use it for game/mod testing. I haven't decided on the sex yet but most of the time I play evil characters as female because you know, not only are evil female dark jedis a lot sexier to play I have also found that it makes more sense with the way the story plays out/written. I also love playing with Vibroswords as a darkside Sith Lord. Ya baby, old school ^^

The history of community forums, the birth internet poker and the future of modding. I have a few unfinished blog entries; Security part 2, Wookies VS Bigfoot, Dianogas' Vegetarian resto-compactor investor prospectus,... Ok so some of those are not true but I am seriously thinking about them now! So keeping those unfinished blog entries hidden for now, I have decided to write about something else that has been on my mind for a few years now. Lucky you... I really wanted to write about my vision regarding the future of modding. I am hoping that some people will read it, maybe disagree and call me an idiot in the comment section. I don't moderate the comment section. Go nuts However now that I think of it, since I have written comments and threads over the years I think my thesis would benefit from another history to compare it to. Basically I believe that the future of modding will parallel history of community forums and internet poker. How'bout dem apples? The history and future of community forums. That was then, this is now. In order to glimpse into the future, you have to understand the past and know where you are in the present. Some people don't believe in the past or the future but only the present repeating itself over and over again now. So lets look at how it all started The modern forum originated from bulletin boards, and so-called computer conferencing systems, and are a technological evolution of the dialup bulletin board system. Bulletin board system; is a computer server running custom software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, the user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with other users through email, public message boards, and sometimes via direct chatting. The introduction of inexpensive dial-up internet service and the Mosaic web browser offered ease-of use and global access that BBS and online systems did not provide, and led to a rapid crash in the market starting in 1994. Online bulletin boards are sometimes referred to as message boards. Since 1994 and the introduction of inexpensive dial-up internet service and the Mosaic web browser many of the leading BBS software providers went bankrupt and tens of thousands of BBSs disappeared. Today, BBSing survives largely as a nostalgic hobby in most parts of the world, but it is still an extremely popular form of communication for Taiwanese youth and in China. If you click on the link above and scroll down to the bottom, there is a section called, "Shareware and freeware." Shareware and Freeware; Much of the shareware movement was started via user distribution of software through Bulletin board systems. The 1993 classic video game DOOM was distributed as shareware. When I think of the early days of the internet I also think of the wild west. It was a wide open space and everything was up for grabs. The early bulletin board forums were not only giving away freeware and shareware but they were also a place to speak to people about and share mods. From a technological standpoint, forums or boards are web applications managing user-generated content. They always has been and they always will continue to be. The earliest mods were shared the same way as they are today , except for the actual distribution which back then was through the mail. Just like the early days of Apple computers, people ordered parts from a black and white leaflet mail order catalogue. And you got the catalogue by sharing your address on a bulletin board. That is all the internet was back then. And if you made friends with the right person they would send you a floppy disk with a mod on it. That mod could be anything. It could be a that added new pictures of naked women or add new levels to text based computer games from the 1970's. Internet Poker In 2003 an unknown with the perfect marketing named Chris Moneymaker went and played a game of poker on an internet poker gaming website and won his paid entry into the 2003 World Series of Poker. Up until then, unless you were a degenerate gambler no one even knew that the WSOP even existed. He went on to win the main event, causing shock in the poker world, and beginning the poker boom. Within 10 years of that fateful day, young women and men from around the world now make their living playing poker. Once only a few could go to Vegas and play poker for hundreds of thousands of dollars and the best of the best would play for millions. Today it is happening all over the world. Kids are turning away from MIT and other university degrees and playing poker and there is even a World Poker Tour that these people play in. It is like a golf and tennis tour. It has become a legitimate profession. Who would of thought in 1980 that people would be able to make a living playing poker? Yet today it is as normal as any other sport or hobby. The Future of Modding. Six years ago I posted a theory in a gaming forum where I stated that some time in the future modders would soon be paid for their mods. I was rudely laughed at and made fun of. Now I am not some sort of futurist like Ray Kurzweil, I was already surfing the Asian forums for Neverwinter Nights mods while I was waiting for Team Gizka to finish their KOTOR II mod I was already a witness to what was and is going to be the future of modding. Private modding communities were selling mods. And it really exploded with The Sims and Oblivion. Oh they were already doing it for other popular Asian games but these two games were popular cross culturally and forums such as the Nexus and Loverslab were showcasing some of the mods that people purchased at these forums. Back then you didn't have to pay but earn points. You could purchase points and earn points. The modders at these Asian forums would make new hairs models, clothing, armours and even new races to play. Mostly different looking human females and other kemonomimi type races. That is humanoids with animal earls, like bunny ears, raccoons, cats... Today there are many small communities popping up where you join and if you want a certain mod then you have to sponsor the author who created. Sponsorships are I guess determined by the mod author. You are basically buying their work. I am proposing that some day in the future young women and men will be able to make a living creating mods. Just like the poker boom, where young people are today able to make a living play a game, like before them young people playing a sport, tomorrow young people will make money creating mods. And just like sports, poker not everyone will make it. Not everybody will be financially successfully. Right now there are teenagers making a six figure salary playing video games. They are like rock stars to nerds and geeks around the globe where kids sit and pay for tickets to watch them play a video game. This is just the beginning. I don't claim to know how exactly all this will turn out but it is a sure bet that your children will be buying mods like they buy music/songs from iTunes. Six years ago my vision was that large gaming communities like STEAM, VALVE, Moddb, Nexus would each have their own modding communities and the website itself would sponsor the popular and talented mod authors. They would get paid a small percentage for each download and maybe a percentage of the advertising on their member page. That was just my own idea of how it could be organized. To me it still makes sense that a large community forum like Steam could offer advertising space on a top mod authors member page and share the revenue with them. These are just the details, who cares really but the idea is there. Proof... here is one community where you have to sponsor authors to get access to hidden mods. The people who sponser them are called "patrons." They do offer public mods too but their good stuff are for their paying fans, here is another forum community for Fallout where you can only get the good mods if you earn enough points. These are just a couple of examples. It hasn't caught on here yet like out east but give it time, it will. I grew up learning about computers by watching my older brother and sister play with them. I have two older brother, one older sister and one younger sister. My eldest brother is 15 years older than me. My parents were married very young My older brother and I work together and we are very close. He has seen it all. He was an Apple geek when he was a kid and now spends his free time messing around with various Linux OS builds including some that I will write about in my Security blog entries. Few people could have predicted how the internet would change the world but some did. Who really knows the future of gaming but some do and there is no question in my mind that modding will play an important role in the future viability of the gaming industry. It may not play out exactly like I have written. These things rarely unfold so neatly, yet I can see the children of tomorrow spending there time creating a mod and making some extra spending money from it. Most of them will make a few bucks. Hey not everybody becomes a world champion sports player. Only the best of the best even make it to the big leagues. The same holds true for poker players today and video game professionals today. Sounds funny eh? Video game professionals LoL Like this forum asked for people members to buy a membership to help offset the cost of running the community, it only makes sense to me that ten years from now the costs will be much, much greater and people will have to purchase some sort of membership even just to enter the forum. people will be able to browse the forum freely by if they want to try old the gold plated TSLRCM 2.3.1 Directors Cut version they will have to buy a membership or possibly even purchase the mod itself in some way, shape or form. Who wudda thunk it eh? PS. This entry has not been edited yet and may never be. Any complaints regarding spelling and grammar should be sent to the .

No pyjamas then?!? Oh darn it Still I would buy a few T-Shirts and a coffee mug or water bottle. Still these things are expensive and you don't want to get stuck with them. I would buy a few black pre washed cotton t-shirts for my brothers and I. That shouldn't be too much of an expense and it is probably the easiest to sell. Memberships: You should consider offering a lifetime membership. If you were to offer my a lifetime option and allow me to upgrade I would buy it right now. So if the life time is 80$ and you took into account my current 20$ dollar membership I would happily upgrade it for 60$ today. Here is the membership pricing from the Nexus just for a comparison; 1 month £2.99 ($4.80 USD)3 months £8.49 ($13.60 USD) 6 months £14.49 ($23.20 USD) 12 months £24.99 ($39.99 USD) Life-time membership £49.99 ($79.99 USD) USD figures are based on a standard exchange rate. All payments are non-recurring. You only get billed once. Premium features; Uncapped file downloads, Premium only file servers, Download multi-threading, No advertising, Private message capacity increase, ***Supporter-only Image Share section Nexus Picture share: It is and has been my opinion that the success of the Nexus has always been it's "Image Share" which allows all users to upload and save unlimited pictures but limited to only 5 uploads per day. (I don't think this is actually necessary and more like a waste of resources. I believe the feature would be just as popular and successful if they only saved the last 100 pics a user uploaded. Premium members would get unlimited. I think they could even make it to the last 50 pics get saved and it wouldn't make any difference. i myself erase my pics once I notice that no one is commenting on them or that I just don't like them any more.) Actually the first things you see on any Nexus game page are the featured mods on top (most recent popular ones) and then below that are the rest of the Latest Mods and underneath that are the Latest Images. It is right there in your face. People go nuts for these image shares that they call themselves "Screen Archers" or people that practice "Screenarchery!" They even have a Basic Tutorial for screenarchery that although I haven't read it I am sure it goes over the rules and a list of screenarchery mods to use. There are hundreds of mods made just for taking pictures. I know because I have been using them for years I realize this is an expense but the benefits are two fold. 1) People advertise the WIPs and Mods. Other members ask questions about the pics creating a self rewarding feedback loop. There are people who do nothing else but post pictures and hang out there every night. Every game has there own Image Share. This of course is not necessary here as you only mod for 2 games. But you may want to mod for other SW games in the future or host other SW mods in the future. 2) People actually write Picture Board Stories similar to what film students learn. The stories, well some are just fantastic. It promotes artistic expression and that in turn is very inviting to other gamers who have different skill sets out side of just modding. Like script writers, concept artists, Photoshop and GIMP geeks, Video artists... Then people link to other communities like Deviant art,Imgur, Flickr... just to name a few. Midway through January of this year I installed Fallout New Vegas for the first time. Besides getting some advice from a long time internet gaming friend, I went immediately to the Fallout New Vegas Nexusmods Image share and looked at the pictures. I then posted on the picture thread asking questions like; what ENB are you using, what clothing is that, What is your characters name? Some people ask about you characters back story, others make jokes and friendships are made. There are so many members here of all ages that I have never said a word to. The image share allows for this. I know that there is an image share here but it wasn't that inviting. How important is the Image Share to the Nexusmod success? Just recently they have posted a job listing for a Forum Community Manager. This is because the activity in their forums has been declining at a rapid rate. Mostly because of their unprofessional moderators and childish staff behaviour. Most modders have left the Nexusmods forums but continue to upload their mods there because the service happens to be very user friendly and the experience is very smooth. However in the last few years hundreds of private smaller forums and blogs have popped up where the modders release their work first. After a year or so they upload it to the Nexus. The nexus chat used to always have 20-30 modders in it answering questions from their fans and they would have there own chat rooms within the main chat space. The place was packed... it's empty now. But the Image Shares are still buzzing. I should say just to be fair that the older games like Morrowind and Neverwinter Nights are much slower but this place only needs one Image share. People should be able to post pics from any games if you had one open for other games. The nexus image share for KOTOR II is really bad actually but then again, there's not much of a community over there. But check out any of them, here are some links and just click on a picture that has a lot of endorsements. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/images/view/? http://www.nexusmods.com/dragonageinquisition/images/view/? http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/?

Okeedoki Realistic Nar Shaddaa Skybox by Sharen Thrawn Coruscant Hiqh Resolution Textures by Exile007 Coruscant Jedi Temple by DeathDisco (However, this mod is NOT compatible with M4-78 EP unless you also use the compatibility patch too.) Better Male Bodies by Trex Imperial Officers by Prime Full Force Mod by Team Hssiss Fixed Kreia's Fall Movie by Jinger Movement Animation Fix for KOTOR & TSL by ZimmMaster Darth Nihilus Animation Fix by Khrizby Droid Enhancement by ElecManEXE Expanded Workbench Revised Revision 2.02 by Vanaheim (AKA Vanir) Remote Tells Influence by tk102 Insane Dustil by Princess Artemis TSL Visual Enhancement 2011 by Xarwarz but the download link I couldn't find but found all of them here--> http://www.moddb.com/members/xarwarrz/addons oops just found this page too http://tekniikalz.wix.com/xedii#!releases/c1x9v High Level Force Powers by Stoffe (AKA RevanAnt) part 1 http://knightsoftheoldrepublic.filefront.com/file/High_Level_Force_Powers;43066 part 2 http://knightsoftheoldrepublic.filefront.com/file/High_Level_Force_Powers;67156#Download Bao-Dur's Charged Armor by ChAiNz 2da oh so happy this is here XDD Movie Mandalorians by Darth_Deadman T.W.O - Heavy Repeater Pack by BryanWee20 Blaster Rifle Pack by BryanWee20 Heavy Blaster Pack by BryanWee20 Sith Assassins - with Lightsabers by Shem Edit: adding these two mods and their patches. Admirality Mod by Jinger (AKA Kreia) - Use this compatibility mod: TSLRCM Compatibility Patch for jinger's Admiralty Mod Slender Body for Females by Taina - Use this compatibility mod: Slenderbodied Females Comp. Patch I am investigating this mod for now... Game Balance Mod by Achilles - ONLY use Autobalance.2da, don't use any of the other files with the mod!!! I am disappointed that I am unable to use this must have mod but where there is smoke there is fire. If this is causing problems in one area it can also be causing problems in others; Improved AI by Stoffe (AKA RevanAnt) - While this mod mostly works, it cause some problems with one scene on Nar Shaddaa (you might be unable to select a third teammember during a cutscene so have to do some hard battles with just Bao-Dur and Atton). I am all ready to install these. Awaiting your orders admiral.

I like simple fixes, I will double check to see if it on. It should since I am following my own install instructions I wrote on another forum a few years back Checking now... Fixed, thank you. It seems that all my advanced settings were reset or I forgot to reset them after installing the TSLRCM. Either way I feel better now. Cheers.

New install, patched and I see the tslrcm logo. No mods. Ep not installed yet. I have had this error/bug with 3 different test characters. What happens is that after I kill a mining droid I get stuck and can't move. It doesn't matter how I kill them (laser or sword or force power) I am forc3ed to save and reload where the droids then disappear and I can move again. It is even happening sometimes with the droid on peragus. Obviously this is very very frustrating havinfg to constantly reload after every battle. This is making the game unplayable. Just to save Rand out of the prison I was forced to reload 5 times. I played the droid until the part when HK-50 shoots him and I had to reload once right before the final elevator . *It seems that when I get stuck and I am able to click with my mouse cursor on something to activate then I will become unstuck sometimes. After every step of the install process I have done a test run and it seems that the problem has gotten worse with each major step. (Game install, patch, tslrcm) Any ideas. system specs win7

Ya sure but what about the EP? When do I install that? And can I install mods after I install the EP?

Ahh... a list with links! Best list ever TY

Quick question as I am installing this game while trying to size some dds files in photoshop; Umm... ya so I have updated and installed the tslrcm correctly but in the install instructions on the main page the next step says to install tslrcm compatible mods now and said there was a list in the forums. No link? Ok no biggie, *humph* So my question now is; when do I install the m4-78ep? If I install some compatible mods do I then install the EP and if I install the EP can I still add other mods later? This last part of the install instructions are unclear. I did play through the beginning to test it out and watch the updated videos and listen to the new sound. I did find that my PC got stuck a few times after killing a droid. I just saved and restarted but it was a lil annoying. I don't remember having this bug but then again my last play through was on my old winXP rig. Has anyone else come across this? I am so close... Hey gang! Please recommend some mods. That would be fun eh?

WoW This thread is a thread of memories. Nov 2012 was the day I tripped over this place. I remember reading a new thread in a private Oblivion modding forum and the member was playing KOTOR2 and an ealier version of the tslrcm. I eagerly waited for new posts and pics until one day he mentioned that he was stuck some where in the game. Well that was the day I posted on his thread, unstucked him ;D and then made the fateful decision to ask him about this carazy mod he was using that completed the game. I remembered the days of project Gizka and the waiting... the disappointment. When I learned that there was a mod that actually did what I thought could never be done... well you can only imagine my excitement! The link he provided brought me here and the next day I went to my brothers house and asked him where his kotor games were. Before you knew it I was opening old boxes in his basement and BINGO I found them. I took them home, came online and created an account as well as this thread on the same day! Three years ago I got to play my favourite game again to completion and loved it. My participation is streaky at best. I come and go because I am not a hard core gamer. I work full time which includes a lot of travelling and I have a lot of family obligations, not to mentions friends and my dogs... I can only play one game at a time so I hop from game to game and forum to forum. Just reading through this small thread I can see my installs, some set up mistakes and utter failures such as my last attempt to play the new EP. That never got done. My gaming rig at the time was on it's last gears and I bought a used gaming rig to replace my fantastic old one that allowed me to play my games at very high settings which I paid practically nothing for. 200 bucks and it did the job but I wanted more. So I slowly saved some money and bought the parts online and asked my brother in law to put it together for me. I can now play any game on ultra setting enjoy taking vids and pics of my adventures sometimes. What I really enjoy is mingling with other people who also have a passion for the game I enjoy. I have been a member of many forums. Some good, few great and mostly poor. This place is the perfect forum. It has and follows it's rules, follows the strict copyright protection laws as they should regarding porting of assets from other games but they also are very flexible and fair with their membership. When it comes to gaming forums this place is one of the best run places I have come across in my surfing travels. It is always a pleasure coming here. I can only speak to the games and mods I have played, but since that fateful day in November 2012 and my completion of the tslrcm 1.8.1, I have never stopped my proclamation that it is by far the greatest modding achievement in gaming history. To this day I continue spreading the word. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that Dia-noga and I thank you for all the fun this place provides. You guys are the real Jedi Knights and this forum stands as the real Coruscant. “You do have your moments. Not many, but you have them.”

Deadly Stream pyjamas please! I hereby pledge my purchase of 3 t-shirts and 1 pair of pyjamas You should have a contest to design the new pyjamas ... t-shirt. Just make sure that the T-shirts are high quality and pre washed. Also that they come in more than just one colour. I don't mind paying more money if; 1) it is a quality item that won't shrink and be unwearable after one mistake in the drying machine; 2) that I know the high cost of the quality item is because the profits are going into the update/upkeep of the forum itself. So I have to say that your presence on Nexusmods is practically ZERO. I am no fan of the Nexus, Darkone or his lacky vampire dante but it is just so easy to find mods there. They have a real good working picture share where people actually hang out every day and post their pics. The first thing I did when I installled Fallout New Vegas was take a pic and introduce myself on the Nexus New Vegas picture share because that is the quickest way to meet people and ask qustions about the mods the use in their pics... It is basically Free Advertising! In every gaming forum I am a member of there is a thread called, "what is thi mod" where member post pics and ask questions like; "what is that hair? what is that armour, clothing?..." stuff like that. 90% of the pics are from the nexus picture share of whatever game they host. Imagine if I install the game (like I am doing now) and I go to the nexus image share and (like I see IS is doing and plan to join him very soon) and start talking to people about the mods I got from Deadly Stream. You know I have already mentioned this place on the New Vegas picture when I uploaded my goodbye picture and I got a real good reaction when I said goodbye and explained that I am off to play KOTORTSLRCMM4-78EP. Believe it or not some people knew what I was even talking about. I got 3 PMs from people talking about their game and asking where they could get it. I am sure there is a good reason why your two brilliant DLC type mods are not there and I don't want to presume anything however, maybe you should be Just my 2 cents

Oh I forgot I have an open thread here. SHHH can you please merge this with my open thread; Dia-noga's trash compactor holiday getaway This way I have all my install notes in the same place.

Weee... thank you HH and SH for that. I just pulled an all nighter so I'm off to bed for 6 hours. I check back in over the next couple of days. tyvm for the links. I can't wait XDDD Looks like I'll have to make all new signature banners! EDIT: I am just goingto call you two SHHH from now on XDDD

Following the install post I have a question about step #7; "...by If you have them, you can also install the enhanced movie (only recommended for monitors with a vertical resolution of 1200 or higher; don't bother otherwise) and music files for KotOR 2 (available on the same site as the official patches) at this time." I have never done this step before and I these files are not located on the page. Can somebody please provide links and maybe update the install guide post? I tried to search for them but to no avail. My install is now in limbo Thanks in advance Hmm... I guess I will just post here if I have more questions. Cheers.

When it comes to internet security everybody has an opinion. However few really know what is actually happening. That is because there is so much misinformation being put out there on purpose that people just don't know how to filter it. The question here in this blog entry is, "Where do I start?" The primary way the NSA eavesdrops on Internet communications is in the network. That's where their capabilities best scale. They have invested in enormous programs to automatically collect and analyse network traffic. Anything that requires them to attack individual endpoint computers is significantly more costly and risky for them, and they will do those things carefully and sparingly. The NSA gets access to the communications trunks (telecommunications companies that they have agreements with) that move Internet traffic. In cases where it doesn't have that sort of friendly access, it does its best to surreptitiously monitor communications channels: tapping undersea cables, intercepting satellite communications, and so on. "Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it." ~Edward Snowden Endpoint means the software you're using, the computer you're using it on, and the local network you're using it in. If the nsa/fbi can modify the encryption algorithm or drop a trojan on your computer, all the cryptography and protection in the world doesn't matter at all. Google recently announced that it would start including individual users' names and photos in some ads. This means that if you rate some product positively, your friends may see ads for that product with your name and photo attached—without your knowledge or consent. Meanwhile, Facebook is eliminating a feature that allowed people to retain some portions of their anonymity on its website. These changes come on the heels of Google's move to explore replacing tracking cookies with something that users have even less control over. Microsoft is doing something similar by developing its own tracking technology. Lots of companies are evading the "Do Not Track" rules, meant to give users a say in whether companies track them. Turns out the whole "Do Not Track" legislation has been a sham. It shouldn't come as a surprise that big technology companies are tracking us on the Internet even more aggressively than before. If these features don't sound particularly beneficial to you, it's because you're not the customer of any of these companies. You're the product, and you're being improved for their actual customers: their advertisers Lenovo installs an HTTPS "man in the middle" attack on their laptops: Before you click on that link you may want to know what the "Man in the middle" (MITM) attack is. Now that you know what is happening I hope you are disturbed about what is happening as I am. https://filippo.io/Badfish/ links to a Superfish "detector" page, with instructions on how to remove it. However the only way we all can be sure these TROJANS and spyware programs are not hidden on out computers is to NUKE, WIPE our hard drives and reinstall our Operating Systems directly from the disk. You want to use a Microsoft branded OEM Windows disc and use the product key off of the machine. Not a recovery disc. Pre built white box style computers (DELL) which I'll include HP at this point have always been full of bloatware. There have been reports of PUPs being in certain linux installs. Sometimes they hack into downloads and replace what people think they are getting. So when someone downloads a Ubuntu OS that can be run off of an USB key, you still need to run that through some security scans. I'm sure many people here use an anti virus, Firewall and other ad-ware/spy-ware detection programs. A popular program these days is http://www.malwarebytes.org/. It's results are excellent however some of you fine people here would be surprised that even after running a full scan using Malwarbytes and then a secondary malware/spyware program like HitmanPro http://www.surfright.nl/en/downloads and then a boot scan of your anti virus, that some malware/spyware still exists on your hard drive. It's called a PUP aka Potentially Unwanted Program. You may see it after a scan called something like this; PUP.Optional.Conduit.A, PUP.Optional.Default and other PUP.designations. Even if your scans have removed some PUPs they are very sneaky and are able to hide in the registry, windows folder and other Nook N' Crannies. PUPs are not a virus, but it does exhibit plenty of malicious traits, such as rootkit capabilities to hook deep into the operating system, browser hijacking, and in general just interfering with the user experience. This type of infection is used to boost advertising revenue, as in the use of blackhat SEO, to inflate a site’s page ranking in search results. So where do they come from? The general rule of thumb (and why I don't use anything by Google) is that nothing in life is free. The same goes on the internet. PUPs get on your computer after you have installed a freeware software (video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators) that had bundled into their installation this browser hijacker. This Potentially Unwanted Propgram is also bundled within the custom installer on many download sites ( CNET, Brothersoft or Softonic), so if you have downloaded a software from these websites, chances are that PUP.Optional.Conduit.A was installed during the software setup process. Also in the last few months it seems even OPEN SOURCE distributor http://sourceforge.net has been found guilty of adding Potentially Unwanted Programs so be careful. Waterfox and other large profile projects such as GIMP have also moved away from SourceForge recently. The reason being to shady adverts and that SF force their own installer onto users, prompting them to install other software and then finally the software the user actually wants. Waterfox will now use CodePlex for file hosting.The new location for Waterfox files will be at; https://waterfox.codeplex.com/ So please be careful even if you have trusted a download site in the past. You should always pay attention when installing software because often, a software installer includes optional installs, such as this PUP.Optional.Conduit.A browser hijacker. Be very careful what you agree to install. Always opt for the custom installation and deselect anything that is not familiar, especially optional software that you never wanted to download and install in the first place. It goes without saying that you should not install software that you don’t trust. So here's how to get rid of the PUP browser hijack. Make a restore point and back up your files and do the following in order. 1) AdwCleaner; The AdwCleaner utility will scan your computer for PUP.Optional.Conduit.A malicious files and registry keys, that may have been installed on your computer without your knowledge. http://www.bleepingc...oad/adwcleaner/ 2) Junkware Removal Tool; this utility can take a while to complete (like 10-30 minutes) depending on your system’s specifications and will display a log with the malicious files and registry keys that were removed from your computer. So grab a coffee http://www.bleepingc...e-removal-tool/ 3) Malwarebytes Anti-Malware; It will remove worms, trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware. A quick scan will do or if your having problems with your computer like choppy video or laggyness then do a full scan. Linked above. 4) Run a secondary spyware/malware removal tool like spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/ or HitmanPro 5) Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit BETA; Go here and run this http://www.malwareby.../products/mbar/ 6) Lastly update your anti virus and run a "BOOT TIME SCAN" I have been a beta tester for the Firefox browser since before it was called Firebird and Pheonix. I still run the beta Nightly 64bit browser for kicks and I have been a http://www.waterfoxproject.org/ user since that project first kicked off. I use Palemoon on my laptop and I also use the Tor browser https://www.torproject.org/. However recently I switched from Waterfox as my main browser to Cyberfox [EDIT: but this whole browser turned out to be a privacy sham filled with exploits so stay away. I am back to Waterfox full time.] I use Chrome too when I search the Asian gaming forums because they have the best translation feature built right in the browser making it super easy to search for mods and ENB presets. Version 16.0.1 of Waterfox is the last confirmed release to work with Windows XP 64bit; get it here; http://www.neowin.net/news/download-waterfox-1601-without-avg-toolbar EDIT: As of Sept. 2015, I only recommend Waterfox and Firefox browsers Obviously I use different browsers for different activities. I suggest you do the same. I have one browser I use for Music and Video, another for Gmail, Facebook, Twitter and other Social Media, blogs and media in general. I use over 15 security add-ons installed on my Cyberfox browser. Most of them you will have not heard of and are for more advanced browser comprehension; ad block plus ad blocker for gmail all in one side bar avast web rep better privacy certificate patrol cipher fox cookie controller dnssec validator download statusbar dr web anti virus link checker ghostery https finder https everywhere java console java quick starter microsoft net framework assistant no script nosquint perspectives requestpolicy wot x-notifier foxtab lastpass This list is incomplete and I'll update it shortly and add links. I will also gather my list of add-ons for my other browser set ups. EDIT: If you want to see my updated Mozzilla add-on security collection then just click on the link. The Nexusmods website and forum: I dislike the owner and administration of Nexusmods. I find the moderators, especially TheVampireDante, to be bullies, rude and childish. I don't like them or their tactics. I am praying that another website could replace them however nothing I have seen has been able to duplicate their service. Their forums suck ass. There is no real community any more like there used to be 5 years ago. That is because of the bullying that they practice. Many top notch modders left the Nexus before it they changed names to Nexusmods. The Chat use to have 2-50 people in it at all times and now you may find 4. it is sad because at one time they used to be leaders and now they are solely responsible for the outbreak of hundreds of private smaller forums that have fragmented the modding community. As far as I am concerned the Nexusmods is a cancer that needs to be eradicated. So have you guys noticed the recent change in policy over at the Nexus and other websites regarding Add blocking software like AddBlock and AddBlock Plus? If you use that add on then you will have noticed that the Nexus now recognizes that you are blocking their advertisements. They actually place an advertisement of their own that asks you to turn the add blocker off with some sappy story that they need the money. Regardless they are interfering with the space on your screen and in truth it is an advertisement to buy a membership. For this reason I will tell you how to get rid of it and enjoy a full screen without annoying advertisements. You need to have add block plus http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ install Greasemonkey (for firefox) or tampermonkey (chrome) http://addons.mozilla.org/en-Us/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/ Then go to http://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer Go to step 3... and install the the 5 scripts in greasemonkey / tampermonkey They should auto install but if they don't you can even copy and paste them in. it is pretty simple to get it to work. That's it! No more annoying adds by the nexus to buy their memberships. And it also blocks other websites from doing the same. Consider this a present for allowing me to join the community but remember that this is not 100%. The five scripts that Greasemonkey is running use the most common methods that websites use to see who is using an add blocker. Most of these administrators really don't know how to do this correctly so they never change their operations. This is the reason why Greasemonkey works. There are some webmasters who change their scripts often (monthly/weekly) so to as avoid what Greasemonkey is doing. The Nexusmods is not one of those websites. Besides, new scripts can and are always being written. I don't suggest you use this on every website and forum. For example this one I turn these options off. However Java Script remains the biggest security risk on the internet (FBI report) and malicious code can easily be hidden is video and audio advertisements. End of Part 1

I like your style. I wish more modders would adopt your easy going free style let it be attitude. Cheers to you