General Questions Thread

[-KarumA-]

Originally Posted by LiberLibri

EMS is an international delivery service provided by Japan Post in corporation with the postal agency of your country. It is faster than normal Air delivery, and you can trace the package by ID.

Yamato is a famous private transporting corporation. In general, its service is said to be better than JP for some reasons; JP is liable only for domestic accidents (namely, if the packet is lost outside Japan, JP has no jurisdiction to research it in detail or to compensate fully); JP and other countries' postal staffs are not always trained to handle with delicate objects like otaku artifacts. If you need really careful service, you should rely on Yamato.

okay and whats the chance on well your package getting lost sorta speak then?
I dont guess it happens often now does it?

[LiberLibri]

Originally Posted by -KarumA-

okay and whats the chance on well your package getting lost sorta speak then?
I dont guess it happens often now does it?

No. Last year it was reported that 247 EMS packages addressed to Indonesia were lost in Jakarta because of the poor custody there, but such case is quite exceptional. Dutch TNT is so credible as well as JP that you could rely on them for usual communication.

[felix]

Q. How come Karu's avatar remains animated while Aoie's doesn't? Some kind of size-limit setting?

[xris]

Originally Posted by Cats

Q. How come Karu's avatar remains animated while Aoie's doesn't? Some kind of size-limit setting?

Strange, I had thought you had already answered this question previously.

The images used in the profile have been reduced (they are a max of 60x60 pixels instead of 100x100) and it seems the code used by vB to shrink the image is unable to maintain the animation property. It doesn't seem to work on all animated images. Beyond that, you will need to ask vB I guess.

[-KarumA-]

Originally Posted by Cats

Q. How come Karu's avatar remains animated while Aoie's doesn't? Some kind of size-limit setting?

magic fairy dust I tell you, magic fairy dust

[xris]

Originally Posted by Cats

Q. How come Karu's avatar remains animated while Aoie's doesn't? Some kind of size-limit setting?

And the magic fairy dust helps of course. Mustn't forget the magic fairy dust.

[[DOT].L]

I've recently noticed I have two rundll32.exe running on my system at the same time. Normal?

[WanderingKnight]

Ehm, that's weird (why in the blazes would the OS need to load it twice?). Googling around gives me several results that, as always in the Windows world, depend on a variety of third-party software misbehaving somewhere or something.

I wouldn't worry too much. Try keeping watch of your processes when you first login. If you still see two instances, then try disabling all processes starting on login. Hopefully you can isolate it that way and not worry about it being some case of malware.

[[DOT].L]

Originally Posted by WanderingKnight

Ehm, that's weird (why in the blazes would the OS need to load it twice?). Googling around gives me several results that, as always in the Windows world, depend on a variety of third-party software misbehaving somewhere or something.

I wouldn't worry too much. Try keeping watch of your processes when you first login. If you still see two instances, then try disabling all processes starting on login. Hopefully you can isolate it that way and not worry about it being some case of malware.

Well, I have confirmed that I have two actual rundll32.exe files on my system. One located in the system32 folder and the other in the "i386" folder under the "ServicePackFiles" folder. The two files appear identical except I am able to edit the compatibility options for the latter. A quick comparison also shows the latter file was created on the 28th of last month. Funny thing is its modified date precedes its creation date and is identical to the modified date of the former rundll32.exe file in the system32 folder.

[KiNA]

You can try process explorer and see which parent process that launch them

[[DOT].L]

Originally Posted by KiNA

You can try process explorer and see which parent process that launch them

They are both apparently servicing Nvidia components, so I guess it's not a malicious software problem. Still, there use to be only one rundll32.exe. This still bothers me a bit.

[Kyuusai]

Originally Posted by [DOT].L

They are both apparently servicing Nvidia components, so I guess it's not a malicious software problem. Still, there use to be only one rundll32.exe. This still bothers me a bit.

You can have multiple instances of rundll32.exe just like you can any other process. The executable itself is used to run several different things that are themselves DLL files. The reasons why are technical, but suffice to say that many Windows components are provided as DLLs rather than their own executables. Open up the Add/Remove Programs menu and you'll see another instance of it open.

The only question is what's being run that requires it to be open. If you hadn't already identified the use of them, I'd say kill those processes and see what stops. No need for that now, of course.

Some viruses/trojans/what-have-you (mostly older ones) disguised themselves with similar image names, so just to be on the safe side, update and scan with your anti-virus software. (If your anti-virus software is the home edition of Norton or McAffee, switch to something else, like AVG, Trend Micro, or Kaspersky. If it's not *your* PC to be able to change the software on, just scan with Trend Micro HouseCall.)

[[DOT].L]

Originally Posted by Kyuusai

You can have multiple instances of rundll32.exe just like you can any other process. The executable itself is used to run several different things that are themselves DLL files. The reasons why are technical, but suffice to say that many Windows components are provided as DLLs rather than their own executables. Open up the Add/Remove Programs menu and you'll see another instance of it open.

The only question is what's being run that requires it to be open. If you hadn't already identified the use of them, I'd say kill those processes and see what stops. No need for that now, of course.

Some viruses/trojans/what-have-you (mostly older ones) disguised themselves with similar image names, so just to be on the safe side, update and scan with your anti-virus software. (If your anti-virus software is the home edition of Norton or McAffee, switch to something else, like AVG, Trend Micro, or Kaspersky. If it's not *your* PC to be able to change the software on, just scan with Trend Micro HouseCall.)

I found out what was causing the second rundll32.exe. Nvidia desktop management was enabled somehow without my notice. Disabled it, and the extra rundll32 went poof. Problem solved.

[-KarumA-]

another silly question about ordering things and shipping
I'm odering two Dj's from Jpqueen atm and want to use the Yamato shipping
now this is what my question is about: P.O BOX - NO
what do they mean byt hat, while typing I figured it had to do with mail boxes or postage boxes but does that merely mean it doesnt arrive with the regular daily mail in your post box?

also I have to pay through Kagi, can anyone quickly tell me what I'm going to expect with that, I've never worked with paypall before, I got ym acount working though don't have any cash on it still. If I press for the kagi payment do I get linked to their site where I choose to pay with Paypall and if so do I merely type in ym e-mail adress thingy paypall uses?

[Kyuusai]

Originally Posted by -KarumA-

another silly question about ordering things and shipping
I'm odering two Dj's from Jpqueen atm and want to use the Yamato shipping
now this is what my question is about: P.O BOX - NO
what do they mean byt hat, while typing I figured it had to do with mail boxes or postage boxes but does that merely mean it doesnt arrive with the regular daily mail in your post box?

A Post Office box, in this case, is actually a box inside your post office which can be rented for receiving mail, as opposed to the mail box at your residence.

[-KarumA-]

Originally Posted by Kyuusai

A Post Office box, in this case, is actually a box inside your post office which can be rented for receiving mail, as opposed to the mail box at your residence.

ahaaaa, now I see
so the darned thing will be delivered to my hosue adress yay
okay I ordered it now but I got no clue on what I now actually did or what will happen, I was redirected to Kagi where I was linked to paypall to pay for the purchased items, now one thing do you recieve a giro from paypall and have to deliver that to your bank or will it be taken off your bankacount automatically?
thats all I need to know
all this fussing over nothing I guess

[Kyuusai]

Originally Posted by -KarumA-

ahaaaa, now I see
so the darned thing will be delivered to my hosue adress yay
okay I ordered it now but I got no clue on what I now actually did or what will happen, I was redirected to Kagi where I was linked to paypall to pay for the purchased items, now one thing do you recieve a giro from paypall and have to deliver that to your bank or will it be taken off your bankacount automatically?
thats all I need to know
all this fussing over nothing I guess

PayPal can be linked to your bank account, credit card, etc, and will automatically get funds your preferred source. I don't know how the PayPal transaction would have gone through if you didn't already have it linked to a source of funds... Check your PayPal settings. PayPal should also documents where money was moved from for each transaction log you can see.

[-KarumA-]

Originally Posted by Kyuusai

PayPal can be linked to your bank account, credit card, etc, and will automatically get funds your preferred source. I don't know how the PayPal transaction would have gone through if you didn't already have it linked to a source of funds... Check your PayPal settings. PayPal should also documents where money was moved from for each transaction log you can see.

aha I see thank you I didn't know that
it seems its on automatic (direct transaction), though it hasn't gone off yet (its still being verified)
this means I won't have to bank any giro's or anything right ?
also underneath my payment method where you can see the verified acount/bank number there's a money amounth in front of it but I'm sure its nothing to worry about, lol I stress out over the sillyest things when I do something new, silly karu all the way and beyooond!

thank you

[Vivio Testarossa]

Something I was wondering about... when I looked at the forum "Older series" I saw this message at the bottom.



Isn't that sort of an oxymoron. If a user can't post replies, what is the purpose of allowing "editing of replies" as there is no posts that can be made there in the first place? Thus there is nothing that can be edited.

[Traece]

Originally Posted by Vivio Testarossa

Something I was wondering about... when I looked at the forum "Older series" I saw this message at the bottom.



Isn't that sort of an oxymoron. If a user can't post replies, what is the purpose of allowing "editing of replies" as there is no posts that can be made there in the first place? Thus there is nothing that can be edited.

I guess if someone hacks Animesuki and posts there they wanted the person to be able to Edit in an apology?

Edit: I think it might be on by default in all of Animesuki. Generally editing of posts is pretty much always on in vB boards. At least, any that I have been to. (Yes... I did answer in an edit. q_q)