XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp   
   From: giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk   
      
   On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:36:30 -0500, jigo wrote:   
      
   > PeterC wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:37:49 -0500, jigo wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I'm running Windows XP sp3. I haven't been able to find a good keyboard   
   >>> booster despite months of trying. All the ones I come across are really   
   >>> intended for other purposes. Does anyone know a good (preferably free)   
   >>> keyboard booster for XP, i.e., a program in which you can define a   
   >>> short abbreviation to type a long word anywhere--like the autotext   
   >>> function in Microsoft Word?   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks for any help.   
   >>   
   >> I use Superkeys so, e.g., typing #at will drop in my name, address and   
   >> telephone number below a sig. separator.   
   >   
   > I can't find a program named Superkeys anywhere on the Softpedia site.   
   > I'm not sure what you mean by blocking the .exe and other components   
   > with my firewall. The firewall blocks programs, not specific files, in   
   > my browser unless you make that program an exception.   
   >   
   >> Be aware that many AV programmes etc. will find that a .dll of Superkeys to   
   >> be malware as it's effectively a keyboard logger, but if you want a utility   
   >> that monitors the keyboard...!   
   >> The .dll in question has been used for malicious purposes, but this can   
   >> happen with anything, not only software.   
   >> I'd suggest that, if you're interested, you get SK from a reputable site (I   
   >> use Softpedia) and block the .exe and other components with your firewall so   
   >> that they can't get out.   
   >>   
      
   In both of the firewalls that I've used I can define blocked files - IE is   
   one, of course.   
   --   
   Peter.   
   The gods will stay away   
   whilst religions hold sway   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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