My Protector Rant

Private Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 46

I realize Mister put a great deal of time and effort in Protector and he has evidently ran out of both of those now and has decided to call it quits. I do find it highly aggavating though that he would not have the courtesy to tell those of us that have used the product from the start how to correctly uninstall it.

Everyone seems to think we are all PHP-Nuke experts and that is not the case. So Mister if you happen to read this take 5 mins and post a message here on the correct way to remove you product so we can get on with our lives to.

Plus we can't even download a copy of the program so we could reverse the process because he literally slammed the door on the web site as well. Gimme a break

Corporal Joined: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 57

My solution was downloaded a new base phpnuke version (7. Cool

and reinstalled all my customizations (installed nukesentinel instead of protector)

Nuke Soldier Joined: Apr 07, 2004 Posts: 28

He didn't run out his server had a major crash and he is working on fixing it. I know because i e-mail him and that's what he said...

Corporal Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 51 Location: Texas

billy2313 wrote:

He didn't run out his server had a major crash and he is working on fixing it. I know because i e-mail him and that's what he said...

I hope Marcus didn't quit. He seemed like a nice person but his heart just wasn't fully into the Protector product.

I initially tried to encourage him by suggesting ways to make a few dollars.
I was enthusiastic as hell when I first started moderating for him but, over time, I got the feeling that he was growing tired of the project.
I hated to see that because I liked the level of competition that existed between Protector and Sentinel.

As for uninstalling. I created a fairly detailed install video.
Download it here.
You can also download a copy of the last version, 1.15b2.
Download that here.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Apr 07, 2004 Posts: 28

I just got another e-mail from him saying the new verison of protector is done and he just waiting for techgfx to finish with the graphics...

Private Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 46

If there is indeed a new version I will eat crow an apologize for my rant and then hopefully be allowed to get copy so I can continue to use it. I admit I still have it installed on my server since it works so well for me. I just wish he wasn't quite so secretive about his work though.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Nov 14, 2004 Posts: 18

Any update on this? Site is still down

Nuke Soldier Joined: Oct 31, 2005 Posts: 20

well with techgfx and mister's track record for updates I believe Ill stay with a product I know will be updated like sentinel and chatserv's patched. Protector was a good module but many people who kept it are sorry now cause almost all the new exploits gets by it.