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Really?

Hay wtf someone has hacked into my CCleaner forum acount and changed my location to Uranus HAHA! thats **cked up talk about lack of security.

Any how i belive openoffice is better then Micorosft office and the use of spybot, spwareblaster & ad-aware are better the Giant antispyware oops i mean microsft anitspyware

Oops maybe i should have checked before hand anyhow thanks twistedMetal .

Hay Andavari i noticed you have foxit pdf reader as do i. Do you mind if you was to post your .ini settings to clean it cheers.

I recently went on a software hunt to replace all of my software with free alternatives preferably open source software. The hunt took me months and i found a lot of dodgy software but by enlarge the software alternatives i found are better then the pay for apps i had before. Also i hated the fact i would install a app a app that does not need to operate on-line but yet it would still ask to get on-line(wtf is that all about) now that does not happen also i can now use my pc as soon as my pc starts rather then go and get a drink and wait 5 minutes for all the apps to start. Now thanks to faster more efficient apps and the fact i have found a app which allows me so remove start up apps. These are the results . The following apps are all free contain no spyware and or adware, but(there is always a but) avast anti virus does require you to register which is free and they email a code which you put in the app, mainly because if you are a company you have to pay for it. First is i found and now use a app called nLite(http://www.nliteos.com/) which allows you to remove windows applications which you do not use i.e. windows movie maker, windows messenger, system restore, outlook express, disability option, xp games(pinball etc) etc and create a bookable iso. Put it this way before tweaking my xp it weight in around 590Mb now it is 248Mb.(yes those number are correct) Adware & Spyware protection: Before=Ad-Aware SE Professional Edition*****After=Ad-aware SE Personal http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Adawa...nal/965718306/1 Scans your pc for adware & spyware and clears certain mru lists(i use CCleaner for that tho :-)i also was not aware there was a free version which does all i want but not the other stuff which i did not want. Before=Msconfig*****After=AutoRuns http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Autoruns/1092024321/1 A lot more freedom and allows you to google the entries before deleting them. I also found the following site which allows you to type in the name of a .exe or .dll file and gives you advice whether to remove it or not. http://www.processlibrary.com/ Before=None*****After=Spyware Blaster http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spywa...er/1056258294/1 Stops dangerous Active X from installing as well as other protection. Before=Just Ad-Aware SE Personal*****After=Spybot Search and Destroy http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spybo...oy/1043809773/1 Allows you to manual scan your pc for adware & spyware and adds a windows start up entry called a tea time which allows you to stop apps from adding them selves to you start up and SDhelper which stops you from download bad things from the net(Internet explorer only) Anti Virus & Firewall protection: Before=Panda one week norton the next etc etc*****After=Avast Anti Virus Home edition http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/avast_Home/1034566665/1 Brilliant anti virus app which does all the usual also it automatically updates the actual program as well as the anti virus definitions, allows skins and my fav it allows you to schedule a boot time time scan which is more efficient and faster. Before=ZoneAlarm Security Suite*****After=ZoneAlarm http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/ZoneA...ee/1023831973/1 As strong as the security suite in terms of the firewall(which is all want) but without the spam, Instant messenger, Privacy etc protection. Compression: Before=PowerArchiver*****After=TugZip http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/TUGZip/1061582000/1 Looks and feels like PowerArchiver but its compltety free. Pdf Reader: Before=Adobe Acrobat Reader*****After=Foxit PDF Reader http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Foxit...er/1102316680/1 Smaller and a lot faster then acrobat and does not even need installing. Media Player: Before=Realone*****After=Real Alternative http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Real_...ve/1054136293/1 Allows me to still stream real content which is all i wanted it for but does not include the actual bulky player which i never used and can still play real media files thru windows media player. Before Quicktime*****After=QuickTime Alternative http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Quick...ve/1049831315/1 Same as Real Alternative but for quicktime files. Internet Browser: Before=Opera*****After=Firefox http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mozil...ws/1032985422/1 Brilliant, fast, secure, easy and highly customizable with themes and extensions. File & folder backup: Before=manual copy *****After=SyncBack http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/SyncBack/1070420627/1 WOW this is one brilliant app basically you configure it to copy any number of files, file types and or folders to another location(Cd-rw, flash drive, server etc) in my case a compressed file to my internal backup hd. It also uses Windows Scheduler to Schedule your backups. Office App: Before=Microsoft Office*****After=OpenOffice http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/OpenO...ws/1009574294/1 Another WoW program think of something Microsoft Office can do and for me OpenOffice will do the same. Maintenance: Before=A load of rubbish apps*****After=CCleaner Do i need to say anything. Before=Nothing*****After=NTREGOPT http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/NTREGOPT/1075895356/1 Backs up and defrags your registry. Before=Nothing*****After=PageDefrag http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PageDefrag.html Defrags(at system restart) files that are open for exclusive access. Before=Windows recycling bin*****After=Eraser http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Eraser/1010751436/1 Can empty the recycling bin by erasing the contents with special erasing algorithms and allows you to overwrite the free space on a hd so files will not be recoverable. It also alows you to right click a file and erase it in the same way. Before=Nothing*****After=Driver Cleaner Professional http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Drive...al/1056384838/2 Removes files left over after uninstalling a driver which can conflict with a new driver. Email: Before=Hotmail*****After=Gmail http://gmail.google.com/ Fast, Free, HUGE storage(2290 MB and growing) and for me easier to use.(I have invites if you want one just pm me) The following 3 entries are my fav because i have completely got rid of apps on my pc, taking up close to 6Gb of Hd space. Also if you see the below screenshot and look at the question mark on the right side of my dock that is a link to Wikipedia's search page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search which acts like a shorcut to a app by when i click it it will launch firefox and directley take me to the search page. Rss & Blog Reader: Before=FeedDemon*****After=Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/ Same again why have app with loads of feeds taking space up on your pc when you can someone else to store them for nothing. Maps & Route Planner: Before=Microsoft Autoroute*****After=Google Maps http://maps.google.com/ Again why pay for something you can get for free plus i live on a very small road that is no even in Autoroute(It does not have that much detail in it) yet low and behold i can find my road on google maps plus i love the interface, local search & directions features. Encylopedia: Before=Microsoft Encarta*****After=Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page It has everything encarta has yet it costs nothing anyone can make there own page about a subject they now about and as it is web based it does not take up 4.5Gb as encarta does. It also has a lot of things that encarta does not such as type a game in and 99% of the time there will be a page about and it is always up to date. Visual: Before=Nothing*****After=RK Launcher http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/RK_La...er/1110214441/1 A docking app see the bottom of the below screenshot. Before=Nothing always forgot *****After=Rainlendar http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Rainlendar/970572945/1 Customizable calendar which can remind you off important events which you set. see bottom right corner of screenshot. My current desktop: Hope they help, there are some apps which i could not find suitable alternatives to which are list below if you guys know any please post a link thanks. Current=Easy CD-DA Extractor i use it for converting my music from one format to another. Current=Paint Shop pro, photo editing. Current=Nero, dvd-rw burning i found a couple alternatives but the discs were coaster fired straight after burning.

Thanks for the feed back guys i have now reposted in the thread freeware list and i am from London in the Uk. Thanks for the suggestions agumon as i said i have tried a load of software some dodgy and i have actualy tried all the apps you recommended. *I decided not to keep microsoft antispyware for 2 reasons the first one is a bit stupid but i don't like the fact that i actualy use to have to have a app call giant antispyware then Microsoft bought the company Giant. They then simply removed all reference to Giant within the app and replaced it with micosoft but from what i can see the app is exactley the same in terms of the way it looks(see screenshots) and how good the engine is. http://www.morenews.ru/arhive/2004-11-20/antispyware.jpg http://blognewschannel.com/images/microsof...tem-summary.gif The second being that i read somewhere that when it comes out of beta or soon after you will have to pay a subscriptions to download the latest definition. And for this reason i thought i would get rid of the problem with changing back to spybot etc bye just sticking with them in the first place. *With the office apps i don't really use a office app that much but when i do i only need a Word like applications and as OpenOffice has a much smaller size print on the Hd i thought i would stick with that. I do agree tho that Microsoft Office is good but then one thing comes up why pay for it when you can get it for free. *I did try registry compactor but i found that NTREGOPT is better because you start it and it asks you one question, Do you want to start the process. Simple. *CdBurnerXp Pro "i found a couple alternatives but the discs were coaster fired straight after burning." That's the app i was talking about and as i burn discs to back up my data. And as the first disc i wrote with it is now my tea cup coaster it did not give me a lot of confidence that my data would be safe.

Im From Kent in the UK but currently living in London.

I recently went on a software hunt to replace all of my software with free alternatives preferably open source software. The hunt took me months and i found a lot of dodgy software but by enlarge the software alternatives i found are better then the pay for apps i had before. Also i hated the fact i would install a app a app that does not need to operate on-line but yet it would still ask to get on-line(wtf is that all about) now that does not happen also i can now use my pc as soon as my pc starts rather then go and get a drink and wait 5 minutes for all the apps to start. Now thanks to faster more efficient apps and the fact i have found a app which allows me so remove start up apps. These are the results . The following apps are all free contain no spyware and or adware, but(there is always a but) avast anti virus does require you to register which is free and they email a code which you put in the app, mainly because if you are a company you have to pay for it. First is i found and now use a app called nLite(http://www.nliteos.com/) which allows you to remove windows applications which you do not use i.e. windows movie maker, windows messenger, system restore, outlook express, disability option, xp games(pinball etc) etc and create a bookable iso. Put it this way before tweaking my xp it weight in around 590Mb now it is 248Mb.(yes those number are correct) Adware & Spyware protection: Before=Ad-Aware SE Professional Edition*****After=Ad-aware SE Personal http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Adawa...nal/965718306/1 Scans your pc for adware & spyware and clears certain mru lists(i use CCleaner for that tho :-)i also was not aware there was a free version which does all i want but not the other stuff which i did not want. Before=Msconfig*****After=AutoRuns http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Autoruns/1092024321/1 A lot more freedom and allows you to google the entries before deleting them. I also found the following site which allows you to type in the name of a .exe or .dll file and gives you advice whether to remove it or not. http://www.processlibrary.com/ Before=None*****After=Spyware Blaster http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spywa...er/1056258294/1 Stops dangerous Active X from installing as well as other protection. Before=Just Ad-Aware SE Personal*****After=Spybot Search and Destroy http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spybo...oy/1043809773/1 Allows you to manual scan your pc for adware & spyware and adds a windows start up entry called a tea time which allows you to stop apps from adding them selves to you start up and SDhelper which stops you from download bad things from the net(Internet explorer only) Anti Virus & Firewall protection: Before=Panda one week norton the next etc etc*****After=Avast Anti Virus Home edition http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/avast_Home/1034566665/1 Brilliant anti virus app which does all the usual also it automatically updates the actual program as well as the anti virus definitions, allows skins and my fav it allows you to schedule a boot time time scan which is more efficient and faster. Before=ZoneAlarm Security Suite*****After=ZoneAlarm http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/ZoneA...ee/1023831973/1 As strong as the security suite in terms of the firewall(which is all want) but without the spam, Instant messenger, Privacy etc protection. Compression: Before=PowerArchiver*****After=TugZip http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/TUGZip/1061582000/1 Looks and feels like PowerArchiver but its compltety free. Pdf Reader: Before=Adobe Acrobat Reader*****After=Foxit PDF Reader http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Foxit...er/1102316680/1 Smaller and a lot faster then acrobat and does not even need installing. Media Player: Before=Realone*****After=Real Alternative http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Real_...ve/1054136293/1 Allows me to still stream real content which is all i wanted it for but does not include the actual bulky player which i never used and can still play real media files thru windows media player. Before Quicktime*****After=QuickTime Alternative http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Quick...ve/1049831315/1 Same as Real Alternative but for quicktime files. Internet Browser: Before=Opera*****After=Firefox http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mozil...ws/1032985422/1 Brilliant, fast, secure, easy and highly customizable with themes and extensions. File & folder backup: Before=manual copy *****After=SyncBack http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/SyncBack/1070420627/1 WOW this is one brilliant app basically you configure it to copy any number of files, file types and or folders to another location(Cd-rw, flash drive, server etc) in my case a compressed file to my internal backup hd. It also uses Windows Scheduler to Schedule your backups. Office App: Before=Microsoft Office*****After=OpenOffice http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/OpenO...ws/1009574294/1 Another WoW program think of something Microsoft Office can do and for me OpenOffice will do the same. Maintenance: Before=A load of rubbish apps*****After=CCleaner Do i need to say anything. Before=Nothing*****After=NTREGOPT http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/NTREGOPT/1075895356/1 Backs up and defrags your registry. Before=Nothing*****After=PageDefrag http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PageDefrag.html Defrags(at system restart) files that are open for exclusive access. Before=Windows recycling bin*****After=Eraser http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Eraser/1010751436/1 Can empty the recycling bin by erasing the contents with special erasing algorithms and allows you to overwrite the free space on a hd so files will not be recoverable. It also alows you to right click a file and erase it in the same way. Before=Nothing*****After=Driver Cleaner Professional http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Drive...al/1056384838/2 Removes files left over after uninstalling a driver which can conflict with a new driver. Email: Before=Hotmail*****After=Gmail http://gmail.google.com/ Fast, Free, HUGE storage(2290 MB and growing) and for me easier to use.(I have invites if you want one just pm me) The following 3 entries are my fav because i have completely got rid of apps on my pc, taking up close to 6Gb of Hd space. Also if you see the below screenshot and look at the question mark on the right side of my dock that is a link to Wikipedia's search page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search which acts like a shorcut to a app by when i click it it will launch firefox and directley take me to the search page. Rss & Blog Reader: Before=FeedDemon*****After=Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/ Same again why have app with loads of feeds taking space up on your pc when you can someone else to store them for nothing. Maps & Route Planner: Before=Microsoft Autoroute*****After=Google Maps http://maps.google.com/ Again why pay for something you can get for free plus i live on a very small road that is no even in Autoroute(It does not have that much detail in it) yet low and behold i can find my road on google maps plus i love the interface, local search & directions features. Encylopedia: Before=Microsoft Encarta*****After=Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page It has everything encarta has yet it costs nothing anyone can make there own page about a subject they now about and as it is web based it does not take up 4.5Gb as encarta does. It also has a lot of things that encarta does not such as type a game in and 99% of the time there will be a page about and it is always up to date. Visual: Before=Nothing*****After=RK Launcher http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/RK_La...er/1110214441/1 A docking app see the bottom of the below screenshot. Before=Nothing always forgot *****After=Rainlendar http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Rainlendar/970572945/1 Customizable calendar which can remind you off important events which you set. see bottom right corner of screenshot. My current desktop: Hope they help, there are some apps which i could not find suitable alternatives to which are list below if you guys know any please post a link thanks. Current=Easy CD-DA Extractor i use it for converting my music from one format to another. Current=Paint Shop pro, photo editing. Current=Nero, dvd-rw burning i found a couple alternatives but the discs were coaster fired straight after burning. ***Added the web apps i have changed***

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here is mine i think its pretty good . What do you lot think?

The problem im having is for some some reason windows defrag is not defraging a load of music files i have i have restarted my pc the run defrag again but still it does not defrag them. Im pretty sure there is a app which allows you to right click a file and to specify it to be dfraged but i cant remember what is is called, Any ideas people.

Thanks for the help guys, Tarun what do you mean when you say " Generated by Tarun's HijackThis Converter."

I have been thru it my self and it seems of but there is one entry which i want to get rid of which is "O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe" which i read is part of microsoft office suite but im not quite sure but as i do not have microsoft office suite(Open office all the way :-) im assuming i can delete it, thanks in advanced. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 17:02:23, on 04/06/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Avast Antivirus\aswUpdSv.exe C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Avast Antivirus\ashServ.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Avast Antivirus\ashMaiSv.exe C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Avast Antivirus\ashWebSv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\gsicon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\dslagent.exe C:\Program Files\Installed Software\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe C:\PROGRA~1\INSTAL~1\AVASTA~1\ashDisp.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTHELPER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe C:\Program Files\Installed Software\PeerGuardian2\pg2.exe C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Rainlendar\Rainlendar.exe C:\PROGRA~1\INSTAL~1\MOZILL~1\firefox.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\INSTAL~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll O2 - BHO: SafeIE Utility - {B5D4581D-ED6A-4905-A267-25BAF7BE79C1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\safeie.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [GSICONEXE] gsicon.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DSLAGENTEXE] dslagent.exe USB O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] C:\Program Files\Installed Software\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\INSTAL~1\AVASTA~1\ashDisp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [awxDTools] rundll32 C:\PROGRA~1\INSTAL~1\DAEMON~1\AWXDTO~1\awxDTools.dll,awxRegisterDll /r /s O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [bluetoothAuthenticationAgent] rundll32.exe bthprops.cpl,,BluetoothAuthenticationAgent O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [PeerGuardian] C:\Program Files\Installed Software\PeerGuardian2\pg2.exe O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [spybotSD TeaTimer] C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe O4 - Startup: Rainlendar.lnk = C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Rainlendar\Rainlendar.exe O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{6933693C-A036-4223-B8AA-E2F59C379B51}: NameServer = 62.241.162.200 158.43.240.3 O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Avast Antivirus\aswUpdSv.exe O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Avast Antivirus\ashServ.exe O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Avast Antivirus\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing) O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Installed Software\Avast Antivirus\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing) O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe

Does anyone know of a open source or freeware app that can defrag a hd from bootup because windows defrag is not defraging some files. I have rebooted and everything else but still no luck.

Hay is there any way there could be a firefox like download counter for CCleaner it would also be great for it to be able to incorporate it into a signature to encourage people to download it. If people new that over 5 million people have download it they are more the likely to click the link to download it them selves.

Clearly i meant 1.2.

That's what im saying tho i would prefer if CCleaner was able to scan your pc and remove file with selected file extensions and maybe have a forum section where as people discover more file types that are junk they can post the dot extension.

From that link "Menu Order Cache The Start menu allows you to set a custom order to the programs listed, although there's no option to sort all folders by name. Selecting this option removes any custom ordering from the Start menu." Yaaa its more or less what i said

MrG is the boss around here i suggest you pm him.

I recently download a app called DustBuster and i first ran cclceaner then ran dustbuster and dustbuster still removed over 600Mb of junk. Now as we are getting close to version 2 i thought it would be great for CCleaner to scan your pc for selected junk files and the ability to add your own junk file extensions. Here's hoping "DustBuster is a garbage file removing utility for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It searches for junk files and temp files that are of no use and are just taking space on your hard drive. Based on a "common sense" scanning technology, DustBuster now cleans over 1500 different types of useless temp files and directories in a single click, detecting and deleting all these unneeded files automatically." Link to official site: http://www.casperize.com/dustbuster/dust_en.htm

Im not quite sure, but i believe window's cache's (saves) the order of your start menu items so they stay the same for the next time you start your pc. CCleaner deletes the cache NOT THE ACTUAL START MENU ITEMS so there is no record of what was in your start menu. I think P.S. Im more then likely completely wrong but hay there you go, i tried.

Anyone know how "Added support for HKEY_USERS (HKU) in ini files" means and how does it help. Also as we are getting close to version 2 anyone know what big things are coming.

Thanks for the recommendation OBecanoby i but already have syncback but i do not believe you can back up and restore a hd from a boot disk, once again thanks any way.

Hi, im just wondering if any one knows a FREE program to copy a complete hd to a file on a second hd like Norton ghost and Acronis True Image does also i would prefer if it would do so from from a boot disk rather then thru windows, thanks in advanced.