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Anomaly

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  1. I set the cache to zero on Firefox, Opera, and IE7. I would also do that to Chrome if I could. I notice shutting off the cache actually speeds up the browser. I first started doing this when I started using portable browsers from a thumb drive. They recommended disabling cache because writing to the thumb drive slowed down browsing. I tried it on my regular browsers and it was faster there to.
  2. Not a problem for me with the portable version. Update right over the current version and it retains all settings. Also just in case I make a duplicate of the current version of portable CCleaner in a different location so if the update does mess up (never has but you never know) I have the original ready to go. Can`t do that with the installed version of CCleaner.
  3. Your not the only one confused. The thread seems to be about making a installed version of CCleaner into a portable one. Why reinvent the wheel when there is already a portable CCleaner.
  4. Well I can see it now but I swear it was not there last time I checked the thread Wonder what happened? Any ways I use the portable version of CCleaner and settings and upgrades are no issue for me. Curious why some one would want to install it rather than use the portable version? What is the advantage to installing it?
  5. I posted earlier but that post seems to have mysteriously vanished. Anyways wouldn't using the portable version of CCleaner solve any issues with what settings get saved where? Everything would be saved in the one folder that portable CCleaner is in.
  6. You made a comment about making CCleaner truly portable. There is a portable version of CCleaner and that stores all your settings in a ini file not the registry.
  7. I don't think Total Uninstall or Zsoft work on Windows 7. Something to consider if you are using 7.
  8. It's interesting the lengths some of you go to to prevent what you think are security threats. On my XP computer I run Windows Firewall and am using a wireless router with a hardware firewall. I use Avira Antivir running real time. I have Superantispyware and Malwarebytes installed for on demand scans but no real time protection running. I use a variety of browsers. Never get infections of any kind. I have Sandboxie installed and set up but just don't bother to use it. Never had a need. The people I see getting malware are the ones that go begging for it. You really have to try to get infected. It's not as common or as easy as it's made out to be. If doing all this tweaking with security apps is because your bored or something why not learn a new OS and put the effort into that. Windows 7 is much more secure than XP. Mac and Linux are even more secure. Learning them has a bigger pay off than spinning your wheels and trying to maintain an obsolete OS like XP.
  9. I would say this goes for anything not just Macrium. Discs are just not nearly as reliable as hard drives. Too much potential for things to go wrong compared to hard drives.
  10. I seem to be coming off as a Chrome hater. I'm not. I have it installed on all my computers and actually think it works very well on my Mac except for the bloat. I'm a fan of tabs on top to and have been since I started using Opera years ago. My problem is with the other browsers all of a sudden changing to be more Chrome like because Chrome managed to catch on so fast. I like having a variety of browsers because as you said it's the most important program on the computer. There is no variety when they start to be all the same. I'm also concerned about how stable the browsers will be making all the changes to keep up with or follow Chrome. As for the problems that are supposed to be fixed by the multi process thing. I never had a crashing problem with Firefox. I have had Chrome crash on me several times and take the whole browser down. The separate processes did not work. All they have done is increase the bloat. If all the browsers follow Chrome than they will be bloated. I find it interesting that IE had the separate processes before Chrome and yet it wasn't until Chrome did it that the other browsers started to do it. Do you really want Firefox or Opera to start following instead of leading? We will see how it goes. Interesting to see how this upcoming "minor" update in Firefox goes.
  11. Tabs on top look. Separate process for plugins and tabs, rapid release cycles. I pointed out many ways for each browser in my other post. You know that though and are just trying to be difficult. My question was directed at Hazelnut anyways.
  12. You don't see a big shift to Chrome like features in the other browsers? You won't have much choice if they all become Chrome clones. They will be more similar than not and you won't rally have much to chose from.
  13. Are you telling me that you don't see the changes the other browsers are making to be more Chrome like? None of the points I made were what I "think". They are all facts. Tell me one thing that I said that wasn't true.
  14. Allow me to point out where they are copying Chrome instead of doing their own thing. Opera: The first thing you will notice with Opera 10.5x is the removal of the separate title bar. It's now the tab bar just like Chrome. Widgets now run in their own processes and the result is bloat. The big change is the increase in releases and decrease in time between them. This is no doubt done because Chrome updates so often and gives the appearance of being very actively developed which of course it is. Unfortunately for Opera the rapid releases are resulting in a memory hogging bug riddled browser. Opera was always very stable and their releases relatively problem free. Now they go from alpha to beta to release candidate to final in short order. Firefox: The next release will be with plugins in separate processes. This is due month end. The up coming releases will take it farther adding extensions and tabs in separate processes. Have you seen the skin for the future release of Firefox? Tabs on top and very Chrome like. Mozilla has also said they will speed up the release cycles greatly and not only that they will start releasing things as minor updates that previously would have been major updates. That sounds like buggy browser to me. Again done to keep up with Chrome Maxthon: All kinds of things going on there. Not only are the tabs going on top they are out right switching to the Web Kit rendering engine and separate processes. Safari: Going to be bringing in separate processes for plugings very shortly. They already tried the tabs on top thing with Safari 4 beta but the Mac crowd flipped out about it and it was dropped in Safari 4 final. It's very clear they are all considering Chrome the one to follow.There won't be much separating the browsers in the future. Maybe some one will see this and see an opportunity to develop a browser that is completely different. The funny thing is that IE was actually fist with the separate processes for tabs and plugins but it didn't get any attention until chrome started to take off. I find it amusing because I don't believe it's the separate processes or tabs on top or any of that making Chrome popular. It's the very simple, basic, lacking in features UI and the Google name that is making it popular right now.
  15. I'm afraid Google Chrome is going to destroy what was once a nice choice we had for browsers. Google Chrome has for some reason caught on big. As a result it has gained market share very quickly. This concerns the developers of the other browsers and they feel the need to become more Chrome like. They are making major changes and rushing them out and the result is the what your seeing with Opera 10.5X. Firefox is next when they release their next update and give plugins separate processes. Hopefully it goes well but we will see. Maxthon browser is also making huge charges to Maxthon 3. In the end we will have a bunch of Chrome clones that are all crap.
  16. Well yes that is a lot of RAM usage especially when you consider that 10.10 rarely if ever went over 100 MB for me. I think to browser developers RAM usage means nothing now. They think people have all kinds of RAM so they just don't consider it. The days of having a browser use 1 GIG of RAM or more are not far off.
  17. I have some concerns about that. Taking plugins and making them a separate process is a big deal. Mozilla is doing this in the next release and calling it a minor update. There is nothing minor about it IMO. This should be a major version change but since they are chasing Chrome they will rush it out as a minor update and I can see a lot of problems happening. Hope I'm dead wrong but this is one update I will be holding off on and wait and see how it goes.
  18. How was the RAM usage? 10.51 has heavy RAM usage.
  19. Opera blew it with 10.50. It was rushed and buggy. Firefox will be adding separate processes for plugins in the next release and is calling it a minor update. Lets see if they blow it to trying to chase Google chrome.
  20. That skin has serious problems with 10.51. When you open Opera preferences the text is all missing. It's just check boxes so you can't see what your selecting.
  21. From what I understand Chrome will be coming with it's own install of Flash. It's that version that will be updated with Chrome. The regular installed version of Flash that you already use will not be touched. You can enable this in the developer version of Chrome now by using a command line switch.
  22. So IE7 Pro does not work on Windows 7?
  23. Thanks and good to hear because after using IE8 on Windows 7 I would like to add it to my XP computer since that computer will not be getting a Windows 7 update. Did you download IE8 through Windows Update or did you download it from the IE8 site and install that way? Did you do anything different in your install?
  24. I'm interested to know are you using IE8 on XP? If so have you noticed any problems? I have read many reports of IE8 messing up on XP? I recently up graded a machine to Windows 7 and IE8 runs very snappy on there.
  25. As I said there is plenty of people that like to be early adopters because they like trouble shooting. Unless you are one of those it's good policy to wait. There are so many examples of people moving to early into a new release and having severe problems. It's just no very smart to risk it unless you are into fixing bugs and trouble shooting in which case you probably know how to properly back up and restore your machine. There are far too many though that just have to have the newest just because it's new even though there is currently nothing wrong with what they are running. That is just asking for problems. I hope no one here is actually recommending to update everything as soon an update becomes available.
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