Andavari
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Just wanted to state that the sound on my son's laptop stopped working yesterday for no apparent reason, reinstalling the drivers worked for him though.
Blame Windows, it seems as though even WinXP likes to self-destruct some of its components from time to time but at least it isn't as suicidal as Win9x was.
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I highly recommend ERUNT! In fact I trust the registry backup it does 1000% more than what System Restore does.
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Because you activated and used something in 'Cleaner->Windows->Advanced' section. I don't remember which one it is though, but I too had the Quick Launch toolbar go kaput however I restored the registry to get it back to working normally.
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... search function ..., Google search... What for? My point was that the toolbar can simply be un-selected during installation of CCleaner.
The searches I eluded to were because the toolbar has been dicussed to death, therefore why should I re-answer the same old s**t that has already been given a proper response, etc.
There have been countless new people that seem to have only became a forum member to either discuss about the toolbar or to stir the pot. Yeah it can be un-selected however, if you follow that Google search you'll see references about the toolbar that are not only on the CCleaner forums but all over the place on different sites.
I'm just so damned sick and tired of the toolbar discussion!
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Yeah, and when speaking of fans there are fans that adjust their rotating speed (rpm) according to the temperature. Pretty neat.
Yeah it's neat and it's also an easy way to learn which programs are using allot of resources hence they all of a sudden make the fan go into warp speed.
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Also, it is basically a list of software from bastards who decided to get greedy, or maybe just used freeware for the first few versions to build a userbase, get it to spread and trick people who else wouldnt use their software into using it.
That about sums it up!
Although I can see how some developers go the route of freeware->commercial simply because they can't afford an out of pocket expense of maintaining a website, and keeping up with OS changes. The open source route does make more sense because they wouldn't necessarily have to maintain their own website and they'd have a user base to test on multiple OSes without having to actually own those particular OSes. I'll stop here as I could go on and on about this.
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most everything it is finding now are ActiveX/Com entries.
That's typical!
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Hmmm, am I missing something here? I just downloaded and installed the standard version today. One of the screens that appears during the installation gives you some options about how it will be installed, including whether to include the Yahoo toolbar. You can easily choose not to include it. So, what's the problem?
Why are you repeating the exact same reponse in multiple threads? You're off to a bad start.
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So, what's all the fuss about!?
Look through the forum and find the various threads about the toolbar, hint there is a search function on the forum and there's also a Google search for it that you could have did.
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That Recycle Bin bug annoys me when it happens which isn't that often on WinXP but then again I really don't utilize the Recycle Bin all that much. You're right it isn't just an XP thing I witnessed it allot more on Win98 though.
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When I tried out RegCleaner a bit over two years ago it didn't work properly on WinXP.
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Just looked at that site and what a gem, I bookmarked it. You should post a link to it in the software->freeware thread.
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ZoneAlarm's installer it goofy. Any version over 5.5 I've tried had to be installed in safe mode, so give that a try. Should you need to uninstall it do so in safe mode!
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The MRU history won't be in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT!
Instead look in HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Just find the Nero reference and expand the key, it will help greatly if you've already opened files that the Nero program is remembering that way it will be easier to find the MRU history, you could also simple search for a file you've previously opened by clicking Edit->Find, so for example if you opened the file 01-favourite_artist-song.mp3 search for that.
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The first time you run the Issues scanner it will find stuff (allot of stuff if you've never used a registry cleaner before), and then you end up with an ongoing list of invalid entries that Issues will keep finding until it removes them all.
A simple explaination:
Removing one invalid key can/may all of a sudden make another key that depends upon it become invalid, and so forth. You just have to keep cleaning until Issues doesn't find anything anymore.
And by the way make sure your user profile has Administrator priveleges when cleaning the registry, hence if it doesn't you'll never be able to remove invalid keys.
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Possessed Mouse Syndrome! I had a USB Microsoft mouse that would literally do whatever the hell it wanted to on screen.
About the only solution I can think of is updated drivers. They only way I was able to fix allot of my mouse problems was to compact the registry using NTRegOpt, for some reason unknown to me compacting the registry fixed it. I suppose RegCompact.NET would have the same effect since it also compresses the registry.
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Just thought of something else that "may or may not work":
* Turn off your computer.
* Unplug the mouse, and then plug it back in.
* Start your computer and see if it's still acting up.
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I just tried it for several minutes, until I made the decision it really isn't for me. The concept is good and sound, I can't knock it for it's simplistic and easy to use GUI.
It reminds me of some rare but thorough software-based firewalls that have application protection built into them, I'm however just not talking about applications that can access the Internet, I'm talking about any application installed on the system. It has some Internet protocals/ports that it monitors as well, and it protects the HOSTS file.
One thing that got on my nerves in a hurry was the animated systray icon, the eyes were constantly moving back and forth, the second was the it doesn't come with a default rule-set that allows certain applications the ability to launch without having to manually create a rule - I mean when was the last time Notepad was a threat. Also the dialog that displays a message to allow or deny an application is sometimes painfully slow to the point where Winpooch is deemed not responding by Windows, however it becomes responsive again within a few very short seconds - however I don't know if that had anything to do with having real-time antivirus protection enable.
It will prompt you more times about more programs than anything I've ever seen, such as you have to set a rule for it to remember that it's o.k. for Command Prompt, Notepad, Clipboard and an endless barrage of other programs to run as they normally would, especially explorer.exe. I'm assuming it would be o.k. if you don't mind running almost every .exe on your system to create a rule for the application, strangely it detects some applications and asks for permission yet with others it doesn't.
I suppose it would be alright for someone that wants to go well beyond good yet usable security. The ability to use ClamWin and Kaspersky with it are interesting features. I can imagine just how secure it could make a public/office computer (if that wouldn't violate the license) by pre-blocking certain applications without the need to remove them or have a customized Windows installation.
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Fixed allot of typos and messed up sentences. Note to self: don't write this much stuff when I'm sleepy.
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I'm going to give it a try, from the bottom of the website it's been around for a little over two years therefore it isn't something that just appeared.
Real-time protection for ClamWin through Winpooch? From the website description I found it interesting that it can use ClamWin which will then give ClamWin the ability to check a file before it's executed.
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Empty folders annoy me to, also got one called xerox, I don't want it, but it keeps coming back.... I'm thinking of getting rid of Outlook, cn the "brute force" way cause problems?
I've got that xerox one as well.
I removed Outlook Express a couple of weeks ago and haven't noticed any problems. Be forwarned it takes something like Unlocker to delete it, and I removed all the registry entries I could find before I rebooted. I used CCleaner's registry cleaner, EasyCleaner's registry cleaner, then RegSeeker's registry cleaner. I then performed a search for Outlook using RegSeeker after all the keys that the registry cleaners could find were removed. I then looked in "Documents and Settings\User Profile\Application Data\..." and found a folder and some files. The only thing I didn't do was look into the "Windows\System32" folder for .dll's, etc., hence that would take ages to find since I don't know what the original installation put on the system.
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Yeah restorting to brute force removal of Outlook Express is a bit over-the-top and shouldn't be necessary in the first place however since it doesn't have an uninstaller that I'm aware of that was my only choice. My decision to deal with it in that manner came about because I'm not the only one who uses my computer and I noticed one day someone was playing around with Outlook Express and all I was thinking of is "this vulnerable s**t is going to infect my comp when someone downloads something in an email - remove it now."
I'm a bit on the extreme when it comes to the bundleware that Windows automatically installs. I don't want MSN, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player (just the codecs alone would suffice for me). I'd also like it if those stupid empty folders for Microsoft Frontpage, and MSN Gaming Zone would stay dead after I delete them, which is more than an annoyance.
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Make sure your user profile on your computer has Administrator privileges.
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I got rid of Outlook Express using Unlocker, and then I removed every registry reference to it I could find as well as it's other files/folders in Documents and Settings. I must have gotten rid of most of it or completely because it doesn't show up in Internet Explorer as a selectable email client.
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You could also remove the hdd from the PC, take it to another computer and format it there.
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You may need Administrator privileges on your profile to make the setting stay. Or optionally you can input a shortcut into the Startup folder (Start->All Programs->Startup) with these parameters:
"C:\Program Files\CCleaner\ccleaner.exe" /AUTO
About the only good thing about putting it in the Startup folder is that you can cancel it by pressing and holding the left Shift key whilst the startup programs are loading, which is useful if you're installing some software update that it may interfere with by deleting the temporary files.