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    My 2 CD Drives

    Well since it isn't an actual Dell manufactured PC I have no ideal if it would even work, you may actually cause problems running it and allowing it to make system changes. On my system I just ran the downloaded file, it installs the program which you can then run from the start menu program group named: Dell Accessories > Driver Reset Tool
  2. Thanks for the info! This new version with new definition files will remove the Sony XCP DRM, and from info gathered so will the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool that's released in December.
  3. Reminiscing: Things were so much simpler to delete in Win9x via a batch file in DOS mode.
  4. The only firewall issues I ever had with a p2p app was many years ago using Napster, and that was the last time I used a p2p program. Several firewalls would block other users from downloading files from my system even after I configured (or mis-configured) the firewall to allow downloading from my system. I personally never had any download speed issues with a firewall.
  5. That sounds like a very unique problem. Have you yet checked the manufacturer website for support documentation about the issue? My only guess is that something the printer needs is being removed from a temp directory (I could be wrong) however that would be rather sloppy storing needed information in a temp directory that will surely get cleaned by many cleaning programs.
  6. Not unless the cookies could be read and look for things like POST or CODE or whatever, but then again that would probably significantly slow down the cleaning time.
  7. Well there's been a couple of posts about something not being cleaned and both were German versions of Win2k or WinXP. So perhaps just trying CCleaner using the German localization would solve the issue.
  8. I'm just used to the way things were in Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 being fully configurable without generic descriptions like "Download Manager," "Browser," however it's vulnerable now and will let some nasty things through.
  9. It gets stored in a file in Winamp's installed folder, just open the files with a text editor to find them, you can manually remove them. I'm not sure what would happen if the whole file was deleted.
  10. Some more information would be helpful: * Windows version * Copy the .reg file and paste it into a reply using the CODE function
  11. Fragmentation depends upon what you're doing on your system. Since I typically deal with large files that are several hundreds of MB in size defragging everyday negates long defrag times that a once per week method would cause in my situation.
  12. Andavari

    Is this okay?

    It's worth a try, hence I don't like Windows XP all that much -- I went from absolutely hating Windows XP in 2003 when I got my new PC with it pre-installed to in-the-now of just putting up with it.
  13. To get the lowdown on what this thread pertains to visit the originating thread Almost lost doc - major flaw.
  14. That's exactly what I'm using now after ZoneAlarm started to really annoy me, and I don't care anymore that WinXP's firewall doesn't block outgoing traffic since I scan everything that get's downloaded to verify it doesn't contain any malware. I'll just live with the no outgoing filtering vulnerability versus a third-party firewall causing system-wide issues.
  15. We know it's not a CCleaner flaw, therefore this thread is like beating a dead horse.
  16. I have no ideal what will be included in future CCleaner versions, that's up to MrG the CCleaner developer. You could always create a batch file that will recursively search your whole hard disk for .gid and automatically delete them. To do such without having to manually search for them open a command prompt and figure out the settings you'll need by reading the help file for attrib by typing in attrib /? and then do the same for del by typing in del /?
  17. Not in my case when I installed SP2. For instance it completely disabled the ability to have enabled in folders View->Status Bar, something I figured out how to fix on my own by creating a new user profile and logging registry settings changes. There were some other nit-picking things it did however they weren't serious.
  18. OK I briefly tested SoftPerfect Personal Firewall and I've come to the conclusion that it's good, with one caveat: In order for it not be so annoying and constantly popping up allow or block for known unwanted connections that could be system attacks you'll have to input into it block rules for certain TCP ports and UDP ports. The ability to input rules is a very good thing that makes it very configurable similiar to capabilities of Kerio Personal Firewall and Sygate Personal Firewall. To figure out which TCP ports and UDP ports to block visit some security sites which have Kerio Personal Firewall block rules which can be easily adapted to SoftPerfect Personal Firewall block rules. The problem I see with such firewalls constantly asking for allow or block from TCP or UDP connections is if someone else is using a system and knows nothing about unwanted connections and allows something to slip through which could very easily in this day and age be a system attack or Windows exploit.
  19. Sygate Personal Firewall is buggy, it blocks update components (a problem you're having) and it blocks some perfectly safe websites such as Apple.com, at least that's the experience I've had with it on my two systems; Win98 and WinXP. I'm downloading SoftPerfect Personal Firewall right now, I'll give some comments on it within the next few hours. When I tested Jetico Personal Firewall some months ago it didn't pass the http://grc.com ShieldsUp test as TruStealth, therefore I removed it. The freeware version of Outpost I don't like, as it has some rather different approaches to "terms" that I'm used to in all other software-based firewalls I've ever used, so much so that it seems alien -- to each their own. Gotta go, I'm going to install and test SoftPerfect Personal Firewall
  20. It isn't an evaluation of mine whatsoever, and I myself have been biten by storing stuff like temporary .wav or image files I was editing in the temp folder, I learned my lesson the hard and unrecoverable way so now I avoid storing anything of any importance in the temp folder. Like I already stated there's many cleaning programs that will wipe your temp folder clean without the luxury of listing/notify what's to be deleted as CCleaner did for you, just be happy you're not having to start over from scratch my friend.
  21. Suggestions go in the suggestions thread.
  22. .gid files are junk files, however CCleaner doesn't currently remove them. You could always create an entry for your own usage via what's listed in winapp2.ini. Another possibility and easier solution is to just download EasyCleaner, it's capable of removing the hidden .gid files using it's Unnecessary button, and it complements CCleaner to the point where CCleaner and EasyCleaner are the only two safe cleaning utilities you'll ever need. One note if you do download and use EasyCleaner make sure you input into the EasyCleaner Registry button the following to Skip: ccleaner Doing that will stop EasyCleaner from wiping out your CCleaner settings stored in the registry.
  23. It's located at: Cleaner > Windows > System > Old Prefetch Data Screenshot:
  24. It's been there for a rather lengthy time already. It's here: http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=4
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