redhawk
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Registry Booster sounds like scaremongering software, sadly many people are duped into buying something they don't need and don't work.
There are many freeware alternatives, however in regards to CCleaner being relatively safe I would suggest using it with caution.
The latest version is known to be more aggressive deleting legitimate keys for file types http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=31586
So far I've not been offered any explanation or acknowledgement over this serious issue.
Richard S.
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There is an opt-out tick box during the install process: "Add Defraggler menus to Windows Explorer".
Having said that the inability to disable context menus from within Defraggler is a major oversight.
Richard S.
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What's so special about having U3 version instead of simply running defragger.exe directly off a flash drive??
Richard S.
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You can defrag any file system if it has a drive letter however there's no point defragging an external drive.
Optimised or badly fragmented it makes no difference, the top speed of an external drive is limited by the top speed of the USB interface.
Richard S.
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Does the built-in Windows defragging tool work with this volume??
Richard S.
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Windows Explorer can already delete files I don't see why this would be useful in Defraggler.
Defraggler is a defragging tool and thus it should do nothing more than defrag the file system.
Richard S.
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BartPE or Hiren's Mini XP should also work (running from USB flash) since no hard drive is locked.
Richard S.
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It's a play on the English language: CCleaner = C(see) Cleaner.
Richard S.
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bump!
I'm still waiting...
Richard S.
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If someone needs the backup reg file for whatever reason, mail me.
Bad idea, not everyone has the same system registry entries, importing from another machine could cause more harm than good.
As for the problems with CCleaner I would recommend users switch to an older version for now unless you want to trash your system.
Richard S.
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I've always used HP printers, my old 1991 Deskjet 510 is still plodding away happily
However I will agree with the driver issues for new printers, my dad recently bought a HP all in one printer/scanner/memory card and it was fos.
Printer drivers should be short and sweet but this was bloated and installing software I never needed.
To add insult to injury it kept throwing error messages every time he wanted to print something.
Needless to say I fixed the errors and removed the crap but I know some people might not find this part so easy.
Richard S.
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CCleaner is designed to clean not for removing malware / viruses so use anti-virus software such as AVG, Avast, Avira (all have freeware versions).
If the infection is too deep then you can use a bootable CD with AV software for offline file scanning.
As for CCleaner's detection of unused file extensions don't trust it, it will hack off perfectly legitimate file extensions.
I've reported this problem several times to the developers but no one appears to be taking this issue seriously.
A System Restore is one of the most effective ways to repair the system registry but you should only do this once the infection has been removed.
Richard S.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674
A sad time for Doctor Who / SJA fans
Richard S.
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Weird, I had no problems getting to the download page which is hosted on cnet.com: http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html
Richard S.
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bump!
Speccy 1.10.248 still showing the wrong amount of RAM (1.3GB) in summary.
1280MB = 1.25GB != 1.3GB unless MrG / coders would like to convince me otherwise.
Do developers really pay attention to these forums?? I'd like to think so.
Richard S.
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If you're referring to files deleted from your memory card they maybe recovered using a card reader.
However there are no native android apps to perform undelete or file recovery - http://androidforums.com/android-applications/180813-there-any-file-recovery-undelete-apps.html
Richard S.
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Dull video while it lasted ("This video has been removed by the user.")
Richard S.
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Now if only someone mass produced one of these I wouldn't mind buying - http://www.picobay.com/projects/2007/01/the-picodore-64-a-commodore-64-pda.html
Richard S.
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Do you remember the good old C64?? well this might interest you - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12997245
While it's looks nice I'm not sure if I like the idea of playing games on an over priced netbook with a C64 emulator.
Does anyone agree this is a bad idea??
Richard S.
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I'm not sure if there's any justification for such a program, it says it helps to avoid conflicts but in reality who would be foolish enough to defrag their hard drive while burning a DVD etc??
Personally if I wanted to test software and roll back then I would use a virtualizer like VirtualBox (which is also free).
VirtualBox can run an OS inside an OS like a video recorder: pause, stop, rewind at different positions.
It also has USB 2.0, 2d/3d graphics pass-though capability which should be enough to satisfy most applications.
Richard S.
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Try System Restore unless you've already butchered your restore points with CCleaner.
Richard S.
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The outer edge of a drive is always faster.
When the hard drive accesses data it's constantly performing error checking / correction although most of this happens oblivious to the user.
If there's a problem area of the drive i.e. damaged sectors the error correction is much higher which results in slower data read by the operating system.
While it's true the edge spins faster it also has the highest error rate and compensation due to fact the disc wobbles more aggressively at the edges.
If you want to see how fast your hard drive performs from start to finish run a benchmark test with HD Tune - http://hdtune.com/
Richard S.
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What do you mean by "do a little cleanup", colour balancing or noise reduction??
Richard S.
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Trial and error - just remove the sticks until you find the bad one in your system.
Richard S.
Unused file extensions not unused?
in CCleaner
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The way file extensions are assigned in the system registry hasn't changed since the time of Windows 95 and NT4.0 therefore the service pack and operating system is irrelevant.
The fact that CCleaner has detected over 250 unused file types which are not unused (TuneUp detects none) it does beg the question what exactly does it detect anyway??
After doing some investigation myself I believe I've found the cause of the buggy detection and can only conclude that Piriform are in the wrong over this.
For example if I open a PAS file which hasn't been assigned yet Windows asked for the application to open it with.
Once this has been selected the following keys are created: HKCR\.PAS and HKCR\PAS_auto_file
HKCR\.PAS is the entry point for running a .PAS file this contains a default key that refers to PAS_auto_file.
HKCR\PAS_auto_file holds the information regarding how to open the file and which application.
All keys were generated by Windows itself and not manually entered and therefore it should be considered compliant, correct and legitimate however CCleaner states otherwise.
So I was wondering, why does CCleaner treat some file types as unused and used, it turns out that it was looking for an addition registry entry string value "Content Type".
To test my theory I added a bogus "Content Type" string to my .PAS key and sure enough CCleaner doesn't show .PAS as being as unused anymore.
CCleaner's detection is currently messed up imo
Richard S.