redhawk
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Does the Application and System event logs (eventvwr.exe) show anything interesting??
Richard S.
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9megs of bloated HIPS with a required yearly subscription of 15 quid otherwise "you're not protected against new viruses, spyware any other security threats".
As for Zemana it does works sometimes but I found the detection rather patchy and unreliable when tested against some of my tools.
Richard S.
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A hard drive lacking in contiguous free space (not to be confused with space free) won't defrag because there's nowhere to move files and keep them contiguous.
If you still need to defrag C drive you should move all nonessential files to D drive, defrag free space on C drive and then defrag C drive.
Richard S.
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Is there any difference between the 6200 and 6800GT that would make the 6800 incompatible with your motherboard??
Richard S.
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This table should help - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units
NVIDIA have many different cards but for AGP the best ones would be series 6 or series 7 (8 and 9 are PCI-E only).
When choosing a model number higher the 2nd digit the better the card's spec i.e. 6800 vs 6200.
The 6200 is a good graphics card (I'm using one) but it's not really suitable for high performance games, of course a lot would depend on which games you want to play.
If money wasn't an issue I would recommend the 6800 or a series 7 card with at least 256MB of RAM (for texture storage).
Richard S.
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Why does this continue to pop up
Because CCleaner's unused file type detection is badly broken and shouldn't be trusted.
I've already mentioned it, complained about it, posted a video demonstrating this bug but still no response from the coders.
The simple solution is to either use an earlier version or CCleaner or untick unknown file type detection until a fix has been issued.
Richard S.
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It doesn't matter what OS you use your ISP will have access logs to all web sites and all email communications.
Big Brother is watching
Richard S.
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I don't know much about BT routers but I would imagine it has some layer of encryption or security to prevent hacking (unless someone at BT is doing the hacking).
As for outside connections including ICMP it's not possible to hack a computer with a NAT connection because the router doesn't know which port or packet goes to which internal IP address.
The only thing a computer hacker could do is Denial of Service attack on your IP address but it's not worth the time an effort knocking off one computer in a billion.
If anything the biggest threat to computer security is malware running on the host computer which was installed by, using cracked software, reading infected emails or accessing boobytrapped websites.
Richard S.
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Although you cannot 100% stealth your IP address it's not possible for someone outside to make connections to your computer (unless you have port forwarding rules).
Richard S.
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Not just for a cosmetic issue, thought this maybe a sign of something else wrong?
Looks like someone had an accident with the keyboard.
Richard S.
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No hiberfil.sys ??
Richard S.
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When you say CPU goes crazy do you mean it's getting hot and fan is whirring or your laptop sluggish??
Try running Process Explorer if you have a naughty application this will show you the CPU load and core status.
Which version of Windows are you running?? i.e. Windows 7 64bit
Richard S.
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What OS and processor does your laptop have??
Richard S.
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netbook??
Richard S.
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I'm not sure if I understand the question.
If you hit defrag then it will defrag all files on your drive except for locked or protected files.
If you're referring to exclusion of file types then yes it's possible to define an ignore list.
Richard S.
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I don't play Angry birds on Google Chrome but according to this page it may not actually store the scores using cookies.
I guess the only way to find out is trial an error, i.e. unticking the boxes on CCleaner until it stops messing up your game.
Richard S.
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Maybe your drive has bad sectors, this can cause the writing process to take longer than usual.
Richard S.
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Recuva doesn't recover from RAW drives, you could either try to repair the drive with TestDisk or use another recovery program.
Richard S.
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If you can use the current version of Defraggler then use an earlier one using the filehippo link.
Richard S.
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It's a Speccy design flaw the position of the green indicator is fixed and not dynamic.
Since his "Link Speed" is large the written text past the indicator and gets obscured.
Richard S.
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I guess you can call a router a hardware firewall but it's really the behaviour of NAT that provides incoming traffic protection.
Richard S.
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Is this an instant power down or does Windows logout??
Richard S.
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If a directory appears empty and it cannot be removed "access denied" this could mean:
- hidden files still present, use dir /a-d or atttrib
- rootkit stealthing files making the folder appear empty
- an application has a handle to the folder
- folder contains non-standard names or characters
Richard S.
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clean only items requiring limited rights
But what exactly are you trying to clean??
Unfortunately if files and registry keys do not belong to CCleaner then any action it performs will automatically trigger a UAC request.
Richard S.
Zemana Antilogger free today
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Zemana isn't perfect but it's better than nothing if you want to add a layer of detection / protection to your operating system.
My only disappointment so far is it cannot detect malware threats if they load before Zemana, a machine could still be infected with a key logger and you wouldn't even know about it.
I also disagree with forcing users to pay yearly "protection" I would have preferred a one-off purchase or donation instead.
Richard S.