marmite
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The fix for this vulnerability is now available.
To download it, open your Adobe Reader and select Help / Check for Updates.
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It's not as simple as that. If a program is recreating those entries then there's nothing CCleaner can do about it; and that's certainly not a valid reason for excluding them from CCleaner. That's one of several scenarios but you haven't given enough information to be able to assess beyond that.
Also this would appear to be an issue that's just affecting you; again there's not really enough information to determine whether or not there's a genuine problem with CCleaner or whether it's with other software / configuration on your machine.
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Are you assuming that because they are still there the next time you run, that the reg cleaner hasn't deleted them? If that's the case have you checked that the entry is still there immediately after you have run the reg cleaner? Something could be recreating those entries.
Or do you mean something else?
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Do I understand correctly that it would be necessary to use the paid version of Macrium Reflect if you want to use it for both system and personal files backup.
There's a complete list of differences in free/paid-for versions here ... http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
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I've been working in IT for 25 years ... I realise I know less each day
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Thanks for the info and from what I have now read since your sensible suggestion it looks like RAID5 is what I need with perhaps 3 HD's. So I shall now take this on in a test environment first. RAID5 will give me all of the RAID benefits, security and speed.
Enjoy!
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If Computer management and Windows Exp are both from Billyware you'd think he would be a bit less contradictory
Yeah I can't for the life of me understand why they should be different ... 'specially 'cos computers are quite good at calculations, apparently
Glad all is well anyway.
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I have to say I haven't any experience of creating one from scratch. I have a Dell desktop that I ordered with two drives configured as a RAID 1 mirror. It uses Intel RAID software to manage this. I've played around with 'breaking' and rebuilding the mirror but not actually configuring the drivers or software.
From the little I've just read, it seems as though it is easier to do it from blank disks, rather than convert a set of disks that already have a system on data into a RAID array (be it RAID 1 or any other flavour).
A RAID array can of course offer you built in resilience and redundancy. But since you aren't starting from scratch it may well be something that you'd have to be keen on doing as a project ... making sure you have all of your back-ups in place first
But since you already seem to have a disciplined back-up regime in place and running, the effort involved in creating a RAID array may not be worthwhile.
I've seen a few posts on here from people with RAID configurations ... you may yet get some better-informed advice
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I agree with Winapp2.ini that the percentages look like rounded figures.
What do the percentages read in Computer Management / Disk Management? (Right-click My Computer and select 'Manage').
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Tasgandy, with that many bays to play with have you considered running a RAID mirror?
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I personally think defraggers that constantly run in the background like that are a waste of time and just provide unnecessary wear on the HD
Along similar lines I think that defragging on a whole, like many 'performance tweaks', is given disproportionate time and attention by some. Reading some posts on here it's carried out with almost religious zeal with the holy grail being ZERO DEFRAGMENTATION!!! Sure, that's nice ... but to me trying to maintain that all of the time ranks right up there with polishing your car every day ... and running CCleaner every hour. Everything in moderation
If I was going to do that I'd rather use background software and let the PC get on with it than do it as a frequent discrete activity. Interesting point about HD wear though ... I wonder how much difference it makes ... probably a reasonable amount.
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Nice one David.
My turn now
Since this thread started, I dropped my Western Digital portable HD end up onto a marble floor and it doesn't want to talk to me any more ... just kinda clucks at me.I replaced it today and I need to partition the new one ... so I'm gonna try Easeus because the free version seems more fully-featured than the Paragon free version.
Of course it's always less worrying a task when it's an empty drive!
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I suspect that it will only process the host OS and not the target OS which isn't running.
I suspect you're right
And of course unless there's a user context the 'usual' user profile won't get cleaned anyway.
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I never said move the files, I said copy.
You did. Usually I'd have been attentive enough to differentiate, but I was thinking 'copy' when I asked the question.
The U3 build is of course quite different in it's deployment configuration. I'd like to know how many people actually use U3 (generically; not particularly CCleaner).
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Completely agree with DennisD. Partition Magic is fine, but don't assume that because you're paying for it that it will do a better job! As you point out, ?40 is a lot for a one-off!
Have a look at metalj's 'how-to' link above ... the principles are pretty much the same whatever software you're using.
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@Elliot53: There are also U3 and slim 'no toolbar' versions on that download page. I'm curious as to why you recommended moving files from a normal installation when there are specific portable versions available for download.
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... it just doesn't have a dedicated 64bit executable.
Which is why the answer to the OP's question is 'no'. Whether a or not the 32-bit exe works on a 64-bit machine is a completely different question.
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Yep ... http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds (... get there from the 'Other builds' link on the CCleaner downloads page)
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Hi David
Moving the page file is a very quick and straightforward task. If that gives you enough space for now (even to plan what you want to do with your C drive in future) then it's a sensible option.
But as you suggest, you can't just move the file yourself. Here are Microsoft's instructions ... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886
Or the watered down version ... http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/...y-pagefile.html
Post back if you're unsure about anything
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Pick passwords you can remember. You can have that for free
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You could also move your paging file to your D drive, which would free up some space, and it's one school of thought which says it's a more effective way to use the page file.
That would certainly be another very quick gain; particularly if it's currently a few Gb. Might be useful if you want to put off repartitioning for a while. Also it's pretty risk-free!
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I wouldn't worry too much about a few Sys or App Event Log errors; I was thinking of something churning out many, many errors.
Unless you can identify a specific cause this is sounding more like re-partitioning being a good approach. Two free partition management tools I've heard good things about (though I've not had experience of those particular programs) ...
http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-parti...comparison.html
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-express/
Done with care, repartitioning your hard drive is a fairly safe exercise, but it would be wise to make sure that you have backed up your system and your data. Probably easier if these are partition back-ups ... so if you have an external hard drive you could use for this it would come in handy
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I would find myself scratching my head wondering why I couldn't run video's on various sites, until my brain clicked into gear and I realized I'd switched JS off.
That's the thing these days ... it gets you into more 'trouble' turning it off than leaving it on
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I suggested this on the day Speccy was released. Quite a few others have requested it too ... still waiting though