Tasgandy
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For "down Under": ɹǝuɐǝlɔ ɔɔ
Now that's a clever response.............well done.
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Has anyone tried/used this yet with their gmail?
Before you do make sure you have a read here
http://www.businessinsider.com/warning-goo...acy-flaw-2010-2
Nice one Hazelnut & a good warning, reminds me why I do not use things like Facebook, etc, etc, etc.
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Providers can offer all these speeds til they are blue in the face. For a lot of folk like me it doesn't matter what they do at the telephone exchange my speed with always be limited by the fact that there is still old copper wiring in use.
Folk who live in the 'not very high for profits' areas will be last in line for fiber optics.
No matter which package I could take out with anyone I'm restricted to just over 2meg because of the copper wire.
Copper Wire??? I am sure there was something before copper wire (perhaps lead or PEWTER) and they use it here in the exchange I am attached to.
I am only 19 minutes by car from Hobart (bitumen road, mixed 50 / 60 & 80 kph) and I can not get ADSL2!!!!!! they maintain they need to upgrade the exchange, when asked WHEN WILL YOU DO THIS? the answer I get from the various ISP's I talk to is: Ah! gee's Mate were not sure, call back in 6 months will'yer. I currently sit on 512. Admittedly I am across the river and on the other side to Hobart.
Never mind there are areas in Tasmania where they still only have dial-up!!!!!!!
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Released today, info here
Well it's all your fault Hazenut, so many comments about Sandboxie all glowing ones, thought I best give it a go on my newly built dual boot test unit.
I have mentioned before that I am a keen user of Returnil on my Win 7 unit, I also have been using use Sun Virtual Box on my main XP Pro unit for a while now.
Once installed on the new XP Pro build I must say I was very impressed playing in the "Sandbox", I do like the way one gets to recover (save) documents (in my case PDF's) which I do a lot of. Reason is that I "print to PDF" regurally while on the web and store these documents for future OCR and indexing.
So I for one am enjoying this Sandboxie thread and will look forward to more play time with this application.
Thank you for the previous kind words of yours re my Dual Boot exercise.
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"Redhawk" was responsible for suggesting that I use EasyBCD for this exercise given that I had an existing Win 7 OS installed and wanted to install XP Pro on the same box. He also suggested that I disconnect the Win 7 HD so as to NOT corrupt the Win 7 drive by overwriting it with XP boot loader. I wish to not only thank Redhawk for his advice but also assure others that my wish to dual boot XP from an existing Win 7 PC not be shy about using a great little piece of FREE software.....EasyBCD.
As my PC had several physical HD's (Win 7 OS installed on disc 0 - "C") I cleaned off and formatted drive "D" (disc 1) first then powered down. Disc 3 was also disconnected. This PC is a 5 year old Gigabyte P4, 2.8Ghz, 1.5gig RAM - all HD's IDE and 1 SATA DVD/CD, every day AGP 8X VC.
I then physically disconnected disc 0 (master) and connected up disc 1 (changed from slave to master) and proceeded to boot and install XP Pro SP2, then update to SP3, install Avast 5.0, all Piriform SW, Macrium Reflect (free version), MS Office 2000 (yes a very old legal copy - only installed Word & XL which is all I need on this XP dual boot box), FireFox 3.6 & Mozilla Thunderbird. Run Defraggler & CCleaner, then power down.
Swap disc 0 and disc 1 (master & slave over), boot up Win 7 (fingers crossed), all OK. Install EasyBCD and configure (took all of 10 minutes), went for the big test "RESTART".
Well I'll be..........................there it was, I was presented with the promised outcome, I was to choose "Windows 7" OR "XP Pro", I then proceeded to boot Win 7 the primary OS, I then tested and re tested booting into XP then back to Win 7, several times, running SW and connecting to the internet, send and recieve e-mails, and to date no issues or problems at all. My dual boot XP / Win 7 has been up now and working for some 48 hours. Under a Win 7 boot (drive 0 & "C") the XP Pro named drive 1 - still appears as "D" drive. Both physical HD's are partitioned 50/50 so that System & Apps on 1 partition and Data on the 2nd partition on each HD.
All I need to do now is to perform a Macrium Reflect Back-up for both OS's, create CD rescue disc for each OS and test them. I feel sure I will not have a problem.
So given my first use of EasyBCD software and the above process from "go to wo" only taking about 3 hours whith many cups of coffee during the process I have no hesitation in recommending EasyBCD for a Dual Boot system.
PS: EasyBCD is available from Neosmart Technologies
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in a hurry? how long does it take a user to click 5 chkboxes>???????
Good question well asked, at my age I am never in a hurry. well that's what everyone around me says.
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I to always retain / use desktop icons, however a "uncheck all" option would be handy for some people in a hurry to complete the install. I for one read all that's on the screen during an install, just in case (Murphy's out there somewhere)
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Your best bet is to put XP on one of your spare hard drives however you must be careful not to corrupt the Windows 7 drive by making the mistake of overwriting it with XP boot loader.
So to be on the safe side I would temporally disconnect the Windows 7 hard drive until you have competed the XP installation.
To dual boot you have 2 possibilities: a) change the drive booting order inside the BIOS setup b) add XP to Windows 7 boot menu using bcdedit.
Installing XP with bcedit can be a little tricky however there is a freeware tool called EasyBCD which simplifies the process.
Make sure you download EasyBCD 2.0.0.77 beta there appears to be a bug in previous versions - http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5511
Richard S.
Well redhawk mission completed and all is OK thanks to your advice. Downloaded EasyBCD and notes from "Saltgrass" forum member of Neosmart, who has just completed what I was about to embark upon except using 2.0.0.76, he hit a brickwall when trying to boot his XP Pro OS. I downloaded 2.0.0.79.
As my unit has 3 HD, 1 with Win7 and 1 data and 1 spare, I disconnected the Win 7 HD, (as you suggested) installed XP Pro SP2 (I'll do SP3 tonight), shut down, reconnected Win 7 HD as primary and the XP HD as slave, boot priority CD, HD (Win7), and fired it up.
Once Win 7 was up I installed EasyBCD, performed the configuration, then commenced 4 cold reboots, 2 for Win 7 and 2 for XP.....magic........all works.........I have now installed all of my Apps SW with several reboots, all OK....many thanks.
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Is MR Rescue CD bootable & able to perform COLD IMAGING........... image creation & restoration?
Thanks.
Bootable: Yes
Perform Cold imaging: Sorry I am not sure exactly just what cold imaging is. Perhaps DennisD can help
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About rescue CD ??
I understand that rescue Cd is very important.
Do I need to create a new rescue Cd each time I backup ?? Another words, does rescue CD have to match a particular backup or will it work to restore any previous backups ??
Or the first one I created will work for all future backups ??
Also, if I lose the rescue CD, can I just install Macrium Reflect and create another rescue CD ??
And will this new CD work to restore all past backups ??
My thought was this. Rescue CD is important, but if it can be created at anytime, then why be so concern about losing it?? Even creating one. Any not create one when ready to perform restore ??
Three weeks ago I mistakenly installed a boot manager that took my system out on a reboot, all I got was a blue screen with a message..........never mind what the message was, BUT I had backed up, AND I had created a rescue disc, following the back-up and tested it. I was able to restore without a hitch, took about 3 cups of coffee - 45 mins.
So create your rescue disc ASAP, you only need to do it once (unless you lose it).
You don't even need to have your DVD/CD burner connected, you can create a rescue.iso as I did on my main PC, default save in the root of C. (no room for a DVD/CD burner at present....long story). I then burned the rescue.iso with Nero on my other PC that had a DVD/CD burner on board, burnt across the network.
Then test the rescue CD with a loan USB DVD/CD drive plugged into the PC with no DVD/CD drive and "it's all good" the way it should be.
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Imaging software???depends on how good & exact the restoration is & not how fast the image is created that's the whole logic.....ATI vs. NG vs. MR??.I have tried restoration with the first two but never with MR???..MR cannot even create a bootable rescues CD??..??
Whats a BartPE....how does one create it & its utility & functionality??
I apologize about my ignorance am a noob..... just started to learn computers when life is ending.
Hoping to hear from you,
Thanks.
Beg to differ Mike 1025 but MR (Macrium Reflect) does allow you, even reminds you to create a "bootable CD rescue" disc. I have had to use it twice now.
I now have MR scheduled to back-up weekly on 2 Units both having their own bootable CD rescue disc's
PS: check out DennisD response and link.
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The Internet Explorer desktop icon isn't just some standard .LNK shortcut though, so if creating a standard shortcut to iexplore.exe you won't have the right click features available.
Not sure about Visa but with Win 7 a shortcut placed on my desktop had the same "right click" features. I created mine from the "start - all programs" fly out.
Why not give it a go Mike 1025 and let us know the result.
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I've had my head buried in this stuff before I started this topic, and have done for a couple of days now.
After a lot of reading, I'm pretty convinced that only Windows has any control over the amount of bandwidth allocated to the various USB ports.
You could have some influence over how the available bandwidth is allocated by disabling USB devices which are not in use, but I believe that's probably the best you could do.
A relevant point I learned is that besides "Enhanced Controllers" you should also have two "standard" version USB host controllers".
Re bandwidth the following I found interesting:
The theoretical maximum data rate in USB 2.0 is 480 Mbit/s (60 MB/s) per controller and is shared amongst all attached devices. Some chipset manufacturers overcome this bottleneck by providing multiple USB 2.0 controllers within the southbridge. Big performance gains can be achieved when attaching multiple high bandwidth USB devices such as disk enclosures in different controllers.
Every other AMD, Broadcom, Intel southbridge supporting USB 2.0 has only one EHCI controller. All SiS southbridge supporting USB 2.0 have only one EHCI controller. All ULi, VIA southbridge, single chip northbridge/southbridge supporting USB 2.0 have only one EHCI controller. Also all PCI USB 2.0 ICs used for add-in cards have only one EHCI controller. In PCIe, the usual design with multiple USB ports per EHCI controller has changed with the introduction of the MosChip MCS9990 IC. MCS9990 has one EHCI controller per port so all its USB ports can operate simultaneously without any performance limitations.
I have noticed that business card scanner I use (no seperate power supply, uses USB for the lot) will not work from the front USB ports but OK from the rear ports. This has happened on several PC's of mine. All Gigabyte MB's.
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Accidently deleted my IE dsktop default icon on my Dell XPS1730 laptop running Vista 32 bit.......can I restore it......if yes kidnly suggest.
Thanks.
Not sure on a restoring an icon (short of a full restore, a bit drastic) all I can think of is locate the .exe file and create a shortcut.
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Added to the arsenal thanks
For those interested be aware that with this version you do need to have MS Office installed.
Not exactly marmite, all you really need is MS Word stand-a-lone installed.
All I have on my test unit is an old MS Word XP and Open Office Suite (latest version) configured to save documents as .doc so that when I run PDF to Word converter the resultant document.doc will open in Open Office.
Still, I should have pointed that fact out, so thank you for doing so.
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They relent ... well, pass the buck anyway ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/08/so...anket_blocking/
The "US" does a "U Turn" "U Butey" (Aussie slang for - you bloody butey)
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If you want to use the email shield then long as Avast is providing the secure layer you should be okay ... it just means that your incoming is unencrypted when it gets to Avast, rather than getting through to your client. And your outgoing is encrypted by Avast after it leaves your client, rather than by your client.
Thanks to both ident & marmite for the advice I shall try Avast to take care of the lot and see what happens.
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Since using Avast 5.0 I keep getting the following message:
Please disable SSL/TLS in your mail client so that the Mail Scanner can scan your mail. The Mail Scanner will provide the SSL/TLS security itself.
Now whilst I know how to turn this off, is it a good idea? safe? OR should I turn off the Mail Shield in Avast 5.0?
PS: I am using Thunderbird as mail client on my Test Win 7 32bit PC.
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Sorry I was not able to get back on sooner as I was on vacation I was unable to repair the computer, discs where ordered but did not arrive before I had to leave. What ever took over his computer did a number on it. It does not boot from the disc, or usb port. it reads Disc boot failure. over and over. tried a recovery disc without luck. tried everything I knew without luck.
He is upset he had over 700 albums on his computer. Now he will have to start fresh. I told him to bring it in to a repair shop as it was beyond my abilities and I just did not have the info I needed to go further.
I've been restoring and helping people clean up speed up and help install virus protection to repair their computers for years. I've never never seen anything like this or heard of it. I spoke to many of my geek friends, and they all wanted to get their hands on his unit to see if they could repair. but I had to leave the unit as I was on vacation. I think he's going to just buy another unit and when he can get this repaired. Thanks for the input. That will teach him to no open up an email from unknown entities and then click on the links inside them. they are riddled with trojans and virus. stupid people that do this crap, he never used his computer to do online banking or credit cards he is old school that way.
thanks for the help
URGENT, URGENT, do not let him throw the HD away.
I have repaired / recovered many a HD's data etc. by using a IDE / SATA to USB cable Kit which also includes it's own power supply and power cable as in the standard white 5 pin IDE power plug (also the SATA power plug).
This allows you to connect / power up and inspect / recover the data from the HD that will not start. Once you have done this you can them also perform a low level format, you may be able to rescue the drive at the end of the day. My success rate with this $45.00 AUS Kit 4 years ago has seen me save 80% of my customers HD's and data.
PS: The brand on my unit is- Jentec Technology Co. LTD. model No. JTA0202Y They just call it a AC Adaptor. when I purchased it I just ordered a "IDE to USB powered Cable Kit". Hope this helps.
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So Avast 5 hasn't missed a beat since the day it was released. I do have a question though. Unless my inference in this lengthy thread is incorrect, do disabled Shields re-enable themselves at boot, at least under "the hood"? Relative to that, there is a simple setting to disable the explanation point in the tray icon that was mentioned in this thread. Can't say how to do it at the moment since I'm not using the laptop with Avast.
I took someone's advice on this forum did a "custom" install of Avast 5.0, selected 5 of the 7 shields available, all working fine, many re boots, all still OK, only the 5 selected shields running. No reminders from the tray icon either. As a matter of interest following the install (Windows 7 32bit) a re boot was not called for. Several hours in I did a manual "update" that then did require a re boot.
PS: I find myself these days performing a Macrium Reflect back up every time I do a serious application install when not electing to install / test in the virtual world.
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Hi, Mike 1025.
I must agree login123, it's the reason I run Returnil, if I need to save something i.e. a document created when I have been downloading and installing suspect SW, and I do not want that document flushed after a re boot, or an app that I trust, I just drop into the virtual HD which does not get flushed following a re boot. Returnil was also free for personal use, includes it's own AV, coupled with Avast 5.0 + spybot search & destroy, I feel reasonably safe.
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Every now and then I need to convert a PDF (possibly a brochure) to MS Word (or Open office that's configured to save / open MS .doc) and until now this has been reasonably successful but not always. A friend of mine suggested I try PDF to Word from AnyBizSoft;
I have just downloaded this software, put it through it's paces, particularly on some PDF documents that Adobe Acrobat Ver 7.0 Professional where the results were not all that great. (can not afford the upgrade to version 9.0 or where ever it is now).
The results with the AnyBizSoft PDF to Word were excellent, you really need to give it a go should you have the need for such a conversion.
Now the best bit, version 2.5.3 is FREE, but only till the 1st of March 2010.
PDF to Word Converter 2.5.3 Deutsch>>FREE Offer Expires on Mar. 1, 2010
Support encrypted PDF files conversion
Support Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows 7
3 conversion modes?Batch, Partial, Right-click conversion modes
Preserve text, layouts, images and hyperlinks in an editable Word document
Note: Free Keycode is available for this version permanently! But Free offer cannot be used for commercial usage!
So get your skate's on folks.
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I don't have a lot of statistics to offer, but when I run a Macrium Image to my USB2 Western Digital external, it's usually 23GB - 25GB in size and takes about 55-60 minutes (with Verify on).
Tom AZ I normally "manual verify" following the successful back up, where does one turn on auto verify?
I have just found the answer when I went to edit the XML definition file. It produced this message: Auto verify must be "N" for the Free version.
Given another good month I am going to purchase a FULL copy, it's a great application. Saved my bacon once so far.
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I thought I would post of my recent experience regarding hi-speed USB2, as there may be other folk with the same problem I've just had and don't realize it yet.
Bought myself a nice new Western Digital Elements 320gb Portable Hard Drive the other day.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=674
Thought I would have nothing to do but plug it in and back up all my music, my daughter iTunes music etc etc.
Also downloaded what has turned out to be an excellent data transfer utility called TeraCopy, and I would recommend the free version without hesitation.
So, plugged it in, set it away, and sat and watched my new toy.
Something not right here, I'm only getting about 800kbps transfer speed when it should be substantially more than that. Tried other USB2 Ports with the same result. (All my ports are stamped with USB2.)
A run through HD Tune confirmed it:
Did a lot of googling, and came up with a lot of similar situations, but never a solution. Eventually, as a last resort I decided to go into Device Manager, and check all USB entries for the availability of updated drivers.
I worked up the list of them shown here, with the "Enhanced Controller" being last.
As I worked up the list I got what I expected. Installed driver is the latest, until I did the last one and was gobsmacked when it said "driver successfully installed".
Went back to Teracopy, set it away, and now I was getting around 10 times the previous transfer speed with every one of my USB2 ports.
The difference was even more pronounced making a Macrium Image Backup.
Before:
After:
I've never previously used my USB ports to transfer data like this, so had no idea they weren't working as they should, and it's pretty annoying that Windows installed the hi-speed USB driver from off my PC.
It's always been there, but never installed.
It might be worth checking your own USB2 ports in Device Manager, just in case.
Now DennisD go to device manager again, USB controller list, properties, advanced Tab to see which USB (enhanced and universal) controller has the greatest % bandwidth.
My PC has 8 USB controllers, 2 enhanced (1 @ 15% bandwidth & 1 with 10% bandwidth) all the other universal controllers have 10% bandwidth.
Question: which UBS port is the 15% bandwidth one? They all have location and function numbers but I have not been able to identify which is which. Except that to back up my 30gig HD to my USB HD using Macrium Reflect takes about the same time as yours does. Maybe the next time I shall select a different USB port just in case the one I am using is only the 10% bandwidth allocation. I wonder if one can increase the bandwidth?
Dual Boot with EasyBCD XP & Windows 7
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Yes eFeM you are correct, however for those who do not have Win 7 Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise could consider EasyBCD.
PS: on my dual boot Win 7 (primary) and XP Pro unit I have just installed "sandboxie" on the XP Pro...run Returnil on the Win 7.......best of both worlds for my testing environment.