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And here, inevitably, come the fanboys with the unsubstantiated claims about their preferred OS. The intelligent discussion was fun while it lasted.

Ah, the joys of desktop email.

Android; because I find iOS to look very dated. (Disclaimer; I own and frequently use an iPad) The interface is really stuck in the 2000's, with all those rounded corners and glossy overlays. That's not to say Android is perfect. Most OEM's and carriers pack it full of bloatware and other assorted crap, while Apple keeps their toys relatively clean with all the restrictions and lockdowns. The skins that Android manufacturers force are consistently horrid, however stock Android's Holo interface design is delightful. But of course, Android is better for one simple reason: I can play the original Pokemon games without needing to jailbreak.

^ This is why I hate Android OEM's.

Are both Outlook and Internet Explorer closed when you run CCleaner? Also, what version of the mentioned software are you using? (CCleaner, Outlook and Windows)

They should force apps to exclusively use HTTPS - problem (mostly) solved. As a general rule, I never insecurely submit passwords on a wifi connection that I don't personally own. Why are we still identifying routers by their name, anyway? Way too much possibility for conflicts and general chaos. Perhaps a unique serial key identifying AP's would be much better.

I smell a marketing genius. Fortunately, I admire genius and will probably buy this game as a tribute.

The ethical issues didn't even cross my mind (whoops!). Thanks for bringing that up, Alan.

Use the slim version.

My knowledge of filesystem changes post-OS X 10.6 is limited. I couldn't answer that question with confidence. You ask that in a tone that suggests you know the answer. Care to elaborate?

Most applications that implement a trial system work very hard to ensure the "original install date" data is preserved. It's unreasonable to expect CCleaner to maintain a list of locations where applications store this data. Especially since it can change depending on environmental factors.

I would classify CCleaner as a maintenance tool. How do you know that? This is a pretty standard practice for Antivirus software, which would be occurring unless you've explicitly disabled it. Typical mechanical drives can write at about 130mib/s. Assuming several to mean three; that would mean such a task would take at least 23 seconds in perfect conditions. I just ran CCleaner on a 2011 Hitachi HDD with one-pass overwriting, targeting a folder with 300 files equating to 3 gigabytes. The process took 29 seconds, which confirms that CCleaner is erasing data within the expected time range. This suggests something is awry on your end.

I find it funny that the major selling points of the next Windows update will be features that existed two versions prior.

Mac stores permissions as metadata files, with the .bom extension. That means the drive doesn't need to be bootable for the Repair Permissions tool to operate. Theoretically, you could remove a hard drive from one device, plug it into another machine (although you might need a soldering iron for the newer Macs) and perform a disk repair. That wasn't condescending at all...

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This was my thought, too. But I've never seen a malware crash where the PC actually switches off at a hardware level.

The entry was hklm:run c:\windows\pchealth\somethingicantremember\binary\pub\binary\msconfig.exe Looks like certain malware to me. This compounded by the fact it only showed up when I looked in regedit. To be honest, I didn't even attempt a system restore. I had no idea how far back I would need to go, or whether it would work. Seemed like a time sink. At this point, diagnosing is more of an intellectual curiosity.

It was a subdirectory of C:\Windows, sorry - I should have made that more clear. This is an old beige Windows XP tower. SSDs were science-fiction when they last upgraded their systems. I ran disk check, system file check and a disk defragment, none to any avail. sfc/mbam steps were also done in safe mode. My current diagnosis is "I think you need a new computer" Edit: AVG was able to complete a scan, but it came up clean.

Today I was doing a PC repair visit for a crash repair company. There was one particular PC that was running unusably slow, so I set about cleaning it up best I could. Everything was running swimmingly until I ran a malware scan with malwarebytes. The computer aruptly shut down, as if there had been a power failure. I booted it up and tried again, but the PC turned off at the exact same point in the scan. I switched to using HitMan Pro to do a scan and, it too, caused the PC to switch off. Further investigations revealed a startup entry that didnt appear in msconfig or CCleaner. It pointed to a directory in C:\Windows. When I opened that folder, the PC switched off. Same thing in safe mode. Oddly, there is no "your PC failed to shut down correctly error" when Windows is next booted. No logs suggest why Windows would shut down as if someone had pulled the plug, either. I have no idea whether this is some sort of hardware issue, software bug or malware infection. Anyone have any suggestions on where to go from here?

I'm getting this, too. Trillian is showing ~3 online friends at any given time, while Facebook.com is showing around 30.

What a pathetic patent. They're just using a blacklist of known filesharing sites and comparing it to each URL a user visits. That's like; eight four lines of code. Impressive, McAfee. Changed from eight to four, after writing some code that would probably work: at least for IE.

You can already delete search engines that Chrome has added. Based on that, I see this as a non-issue. This feature exists in those, too.

Post-2011 iMac's use Solid State Drives. Do not defrag a solid state drive.

I would argue that it's big.

New topic; why does CCleaner use 'megabyte' when 'mebibyte' is less ambiguous?