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Looks like he's already fixed the bug. These guys are too much! http://www.emro.nl/freeware/ JKDefragGUI 0.41 (BugFix Release) 26 February 2007 Changes: - Fixed a bug JKDefrag not showing sometimes - Fixed a bug Scheduler not working when using an username with spaces Kessel.com says most people won't need the GUI add-on. From the looks on emro.nl's screenshots, it looks like it gives you more control of the program and is probably for those of us who really love to play with these programs. What do you think is the ultimate goal of the freeware author? Is it to eventually turn it into shareware or payware, and develop a site full of programs, or to get enough people using it so that a major manufacturer will buy it from them and incorporate it into one of their multiple tool programs. I think it's the latter.

Have you tried: http://www.roemersoftware.com/#Free-Sound-Recorder This is a program called Hi-Q. I think the free version limit recording to 96kbps http://www.screamer-radio.com/ http://www.mp3mymp3.com/ http://www.stationripper.com/ You could also try Streamripper for Winamp http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/

Slightly more basic?

http://windirstat.info/ This seems like a very interesting utility If the comments on the forum are to be believed, it's quite a tool. What I don't understand is why it's still such a secret. There's hardly any discussions of it on the net, and the programmers seem to be generous with the source code. Does anyone know if it's CPU heavy? Does it load any additional dll's in the system directory, which may be loaded into explorer when booting up? I have enough in there already! Seriously, it would be nice to load programs which not only don't have to run at startup (which I think this definitely doesn't) and also don't introduce themselves to your most important OS subdirectories on a permanent basis. If the feedback here is positive, I'll install it using Zsoft Uninstaller and report back if it installs anything unusual.

Same here. I loaded quite a difficult graphics program, too. I first used the Windows uninstaller and then did a search for leftover registry strings and system files. Several system files were found, and a load of registry strings were still present. I then ran Zsoft and it removed everything. The same happened for a program that just used the Zsoft uninstaller. In both instances, Zsoft said it couldn't remove everything and would try again (even though all traces of the program were removed). I have a feeling that registry values such as MRU's that were since deleted, or temp files may have been created during the analzye process. Zsoft's zulog.txt file still has these listed as installed, but can't delete them because they're no longer there. That may be the cause of the warning. I'll post this to the Zsoft "Bugs" forum and perhaps post a link to this thread. The author usually answers promptly and maybe we can get him to post here.

Sorry I just read this post. If you're still reading this thread, check the model # of your motherboard. Usually older Pentium II and Pentium III mobo chipsets had problems with larger drives. Search the Intel site or whatever site manufactured your mobo (or that of your computer manufacturer). See if there's been a BIOS upgrade. With the latest upgrades all of the old mobos should recognize larger hard drives.

Unless I'm missing something, if he reinstalls his OS, he'll wipe out the registry, and then he'll have to reinstall all programs which loaded numerous registry strings and other files in the Windows or Windows]System32 directory. In very few instances will his main programs run without reinstalling. Programs that were unzipped and not installed using an exe script will probably still run. Other programs like MS Office, and browsers (and most Audio/video programs) will have to be reinstalled. The poster said that one drive was 15 gigs and another was 140 gigs. Do you mean partitions or do you mean two, separate, distinct hard drives? Check the system device manager or run a tool like the Belarc Advisor to find out. Secondly, what drive is the computer booting from? Siegs07, why do you think they're backwards? If the setup is correct, and the computer is booting from the D: drive, I don't see the problem? What drive has Windows on it and Documents and Settings? Is it possible that the C drive was the old boot drive, and when the new drive was installed, it wasn't partitioned and just was granted the D: letter during formatting and Windows installation? The disk partition sticky you read recommends separating the drive into 2 partitions. I would go even further with drives over 120 mg. I would separate it into at least 4 partitions and larger drives into 5 or more. The reason is for a) defrag and antivirus/malware scanning and ease of sorting files. Defragging and av/malware scanning is faster when you can set it up for smaller partitions and if you set up separate partitions for video, audio, graphic images, data, and backups, it's much easier to find your files. I would even set up a separate partition for ghost imaging, and another one in case you want to dual boot at some time in the future (Linux or DOS). What you may want to do is get a program like Partition Magic and partition the rest of the free space on the D drive or extended partition (please clarify which one it is). There are other factors to take into account. If the computer is manufactured by Dell, they install hidden partitions for their Dell tools, and you have to be careful not to erase it if the owner wants them. I personally always reformat any hard drive that has them. If the user can be tought how to back up his OS drive and programs using an imaging program like Acronis True Image or Norton Ghost, it's much better than the Dell system backups.

How does Gimpshop compare to The Gimp with the Windows Gimp Deweirdifyer plug-in: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=3892 I've also read that the plug-in can be used with Gimpshop. In regard to Gimpshop itself, isn't this the original site from the developer: http://plasticbugs.com/?p=241 I think Scott Moschella is the author and Gimpshop.net is run by Chad Smith, a fan of the program. This appears to be a good site to download GTK+ from: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html Has anyone downloaded all of this. Do I have to load GTK+ first and then Gimpshop? If I install "The Gimp or Gimpshop", would the order of installation be: GTK+ The Gimp or Gimpshopt Gimp Deweirdifyer plug-in Any links?

I was thinking of using this program as it's a front end for The Gimp (which is highly recommended on CNET). I see there are several sites where you can download it from. Do you download Gimpshop and then download The Gimp? Has anyone had experience with this program? I'd like to buy Paint Shop Pro (older version from 8 to 10), but I rarely see any good deals for it.

New in 2.3.4: * Now the ignore list also works with the "HCU" part of the registry (very stupid typo-bug!!) * Updated Portuguese translation, thanks to Rui Morais * Updated Dutch translation, thanks to computerNERDie * New translation: Spanish, thanks to Valent?n Sanz * New translation: Valencian, thanks to Vicente Adam * "Delete" button removed from toolbar (still available in right-click menu) * The "Analyzed Programs" tab has been updated - it is now searchable * Can now mark new installations since the last time you ran ZSoft Uninstaller (option in Filter menu) * New tab: Hidden Programs where the programs you have hidden is showed for easy uninstall etc. even though it has been hidden. The list is searchable. * Various fixes http://www.zsoft.dk/ As I've stated in a previous thread, I'm finding this program to be very useful. The logs are easy to open in notepad and it's quite interesting to see what various programs install, especially in the OS directory and registry.

Spywarewarrior.com also lists this site: http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/ which appears to be the author's site. There'a v 5.3 up there (which has sourcecode updates). Download.com lists a v 5.7 http://www.download.com/Eraser/3640-2092_4-10231813.html However, http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ and http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37015 have v5.82 listed. If I had to give an opinion, I would say the last version by the author was 5.3, and the later versions are by Heidi.de. Just found this: http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/faq.php At the bottom of the page is the copyright history. It would be terrific if all freeware were this forthcoming about its background (compare this to the Super audio/video converter from erightsoft.com).

How about this from the Wilders poster!: In addition he does a 7 wipe max with Crap Cleaner. That sequence probably guarantees a clean computer (as long as he's checking Process Explorer and running Hijackthis on a regular basis). I wonder if running Eraser and Sysinternals Page Defrag at startup might be a good idea. Is this the Eraser he's talking about? http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37015

Nero is excellent as a burner and will do the conversion, but somewhat slowly. You may want to check out this post: http://forum.CCleaner.com/index.php?s=&amp...ost&p=62531 and also search the tools and forums on Videohelp.com and Afterdawn.

Actually Siteadvisor says it's a clean download. The only reason it has their X rating is because it links to softlists.com. Unfortunately, Siteadvisor gives several good sites an X or an exclamation point because of a site they link to, although all the programs on the site in question are clean and useful. As far as the registry strings that Cleancache adds, take a look at Crap Cleaner: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/CCleaner....wnloads/3062585. All these cleaners load up the registry. I think the reason I liked Cleancache was because of the easy to read tabbed menu: It has very adjustable cleaning options as you can see, and did a nice job of getting rid of user assist registry strings. I'm not saying it's better than Crap Cleaner, but it's a worthy program to have installed as an additional cleaner. For that matter, so is ATF-Cleaner.

Bump. Since someone posted another thread in relation to a diferent cleaner, I thought it would be a good time to try and get some opinions on Clean Cache. I've used it and it's pretty good.

I finally installed Zsoft's Uninstaller and I have to say it's a pleasure to work with. I've used Martau's excellent Total Uninstall. but I found the freeware version (2.35) very slow. It would take about 2-4 minutes to analyze the file structure and registry, whereas Zoft's Uninstaller takes about 45 seconds (that will increase slightly as the registry and file structure gets larger). It's quite a simple program to use. You choose the "analyze" button before installing a new software program in order for Uninstaller to analyze your OS and program drive(s). Then you run the exe file of the program. Once that's finished, you open the newly installed software to ensure that all initial registry changes are made. Close the software, and then choose the "after" selection on Uninstaller to finish the file/registry analysis. An option box will appear after the analysis is finished asking you to save the filename of the installation log. Uninstaller then compares the before and after and saves the file. The great part is opening the log file and seeing what these programs add or delete from the registry and the system32 directory. If your newly chosen software requires a reboot - no problem. Instead of immediately choosing the "after" button to analyze the registry/OS drive, reboot and then open Zsoft Uninstaller again. The program remembers that there was a before analysis, and gives you the option to continue with the "after" analysis. When uninstalling a program, you can either use Zsoft, or your add/remove programs option in Control Panel AND Zsoft Uninstall as a 2nd uninstaller to make sure everything was removed from the registry. As we know, software uninstalls rarely remove most of the registry strings they initially install. Before choosing to uninstall any program, you must check three boxes. One of which is stating you won't hold the programmer responsible for loss of date. Considering it's freeware and still being updated, I think this is reasonable. That's why I suggest using a good disk imaging program like Ghost or Acronis True Image to ensure you can always restore your OS/program files to its pristine state, if necessary. UPDATE: I found a few bugs in the program (it may be because I'm using Windows 2000 Pro and the programmer uses XP for testing). However, it might be prudent to check this thread from time to time (and the forum). The programmer is very quick to answer questions. note: Today (Feb. 20, 2007), I tried to recreate the bugs I had found and couldn't. At the time, my system was running slowly and that was proably the cause. Btw, Zsoft Uninstaller has been updated to v 2.4.4.

Very interesting. What's the default file format extension for their word processing and spreadsheet programs? How compatible is it with Excel? If I imported an xls multi-spreadsheet file with Excel macros or @/if function formulas, would it be able to read the file?

Has anyone here used OpenOffice yet? If so, how does it compare to MS Office? Is the spreadsheet and word processing program as good or better than Excel and Word? I think PC Magazine gave it a good rating.

Super is a good program, but I suggest monitoring the install with Total Uninstall or Zsoft's Uninstaller. It's been known to thrown some dll files in your system32 directory. Mediacoder is constantly being updated and has a better forum: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ Auto GK can probably do it: http://www.autogk.me.uk/ You might also want to search Videohelp.com, as Virtualdubmod or one of the other Virtualdub configurations might be useful. http://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=...h+or+List+tools I can't stress the use of using a good uninstaller program enough. Every audio/video program you load is going to load codecs, and quite often they cause a conflict with what you already have loaded. Use a program like Gspot to see what you already have (and what codecs a file needs in order to playable).

I agree or at least MS should provide all the updates and patches to date in one downloadable ISO or exe file so we can put it on a disk. The file would have a scanner to see what's already been installed, just like the website. It's ridiculous that every time we do an OS reinstall, other than service packs and rollups, we have to download about 100 fixes, patches, and updates by continuously running Windows Update. Wouldn't it be easier on the MS servers if consumes didn't have to visit it so often to have it scan your OS and see what you need? I'm still using Windows 2000 Pro and have no plans to upgrade to Vista in the near future. How much more bloated is it than Win XP? Instead of trying to streamline the OS and take a cue from Linux, they're making it more expansive.

Where on www.hiren.info did you find a link to the Hiren Boot CD? I thought they took that download down quite awhile ago.

I recall reading in this forum that Regseeker (and perhaps CCleaner, too) either erases a registry string or a file in Documents and Settings that is needed by MS Office. Does anyone remember the name of the file? I would like to back it up just in case. I just reinstalled my OS and all software. I'm going to create a disk image with Acronis, but I'd like to have that file handy.

Is Hostsman better than Hoster? I've been using Hoster and it seems like a decent program.

Thanks for finding this. It would be great if Microsoft actually had this catalogued by OS. I see this goes back to Janary 2006. Other than looking at the Uninstall files in the Windows (or Winnt) directory), and knowing about major service pack updates, is there any way we can know every update that should be installed prior to January, 2006? Why can't Microsoft just make it easy and say, "This ISO file contains every update for Windows XXXX, build XXXX", with instructions for finding what build or version your original OS disk is. The would eliminate so many problems with security holes when computer users have to reload their operating systems and then have to use the internet to connect to MS again for immediate updates. I'm sure that novice users don't even have a firewall or AV program loaded when they first do this. This doesn't even take into account those who use older OS that MS doesn't support anymore.

Are there any additional lines that should be added to the Regseeker exclude.ini file for Nero and all it's audio/video programs?