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Hav0c

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  1. Just a quick question
    did you use your computer - open applications, run games and so on - while you did the defrag ?

    I took in to consideration your own words

     


    System specs are not the problem, as my comp is plenty fast to run a defragging program.

     

    but mentioning your system specs would help.....
    Defraggler version, OS, RAM and so on

  2. PS: To HavOc. I love the ElderGeek site and have bookmarked it. Thanks for the link!

     

    And as to the quote you referenced, it seems that this is a belief held by many. That is: Deleting files never speeds up gaming. I hope I have that right. It's meant to coincide with the quote.

     

    Bill

     

    Glad you find the link usefull.

     

    It may not speed up the gaming, it just might clear the pipelines of old junk files.

    In one case I had a gaming cache file got corrupted and cleaning it fixed the problem for me.

     

    Some people will recommend to switch FAXX off if yours is enabled.

    Nvidia Control Panel --> 3D Settings--> Manage 3D settings

    Global settings Tab --> Antialiasin-FXAA --> Off

  3. None of us on the forum (I think) will say that there is a peace of software out there that does not have problems.

     

    O&O Defrag, Perfect Disk, Ultra Defrag, Puran Defrag, Auslogics Disk Defrag....

     

    This is just a rhetorical question, how do we know the mentioned software is doing something right or even wrong, if every company has their own way of doing things ?

  4. When it comes to which services to disable and enable it's a extremely delicate subject as each PC/Laptop user requires  different services based on their PC/Laptop usage.

    I found this on one site that I think is truly a good answer about services

     

     

    Is There Any Benefit to Adjusting System Services?

     

    I understand full well the primary reason people like to fiddle with services is the hope of picking up some substantial performance gains. I said this way back when I wrote the XP services article and I'll say it again some ten years later; it just isn't going to happen. You may pick up a tiny performance gain by fiddling with the settings, but it won't be anything substantial, if even noticeable.

     

    The link if you want to read more.

     

     

    You could also run the Winapp2.ini in conjunction with the Trim.bat to tailor the Winapp2.ini for your system.
    Just look for the Game section within CCleaner and remove some of your old logs and so on as well.
    NOTE: read the warning that the entries provide BEFORE just cleaning away.

  5. It seems to me that you would rather knock a product than try it. I have at least tried the other alternatives and not found them to my taste.

     

    Why do you think I made my comment, if according to you I have not tried it ? (end of the story)

     

    I'm not a fan of IE (or Chrome for that matter) but I do find it fascinating the fall of one and the rise of the other.

     

    the public are a fickle lot...

     

    +1 fo you dear sir.

  6. I do!!!! and I would not use any of the others

     

    Seems to me you have not experience the true meaning of browser freedom ! ;)

     

     

    In 7 years (02 - 09) IE lost more then half of it's users,

    then in 3 years (09 - 11) again more then half

    then again in 2 years (11-13) another half gone.

    Man it's a slow death for IE.

     

    Interesting how Chrome gained a lot of popularity vs how Firefox is losing a lot at the same time.

    Looks like March of 2012 was the turning point in the battle between Chorme and Firefox.

    Wonder why is that :huh: .

  7. company acquisition 101...  buy the competitor, assimilate their product, ditch the name, cut the work-force.

    Microsoft has been doing that for decades.

     

    Sad but true, but then it's "just" business in some peoples eyes.

  8. I would have gone about trouble shooting your problem a bit different.

    You stated

     

    The other day my laptop took a knock, not particularly hard, but locked up and I had to force a shutdown. After that it refused to start up, giving an error before windows could start up (immediately after manufacturer splash screen).

     

    If you have access to another computer just plug it in there and see what the POST stated and listen to the drive spin up for any unusual noises, if the POST stated a error you would have known that your HDD is busted. If the POST gave the all clear then I would have gone with the HDD manufactures HDD diagnostic applications and perform the tests.

    In the mean time while the tests are running I would have done what hazelnut suggested check the memory module/s.

  9. Here is my feedback on the matter v1.75 vs 2.xxxx

    v1.75 scan process was a lot faster than this new version due to this pre-scan that they introduces in v2.
    I would like a option to hide the "MB Secure Backup" ad or removed it.
    Personally I do not want to be reminded that I am using the free version on the Dashboard every time I open it.
    For some reason v2.0.3.1025 can not sort via Type within the History--> Quarantine on my system.


    But the new version isn't totally that bad they have included some functionality  that I do like seeing I work with a lot of and I do mean a lot of infected files at the same time.

    One can get use to the UI.
    But the main "likes" are  for me are

    First, If one opens the Application Logs and open a scan log, the way the inforamtion is presented is clean cut, although they could add headers for each section but it's still understandable without them.

    Second, The fact that I now can restore multiple SELECTED quarantine files. The function of selecting multiple quarantine files and restore them is not available within v1.75.
     

    The thing is with every new application being developed and release there will be bug, sometimes more then anticipated, but it will be work out eventually and every one will look back and say "I could not believe we used to use that old software without this functionality"

  10. That is way you use the Technical Tab and go to the original developers website and download the software for there.

    Filehippo is moving all their software to their little download manager. It has been posted here a couple of time thanks to Hazelnut that spotted it.

  11. This begs the question,
    how secure are the websites and applications we use. Being on PC, laptops and smartphones.

    In my opinion I think there are a lot of "updates" released that includes security updates that us users will know about.

     

     

     

    “Snapchatters were victimised by their use of third-party apps to send and receive Snaps, a practice that we expressly prohibit in our Terms of Use precisely because they compromise our users’ security…We vigilantly monitor the App Store and Google Play for illegal third-party apps and have succeeded in getting many of these removed.”

    link

  12. I understand that Windows XP requires at least 15% free on the drive to defragment using the defragmenter that comes with it.  Does Defraggler have any similar constraints and if so what are they?

     

    If not mistaken Defraggler needs at least 10% free space for optimal defrag.

  13. True, but for the vast majority, it's Windows or nothing.

    I know a few who have tried to ween themselves off Windows, and even Microsoft, but there usually ends up being some sort of spanner in the works that forces them back.

     

    I still haven't read a reason WHY they have called it Win10, or more curiously, why skip 9.

     

    Some speculation that Win 8.1 and 8.2 (not mistaken) shut the gap between 9 to 10

  14. It's easy to config the registry just follow the path as in my first post and point it to your Speccy.

     

    Nothing can go wrong as long as you do not delete anything else but create the entry at the path provided. If that does not work then you can delete the create path.

     

    I do not work with the Task Scheduler so will not be able to help you with that one.

    but this may help http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/12444-task-scheduler-create-new-task.html

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