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  Jan 12 2008, 05:07 AM
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 Forum Regular  Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 26-July 05 From: Nottingham The Worlds Best City... England U.K. Member No.: 28,783  |
I was just being nosy and noticed this entry below in my AutoExec . bat file, SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AUTODE~1;"C:\Program Files\Executive Software\DiskeeperLite\";C:\PROGRA~1\ZIPGEN~1\;C:\PROGRA~1\ZIPGEN~1\ SET windir=C:\WINDOWS SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM SET PROMPT=$p$g SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP As DiskeeperLite was not compatible with Windows ME I thought I had un-installed it as soon as I found this out in 2004, yet today while in one of my nosy fad's  I noticed it in the same line with ZIPGEN ( I think it's Zip Genius )I will admit while I was in my " Stupid  Mode " I looked in " Add Remove Programs " it was not there so I deleted the whole line and saved the new file. Shut down my PC, with fingers crossed, holding my breath I Re-Booted and I'm still here...How can I get rid of " DiskeeperLite " and still Keep " Zip Genius " -------------------- |
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Jan 12 2008, 05:26 AM
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 Distinguished Member Group: BC Advisor Posts: 738 Joined: 28-January 06 From: Australia Member No.: 52,817 |
Hi.
The SET PATH= parameter in your autoxec.bat file doesn't indicate dk lite still exists on your system. That line just specifies a number of search paths the computer will use to look for files with incomplete location specifications. Each semicolon (;) seperates between an entry. To remove the diskeeper search path, delete the sequence bolded in the quote below, then save the file. So the line will read: SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AUTODE~1;C:\PROGRA~1\ZIPGEN~1\;C:\PROGRA~1\ZIPGEN~1\ QUOTE(El_Tel @ Jan 12 2008, 09:07 PM)  Hi... I was just being nosy and noticed this entry below in my AutoExec . bat file, SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AUTODE~1;"C:\Program Files\Executive Software\DiskeeperLite\";C:\PROGRA~1\ZIPGEN~1\;C:\PROGRA~1\ZIPGEN~1\ -------------------- Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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 Jan 12 2008, 12:32 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 26-July 05 From: Nottingham The Worlds Best City... England U.K. Member No.: 28,783 |
Hi Platypus...
I thank you for your explanation and it has worked  as it was you who also replied to my post about writing a boot program, I have since found out that SpyBot when I last updated, had asked me to run something " Tea Time " and this was in conflict with " WinPatrol " which I still trust. They must have been fighting for my system processor at shut down; and now I have disabled " Tea Time " I have not, touch wood; had a single blue screen.You are way cool  Regards -------------------- |
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Jan 12 2008, 08:04 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: BC Advisor Posts: 738 Joined: 28-January 06 From: Australia Member No.: 52,817 |
Gosh!
 TeaTimer is a good idea, monitoring registry changes, but it can cause conflicts. I hope that proves to be the full resolution of your problem. Cheers. This post has been edited by Platypus: Jan 12 2008, 08:07 PM -------------------- Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Jan 17 2008, 08:33 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 17-January 08 From: Pittsburgh, PA Member No.: 184,245 |
Hi, El_Tel, Platypus ! 'Nother Noob just dropping in... Q: I'm running an ME box and using DK Lite with NO issues - how is it not comp with ME ? Thanks from the digitally challenged Bob C.
-------------------- Digitally Challenged, Bob C.
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Jan 18 2008, 02:28 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 26-July 05 From: Nottingham The Worlds Best City... England U.K. Member No.: 28,783 |
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I might have been a bit misleading with my comments, and I apologise to all who use the program. As the version I originally had was " Diskeeper Lite 3.0 ". Also I have been trying to think just what I was referring to. Bear in mind that I have trouble remembering last week never mind my reason back in 2004. My conclusion is that it did not do what I thought it would do, and that was more likely to be the bit about " Set it and Forget it "... As I'm a prime ID 10 IT PC user I vaguely remember trying to compare it with " Windows ME " Defrag program, IE: After just doing a " Win ME " Defrag then Re-Booting and then trying DiskerLite, only to find that it still took as long and the hard drive had just been defraged. Regards -------------------- |
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Jan 18 2008, 05:26 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 17-January 08 From: Pittsburgh, PA Member No.: 184,245 |
Thanks for the come-back, El - I thought maybe it worked only because I didn't know it was incompatible.
Thanks from...
-------------------- Digitally Challenged, Bob C.
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Jan 21 2008, 07:18 AM
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Distinguished Member Group: BC Advisor Posts: 738 Joined: 28-January 06 From: Australia Member No.: 52,817 |
QUOTE(El_Tel @ Jan 18 2008, 06:28 PM) After just doing a " Win ME " Defrag then Re-Booting and then trying DiskerLite, only to find that it still took as long and the hard drive had just been defraged. That's not unusual. There is no single "correct" way to defragment a drive - every defrag program will have its own strategy using various priorities to decide how to arrange files and do the other tasks involved. Even though the ME defrag actually is Diskeeper (a simplified version licenced by Microsoft), the two programs likely don't come to the same conclusion about how a drive should be optimized. So if you run Diskeeper after the ME defrag, it probably just re-arranges some of the work ME defrag has done. (This is an important reason to settle on just one defrag program and use that.) For the same reason, the only way to precisely compare the speed of defrag programs is to have an image of a fragmented drive, time one defragmenter, then restore the identical image to the drive again and time the other defrag. -------------------- Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Jan 22 2008, 03:32 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 26-July 05 From: Nottingham The Worlds Best City... England U.K. Member No.: 28,783 |
Hi Platypus
Thanks for your good  explanation, I have just downloaded Diskeeper Lite Ver 7 and will give it a whirl; as I'm about due for doing a defrag anyway.I will of course be installing it with " Total Uninstall ". Then run it in Safe Mode. Lets see if it beats " Win ME " defrag of approx 2hrs. Edit Well after 3 1/2 Hrs I had to go to sleep, so I turned everything off and just left the tower unit running. This morning all was OK, but I will have to try it next month and compare it then. Regards El Tel This post has been edited by El_Tel: Jan 23 2008, 03:32 AM -------------------- |
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Feb 3 2008, 04:22 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 26-July 05 From: Nottingham The Worlds Best City... England U.K. Member No.: 28,783 |
I have just used DiskeeperLite free v7 this morning, which took
 approx' 50 Min's in safe mode, below are 3 screen shots.Before with analysis with 180 file fragmented  After with analysis and it looks like it has only completed 96% ?  When finished you can still see some wholes, swap files and some red de-fragmented ?  Do theses images look OK to those that use Diskeeperlite v7 I also noted that throughout the week diskeeper kept giving me an annoying nag screen with various messages, prompting to buy the full version and run the program more often IE Set It & forget It? If it only takes 50 Min's next Month I can live with the nag screens, or do they get more  persistant... -------------------- |
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Feb 3 2008, 05:00 AM
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Distinguished Member Group: BC Advisor Posts: 738 Joined: 28-January 06 From: Australia Member No.: 52,817 |
That looks OK to me. It's not unusual to see a few files that could not be defragmented, and some un-compacted regions (free space not fully defragmented). This latter is a trade-off against time - not bothering with a process that might technically improve the defrag, but in practice would take so much longer and achieve little.
I don't think the nags get any more persistent, but Diskeeper does like the idea of set&forget (background defrag), helping to prevent the steady encroachment of fragmentation. So they want to keep bringing this "advantage" of the full program to your attention... This post has been edited by Platypus: Feb 3 2008, 05:01 AM -------------------- Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Feb 4 2008, 03:38 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 26-July 05 From: Nottingham The Worlds Best City... England U.K. Member No.: 28,783 |
Thanks Platypus
After that first run of 3 + hr's, 50 Min's to defrag a months PC usage is way better than the 2hr I was use to every month. It's a shame I can't edit my first post has the title is misleading, now I am warming to the idea of Diskeeperlite. Out of curiosity I took another look in my "AutoExec.bat" and it is back this time at the end of the first line, but as I'm planing on keeping it now, there it will stay.Once again Thanks for your explanation. -------------------- |
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May 21 2008, 01:19 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 26-July 05 From: Nottingham The Worlds Best City... England U.K. Member No.: 28,783 |
Hi
I'm going to Un-Install Diskeeperlite in event to  eliminate it from the equation, as my PC has not been behaving itself for awhile now, more so since this was installed. In particular as I have no control as to when it scans, the last time this occurred was in the middle of a system restore while trying to resolve my other  problem, about Win32 Kernel Sygate Pop Up that I've already started a post about.
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