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 Sep 26 2007, 10:41 PM
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 Bleepin' cat's meow  Group: Moderator Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323  |
QUOTE(trumpetman51 @ Sep 26 2007, 11:31 AM)  ... and I did not see anything about "Advanced Windows Care V2 Personal" or "Iobit Smart Defrag". These 2 apps are both free and are offered by Iobit at www.Iobit.com". "Advanced Windows Care" offers a 1-click approach to "protect, optimize, ... I am SURE that someone in this community has heard of these apps and even tried them or uses them so I am wondering why they are not on the list. Am I missing something that I should know about them????? Are they known to cause problems or just not work well??? Please advise!!??!! trumpetman51 (John) The reason Advanced Windows V2 Personal is not listed is because it is a registry cleaning tool. While it may or may not be safe we feel unsupervised use of such tools is potentially dangerous. We just out right prohibit such programs. --------------------  "2007 & 2008 Windows Shell/User Award" |
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Sep 27 2007, 08:20 AM
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 Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,162 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
teatimer in spybot is one of the most dangerous registry tools I have ever used, it's great but always turn it off before installing nortons and updating, same with appling some of the windows updates, if teatime glitches and you can't allow the registry changes then there are bad problems, has this problem been fixed?
-------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Sep 27 2007, 09:18 AM
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 Can't decide what to use, so I won't use anything. Group: Global Moderator Posts: 13,225 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363 |
DaChew,
Your question would be best answered in the AntiVirus, Firewall and Privacy Products and Protection Methods forum. -------------------- I love being married.
It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy, for the rest of your life. |
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Sep 27 2007, 10:13 AM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,162 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
I realized that after posting, still learning my way around
thanks -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Sep 29 2007, 01:38 AM
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 The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Posts: 4,318 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
Hey Guys,
just a quick info. I suggested GreatNews and Snarfer before and you should be aware that these both are beta versions. They work fine until you install IE7. I tried for three days to get it to work, before I decided to uninstall IE7 again yesterday as I dont even use IE6 anymore these days. IE7 even made my thunderbird not work with links in emails anymore  - edit - fix spelling and removed suggested tool that hadnt been tested as yet. This post has been edited by Yourhighness: Sep 29 2007, 05:08 AM -------------------- - "How did I get infected?" - "Safe-hex" - Member of UNITE - - The HJT forum is very busy. If I've not posted back within 24 hrs., send a PM with your topic link. Thank you. - HELP REQUESTS VIA THE PM SYSTEM WILL BE IGNORED. The Forums are there for a reason! Thanks-  |
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Sep 29 2007, 02:55 AM
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Can't decide what to use, so I won't use anything. Group: Global Moderator Posts: 13,225 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363 |
Do you use Handbrake, Yourhighness?
-------------------- I love being married.
It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy, for the rest of your life. |
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Sep 29 2007, 03:23 AM
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The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Posts: 4,318 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
Hey Tg,
no I havent yet. Thats why i said it looks neat. I have a DVD that I wanted to convert for PC usage for a while though, so I will give the tool a try today and let you know. Sorry for the confusion. -------------------- - "How did I get infected?" - "Safe-hex" - Member of UNITE - - The HJT forum is very busy. If I've not posted back within 24 hrs., send a PM with your topic link. Thank you. - HELP REQUESTS VIA THE PM SYSTEM WILL BE IGNORED. The Forums are there for a reason! Thanks- |
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Sep 29 2007, 03:34 AM
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Can't decide what to use, so I won't use anything. Group: Global Moderator Posts: 13,225 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363 |
Just a reminder of the requirements, for posting suggestions:
QUOTE 3. It must be a program, that you have, or are still using.
-------------------- I love being married.
It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy, for the rest of your life. |
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Sep 29 2007, 05:11 AM
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The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Posts: 4,318 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
Sorry TG, I forgot. Just stumbled over it and thought it a good tool for those travelling a lot. I edited my post again to reflect rules.
But I do have one that I tested and in fact just used to post my latest blog post. Its a blogging tool from Microsoft and is called Windows Live Writer. Its still a beta, but works nicely. -------------------- - "How did I get infected?" - "Safe-hex" - Member of UNITE - - The HJT forum is very busy. If I've not posted back within 24 hrs., send a PM with your topic link. Thank you. - HELP REQUESTS VIA THE PM SYSTEM WILL BE IGNORED. The Forums are there for a reason! Thanks- |
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Sep 29 2007, 07:09 AM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 243 Joined: 25-January 07 Member No.: 108,272 |
Have you ever deleted a file you wish you hadn't? Well this Recuva - File Recovery is a great free file recovery app. If you've deleted a file of a hard drive, floppy disk or Flash drive then this will recover it.
Its made by the same company that makes CCleaner. 
This post has been edited by Keithuk: Sep 29 2007, 07:10 AM -------------------- Keith
http://www.martin2k.co.uk/forums I've been programming with VB for 12 years. Started with VB4 16bit Pro, VB5 Pro, VB6 Pro/Enterprise and now VB3 Pro. But I'm no expert, I'm still learning. |
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 Oct 2 2007, 12:21 AM
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 Just enough info to be armed & dangerous... Group: Members Posts: 1,819 Joined: 18-March 06 From: St Kilda, Dunedin. South Island. NZ Member No.: 59,805 |
I'm surprised that I haven't recommended this before. I have been using it for about a year now and find it excellent as it holds 200 records of copied items. YANKEE CLIPPER III.
http://www.intelexual.com/products/YC3/ -------------------- |
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Oct 6 2007, 06:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 131,989 |
I've been looking for a while for a good defrag program because of course Windows defrag is a nuisance. Defraggler is from the folks behind CCleaner. It's currently in Beta. It's a very small file. It took seconds to download. The biggest feature is you can isolate and defrag individual files. But I did a full defrag this afternoon and it only took 15 minutes. That makes me want to do a defrag regularly. Recommended.
http://www.defraggler.com/ |
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Oct 6 2007, 09:20 PM
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 "Bleepin' Aussie Addict" Group: Members Posts: 1,905 Joined: 14-October 06 From: SYDNEY-AUSTRALIA Member No.: 90,018 |
I am useing JK Defrag,which is in Grinler's Freeware list. I have a Hard drive which had files which I couldn't move with probably 6 Defrag Programs. JK Defrag moved these files and so Quick,I was amazed. Recommend it. You can watch as the Clusters are moved,on the monitor.Anyone else useing this Program?
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Oct 7 2007, 01:53 AM
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The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Posts: 4,318 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
I use JKDefrag Too. After trying all sorts of Defrag toos, this is the one I will stay with.
-------------------- - "How did I get infected?" - "Safe-hex" - Member of UNITE - - The HJT forum is very busy. If I've not posted back within 24 hrs., send a PM with your topic link. Thank you. - HELP REQUESTS VIA THE PM SYSTEM WILL BE IGNORED. The Forums are there for a reason! Thanks- |
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 Oct 7 2007, 03:31 AM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 164 Joined: 26-July 05 From: Nottingham The Worlds Best City... England U.K. Member No.: 28,783 |
QUOTE(Yourhighness @ Oct 7 2007, 07:53 AM) After trying all sorts of Defrag  Any of them suitable  for "Windows  ME"-------------------- |
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