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Solve : Blank gray screen? |
Answer» While on the internet, this frequently begins to happen. My web page goes all gray on my screen, except for about 1/2 inch on top with the web site heading. I cant refresh, F5, or anything. There are no buttons available to do anything, just blank gray screen. My only choice is to just close the screen and open up Firefox again. Can someone help me?Not easy to help someone who doesn't know the difference between a web browser and a website or web page, which, for most users, is quite ELEMENTARY. Quote from: midwestguy on April 08, 2010, 05:47:31 PM I would have to say yes. My home browser is set to http://www.isp.netscape.com/ But I do use Yahoo, and google quite often.Yahoo, Google, and http://www.isp.netscape.com/ are websites, not browsers. You use your browser to view the websites. Quote from: Lappinga on April 11, 2010, 06:58:09 PM Clear the browser cache (Tools->Clear Private Data->select cache->click on "Clear Private Data Now" button). Here is my screen. I dont see Real Player. [recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]The perfect soultion: http://www.opera.com/I pulled the following information from this post over at Mozilla support forum: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1542095 Look in your plugins and disable one at a time of the following until the problem is resolved: "Real Play Browser Record" Be sure to restart Firefox whenever a plugin is disabled to find out if it made any difference. |
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Solve : Consultation? |
Answer» Quote That could just as easily mean their hueristic engine is inflexible.can you EXPLAIN more on this?Quote But I LIKE to say that avira has the largest database Total Bull... Do your HOMEWORK. |
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Solve : Windows 193 error? |
Answer» I keep GETTING the following pop up when i TRY to RUN itunes: |
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Solve : Best DVD Ripper?? |
Answer» Hey guys, |
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Solve : Unknow files on my computer ($$DeleteME.)? |
Answer» Hi, |
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Solve : Email Attachments not received? |
Answer» I am hoping somebody can help. |
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9507. |
Solve : uninstall windows 7? |
Answer» i think my only OPTION is to reformat the h/d..is there any software i can USE to remove the partition and make it one hard drive...thanks thetedsoybean's advice is correct. You need to watch the screen when it boots and it will say: press to enter bios (or setup). Whatever that key is, that's what you press. Then set the cd / dvd drive as the first boot device in the boot order.hi allan,thats what i did ..i,ll take it into the REPAIR SHOP,maybe they will be able to sort it out...thanks anyway guys for all your help....yesssss,finally managed to install WIN vista...feel a bit of a diddy ...when i went to boot from cd/dvd i didn't know that i had to press the f6 key to bring it to the top of the list then hit the f10 to save and exit...what i was doing was highlighting cd/dvd and hitting the f10 to save and exit....thanks for all your help and patience....theted You put in the disk before you exit the BIOS.Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 16, 2010, 08:16:59 PM You put in the disk before you exit the BIOS.aye thats what i did m8... |
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Solve : Third-party firewalls? |
Answer» Looks like a keeper. THKS,again.Yes: |
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Solve : Feed share? |
Answer» I received an e-mail INDICATING that a friend of mine WANTED me to join her on Feed Share. I did not let it have any of my addresses. However, she tells me that she is now being BOMBARDED with emails. Is there any way to STOP this please? |
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Solve : MS Word problem?? |
Answer» Has anyone had a PROBLEM while using Word and have there KEYBOARD stopped working? |
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Solve : Adobe Reader 8? |
Answer» I have a simple question which I could not find an answer for in the Adobe Reader help section. How do I increase the text size when I print out a pdf file? The print is always super small and hard to read! I do not like to read from my computer screen. The print is always super small and hard to read!Are you referring to all PDF files or just certain ones? You can use SOFTWARE such as the PDF editor like (Nitro PDF Professional's ) or convert from PDF to word (Free PDF to Word Doc Converter 1.1) for controlling pdf SPECIFICATIONS file Or use glasses to read Quote Or use glasses to readlol very funny. |
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Solve : Lost thumb drive documents? |
Answer» OK, I THINK Will Rogers said, "Everyone is ignorant about something." Well, I'm ignorant about computers and admit it. But I NEED help. Not a good idea to use proprietary software. whyQuote from: mr-bisquit on April 13, 2010, 03:58:44 PM Best to use a live CD and run testdisk. Or, just run testdisk straight from windows. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download |
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Solve : Problems with Microsoft Word 2007 and Windows sidebar? |
Answer» I am having trouble opening up documents from Word 2007. When I click on my word document it says docx it cant be found I need to retype and try again. Windows sidebar is always not responding. I have ran a full scan of my COMPUTER nothing comes up. Is there a correlation between the 2 programs? Also, when my windows sidebar doesnt come up either does my Firefox. I really need to be working on word documents at the moment so if I can get this fixed ill worry about the other later, if I can. So SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!! What type of scan are you referring to? Tell us more about your computer, hardware specs (PROCESSOR, amount of RAM, etc.), make and model. What protection tools (virus, firewall, spyware) are you using? |
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Solve : microsoft word/powerpoint document question? |
Answer» Iam trying to do a layout for a design on a t-shirt, and I was wondering if someone could tell me how to box in the lettering of each advertisement. Make a box square for each name on the t-shirt. Thanks.Not sure I can HELP since I'm not very familiar with PowerPoint. But, to help us help you, please tell us what version you have.Are you wanting an INVISIBLE box or one that you can see? You can use the options on the drawing TOOLBAR to do this.If I understand you PROPERLY you WANT to put a box line around a name. |
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Solve : Parento Logic Driver Cure? |
Answer» While looking around for a fix for my Maiden problem (Another thread) I came across Driver Cure which claims to be able to update all yoru drivers. Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in East London, formed in 1975. Which of the over 14,00 games do you need help with? Or did you get infected with the Iron Maiden Virus? Sincerly sorry not every one is a metal head and i MOSTLY frequent music sites. It is the Iron Maiden (the band) pc game called Ed Hunter. It apparently has a file edhunter.jsf or p, its in the thread below, that win 7 does not like or know? It was on my PC that crapped out and worked fine. Thanks in advance, MP. |
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Solve : My taskbar is giving me problems with scrolling the buttons, help, please!? |
Answer» Recently an antivirus program attached itself to my computer and I had to recover my system computer, because of this all the settings I'm comfortable with are gone and I'm dealing with some really wierd new things I'd never encountered before, so let me explain my situation. |
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Solve : missing accounts on log in screen? |
Answer» WELL on my log on screen it goes straight to one ACCOUNT only i don't have the choice to choose other ones help please???No need to DOUBLE POST... Topic CLOSED. |
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9518. |
Solve : HELP ME PLEASE:I need a program like Darik`s Boot & Nuke !? |
Answer» I need a program like Darik`s Boot & Nuke but not a iso-file ! (I can`t work with iso !). why not? Quote not a iso file but a "normal" binary file. Ok, let me get this straight, you want to completely wipe your hard drive from within windows with a windows program. That isn't going to happen.How are you going to wipe your hard drive if the program you are using to do so is installed on the hard drive itself ? If you don't want to use DBN, just boot up your installation CD, delete all partitions and format the hard drive as one whole partition... As I stated in the other THREAD you started.. http://vistaenterprise.windowsreinstall.com/installnewhdd/installnewhdd.htm Use the guide... When you get to the part where is shows all the current partitions on your computer, select DRIVE OPTIONS (Advanced) and delete all the partitions... Proceed with the instructions afterward.Maybe the OP doesn't know how to burn or disk nor did the OP bother looking up the slackware install documents. There's a piece on installing from an image. The same method could be used for any iso. Quote from: mr-bisquit on April 13, 2010, 04:02:33 PM Maybe the OP doesn't know how to burn or disk nor did the OP bother looking up the slackware install documents. There's a piece on installing from an image. The same method could be used for any iso. I'm confused how slackware became RELEVANT. Nor do I see how one would logically decide to look at slackware installation documents when trying to burn a DBAN iso.http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=installation#1 Does this answer your question? All the OP has to do is load the kernel path. Quote from: mr-bisquit on April 13, 2010, 05:28:01 PM http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=installation#1No. None of that is EVEN remotely relevant. He's not running Slackware. he isn't even running Linux. you're basically suggesting he download and install (or live boot) a Linux distro, which will put him right back where he started (Linux distro's are ISO files usually) for the express purpose of... what? the FAQ asks the question: Q: How do I install from the ISO9660 image if I don't have a CD-R or CD-RW drive (or "I have no way to burn this image that I just downloaded.")? First, he's trying to run Darik's Boot and Nuke. he's not trying to install slackware. Or any Linux distro, for that matter. Second, the instructions refer to booting from the slackware live CD, mounting an ISO file- and then running the slackware setup using the mounted drive as the source for the slackware install. The DBAN disk needs to be booted from. It doesn't contain any install files. Third: this still doesn't explain this: Quote nor did the OP bother looking up the slackware install documents That doesn't make any sense. Why would looking at the slackware install documents be "common sense" (as is implied here) when trying to burn a ISO file on a windows Vista System? Quote All the OP has to do is load the kernel path. what the are you talking about? seriously? I can see the relevance if he was trying to install a Linux distro, but he's trying to burn a ISO from windows Vista. Totally different. Sure, he could use a Linux Distro to clear out all the partitions on the drive, but he'll still need to burn the Distro's ISO. Eric1611: burn the DBAN ISO using IMGBurn and boot from it. Also, you REALIZE that by erasing everything you will no longer have anything on the drive- and your system will no longer boot from the hard drive? Do you have an OS disc or "recovery" disc? EDIT: I also found an (older, I believe) version that can be used from a floppy disk: http://download.cnet.com/3001-2094_4-10911312.html?spi=d87be987bd7e5e61dc2f0dee9b835e7a Quote
I actually suggested image burn in the OPs original thread over in the Vista forum, but I accidentally edited my first post and forgot post the link again. Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 13, 2010, 05:46:50 PM No. None of that is even remotely relevant. I'm not going to bother nitpicking. This is a howto for mounting an iso of any sort without burning it to disk. There is a boot file on the image. Quote from: mr-bisquit on April 13, 2010, 06:04:09 PM
Except he needs a bootable Linux disc. those come as ISOs.Is the dban an iso? Yes. Does it have a boot file ? Yes Can it be used? Yes. Quote from: mr-bisquit on April 13, 2010, 06:18:46 PM Is the dban an iso? Yes. Quote I need a program like Darik`s Boot & Nuke but not a iso-file ! The original reason for this post is almost certainly the fact that the OP doesn't know to burn ISO images, not that they don't have a burner. and if they don't have a burner, how are they going to boot into Linux to run the commands described in the FAQ? I contend that they simply do not know how to burn ISO images, which is what prompted the original question.Thank you ALL for your help !!! I`m in a total panic because it`s all gone wrong.My WHOLE studio(music)does not run anymore because someone else wrecked it for me !(And that`s my LIFE !). I ONLY use my computer for my studio(And a bit for mail and upgrades for my studio)and I`m NO computer guru ! I just now learned that it`s pure LOGIC that if I want to wipe my drive I can`t do it from that drive ! I now have Darik on a usb card and Winzip too but I havn`t a clue where to go next ! For people who do this all day it might be easy but I`m thinking about throwing my drive away and buying a new one ! I`m not stupid,it`s just not my field of interest ! I`m sorry if I acted stupidly,you can close this thread.(And the other one). To all people who helped me:THANKS.....Eric... |
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9519. |
Solve : Iron Maiden ED HUNTER? |
Answer» Ello all , |
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9520. |
Solve : Corrupted text file? |
Answer» I have a Gateway E2000 win HE SP2. I had been having monitor problems [suddenly going black] and had to do hard shutdowns of computer. I may have fixed that problem by changing a display setting]; however, when I tried to open a text file afterwards the text had changed into a bunch of 'squares' and couldn't be read by EditPad, Notepad, etc nor wordpad, etc. [rtf] programs. |
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Solve : Macfee Software? |
Answer» i am using Dell Studio 1555 & i have started the scanning of Mcafee WHOLE system scan in the morning at around 7 :45am an till now its scanning & only 53 % complete its scanning from last 7 Hours. |
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Solve : Useless messages? |
Answer» Alright, what is the meaning of these useless messages that some apps give, such as FireFox? |
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Solve : how do i edit this?(don't know name)? |
Answer» is there a way to edit this? sorry idk name. |
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Solve : Screen fades to white...? |
Answer» I wasn't sure whether this was a hardware, software, or driver problem, so my apologies if this is the wrong place. The problem I am having with my computer is that every time I run a GAME on my PC, the screen goes black, and then slowly fades to white. At times, the computer BECOMES completely unresponsive, and while other times I am able to minimize the program and END the task in task manager. Something I also noticed is that there is STILL sound, so maybe it's the video card? If anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!We are going to NEED more information about your computer.AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ 2.8 GHZ, 3 GB RAM, 32 Bit OS, NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE nForce 430, Windows Vista Home Premium. Anything else?Which game is it doing that with?It's been doing it with pretty much anything that goes into full screen, but the most recent game I've been trying to run is an older game, SimCity 3000. I know there has been issues running older games on Vista, but I don't think this is the reason because I have never ran into this problem before. |
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Solve : Windows VS Macintosh? |
Answer» I am doing a quantitative research project for my college English class. I'm required to do research on different people's opinions and personal experiences using Windows versus Macintosh operating systems. I am not trying to start an ARGUMENT or debate, I am only trying to make a poll of how many people prefer Windows 7/Macintosh SNOW leopard. The only information i need besides your opinion is your age. Thanks!I'll take Win7... I am only trying to make a poll of how many people prefer Windows 7/Macintosh Snow leopard.OK, then why did you not include a poll when you posted? You can create a actual poll in the forum.Quote from: patio on April 19, 2010, 06:06:37 PM Alan i'm suprised at you....Why? Just because I have to work on the fool things doesn't mean I can't USE a Mac Actually, when I get a few extra bucks I'm going to replace my desktop with a Mac Mini. Alan <>< I'll go with Win 7. Methuselah was my younger brother.I'll take Windows 7. Mac works perfectly too but there are number of drivers and software that are not Mac compatible than the Windows 7.Neither. I'll take FreeBSD on two architectures. Debian on one. Such as: FreeBSD PowerPC, x86 Linux(Debian) x86 OpenBSD x86. I'll also take the above named plus NetBSD and DragonFlyBSD on amd64. Let the two just mentioned also be on amd64. I'll take OpenBSD and Linux(Debian) on PowerPC. I'll take Linux embedded on x86 embedded processors. This is a real tough one but I'd go with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I've barely used the Mac OS X but it looks good (besides a few minor INCONVENIENCES). Besides, it's Unix-based so it can't be too bad. But really I'd choose Ubuntu Linux over both any day. I'm in my late teens.if you still need a response ... win 7 from a guy past his teens |
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Solve : Unable to download anything!? |
Answer» I was unable to do updates to windows DEFENDER and avg free so i UNINSTALLED them both and i have tried to download them and i keep coming up with errors. i also tried to download avest and that didn't WORK EITHER! I have now tried to download may different things with no luck. What should i do? |
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Solve : Copying Flash to Hard Drive? |
Answer» Hello and thank you for looking at my thread. |
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Solve : Any idea for fax software?? |
Answer» Hi, My boss is aking me to buy a fax software. Before doing any testing, I post the question here to reduce the heavy testing WORK. WELL, I HOPE the faxes can be received in one folder and that folder can be shared to all the clients. Any idea? Hi, I am using Joyfax Server these days. It is quite good. I know, the incoming faxes are stored in the Input Box folder. But, I am not so sure whether the folder can be shared by all the users. Ok, I will check with the SUPPORT and tell you soon. May I suggest a HYBRID solution. Get a new printer that has fax built in.It will have very good software with it. A better choice because the software and hardware are well matched by the manufacture. |
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Solve : i need help with my computer screen resolution.? |
Answer» No, I don't mean what you have installed as programs, however that is useful as well. I'm referring to items that start when you BOOT the computer. You can use Quickstartup to check that, and it EVEN disables them for you. I'm also curious about your services THOUGH, SOMETHING MAY be in conflict. |
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9530. |
Solve : free download-foxpro2.6 or 2.6a for dos? |
Answer» hi to all! |
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9531. |
Solve : windows xp help and support dosen,t contain any options under pick a help topic? |
Answer» When i click the help and support button and the page comes up there are no options under "pick a help topic" in the left pane.You may find better help in the XP section in Windows.http://windowsxp.mvps.org/helpctrindex.htm |
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Solve : Giveaway of the Day - EASEUS Partition Master 5.5.1 Professional? |
Answer» http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ | |
9533. |
Solve : How do I get antivirus program to go away?? |
Answer» Question for Allan such as Registry booster or other can solve this problemWell, I'll answer it for you by saying no. It will do the opposite.Registry "repair" utilities cause more problems than they claim to fix. At best they are useless and harmless. At worst they will cause major issues.Quote Well, I'll answer it for you by saying no. It will do the opposite. and Quote Registry "repair" utilities cause more problemsWell. I am sure your words But why all this amount of this type of program. From famous companies I'm not going to get into a discussion or argument with you. Registry cleaners are useless. If you wish to believe otherwise that's your right. Quote from: on April 14, 2010, 02:18:53 PM and Well. I am sure your wordsFor the same reason there were many big companies releasing 'RAM compression' software that did nothing. It makes money for them.famous companies? Like whom? The only one that I can think of was regclean, by microsoft, and that was meant to solve a very specific issue under a specific set of circumstances. Advanced SystemCare does a great job at helping keep your system and registry clean. Plus it has a safety restore on it, which I've never needed to use yet. You can even go select it in the boot manager, if your current startup isn't working or you screwed something up, you have a backup startup (so it's a plus and not that large even). It also has system defense BLOCKS in place, system optimatizations, a more advance disk defragger, security analyzer, spyware scan, etc, etc. I got a free year license for it when Microsoft Win7 Party Launched as well as Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and a number of other security / cleanup programs, funny that! Even if i did pay, it would be worth it. The amount of junk that gets entered into the Windows Registry and never removed is crazy, blame Microsoft and their creation of the registry mess and the other applications that don't clean up rather than the clean up tools that try fix it and performance issues. As for 'RAM compression' it's mostly just unloading unused windows dlls (which you can do manually) and defrags your memory (not a major issue). Only helpful if you haven't got that much memory, which is cheap these days, so not really needed anymore. BACK when you had 256MB it would of been a major performance boost. or The better but slower ways to keep a clean system, format the OS each month and unload background services from Windows. or Ignore it till your computer is slow as a slug, that i7 core and extra memory you purchased should help keep up the performance. You can pick...Quote from: Azzaboi on April 15, 2010, 12:37:05 AM The amount of junk that gets entered into the Windows Registry and never removed is crazy, blame Microsoft and their creation of the registry mess and the other applications that don't clean up rather than the clean up tools that try fix it and performance issues.First off, stuff that get's entered into the registry and never removed doesn't slow the system down. Second they created the registry as a central settings repository. At the time trying to find out where a program saved it's settings was a matter of finding the right INI file. And oftentimes you'd have INI files all over the drive, and a lot of programs decided to just save their settings in WIN.INI, and since there was a built in limit of 64K for INI files this would often corrupt WIN.INI making the system unbootable. Quote As for 'RAM compression' it's just unloading unused windows dlls and defragging your memory. Only helpful if you haven't got that much memory, which is cheap these days, so not really needed anymore.No. All it does is page out of RAM to the page file. You just end up paging it back into main memory. Not very productive. All it does is slow you down and give you a higher amount of free memory, at least for the short time you stand there staring at the little system tray icon showing free RAM. the moment you switch to another application you are greeted with disk trashing as that applications address space is paged in- not just the stuff that windows would have decided, over time, to page out because it wasn't used, but the entire thing. In either case, it's not helpful regardless of how much RAM you actually have. Quote Advanced SystemCare does a great job at helping keep your system and registry clean. forgetting the rest of that first paragraph (startup manager? sounds more like a pretty face on copying registry keys, sure hope SystemCare stores those startup configs in a file, otherwise it's contributing to a "dirty" registry. Which brings me back to the specific quote- I take odds against this one- how do you define a "Clean" registry? What is the difference between a "Clean" system or registry and a "dirty" one? Just because the registry has a lot of keys/values that are not used and/or are forgotten does not constitute a "dirty" registry. In fact, I contend that since the registry cannot actually be made "dirty" it's also impossible to define exactly what "cleaning" the registry is, and this particular opinion is backed up by the fact that even those companies/individuals that create registry cleaners don't even come close to agreeing. one might find double, or three times the number of "obsolete" entries in the registry. I've already covered this, in a lot of posts- but aside from the fact that defining a "Dirty" is impossible to reason out, it's equally impossible to determine programmatically. First off, many people would contend that unused sections/keys in the registry are not used. This seems sensible. However- how does a registry cleaner decide what is, and is not used? How does it "know" what registry keys are actually being used by applications and which ones aren't? And of course there are the ones that go completely overboard and try to determine what registry keys are "invalid" this is an equally futile endeavour. Other applications store this data. Only the other applications know what it's for. A lot of cleaners "recognize" when a REG_SZ value is a filename. A lot of these cleaners determine that if that file does not actually exist, then the key is invalid. However, what if the application uses that setting to determine where to a file or folder? Did the cleaner not just screw up that application? what happens when it starts up? Who knows! It might even crash! IF registry "dirt" like that caused crashes, you would think that "cleaning" the registry would do the opposite, but it doesn't always work that way. I contend that the only Hive that can get "dirty" is the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key, (which is really just an ALIAS for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\clsid key). why? it's format is well defined- but! here's the kicker! the format is documented! each version of windows introduced new values and keys within the classes key that CHANGED or even made current "cleaning" tools redundant. The only actual cleaner would be a simple loop through all the keys. if that key has a DLL file reference that exists then it's valid. if not, delete it. This is especially the case when converting the defined progID to a CLSID does not actually reflect the CLSID of the component. That's it. you cannot "clean" any of the other hives, merely because you cannot define what a "dirty" registry is any more then you can say wether a file on your file system is unused. My question does not mean I am a supporter of these programs or not. But I'm sure I used this program several times and the result: my Computers did not BECOME Superman or like the speed of light . On the other hand. Did not die or hang Quote from: on April 15, 2010, 07:37:36 AM My question does not mean I am a supporter of these programs or not.Right. And that's the best possible outcome - that registry utilities end up doing no harm.Quote blame Microsoft and their creation of the registry mess and the other applications that don't clean up rather than the clean up tools that try fix it and performance issues.Why are you so anti-MS?Quote from: kpac on April 15, 2010, 09:54:14 AM Why are you so anti-MS?Anti-MS is fine. people with amount of MS hate, still using windows, means they are just trying to sound cool.I not actually fully anti-microsoft, yes I use it (but fully tweaked), just anti some of the way they have done thing and how they treat the user as a complete noob and want to embedd a few hundred of their own junk which I would never use or just creates a big hole in the security. Stable, performance and secure is better, microsoft focuses mostly on the pretty. However, it's not just Microsoft that's gone that path to get more sales. Do you remember the time you first installed the OS and how fast/smooth it was before all the extras? And yes it will slow down over time if not managed. Well a brand new OS is nothing in performance compared to a fully tweaked one. I'm the kind of person that expects a 1 millisecond delay or less. I don't want to wait between clicks, applications loading, starting up and shutting down, etc. Most of it is setup and tweaked to be instant on my computer. I get alarmed if it doesn't. Entirely up to you what you use and do on your computer, I don't care, was just a suggestion. I was just saying some system care tools are still good and helpful, but 'RAM compression' tools are rubbish these days (i thought they had a purpose early on with less RAM, but I might of been wrong).Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 14, 2010, 08:39:12 PM famous companies? Like whom?Probably the best selling RAM Compression utility was QuarterDeck's MagnaRAM '97. |
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Solve : ccleaner help? |
Answer» Quote from: Allan on April 27, 2010, 02:16:12 PM All part of their sales pitch. Registry cleaners are useless. But you know what? I'm really tired of saying the same thing. So by all means everyone - download and run every registry cleaner you can find. Afterwards you can either post here or click the link in my signature for help Where would we be without you here Allan? Where indeed !!! Quote from: Allan on April 27, 2010, 02:16:12 PM All part of their sales pitch. Registry cleaners are useless. But you know what? I'm really tired of saying the same thing. So by all means everyone - download and run every registry cleaner you can find. Afterwards you can either post here or click the link in my signature for help you're tired of saying the same thing... at least yours are LESS then 5 PAGES each time... Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 27, 2010, 02:35:55 PM you're tired of saying the same thing... at least yours are less then 5 pages each time... Alot of people saying that 'registry cleaners dont make the machine run faster', that maybe, but i dont wash my car to make it go faster. That's my tuppence worth. This has been quite the thread and it's been very interesting to read the different views. It had been pointed out to me here at CH that tampering with the registry can be very dangerous. More than I actually realized.This warning came in one of my first posts. So I do take this warning seriously. Now having said this, what I would like to know is :do any of you know of anyone who has ever encountered any problems when using the CCleaner registry(cleaner,fixer,repairer) feature?. Again, I'm specific here ,CCleaner registry cleaner(I'll call it cleaner). If so, I would like to hear that; absolutely, unequivocally, it was the CCleaner registry cleaner that caused problems . It appears to me that all of these registry cleaners are being painted with the same brush. Most seem to agree that CCleaner is a good program. But, the registry cleaner should not be used because it is useless and/or it will cause problems. Is there no chance at all that the people at CCleaner got their complete program right?. Like I said earlier, their registry cleaner cured a problem for me when I could find no other way and I've had absolutely no problems when using CCleaner. So if it cured a problem and didn't create any , how can it be considered useless? And no, I'm not one of their salesmen. Yes, I have encountered proplems with registry cleaners. One client, back when I was still working in computers, used Iolo's System Mechanic. The results were horrible. I had to fix three of his computers. In regards to Piriforms registry cleaner, I don't think that I've encountered any issues with it. However I think it just might be a lot less aggressive than most of them. With that being said I still want to make it clear that letting something whiz through your registry with a mind of it's own is a stupid idea.I've said this before- but it's been a while, but this is how I've always seen it and why there even is a market for registry cleaning in the first place. The registry was originally designed to replace the INI files that were strewn about the disk like nobodies business in windows 3.x. It stores the same information as would be stored in an INI file (excepting the HKEY_DYN_DATA and performance data keys, which are dynamically generated and don't even exist in the registry at all). However- with windows 3.x- there was no such product as an "INI file cleaner" you could use file utilities to round up older INI files but you could never be sure that they weren't used by anything. At the time it was a rite of passage to learn how to edit INI files- it was rather simple to do and posed very little danger. for example, a text editor I used with windows 3.1 - PFE (Programmers File Editor) stored it's settings in an INI file. You could open that file, and edit it as you please. however, you could be absolutely certain that no matter how much you munged up "PFE.INI" the only application that would be affected was PFE. The idea to migrate to a central settings database was due to the fact that at the time, INI files were far less then convenient for the tasks of system standardization and group policies- if all the settings were stored in a central database, there would only be one place to look for the settings- you wouldn't have to actually retrace the steps of the application to find out which of the three INI files it was using in order to edit the right one. a common symptom was that people would be told via instructions to edit an INI file for an application in C:\windows, only to find that nothing changed, because there was an INI file in the applications directory as well. In order to better ORGANIZE the settings, they settled on a heirarchal arrangement of keys and values, placed into Hives (so named because one of the developers hated bees or something). Truly, the registry already existed in windows 3.1; it was basically used for what is now stored in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT; file associations and registered OLE components. for windows 95 they expanded it and made it a central feature of the operating system with it's own set of API functions as well as supporting multiple data types. The unintended result was to make the registry a large, monolithic database holding a vast quantity of different information- you could edit a good number of the settings without ill effect, but editing others could make it necessary to reinstall windows 95 entirely. Being that it was no longer simply text files you could open, the registry was somewhat of a mystery to people- and in fact it still is. Many people, even today, refer to the registry as "windows brain" which is a rather vulgar interpretation as well as an ill-thought out analogy- it's basically a collection of settings, used by any number of applications, that happens to be centralized in a single database. It was this sort of misundestanding of the registry and exactly what it was that was preyed upon by the eventual release of commercial "registry cleaner" products. to make matters worse these registry cleaners were and often still are a part of some sort of all-in-one solution including disk defragmentation, disk checking, disk cleanup, and so forth, making it seem like cleaning the registry is as important as those other operations. The first registry cleaner ever made was made by microsoft- it was exclusively created for cleaning out obsolete and non-existent registered ACTIVEX components. and it worked fine. Perhaps it was the release of this particular tool and the gigantic furor it caused (which, in those days, meant about 20 people had heard about it) was what eventually made other companies realize that they would be entering a lucrative market by making a tool that does the exact same thing as "regclean" did but at a higher price point. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is the only hive that should be "checked" by any sort of registry cleaner. but many cleaners check other areas in the registry. a prime example. some time ago I ran ccleaner. next time I went to work on my evaluation library, it refused to start. apparently, CCleaner decided that my applications key in hkey_current_user/software/ was obsolete, and deleted it. What makes this even more silly is the fact that my program did nothing wrong- it's registry key and the data stored within just happened to fit some sort of pattern that CCleaner recognized and chose it for deletion. This was because it had a number of entries that would CCleaner decided were filenames (but were in fact Expressions) and then found that those files (which weren't filenames to begin with) didn't exist, therefore meaning that the program had been deleted from disk manually, so it decided that the entire key was a waste of space. It wasn't just that it happened to my application and I spent a futile 4 hours looking for some sort of subtle bug in my code only to discover that it was a ccleaner registry clean I had run over a month earlier that caused it that aggravated me, but rather the fact that it couldn't possibly be an isolated incident. Other programs keep all sorts of data in the registry and no registry cleaner can make the assertion that "this value is a filename" or "this value is a file path" even with the best sort of analysis. Such pattern recognition can be made better but it can never be made perfect; just as an AV will occasionally pick up a false positive so too will the pattern recognition of a registry cleaner will misidentify a value,as it did for me. (note I'm speaking in terms of everything but HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT "cleaning" which is rather well-defined in terms of what each value is). For me, I literally had to include extra code that took account of the otherwise impossible scenario where the registry key A contains data that implies that registry key B exists, but registry key B doesn't actually exist. Without running ccleaner, such an eventually would never happen, but since I cannot guarantee that all my applications will run on PCs that don't run the CCleaner registry component, I had to add a good page of code just to handle that set of eventualities. Of course, there will be just as many incidents of "miracle cures" of a system as there will be catastrophic failures, but when then again- people have won millions and billions of dollars through playing the lottery, that doesn't mean everybody comes out a winner. And of course those slot machine tickets mock you on purpose, putting two lemons or two sevens for the first two scratch slots only to deliver you a plum or something for the third one. Why must they taunt us! what cruel and heartless *censored* conceived of such devious lottery ticket design? there's a saying I just invented: Some people have a problem, and they say "I know, I'll use a registry cleaner". Now they have two problems.Couldn't have said it better myself BC. Okay, well actually I could have, but I still love your posts I was actually considering removing all of it and just leaving the saying... but everybody would have thought my forum account was hacked by somebody who actually embraces terse replies. it was also a preemptive response to a post/comment that is usually made in discussions about the registry, saying that the registry was a bad idea to begin with, which usually comes from those who weren't around to see what was being used before that, which was no better. The fact that Microsoft couldn't see into the future and realize that all sorts of other companies might capitalize on the confusion resulting from the change is hardly their fault. Ironically enough in my last few programs I've abandoned storing any data in the registry at all, and gone back to INI files, since I know that there won't be an "INI file cleaner" program trying to understand and selectively delete data that belongs exclusively to my program. So I won't waste hours writing workaround code that is basically working around problems with other peoples programs that like to pilfer my programs data. Yeah, when I use a program that offers the option of storing preferences in a .ini file vs the registry I always choose the former. |
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Solve : Registry Cleaner or not?? |
Answer» For the last month my computer has been GETTING slower and slower. Now it has crashed at least 8 times in the last 3 days. The only thing I can do is force it to restart and it can take up to 40 minutes to get it working again. This is a 3 month old computer so it shouldn't have problems. I've looked at a few different sites and one thing I found on a lot of them was that it can be a problem with the REGISTRY. So I ran a scan on the Registry Tools program pre-installed on my computer. It found 317 things wrong with it. And then of course I'd have to pay to get it to repair these things. I've heard that a lot of these programs are useless or just do more damage. |
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Solve : Error 25: A critical error has occured while initializing Direct3d ... *censored* ?? |
Answer» Hi, heres the problem: I've been playing WOW and everything went normally. But suddenly WOW crashed and couldn't start anymore. Diablo 2 doesn't work either (it shows this error). Not even Skype works normally > http://yfrog.com/1aasdsrj ... |
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Solve : Unaccounted-for Disk Space? |
Answer» Attached here is a SCREENSHOT (the directory in question is my root folder, C:) of a report from foldersize.exe, a utility that shows the sizes of folders in a directory, as well as the files in that directory, together with Windows Explorer showing what is actually found in C:\. (Hidden files and folders are enabled.) |
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Solve : Registry Defragmentation? |
Answer» I was just wondering, does it do anything to increase speed? I've Googled it and found some pages on it but I wasn't sure if it was just product advertising or not. Has anyone done it before? Does it screw with your computer or increase/decrease speed? |
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Solve : how to run bat file from remote computer? |
Answer» i hav to run a bat FILE from remote computer....which |
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Solve : Sonic MyDVD - Disk is Full? |
Answer» Hi there, hope someone can help me. My programs were working smoothly until I had a hard drive failure. I had the hard drive replaced, then re-installed all of my programs. Every other program is working correctly. The problem I am having is with Sonic MyDVD Deluxe Version 6.1.0. I can open the program, import a video file and edit the file. But, when I try to “Save As” Test I get this message - [Disk is Full – file info: path = C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My DVDs\Test\Test.dvd, position = 0 -19027] |
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Solve : how to make the computer compute?? |
Answer» i would like to know how to get this machine to calculate the number of hours that have elapsed since i was born....or solve a TRIGONOMETRY PROBLEM, or do some algebra with multiple unknowns. the simple calculator on the start MENU isn't up to the tasks. VBASIC will do exactly what you want.thank you alex. but i think i'd prefer some simpler ACCESS to arithmetic. vbasic seems to require knowledge of a special LANGUAGE and it's for programmers, not dumb old ladies like me. and the arithmetic function is something i'd only rarely use.You've gotta use some kind of program. Try this one http://www.easycalculation.com/date-day/age-calculator.php |
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Solve : eset nod32 v4 is automatically running in my laptop?how to solve it?? |
Answer» every time i TRY to close eset nod32 it STOP and just after 3 SECS its come again.what is this problem why this software running automatically, |
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Solve : Custom built PC? |
Answer» Hi, |
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Solve : Help me cpu used 100/100? |
Answer» Hello ..... Hmm, I can't seem to edit my post to fix the typo.Yeah, I BELIEVE the edit option disappears after an hour, maybe sooner. Quote from: Quantos on April 28, 2010, 01:50:44 AM There's nothing wrong there, but if you think you may be infected with something, check this<?A> out. Follow the directions exactly, and post the required information. First: Allow me to thank you for your response and rapid, but as I said I do not mastered the English language and I find it difficult to translate the page is received and set I hope you understand me and I do not have a virus or some spyware But I think that the imbalance caused by a program or process I have made I hope you find the solution you have Thank you ......... And Please do not check My English language because it very poor ************** Quote from: Allan on April 28, 2010, 05:56:39 AM System Idle Process shows what percentage of the cpu is NOT being used. The higher the number the better. On the other hand, the Explorer process should not stay at 50% - that's a problem. my friend ..... Thank you for the information about the (System Idle Process) But in terms of the (cpu) If it were not a problem I did not asked you what the solution Thank you ......... And Please do not check My English language because it very poor [/center]****************************************************** I hope you resolve this problem Because I do not think about formating my computer only When I unable to find a solutionI see you found the soloutionQuote from: patio on April 29, 2010, 02:17:04 PM I see you found the soloution Do you mean that the only solution is (((( Format )))) If this what you mean, I thank you for your help me . But , I said I will not do formate only after I could not find a solution. Thank you my friend ..................... In that picture, your cpu is not showing "100/100" usage. Quote from: Salmon Trout on May 01, 2010, 12:04:14 PM In that picture, your cpu is not showing "100/100" usage. I noticed that too. I was trying to figure out where that number came from. Perhaps he added the numbers together? (50+49+1), but the system idle process doesn't actually count. Black.dream, were you doing anything else on the computer when you took that screen shot? Copying anything? Searching for something? And can you give the specs on your computer?Sustained 50% cpu usage for explorer.exe is high; it could be a number of things from hung or badly written apps to a malware infection. Playing badly encoded AVIs can leave explorer in this state. |
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Solve : help with itunes? |
Answer» i cant transfer song to my ipod shuffle 2nd gen, im using windows xp sp2, when i ty to auto fill or drag SONGS.it will just SAY that " and error occurred " but when i use my cousins laptop, and try to transfer song from there, it works. can some ONE HELP me with this i want to transfer songs with my pc. i already downloaded the latest ITUNES but still can't transfer song please help me. |
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Solve : A problem with access to certain features on the CH forum? |
Answer» soybean, i cannot remember what the ISSUES were i was having at the time.However the issues whatever they were only occurred after the installation of firefox. It may well have been that at the time i did not create firefox as the "default". In fact i tend to think NOT. I only accessed it by demand. maybe it's time to revisit that option. THANKS for your input. truenorthYes, I think you should try Firefox again. If you have issues with it, post your questions in the forum, which I'm sure you would do. Sorry, but this is absolute non-sense. There's absolutely no need to remove IE if you install another browser. Installing a browser other than IE does not cause "CONFLICT issues". Just set one browser as default.Agreed. I have at least 3 browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera) on every system I use.I have at least 6 or 7 installed for testing web sites. The only conflict I've had recently is with Maxthon...it gets rather demanding if you don't let it be the default browser. |
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Solve : upload software? |
Answer» Possible to tell me about a software to SPEED and Management upload files by |
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Solve : MDB files? |
Answer» I have a file in my computer that ends with .mdb. My gf is the suspicious TYPE and thinks that this is a database of all the women that I am sneaking around with. How can I open this file and reveal its contents?Microsoft Access. I don't believe that I have access. How would I have an access file if I don't have the program, or does it just not show up as a program file? mdb is used by any program that uses a jet database. you might try mdb viewerFire the girlfriend and get a Redhead...you won't be sorry.Let me see if I have this right.....you have a list of girlfriends in a database that you can't open? This is what your girlfriend thinks? ya right...... She's a SWEETHEART, but logic isn't her strong suit.I 2ND Patio's suggestion. I have one and it was one of the BEST decisions i was allowed to make.truenorth |
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Solve : Renaming folders (serially); Frustration with available programs? |
Answer» Salmon Trout Salmon Trout No, you can select multiple folders in Explorer or in search results and RIGHT click one or all of them them and then select Better File Rename if you have allowed that program to add its entry to the context menu. The normal procedure of clicking on then first, holding down SHIFT and clicking the last to select a whole group did NOT work.Quote from: Sebastian42 on April 26, 2010, 12:04:29 PM The normal procedure of clicking on then first, holding down SHIFT and clicking the last to select a whole group did NOT work. You cannot do this in Windows Explorer? I do not understand your "did NOT work". This is a bad way to describe a problem on a forum. Please SAY exactly what happened. Otherwise we may think the problem is you. 1. Click first folder, then shift-click last folder 2. Right click ensemble of folders, choose Better File Rename 3. or control-click desired folders 4. Right click one of these folders, choose Better File Rename Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 26, 2010, 12:30:26 PM You cannot do this in Windows Explorer?In Windows Explorer I CAN do it. I was trying to select the folders (for renaming) in Better File Renamer, THAT is where the group from the first to the last folder selected did not become selected/highlit when I held SHIFT down. Did you try CTRL+down ?I did not try CTRL down, because that normally adds only one ITEM at a time. I'm trying to get AWAY from doing it 'manually'. BULK renaming is the aim.Quote from: Sebastian42 on April 27, 2010, 09:11:27 AM I did not try CTRL down, because that normally adds only one item at a time. have you BEEN unable to use WINDOWS explorer to SELECT a group of FOLDERS and then right click THEM and use the better file rename option AS suggested by Salmon Trout?I have not tried to work from both Explorer AND Better File Renamer. I have tried to select the folders in Better File Renamer. It sounds WEIRD, but if it works ..... I better have another try.Quote from: Sebastian42 on April 27, 2010, 09:57:31 AM I have not tried to work from both Explorer AND Better File Renamer. I have tried to select the folders in Better File Renamer. It sounds weird, but if it works ..... I better have another try. The idea is, you select them first, in Explorer, then you send them to Better File Rename by right click/context menu. What's so hard about that? It doesn't sound hard at all, it just never occured to me to use Explorer AS WELL as the renaming program. Quote from: Sebastian42 on April 28, 2010, 04:48:23 AM It doesn't sound hard at all, it just never occured to me to use Explorer AS WELL as the renaming program. Many, many programs which perform operations on files work this way, either by default or as an option. Why bother re-inventing the wheel when Windows already has a (reasonably) good file/folder selection program? Why indeed ? By next week I should have been able to try it out, and will report back. Indeed, I was able to select a group of folders and in their context menu find 'Better File Renamer'. That makes this software suitable; and maybe the same applies to programs I tried before I first posted my question. Thank you. |
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Solve : Giveaway of the Day - Drive Backup 9.5 Professional Edition? |
Answer» http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ | |