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On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:07:41 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote: "John H" wrote in message .. . ...is it worth $29.95? Anyone use it? Supposedly it's good for amateurs like me. -- John H Get Eusing Free Registry Cleaner. Nearly all of them offer a free scan that comes up with 8,649,345 problems, or something of the sort, but will only fix 25 for free. Then they hit you for your credit card number. Download Eusing, and you can send them some cash if you want. Otherwise, it's free, and it's as good as what you'd buy. Yer welcome. Steve Steve - next question. When I do a ctrl-alt-delete and look at the 'Processes' list, I see about 40 executables running. What is a good way to verify which should or shouldn't be running? -- Have a Blessed Chrismahanukwanzakah and a Spectacular New Year! John H |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:08:19 -0500, Gene
wrote: On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:52:29 -0500, Harry wrote: On 12/17/09 11:45 AM, jps wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:22:43 -0500, Gene wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:44:31 -0500, I am Tosk wrote: In , om says... ...is it worth $29.95? Anyone use it? Supposedly it's good for amateurs like me. I would never use it. When I get clogged up I do a format and rebuild. Over the years I have probably averaged twice a year. As infinitely painful as it is.... this is the best advice. If you're a simple user like The Freak, I might agree. For those who have lots of applications they use and would have to reinstall, it's a bloody waste of time. Registry Mechanic does a decent job. Vista and Win 7 both do a good job of keeping the disc defragged. Two of the aspects of Windozes I don't miss: the registry the need to defrag hard drives There is no registry in the Apple OS, and it is pretty simple to remove a program and all its pieces and parts. Also, the OS seems to keep the drive(s) pretty much defragged on its own. Backups and restores are much easier, too. But I still like Windoze. That's where I was headed with this.... defragging is a fragging waste of time.... better spend wiping and re-installing. You must have a very small number of apps. Defragging can be done while sleeping on an XP or earlier machine. Vista and 7 take care of it themselves. |
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On 12/17/09 6:08 PM, Gene wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:52:29 -0500, wrote: On 12/17/09 11:45 AM, jps wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:22:43 -0500, Gene wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:44:31 -0500, I am Tosk wrote: In , om says... ...is it worth $29.95? Anyone use it? Supposedly it's good for amateurs like me. I would never use it. When I get clogged up I do a format and rebuild. Over the years I have probably averaged twice a year. As infinitely painful as it is.... this is the best advice. If you're a simple user like The Freak, I might agree. For those who have lots of applications they use and would have to reinstall, it's a bloody waste of time. Registry Mechanic does a decent job. Vista and Win 7 both do a good job of keeping the disc defragged. Two of the aspects of Windozes I don't miss: the registry the need to defrag hard drives There is no registry in the Apple OS, and it is pretty simple to remove a program and all its pieces and parts. Also, the OS seems to keep the drive(s) pretty much defragged on its own. Backups and restores are much easier, too. But I still like Windoze. That's where I was headed with this.... defragging is a fragging waste of time.... better spend wiping and re-installing. So far, I haven't seen the need to do that, gene. Before I sold off my iMac to buy a new iMac, I made a backup of its hard drive and "migrated" that backup to my macbook pro. In less than 40 minutes, every single program, setting, and bit of data was transferred to the backup and everything works fine. When the new iMac arrives, I'll use the same process to migrate the macbook pro onto the new machine. |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:13:44 -0500, John H
wrote: On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:25:18 -0500, wrote: Google the file name of all of them. It is cumbersome but it will give you an idea of what it is. I was hoping for something a little more automated. But, if that's the only way, then that's what I'll do. You'll soon know which ones are ok, and just check the unfamiliar. I'll repeat myself. Get an imager, like Ghost or the Acronis product. Learn that. It's easy. Anytime there's a question about your system being corrupt, restore the image. It's fast, no pain, and foolproof if you put a little initial thought into it. Then you just don't worry at all about virii or other system corruption. --Vic |
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On 12/17/09 8:19 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:13:44 -0500, John wrote: On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:25:18 -0500, wrote: Google the file name of all of them. It is cumbersome but it will give you an idea of what it is. I was hoping for something a little more automated. But, if that's the only way, then that's what I'll do. You'll soon know which ones are ok, and just check the unfamiliar. I'll repeat myself. Get an imager, like Ghost or the Acronis product. Learn that. It's easy. Anytime there's a question about your system being corrupt, restore the image. It's fast, no pain, and foolproof if you put a little initial thought into it. Then you just don't worry at all about virii or other system corruption. --Vic Herring will no doubt delete some core elements of the OS. |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:19:12 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote: On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:13:44 -0500, John H wrote: On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:25:18 -0500, wrote: Google the file name of all of them. It is cumbersome but it will give you an idea of what it is. I was hoping for something a little more automated. But, if that's the only way, then that's what I'll do. You'll soon know which ones are ok, and just check the unfamiliar. I'll repeat myself. Get an imager, like Ghost or the Acronis product. Learn that. It's easy. Anytime there's a question about your system being corrupt, restore the image. It's fast, no pain, and foolproof if you put a little initial thought into it. Then you just don't worry at all about virii or other system corruption. --Vic Thanks Vic. -- Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year! John H |
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