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Tom AZ

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  1. Anybody have a good GENERAL "Ignore List" for Registry Mechanic?
  2. One other thing . . . once you use the split-screen function -- how do you dis-engage it so that programs will open full-screen? I downloaded and installed it, but I'm still trying to figure out how to get things back to full-screen.
  3. Thanks for the article -- haven't read it yet, but I will. Are you using version 1.5 or 1.6?
  4. So, I guess you feel it works pretty well. How about load or activation time? Also, what about resources -- memory and/or CPU? Is it pretty resource intensive, or not all that bad?
  5. Have you played around with this any more? Just curious as to what you think about it.
  6. I am not familiar with Script Defender, but I was wondering how you use it? Once it's installed, is it automatically "active" and running in the system tray -- or do you have to launch it -- or what? I think you said it doesn't run in the background, so how do you activate it and know it's running and doing what it's supposed to do? And what actually happens when a script is intercepted -- are you notified, is it blocked or are you given some options???? Sorry for all the questions -- just a little curious.
  7. On this subject of index.dat files, I just uninstalled "Index.dat Spy." After your earlier comments, I decided not to run the risk of being tempted some where down the road to use it long after I had forgotten what you said. After uninstalling the program, I noticed that it left a GID file behind (indexdatspy.gid). I really don't know what GID files are or what they're used for. I assume it safe to delete, but I thought I should check with someone that knows more than I do.
  8. Thanks so much for the reply! Some time back, I downloaded a little program called "Index.dat Spy 2.0," but I've never used it. I decided to take a look at it today, but after seeing the results, I wasn't sure what to do -- sure glad I asked. What's happens if you delete the ones you shouldn't?
  9. Is it safe to delete all "index.dat" files?
  10. Do MRUs serve any real purpose, or is it safe to delete all of them that MRU Blaster finds?
  11. Thanks, DennisD, this is really helpful. Just curious, when it's all said and done, does the "host file" function somewhat similarly to "SpywareBlaster?"
  12. Thanks, JDPower, this is good advice. But it does lead to another question. I noticed that after a scan, the checkbox on every entry it found is checked -- ready for action. If I have hundreds of entries and only want to deal with a few of them, do I have to manually uncheck all the rest of them -- one at a time -- or is there a button or command somewhere that will uncheck all of them at once?
  13. Thanks, JDPower, this is good advice. But it does lead to another question. I noticed that after a scan, the checkbox on every entry it found is checked -- ready for action. If I have hundreds of entries and only want to deal with a few of them, do I have to manually uncheck all the rest of them -- one at a time -- or is there a button or command somewhere that will uncheck all of them at once?
  14. If I were to give this a "test drive" and didn't like it, does it uninstall fairly easily?
  15. I just installed Registry Mechanic and on my first scan had about 500+ entires in the "Custom Controls" section. Is it safe to just repair/delete all of these, or do I need to be a little more discretionary than that?
  16. I'm not really familiar with these. Can anyone give me a simple explanation as to how a "MVPS.org HOSTS File" works, what it really does and how easy (or difficult) it is to install. Once installed, is it fairly "automatic" -- or is it something that needs to be managed manually?
  17. Try unchecking "Window Size/Location Cache" -- that might do it.
  18. When using any registry cleaner, how do you begin to interpret all of the registry keys. Some are more obvious than others, but many of them consist of a path along with a whole bunch of characters and number -- and sometimes bracketed with { }? It seems like these are almost meaningless. How do you know if they're safe to delete -- or if you should leave them alone?
  19. So, Andavari, would you say that Registry Mechanic is a worthwhile item to have in your computer "tool-belt?"
  20. How does Registry Mechanic stack up with the registry section of Easy Cleaner? I suppose with both of them you still need to be rather careful and have a pretty good idea of what you're doing. I doubt if either one is a wholesale "fix and repair" solution.
  21. Actually, for some reason, I wrote this incorrectly:( . The pink is at the top -- green at the bottom. So based on what you've said, apparently all's well. There's still a tad of confusion when you look at Kessel's disk map with black on the top, green in the middle and pink on the bottom. Oh well, no need to worry, I guess. Thanks for your help and explanation.
  22. JDPower . . . here's why I asked the "spacehog" question. I was on the JKDefrag website just recently and noticed what I thought was something peculiar about the colored harddisk map example (on the first page of his site.) What I discovered was that his sample map was totally inverted from mine. In other words, on my computer, the pink area is at the top and the black area at the bottom. On his, it's just the opposite. So, I concluded that the system files and spacehogs files may not be positioning themselves properly. I use the JKDefragStarter GUI with the default "mode" settings. Then I read on a little further about the u "mask," which read as follows: "Files that match a mask will be moved to the SpaceHogs area. The program has a build-in list for all files bigger than 50 megabytes, files not accessed in the last month, archives, files in the recycler bin, service pack files, and some others. Disable this list by specifying the special mask "DisableDefaults". Use wildcards '*' and '?' in the mask to match a set of files or directories." I also looked at the code behind all of the presets and switch settings, and I don't believe I saw the "u mask" on any of them. So, all of this left me with a big question as to whether or not it was actually performing as I thought it was. So, that's where I am . . . still wondering???
  23. With this GUI, what mode deals with the "Space Hogs"?
  24. Anyone have any experience with Karen's Registry Pruner?
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