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- The KB numbers of the february 2018 "Monthly Security Rollup Update": Windows 7: KB 4074598 Windows 8.1: KB 4074594 .NET v3.5 through v4.7.1 for Windows 7: KB 4076492 - If the user wants to find other "Monthly Security Rollup Updates" for other Operating systems and/or .NET versions, then search the "MS Update Catalogus" with the words "Security Rollup" and sort the results on the date (released).

- Ouch. Did a search with the words "Security Rollup" on the "MS update catalogus" website and then a number of things showed up. It turns out that MS DID release "Security Rollups" for e.g. Win 7 and for a number of .NET software versions. - But the "Security Roll up" wasn't issued through the "Windows Update" mechanism. I am VERY sure of that !!!!

- I took a better look at the "MS Update catalogus" website. It turns out that MS released an IE 11 update for Win 8.1 in february 2018 as well. But it has a different KB number (KB 4074736) than the update for Win 7. (Win 8.1 updates Always have - compared with Win 7 updates - a different KB number). To find that Win 8.1 IE 11 update the user must sort the list of updates on the date of release.

- I can only report on what's available for Win 7. Haven't got a clue if it applies to Win 8 or Win 10 (think: "Edge"). - I also know that some programs still use the IE (HTML) rendering software/engine. I think Outlook Express Classic uses that engine as well.

- In february 2018 Microsoft didn't release a "Rollup Update" for e.g. Windows 7. - People who are still using Internet Explorer 11 (I am one of them) still can update their IE 11 browser. MS has continued to release a separate "Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer 11" every month, alongside with the "Rollup Update". And even in february 2018 MS issued another "Cumulative Update for IE 11" (KB 4088835)". - These IE 11 updates aren't released through the "Windows Update" feature/mechanism. Instead the user has to go to the "Microsoft Update Catalog" website and search with the keywords "Internet Explorer 11 update". https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx

- Defraggler has also "a problem" when the user wants to try to specify the minimum and maximum size of files to be searched in the "Search" tab. - I tried to enter the number "200" (MB) and "300" (MB) in the "size" fields but DF simply won't let me do that. When I tried to enter "200", DF turned that into "20". When I tried to enter "300" DF turned that into "30". - It should be very simple to enter "200". E.g. clear the field, type a "2", a "0" and a second "0". But after I typed the "2" the cursor did not stay on the right hand side of the "2" but it moved to the left hand side of the "2". - When the field contained "20", I tried to move the cursor one position to the right, to the right hand side of the "2". I was able to do that but DF "didn't like that" and moved the cursor back to the left hand side of the "2" within a split second. Even moving the cursor to the very right hand side of the "20" is impossible. DF simply won't let me do that. (I hope this behaviour isn't caused by interference of some other program running on my computer system)

- Send one of the staff members a Personal Message (See under "Staff" at the top of this thread). Was/Is "MrT" responsible for the translations ???

- OEC supports/uses TLS v1.0, v1.1, and v1.2 for a secure connection with email servers. And that's a problem for users of Windows XP and Server 2003 and older. These Operating Systems only support TLS v1.0. It makes the connection with the email servers (a little) less secure/safe for XP and Server 2003 users. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/kaushal/2011/10/02/support-for-ssltls-protocols-on-windows/

- Made a mistake. CO should be C4. Both 05 and C4 are "nasty" ones when they're no longer at zero.

- SPECCY gives a "Warning" for your drive. And rightfully so. The "Raw" values of C0 and 05 are no longer at zero. Yes, that could be an indication that your HD is (in the 1st stages of) failing. Yes, and then your HD takes "more time" to read & write data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T

- I thought PIO mode was a problem in Windows XP only ? - Fragmentation has already dropped down to ~ 55% and then already such an increase in speed. WOW !!!! - I did some additional research with DF on my own laptop. Let DF list the fragmented files, sort the list on size and then (manuallly) defragment the largest files first. That should help to increase the read & write speed the most. - And then run "Defrag Free space" as well (several times) to compact those files on that drive.

- In Win 7 Defraggler isn't able to defragment the System Restore Points. In Win XP it is able to do that.

- Indeed. 350 kb/s is indeed (very) slow. But defragmenting the drive certainly should help to increase that reading speed. - My HD rates at ~ 1,2 MB per second (with ~ 6% fragmentation).

- Fiddling with the translated version(s) of OEC Beta exposed a number of bugs in the OEC program code. (I LOVE this kind of work). No information available on when OEC v2.80 will be (officially) released. I assume it depends on how fast the work on the translations progresses. - Still no news on when OEC will support IMAP.

- I noticed that my signature is back. Thumbs up for Piriform !!!!!!! Thanks to the moderators who applied a (little) "pressure" ? - Perhaps the avatar box can be become rectangular (again) ? I hate to lose a part of my ear (of my previous avatar).

- No, this isn't bad. Did you perhaps install one or more (new) games recently ? That could explain the high fragmentation (64%) and the long loading/reading times. - Defragmenting the drive either with Defraggler or with Windows Disk Defragmentation will certainly help to decrease the read and write times and increase performance. - Defragment the drive and report back if defragmentation helped to increase perfromance and if so by how much.

- In Windows XP those System Restore Points (SRPs) can be defragmented by Defraggler (DF). But in newer Operating systems (e.g. Windows 7 and later) DF is unable to defragment those files. But you can tell DF to not show those SRPs. - Try the following: (temporarily) disable the SRP feature in Windows, remove all SRPs, defrag as much files as possible and then turn on the SRP feature. - I personally I regularly (say every week) move all non-system files to the end of the drive and regularly move all system files towards the beginning of the drive. DF has a number of options/features to do that.

- The latest OEC Beta version (see previous post) was released on january 15, (2018).

- The user of the latest BETA version now has the choice of 6 languages (incl. english). More languages will become available in the future.

- Users of the "paid for" version ($ 30) of OEC can now help to translate the program in their own (non english) language. As time goes by more and more screens in the program will be prepared for translation in future versions. The latest BETA version is v2.8. - For more info : https://www.oeclassic.com/download

- Right. When everyone has an iPhone then why buy a new one ? - This isn't the 1st time I heard of such a story.

- Well, as you may have noticed reading the threads, DF still has some "odd things". E.g. the combination of VSS and DF is sometimes a "troublesome one". Sometimes DF has a (slightly) "different view on reality". But if you know how to handle the program and deal with those odd things then it's a very useful program.

- Why did they implement that feature in the first place ? If I were Apple then I would remove that feature.

- When you hit the "Stop" button then all changes made by DF up to that point will remain intact. - When your computer/CPU is "sleeping" then DF will be "asleep" as well. The program won't close but it won't continue to defrag as well. - Defragging the system folders first would certainly increase the succes of an upgrade, IMO. - When you upgrade from Vista to Win 7 then the Win 7 installation program will place all Vista system files/folders (like "c:\program files", " c:\programdata", "c:\users") in a separate folder called "c:\Windows.old". These files won't be moved or removed (physically). You have to manually delete these files if you want. - You can tell DF to move all system files (see folders mentioned above) towards the beginning of the drive. Add all the folders on your HD to the exclude list (in the "options" menu) but don't add the folders & files that have to be moved towards the beginning of the drive, to that same "Exclude" list. then select "Defrag Free space". - I went one step further. I also moved all non-system folders & files to the end of the drive as much as possible. DF has some options to achieve that.

- You don't need to defragment a SSD because there are no moving parts in a SSD, it's all in chips. On a HD information can be scattered all around the drive and then it will take (comparitively) much more time to read that information. The read/write head needs to re-position itself before it can read all the parts of the info. - If you have installed the Win 10 partition on that SSD then I assume it won't give a warning at all. However, I have a (removable) USB SSD drive and then Defraggler does give a warning before I start to defragment that SSD drive.