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  1. If it's caused by a theme you've installed that really can't be considered a CCleaner bug. It's either the theme, a font the theme is using, or the font size that could be causing the issue. If you quickly switch back to a default Microsoft theme do you have the same problems?
  2. Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall has something similiar I think; application execution protection or something along those lines, however I don't really think it's necessary for a firewall and should be more of an anti-virus like task.
  3. ...continued. There are some cases when a Microsoft Backup just plain fails to put things correctly, if that were to happen you'd have to format and reinstall Windows again the normal way, e.g.; doing it all manually without using the backup.
  4. Well if you had to reinstall Windows you'd do just that, reinstall it, and once Windows loaded you'd just double click the backup file since it's a registered file type for Microsoft Backup it will automatically open. You then restore your system. I'd recommend if you place the backup on dvd that you first copy it to your hard disk.
  5. Yes. The only thing though on the main GUI I always save other open users registry data by ticking: Other open users registries Rather that's needed or not I don't know, but as a safety margin I always select it. I suppose it could. Some of the registry files end with the *.dat extension, and the recovery tool is a .exe file named EDRNT.EXE. I however always compress the backup into either a .zip or .rar using maximum compression and then delete the folder. The reasons I do this are: * So nothing can mess with the backup. * So that I can have a weeks worth of backups at a much reduced size. The backups are rather large but if compressed they become small and don't consume allot of disk space. If I need to restore a backup I just unzip/unrar a backup into "C:\TEMP" and when the system reboots I run CCleaner to delete the unzipped/unrarred files. I then run EasyCleaner to remove the .bak files the restoration creates. I do because it's always going to want to go into "C:\Windows\ERDNT" You can copy it anywhere you wish and it should still work.
  6. Nope, I'm not arguing or anything. Just noted my experience with it. It works, well v5.5.094 does if I install it in safe mode, but it eventually for a lack of a better word "poops out" after a week or two weeks and starts acting up.
  7. I only run the "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" about once every 1 to 3 months, it takes about 45 minutes each on each of my two hard disks. Edit: And I only use it in a Command Prompt because I always use the /V option to clean unused indexes. The command I use on my D:\ drive is CHKDSK.EXE /X /V /F D: I use /X to dismount the drive in case there's any open handles, /X will automatically close open handles therefore I don't have to reboot, or click Enter to manually do it.
  8. It matters just how your system configuration is as well. Since it works for you congratulations. I'm so sick of talking about ZoneAlarm, my new years resolution is to not even mention or post about it again. Some of the problems I've encountered: * Won't install, can't read temporary install file: "%temp%\glb##.tmp" Problem: It is then half installed, and can't be removed, even startup entries that delete files before Windows start's can't remove it. Solution: 1. Install in safe mode. 2. Reboot into safe mode and uninstall it. 3. Run System Restore in normal mode and restore the system to the time before it was installed. 4. Install again in safe mode. Note: I can't get any version higher than v5.5.094 to install, the installer will just crash with: can't read file: "%temp%\glb##.tmp", and it's very difficult (beyond difficult) to remove it when it's half installed. * Internet connection failure: Problem: Nothing can access the Internet, no programs can update, no websites will load. Solution: 1. Shutdown ZoneAlarm. 2. Run CCleaner with the pre-installed winapp2.ini entry "Internet Logs" to remove all of ZoneAlarm's crap in "C:\Windows\Internet Logs". 3. Restart Windows.
  9. Don't use LAME alpha versions such as 3.98 they are only intended for testing purposes. Instead use the current recommended version which is LAME v3.97 beta 2.
  10. Move LAME.EXE into the folder with EAC.exe. Configuring LAME.EXE with EAC: 1. Run EAC. 2. Click 'EAC > Compression Options' 3. Click the 'External Compression' tab 4. Select 'Use external program for compression' Passing parameter scheme: 'User Defined Encoder' Use file extension: .mp3 Program including path used for compression: lame.exe Additional command line options ("for Preset: Standard use"): -V 2 %s %d Additional command line options ("for Preset: Fast Standard use"): -V 2 --vbr-new %s %d Note: It's much easier to just use the lame_enc.dll, the files should be identical, however with LAME.exe you can use the full power of LAME and any parameters you wish.
  11. If you need help configuring encoders in EAC look at this guide. Make sure you are using EAC in "Secure Mode" part 1: 1. Run EAC. 2. Insert an audio CD into each of your CD/DVD drives. 3. Click 'EAC > Configuration Wizard'. 4. Click Next. 5. Make sure all CD/DVD drives have a check mark in them. 6. Click Next. 7. For the first drive select: 'I prefer to have accurate results' 8. Click Next. 9. Select: 'I don't trust these values, detect the features of my drive' 10. Click Next for the first drive that will be tested, click Next once it is finished. 11. For the second drive select: 'I prefer to have accurate results' 12. Click Next. 13. Select: 'I don't trust these values, detect the features of my drive' 14. Click Next for the second drive that will be tested, click Next once it is finished. 15. Click Next on the Congratulations screen. 16. If you've installed LAME.EXE click next, otherwise untick the box and then click Next. 17. Enter your email address or leave the area blank. Note: An email address valid or invalid is needed to use FreeDB and online CD database. 18. Select: 'I am an expert, let me use the full potential of EAC' 19. Click Finish. Make sure you are using EAC in "Secure Mode" part 2: 1. In the CD drive selection under the toolbar (top left) select your first CD drive. 2. Click 'EAC > Drive Options' (or press F10 on the keyboard). 3. Click the 'Extraction Method' tab. 4. Untick 'Drive is capable of retrieving C2 error information' 5. Click Ok to save the settings. 6. In the CD drive selection under the toolbar (top left) select your second CD drive. 7. Click 'EAC > Drive Options' (or press F10 on the keyboard). 8. Click the 'Extraction Method' tab. 9. Untick 'Drive is capable of retrieving C2 error information' 10. Click Ok to save the settings. 11. Click 'EAC > Options' (or press F9 on the keyboard) 12. Click the 'Extraction' tab. 13. Under 'Error recovery quality' select: High 14. Click the 'Tools' tab: 15. Tick 'On extraction, start external compressors queued in the background' Tick and select a value of 'Use 1 simultaneous external compressor thread(s)' Tick 'Do not open external compressor window' 16. Click OK to save the settings. Saving your EAC configuration (important so you don't have to do it all over again): 1. Click EAC > Profiles > Save Profile (or press Shift+F2 on the keyboard). 2. Save "EACProfile.cfg" in the folder containing EAC.exe 3. Close EAC to make sure the current settings are stored in the registry. 4. Launch EAC. 5. Load your configuration by clicking EAC > Profiles > Load Profile (or press Shift+F1 on the keyboard) select "EACProfile.cfg" 6. Zip "EACProfile.cfg" into the same downloaded .zip file that contains EAC, or place it into the same folder with the downloaded .exe setup file, that way you'll always have a backup copy of your configuration. Now EAC is configured, and will automatically use your profile each time you launch EAC. If you need any help with EAC just PM me, I'll be glad to help. Edit 1: Forgot to mention how to backup your EAC CD Database. How to backup your EAC CD Database: Save all *.dat files. ------ Edit: I made a typo I changed "11. Click 'EAC > Options' (or press F1 on the keyboard)" to "11. Click 'EAC > Options' (or press F9 on the keyboard)"
  12. If he's having problems with SPTI in Burrrn then he may experience the same with burnatonce. If I'm not mistaken and I could be Burrrn uses burnatonce's extensions for cdrdao.exe
  13. It is non-commercial freeware for personal usage. It will operate for 30 days in paid-mode then after that it will go into free-mode. In free-mode it disables some advanced features that are only available in paid-mode, however it will still have incoming and outgoing protection (just like ZA) but without all the bugs.
  14. You need to install an mp3 codec such as lame_enc.dll, I'd recommend you to use LAME 3.97 beta 2 which you can download from here. Just unzip lame_enc.dll into the folder containing eac.exe. Configure lame_enc.dll by pressing F11 in EAC (or click EAC > Compression Options). For very high quality mp3's I'd recommend that you choose "Preset: Standard" or "Preset: Fast Standard" For slightly "better quality" which may be considered overkill you could choose "Preset: Extreme" or "Preset: Fast Extreme" Screenshot (configuring lame_enc.dll): ______________________________ Download Nero wnaspi32.dll and place it in the folder with Burrrn.exe. Rather this works or not I don't know, however it's the aspi driver I use with EAC.
  15. I personally think ZoneAlarm is just a big buggy app. Sure it works up until is screws up. I'm personally using the Windows Firewall, however if I were to use a third-party firewall again and I might it would only be Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall. Note: In it's current version 4.2.3.912 it has only been rebranded (a new name) from Kerio Personal Firewall 4.2.2, and that's the only differences as of yet.
  16. Good investigating. I don't have any suggestions as to why only those two wouldn't work rather it's a bug or just a system conflict I wouldn't know. It would have to be dealt with by Mr.G the CCleaner developer.
  17. Andavari

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    The ones hidden in the normal Windows Add/Remove | Add or Remove are typically hidden if it has to do with Windows. Also some installers have other components that they install which aren't listed there because removing them would break the program installation. It's best is to leave them alone if they're not a normal program uninstaller that isn't listed in the normal Windows Add/Remove | Add or Remove.
  18. Yes I do it daily, and I always use the /V option to remove unused indexes. On my system it only takes about 30-45 seconds to check my secondary D:\ drive and about 60 seconds to check my C:\ drive. On some systems it is painfully slow, "which may have to do with the processor I suppose" but I'm not sure. On a Celeron 1.3Ghz system I recently removed a ton of adware, spyware, trojans, viruses, and worms from it and CHKDSK took about 5 minutes to finish even after all the malware to my knowledge was removed.
  19. HDCleaner is just calling the commands from CHKDSK to my knowledge. From a command prompt view the CHKDSK help file by typing in: CHKDSK /? HDCleaner description: Fix errors on diskCheck Disk command equals: CHKDSK /FCheck Disk description : Fixes errors on the disk.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------HDCleaner description: FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path; NTFS Displays additonal informationCheck Disk command equals: CHKDSK /VCheck Disk description : On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any, and removes unused indexes. On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------HDCleaner description: Locates bad sector and recovers readable information (Implies 'Fix errors on the disk')Check Disk command equals: CHKDSK /RCheck Disk description : Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F). Please note, once Full Surface Scanning starts it cannot be cancelled or stopped, and it can take a long time to check a large disk. Only initiate a Full Surface Scan if time permits and when you know you won't be using your computer.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------* HDCleaner description: NTFS only. Skips the checking of cycles within the folder structreCheck Disk command equals: CHKDSK /CCheck Disk description : NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder structure. Not recommended because if there's errors they may not be repaired.
  20. I figured no amount of "tinkering" would work. Once your system is fixed and running properly I'd highly recommend that you make a whole system backup, you can use the built-in Microsoft Backup utility to do such a full backup. Use it by running: Start > Run > "%SystemRoot%\system32\ntbackup.exe"
  21. CDex isn't all that slow to me because I typically use EAC in Secure Mode which is always slower than CDex because my drive's cache audio. If you're going to use CDex it's best to enable in the CD Drive configuration the following to enable "more secure" ripping and better error correction: Ripping Method: Paranoia, Full. Note: If your CD/DVD drive caches audio CDex is completely useless for secure audio ripping, you'd instead need to use EAC and have it properly configured to disable your CD/DVD drive caching feature. Also you "may" want to get some real quality from your mp3's, if you're using the LAME DLL (lame_enc.dll) choose a high quality setting in your cd ripping program such as "--alt-preset standard" or "--preset standard" the resulting files will be close to 192kbps however they'll instead be VBR and yield much better quality. If you're using the new LAME.exe v3.97 beta 2 try "-V 2" which equals the old "--alt-preset standard" or "--preset standard". If you need info on what LAME setting to use read this.
  22. ERUNT is what I make my known good daily registry backup with. ERUNT coupled with System Restore makes a rather good duo for undoing all sorts of stuff. ERUNT is very good for restoring the registry when System Restore doesn't properly restore a backup.
  23. IrfanView (freeware, no adware, no spyware): IrfanView can do this just save any image to .ico. Note: It won't allow you to have transparent backgrounds therefore the resulting icon will has a square surrounding and will most likely look ugly if used on the desktop, etc. --- Clic (freeware, no adware, no spyware): Clic is what I use to "create" icons. All you do is open any image viewer/editor and copy the image to the clipboard and then paste it into Clic. It even supports transparent backgrounds, therefore if the source image is of good quality or is properly edited the resulting icon will look like it was done in a professional program. Note: To have the transparency properly remove a background color it's best to use 24-bit/16-million color images. Tip: Use a painting program such as MS Paint or Paint.NET you can paint the background to a color that isn't in the main icon image itself which will allow you to get a transparent background by only removing the background color in Clic.
  24. Well if running in safe mode doesn't work I'd have only one suggestion. Uninstall CCleaner > Restart Windows > Reinstall CCleaner. Although this seems to only work with the Cleaner section you could run CCleaner in debug mode via Start > Run using this parameter: "%ProgramFiles%\CCleaner\ccleaner.exe" /DEBUG Note: The Debug info is probably only understandable by CCleaner developer Mr.G!
  25. Just bake them a C4 cake as a present, after you get paid.
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