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I just recently made myself a new wallpaper and I love it! Relaxed*: Working**: * - More like when I first boot up in the morning. ** - My every day activity.

Unfortunately this is not true. XoftSpy has been listed on Spyware Warrior before. The note on it still exists: I would never trust an application that has been listed on the Spyware Warrior website at one time.

On the Spyware Warrior website. I would never trust an application that has been listed on the Spyware Warrior website at one time.

They may as well just make MGA (Microsoft Genuine Advantage) and get it over with.

As have I. I'm going to research this more.

At 7200 RPM for most standard hard drives they don't really have "larger seek times".

Different defrag utilities use different algorithms. The Windows defrag is a freeware version of Diskeeper. I've had the best results with PerfectDisk.

You're right ripken, it's not true at all. As I'm sure you know, defragmenting causes excessive disk usage by moving files to reorder them to eliminate free space gaps between files. If you do this every day, that's far more wear and tear on your computer's hard drive. Defragmenting once every month or two I can see being feasible. Daily is far too excessive and will cause more problems than what it's worth. I'm really surprised that people don't realize that defragging frequently (even daily) does more harm than good.

What source did you get that from? It has so many things wrong with it. NTFS never really gets badly fragmented. Now, the 9x/ME FAT32 system does get fragmented VERY easily. You may want to fix your first post. -------------------- Performance NTFS is built for speed with impressive disk I/O performance on large volumes (Over 400 MB). NTFS uses a binary tree structure for all disk directories, which reduces the number of times the system has to access the disk to locate files. This system is best for large directories, and NTFS easily outperforms FAT32 in these situations. In addition, NTFS automatically sorts files in a folder on the fly. NTFS gains an edge over FAT32 by using relatively small disk allocation units (cluster sizes) for NTFS volumes. Smaller clusters prevent wasted disk space on volumes, especially those with numerous small files. Because NTFS uses small clusters better and has a more efficient design, its performance doesn't degrade with large volumes, in contrast to FAT's. As the number of files and volume size increases NTFS performance is not effected but FAT32 continually gets worse. Reliability In addition to its extensive memory and application protection features, NTFS is a reliable file system. When storing data to disk, NTFS records file I/O events to a special transaction log. If the system crashes or encounters an interruption, NTFS can use this log to restore the volume and prevent corruption from an abnormal program termination or system shutdown. NTFS doesn't commit an action to disk until it verifies the successful completion of the action. This precaution helps prevent corruption of an NTFS volume. NTFS also supports hot-fixing disk sectors, where the OS automatically blocks out bad disk sectors and relocates data from these sectors. This housecleaning happens in the background. An application attempting to read or write data on a hot-fixed area will never know the disk had a problem. I only recommend and use NTFS with Windows 2000 and XP."

I'm sorry, but this post honestly is offering terrible advice. Okay, so you want to defrag every day and increase the wear and tear of your hard drive? Let's take Windows XP for example. The Windows NTFS barely fragments to begin with. On top of that, Windows XP has a very simple command called ProcessIdleTasks. Simply put this code in the Run dialog box: Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Windows XP observes file usage patterns as the system is used. If deemed necessary, Windows XP will adjust the file layout at three day intervals. By placing files that are referenced together near each other on the disk, and towards the more dense outer edge of the disk, seek distances are reduced which results in shorter seek times and improved performance. The performance benefit of placing files becomes increasing important as the size of the disk increases. The files moved for more efficient layout are also kept contiguous. Windows XP does not intentionally fragment files as was done by some earlier versions of Windows. Even though the disk layout optimization does insure some files will be defragmented, it is not a complete substitute for fully defragmenting the disk. Users should still defragment their drives regularly. The built-in Windows XP defragmentation program understands the file layout directives and will position the files if they arent already placed properly. However, it will not update the layout file with new information gathered in the last three days. Without manual intervention, the layout file, %windir%\Prefetch\Layout.ini, will only be updated once every three days. The contents of the Layout.ini file can be viewed with Notepad.

Removed a few somewhat off-topic posts. This user needs to have help with their PC freezes and malware problems. Not a browser debate. Help is always appreciated, but too much will overwhelm the user who seeks assistance. Please focus on the problem the user is having. Fixing that should always come first, then you can suggest alternatives. A format is always the last resort as their is always a way to clean and remove viruses and malware from an infected system. zildjian7akid, once you've run the Anti-Malware Professional package and used the PC Maintenance guide, please post your HijackThis log here.

Yes, do as Zxian suggested. You may also want to read the sticky in this forum. Download the Anti-Malware Professional package and clean your PC as per the PC Maintenance guide.

XoftSpy and NoAdware have been listed on the Spyware Warrior page for having numerous false positives.

Try with HDTune.

Yep, everything is clean. It's possible a registry issue is causing the error of the file not being found to appear. Do you currently use any registry cleaning software?

Did you try Reaper?

Updated to v2.0.2 Changes: Corrected path for Yahoo Instant Messenger. Added support for PortableGAIM.

I'll add support for that tomorrow when I revise a few things.

Done. Sorry about that.

What is it? TurboChat is a way to quickly load your IM chat clients with a simple double click (or single click if in the Quick Launch bar! What IM clients does it support? Currently it will support AIM, WLM (formerly MSN), YIM, XFire, GAIM and Trillian! Why did you make this? I made this application because I used to run a few IM clients and one day I was tired of going to Start > Programs > {IM Client Shortcut). With this application, I could load whichever I wanted with one or two clicks. What does this application do? On your first run it will ask you which IM clients you want to load. After it loads the selected IM clients, it exits quickly. It takes a matter of nanoseconds to load your IM programs. What do I do if I mess up? A very small ini file will be created so that should anything go wrong, you simply delete the ini and restart the program. TurboChat (166KB, *.exe) - FREEWARE

Then I would say you have a trojan. XPAgent If you wish to check it out, upload it to Jotti.

Yes they can. It's not hard either. Formatting is always the last option.

After doing a clean install? A format is always the very last option. Yes, SP2 is needed, but the malware can easily be removed from the system.

You may want to start by reading the Introduction To Anti-Malware And Cleaning thread, as it refers to the PC Cleanup guide that will help you check for malware on your pc.

Misread VPN as VNC. :\