Jeremy

Well, I only crop, rotate and resize images from my digital camera and take screenshots. I use IrfanView for all that and HyperSnap for the screenshots. Paint.Net is really cool, too. HyperSnap (not freeware, but it should be, damnit!) Hail freeware! Did I spell that right? Have a great weekend everyone!

Why don't you look at the changelog, or encode a short video with the previous version, then do the same with 6.6 and compare the two side by side.

The shell extension info in the registry has been either deleted or altered by some crappy registry cleaner or user error. I'm at work right now so I don't have time to search through past topics or Google. This has been addressed before.

While it is freeware and open-source, it's nothing spectacular and the basic display view is less than can be desired. I'm not even positive on what sort of file placement (if any) it does after simply defragmenting files. I've recently realized the importance and necessity of having file placement done after a defrag. I have 3 screenshots that prove this, which anyone can do themselves. Disk Analyzed http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9590/ud1dw5.png Disk Defragmented Completely http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3064/ud2ag1.png File Placement (79% of least used data placed on inner tracks and 21% of most used data placed on outer tracks + Consolidation defrag) http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/418/ud3lc7.png As you can see, merely having the files defragmented only does half the job. At this point there is still much room for future fragmentation and access time is nowhere near being optimized. And by optimized, I mean having files related by either last access or modification date placed together at the beginning of the HDD inwards. Having the most used data at the beginning of the disk and the rest of the files out of the way on the slower areas of the disk improves file access time (truthfully by milliseconds, which in reality leads to several seconds of application and game loading). Then comes the Consolidation method which places files sequentially and thus contiguously (no gaps in between any two given files). This creates the largest area of free space after the most used files for new files to be written. The file may or may not be fragmented when written to this free space, but it won't be fragmented nearly as much as it would be had it been written to a severely fragmented (and non-contiguous) drive where there were many gaps to fill. Diskeeper is automatic and does file placement, but not always necessarily consolidated. You can defrag with any defragmenter and use UltimateDefrag to view the disk display and see exactly where and how files are placed. PerfectDisk isn't as automatic, and does do file placement in the same manner, thus future fragmentation is reduced. UltimateDefrag offers the most flexibility and shows a true drive display and is portable (1 EXE and 2 XML files on my flash drive). I hope this helps.

My fiancee's mother has a Lexmark Z705 InkJet Printer which is several years old. Recently it refuses to print anything. After replacing the cartridges several times, the most it spits out are light/dark blue lines, no black. I know nothing about printers, hence my posting here for assistance. I'm sure I could find answers on Google, but I just love all you guys so much that I couldn't help but ask, y'know? Anyway, can anyone offer me any troubleshooting suggestions other than the painfully obvious "Get a new printer" or "Get a laserjet!"? Thanks guys. Take care. Jeremy

Try Comodo Firewall Pro (freeware).

Download the Ultimate Boot CD 4.0 and burn it to CD, boot from it and test your RAM with MemTest. Make sure your video drivers are up-to-date. If they are, reinstall them. (Uninstall, reboot, reinstall, reboot.) Defragment your HDD with AusLogics Disk Defrag, JKDefrag, or UltimateDrag. Try reinstalling the game.

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Try TestDisk first, and then ask for additional solutions if needed.

Sure, but no one ever learns anything if they do that. That's the easy way out. If that was the only way to "clean up" then people would be reformatting every month. Being patient and taking the effort needed to keep your system clean and organized really pays off and gives you good experience to share with others who aren't so knowledgeable. I did not forget: JV16 is better for two main reasons: - Trial mode does not limit it's functionality unlike TuneUp and dozens of other registry cleaners. - JV16 will repair and remove registry entries whereas most other cleaners will just remove. I didn't mention that because there's not as much of a performance difference there as people think there is. Besides, he'll spend more time trial and erroring through Services and asking questions than he would simply leaving them alone for now and focusing on other factors that impact performance more.

Use CCleaner to clean out the temp/cache files on your PC and delete any unnecessary start-up entries. If you have Norton installed, please use this tool to remove it. Use JKDefrag v3.8 or a trial version of Diskeeper, PerfectDisk, UltimateDefrag to defragment your HDD(s). Make sure to perform a Boot-Time defrag upon next reboot well.. Use jv16 PowerTools 2006's Registry Cleaner on Aggressive Mode to scan, fix and remove invalid registry entries. Be sure to make a backup prior to removal. Afterwards, use the Registry Compactor feature to defragment your registry. Malware/viruses can also affect system performance. Spyware: Download, install and update both Ad-Aware SE Personal v1.06R1 and Spybot S&D v1.4. Do full system scans with both and clean/fix any infections they report. Viruses: Download, install and update Kaspersky Anti-Virus v6.0.2.621. Do a full system scan and let it clean anything it reports. Reboot if an infection cannot be initially cleaned/deleted. Kaspersky's trial lasts 30 days. If you wish to use this product for one year legally, use the AOL version labeled ActiveVirusShield. Note: For ActiveVirusShield, enter your e-mail address here for a free 1-year activation code. Your e-mail will not be subjected to spam. If you prefer freeware then use Avast! Home Edition v4.7, or AntiVir v7.00.04.13. The latter has an even higher detection rate than Kaspersky and NOD32. For more information about anti-virus products, please visit http://www.av-comparatives.org. Also, your malware may have a specific removal tool. For example, the Vundo Virus can be removed by Vundo Fix v6.3.19.

And I thought I was lazy...

I think the last two posts sum it up and finish it off.

VMware Workstation. If I could network as easily with VirtualBox as I could with VMware, things would be different.

As you and I both know, not necessarily. But I suppose it's open to interpretation. I try not to assume but I guess I have to practice more.

Why on earth did you make another topic? This is your original topic.

You can do it manually with regedit which comes with Windows. You can do it manually with JV16. Just click the "Custom Fix" option. You can backup the registry with JV16. Cheers.

Pook, the fact of the matter is, not many registry cleaners are freeware, except for CCleaner and RegSeeker and maybe a few others. CCleaner and RegSeeker are what I consider the most basic at cleaning the registry. Another fact, Jouni Vuorio, the developer of of JV16 and founder of MaceCraft (also a friend of mine) offers the inexpensive product for 30 days with full functionality. Most other trialware cleaners don't provide full functionality unless you pay for it right there on the spot which is totally unfair. Another fact, anyone who beta-tests the software or simply suggests a valuable idea to be included in the software gets a free license which is good for 5 PCs within the same household legitimately. Read this: Link That is correct for some registry cleaners, but not all. I absolutely hate how people seem to generalize all registry cleaners this way. I've used several dozens of registry cleaners and JV16 happens to be the safest and most effective product I know of. Some people on this forum know how much software I test and compare with other products on a frequent basis and JV16 hasn't damaged anything in over two years (since the 2005 release). If something does go wrong, you can very easily restore the entries from a backup (assuming that you've made one ) and tell the software to ignore those entries in the future. But yeah, too many people are so misinformed about how registry cleaner development has improved over the years and think great products like JV16 are no better for the registry than Norton is with anti-virus. Very sad.

JV16 PowerTools 2006, the absolute best registry suite available today (what most others originate from). www.macecraft.com

Don't use the Windows Defragmenter. Freeware Defragmenters: Auslogics Disk Defrag JKDefrag v3.8 Power Defragmenter + Contig Commercial Defragmenters: Diskeeper O&O Defrag PerfectDisk UltimateDefrag I personally recommend Diskeeper as it will automatically defragment your files without you ever needing to. It will place files as far towards the outer tracks as it needs to be to improve performance to an optimal state (read access). UltimateDefrag won't do it automatically but gives you more control where and how files are arranged. There's lots of documentation done by companies if you Google it but not so much done by 3rd party.

Comodo Forum

It's nLite, not nLight. And it doesn't "break drivers". You're absolutely mistaken. I've used Comodo Firewall for a month in the past without issues. Why don't you politely ask on the Comodo Forum rather then being demanding which makes people think twice before wanting to help you. Anyway, when experiencing shutdown/restart issues it's usually a hung application/service/driver. There's no need to troubleshoot as you've already identified the issue. Who knows, maybe it has to do with Comodo and SP1.

Sounds like your system is one step away from being hosed. Copy your XPCD to your HDD and download SP2, then use nLite to integrate SP2 and create a bootable ISO. Boot to this new CD and repair your OS.

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if installing SP2 resolves that. There is no experimentation involved, it's called installing it and that's it. Go into your Event Viewer: Start > Run > eventvwr ...and look up any errors (Red X's) under Application and System and take any relevant Event ID numbers to EventID.Net and match up the descriptions for the the error with the one you are receiving. Feel free to post them here as well incase anyone recognises the descriptions and can assist.

Guys, stop acting like kids, please? Jcarle, you know what risk, but it obviously doesn't apply to you due to your superior knowledge and experience, or whatever. Most people don't, so I don't see the purpose of dragging this on and bringing others down because their methods or (lack of proper methods) are different. There's nothing wrong with using a software firewall or anti-virus, either. Some people think that just because they don't have Norton installed that their OS will be hosed. If you can't make them see the light, so push someone who doesn't want to be moved. Let them waste their money and time listening to some tech guy at their local service shop. They'll likely throw Ad-Aware and AVG on their system. The world continues to spin.