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    The reason I wrote this post is very simple. Cloning or imaging a hard disk which has errors will usually fail due to read errors. Good copy programmes report these unreadable or unsuccessfully copied files and skip them. In such a case, much better. Generally, I use special backup programmes to make complete images of only working, error-free system partitions. I never clone a drive completely. Other files outside of my system partitions will be backuped or synchronized by different tools depending on how I want to handle them.
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    @Monroe! Cloning or imaging a hard disk is the best method to get a backup including the file system structure if the drive is error-free. But if your hard disk has already errors, it will be better to copy all files using a copy programme such as TeraCopy (or similars) which reports all unsuccessfully copied files and skips them. You can set TeraCopy to check the hash of each copied file. It will backup all files that are readable, and you'll definitely know which files are problematic and to be restored.
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    Comodo Firewall was founded in in the United Kingdom by Melih Abdulhayoğlu in 1998. The company Xcitium, formerly known as Comodo Security Solutions, Inc., is a cybersecurity company, in the meanwhile headquartered in the USA, New Jersey, since 2004. It was a very good firewall in the past. A lot of settings could be done. I would say Comodo Firewall was rather targeting the more advanced user. Anyway! I used it in the past until I became aware of Windows Firewall Control from Sphinx. Users reported in the Comodo Forum that the last error-free working version under Windows XP has been Comodo Firewall 8.4.0.5165. More recent versions didn't seem to work properly under Windows XP although they were advertised to be compatible to this OS. That had annoyed many users. I personally never used it again after I had changed to Windows Firewall Control. But in that days, Comodo Firewall was one of the best. Unfortunately, its installation packages became bloated due to implementing an antivirus solution. These packages are called Comodo Internet Security. I don't like bloated software packages, though. Hope I could help you a bit.
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    What I always do is to monitor the S.M.A.R.T. values. You can do that with tools like Hard Disk Sentinel or CrystalDiskInfo. I have a license for Hard Disk Sentinel. Therefore, it is always running in the background to notify me if the S.M.A.R.T. values have changed.
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    I explained that some weeks ago. I always try to write in British English but I often mixed up some words with American English. Starting some weeks ago, I now try my best not to do so anymore. But, I am not a native speaker and surely not perfect.
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    Hello @Monroe! Thanks for sharing! Most of the programmes in that article are already part of my private archive. On Lifewire, one can find a lot of articles with software presentations in terms of different topics. In any case, good find!
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    Hello @Saxon! Thank you very much for the kind words! I'll try to do my best. Researching and writing is unfortunately very time-consuming. Real life and physical health are two reasons my list of security programmes is increasing quite slowly. Comodo Varanus! That's very funny. I will do that with pleasure when I am back at my desktop computer.
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    You speak from my soul.
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    In my firewall Windows 10 Firewall Control XP from Sphinx, custom rules can be created to block or allow certain IPs. So if you want to use a programme which tries to connect to a server and you want to prevent that, it is very easy to control its connections by creating such a rule.
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    Hello @Andalu! Have a look into this post: https://msfn.org/board/topic/178377-on-decommissioning-of-update-servers-for-2000-xp-and-vista-as-of-july-2019/?do=findComment&comment=1221841 There you find a link to an attachment down below. The link https://www.fileeagle.com/software/470/Process-Explorer/16.26/ doesn't work anymore. Alternatively, you can download it from here: http://process-explorer.findmysoft.com/
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    Your screenshot was obviously taken from Process Hacker. The System Information window of Process Explorer looks a bit different.
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    On Windows XP, Process Explorer v16.32 works, but doesn't show the menu bar icons and graphs. Therefore, a less recent version than 16.32 will be more suitable. But unfortunately, Process Explorer doesn't have the above mentioned, additional security features of Process Hacker. BTW, I already wrote about other task managers like Process Explorer: All in terms of security programmes, of course! Process Explorer as a task manager is really good. It's portable and easy to use.
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    It is very light. No significant CPU load and very little RAM consumption. My computer has a very old single core CPU. So, no problem at all.
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    Such a startup manager, which controls all startup entries, notifies newly created one, and gives the option to block it, I also consider a security programme. So, it is already on my internal list of security programmes for Windows XP..
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    FileHippo used to be a good source for old programme versions. Unfortunately, that has changed. What you download there lately are only downloaders. Total crap! I have been avoiding this site for a long time.
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    My startup manager gives a notification for every newly created startup entry. Trust is good, but control is better.
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    Right! There are many cases where AV programmes don't warn the user about such strange threats.
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    Thanks for posting such a typical case! That's a very good example what I meant in terms of security programmes. Finding strange processes is the best everyone can do first. You can't seriously hand over all security tasks blindly to an anti-malware programme or whatever. You have to take a look at what's going on inside a computer yourself.
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    Yep! We all have our tactics. But Process Hacker is not a normal Task Manager. It provides additional security features I already described sufficiently. And here is your System Information window taken from my installation of the version 2.39: Hitting Ctrl-I and bam, there it is. One additional click on CPU or I/O, you see all further information. Of course, it is not three-in-one but the version 2.39 is much more recent. Always important in terms of fixing old bugs. But as I already said, to each their own!
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    Observing the background processes, noticing new and possibly malicious threats and getting systray notifications when new drivers or services are installed, all that can be done by Process Hacker. Here is a quotation from Process Hacker's homepage: And here is my assessment: That's what I call a security programme at its best. If you don't know what's going on in your system, you don't need to worry about security and possible measures. Then you will just have to blindly trust other programmes and leave the security of your system to them. I personally would never do that. But, to each their own!
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    Do you refer to the systray icon(s) or the main programme view when talking about a three-in-one view? In my main programme view, I see all of this information about processes, RAM, and CPU. And I have configured Process Hacker to see two separate icons in my systray, one for used RAM and one for the CPU history.
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    I presented Process Hacker with a lot of additional information here in my thread. Additionally, I have given my experience and assessment about this programme. Now, I would like to hear from Windows XP users about their experiences and opinions in terms of this programme. So if you should use Process Hacker under Windows XP, feel free to let us know what you think about it! Greetings, AstroSkipper
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    Right! BTW, quoting Benjamin Franklin and promoting Kaspersky is a contradiction in terms. The poor man would surely turn in his grave if he became aware of the misuse of his words.
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    I totally agree with your statement. The headline of this topic is crystal clear. Promoting Kaspersky in each and every thread, which has nothing to do with security programmes, is definitely off-topic, propagandistic, annoying, and embarrassing. The desperation must already be pretty great when someone feels compelled to do something like this. The motivation for such behaviour is of course clear, but we leave that to the reader's imagination.
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    Very interesting! TBH, I wasn't a great social media fan in the past. I do have an old Twitter account, though, but migrating to a German non-profit organisation sounds indeed very good. Especially regarding the circumstance that I am German and located in Germany. Thanks for pointing me to that!
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