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But it's a bit strange that the system repair disc creation setup would insist on requiring a DVD drive on a system that doesn't have one...

The program was most likely written for desktop machines which come standard these days with some kind of burner.  No doubt they just copied it over to the Laptop.  They assume if you don't have a physical burner on the system you'll figure out the work-around.  In other words, the program is an afterthought.  They don't care if you get a set of restore discs.  They did just enough to silence the demand for them.

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Unless you do this stuff for a living, or you're exceptionally well organized and have plenty of spare time on your hands, it's better to just leave it alone.

I'm certainly none of those.  ;) Understood. Thank you, guys.  :Thmbsup:

Therein lies the beauty of having a guinea pig machine.  If you decide you want to learn to manipulate partitions you can always experiment on the expendable PC.  But you can do without the 15 GB for a long time.  There's likely other ways to spend your time setting up.  Plus MBR is on the way out.  GPT and UEFI are taking over.  Manipulating the MBR will be an archaic skill very soon.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Tray Management Utilities Mini-Review
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 25, 2015, 09:20 AM »
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Clipboard Help and Spell - New Name?
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 25, 2015, 09:11 AM »
Cash Heuristic Software.   The heuristic is to maximize efficiency.  If you don't pay, nothing happens.  Nearly zero CPU usage.  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: CCleaner v5.10.5373 (24 Sep 2015) for download
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 25, 2015, 08:43 AM »
In Auslogics desk defrag pro help for SSD optimization it notes:
Reduces the number of write operations during standard defragmentation
to minimize wear of SSD drive

However from what Curt is saying I wonder if the Trim type operation is happening.  I used my SSD on Vista and the SSD driver had its own "refresh" mechanism to mark deleted storage as still in use until it could refresh it to bring the performance up to the original level.

In any case it probably won't hurt to defrag it once to see what happens provided it is backed up.

Edit: Also I would check the SSD manufacturer's web site as they may have newer software for use with it that may be downloaded.


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Living Room / Re: Quirky Asian Movies
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 25, 2015, 07:53 AM »
I got Wicked City on DVD.  I think it took the 5th time watching before I got the drift.  Fun even if you don't know what is going on if you like strange Asian films.
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Living Room / Re: Quirky Asian Movies
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 25, 2015, 07:05 AM »
If you hate "chick flicks" perhaps Castaway on the Moon may not be for you.  But I found it fun and amusing.  A fun quirky Korean romantic comedy.
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General Software Discussion / Re: CCleaner v5.10.5373 (24 Sep 2015) for download
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 25, 2015, 06:55 AM »
@Curt I think I only tried defraggler once over a year ago.  I only owned one SSD.  I used it in a USB 3 docking station for video file conversions.  Super fast demux/mux when source and destination are both the SSD.

But anyway, I notice Auslogics Defrag Pro now has an option to optimize SSDs.  If the performance is super slow I think my approach would be to make a backup image of the SSD, then try a defrag that claims to work with SSD.  If the defrag makes things worse, just lay the saved image back on.  Or you could get one with the same controller for use with a dock and for testing.  The prices are coming down these days.  At least in the USA.  I don't know about prices in your country.

The Auslogics Defrag Pro is being given away all over the web lately.  One year no update license.  But many of these things if you hit upgrade when it asks they just do it.  The programmer likely doesn't want to break anything.  So they psych people out by saying "the update may turn it into a trial version."  But then again it may not.  So far I think I have about 5 freebies that update just as if I paid for them.  Maybe that will stop when the year is up.  I don't know.

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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 06:21 PM »
I watched Lucifer.  The guy in the lead role has some style.  It could be amusing.  I suspect two things will get on my nerves.  One, the guy will end up being too much of a goodie two shoes.  And Two, the black guy with the wings will get tiresome popping up for the tense encounter yadda yadda.

It might have been better on a medium with less censorship.  Like HBO where Lucifer takes over The Sopranos or something.  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Cyberfox / Firefox updated to 41.0x
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 06:16 PM »
It's back to 40.03 for me.  41 is giving me all kinds of bizarre crashes, does strange stuff when I type a letter with the shift key down(link instead of a capital A it might scroll all the way down the page and jump out of the edit box.)

I'm currently testing Firefox 41.0 (32-bit) and haven't experienced anything like that...yet.



I was running an anti-tracking addon.  Maybe it didn't like it.  Anyway there's no big reason for me to use 41 when 40 seems fine.

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This may come in handy:
Why Reboot

It can give an idea if an installer is asking for a reboot because it needs to install a driver or if it just wants to delete temp files in use during the install.

Also if you do Windows Update to catch up on everything I would thoroughly play around with the machine before going any further to make sure none of them broke anything. Once you feel confident then I would make an image as suggested.

Of course the more portable you can use the better.  Especially if all settings are in the same folder as the program and not under Program Files folders then you can just zip up or winrar to back up those programs.  I think there is a free program CloneApp also that backs up programs and settings including registry keys.

The portable suite NirLauncher has many useful utilities all in one zip file.

One cool thing I found with Macrium Reflect incremental backup is you can browse the images and if you double click the file dated when you want to return the system to, it will restore it to that state.  This makes backups very fast.  USB 3.0 sticks are coming down in price.  An easy way to store an incremental backup folder.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 03:58 PM »
I don't think that people are complaining, just pointing out that if you really intend to get that information, or are interested it culling it, you might be better served with it in a new thread.

Just having a bit of fun with it.  Like kids in a sand box.  :)
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General Software Discussion / CCleaner v5.10.5373 (24 Sep 2015) for download
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 12:32 PM »
CCleaner v5.10.5373 (24 Sep 2015)  for download

https://www.piriform...om/ccleaner/download

- Improved Microsoft Edge Cookie management.
- Optimized internal architecture for faster start up.
- Added Chrome extension cache and cookie cleaning.
- Improved Firefox session cleaning.
- Added Firefox HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) cookie cleaning.
- Improved Intelligent Cookie Scan.
- Improved Window resizing and DPI support.
- Added Corsican translation.
- Minor GUI Improvements.
- Minor bug fixes.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Cyberfox / Firefox updated to 41.0x
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 11:48 AM »
It's back to 40.03 for me.  41 is giving me all kinds of bizarre crashes, does strange stuff when I type a letter with the shift key down(link instead of a capital A it might scroll all the way down the page and jump out of the edit box.)

I don't know what the coders are smokin' but it must have paraquat as the main ingredient.   :(
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 11:43 AM »
More complaints  The poll has nothing to do with the topic - it doesnt make any sense to have it here....

Yes, it does. Sandboxie has a new version(5.04) for Win 10. I was interested in how many people here use it and would want to get the Win 10 version. I also wanted to get a more general idea of how many Sandboxie users were here and not just people with Win 10.

I used Sandboxie regularly on XP.  I tried it for a brief time in Vista 64 bit.  But there was a gap where the original author did not want to implement a 64 bit version.  In the interim I had changed my habits to rely on backup images.  I liked it on XP.  I started to lose interest when the licensing changed to enable remote kill of my software.  Even though that was not likely to happen I didn't like the concept.

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Living Room / Re: Quirky Asian Movies
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 11:34 AM »
Don't know about quirky but a triplet of my favourite Japanese Sci-Fi are:

Gantz
Another Gantz
Gantz: Perfect Answer

I don't think I ever caught a peed at those.  Thanks for posting.   :up:

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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 08:08 AM »
Anyway I watched the Limitless pilot.  It was interesting.  Often the pilot is good even if the series isn't.

Have you ever seen the unaired pilot of The Big Bang Theory?

It's unaired for a reason...

I saw recently the pilot of 'Lucifer'. That was an interesting one in my book. Can go either way, though.

I haven't seen Lucifer.  I'll take a look for it.  Many times though the pilot is 90 minutes so minus the commercials you have time for a developed plot that is almost a feature length film.  From then on it can be a stretch if the idea does not lend itself to variation.

I watched the episode one of Supergirl.  I like comic book stuff but I don't know if I'll follow this one.  Smallville was a total mess with your mind deal waiting around for some moron from outer space who couldn't figure out how to fly in 20 years when the bad guys from Krypton pop up under a yellow sun and just take off like birds.  At least Supergirl didn't waste 3 episodes figuring out how to fly.
But one thing that irks me already is that they must not have paid the licensing fees to refer to "Superman" so they keep talking about "He' "Him" etc. when referring to Supergirl's cousin.  Also I hate it when they just mess with supporting characters.  Supergirl sees this muscular black dude new employee where she works.  She gets all hot.  Then we find out the black guy is "James Olson."  I never liked it in the Bond films when Felix Leiter, Bond's CIA liaison, is a vastly different age, race, body type etc. in each film.  But I carry on too long.  :)

Of course it all begs the question why some super powerful being would let Earthlings tell him or her what to do.  Smallville Clark would be OK in Miami since there are no speed limits on most of the streets downtown.  But they will bust him if he changes lanes without signaling.  :)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Auslogics Disk Defrag Pro [free]
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 07:21 AM »
Uhhh...why would they require anything from you about your system if their window is not resizable? It will either resize or it won't. Period. It's not like users with Geforce cards get a resizable window and Radeon users don't.

Twits.

Full disclosure: I'm a PerfectDisk fanboy....and their window is resizable.

It is bizarre to say the least.  The Free version is perfectly fine UI wise with the resizable window.  The Pro has a splash screen and more eye candy.  But I still don't see why it can't have a vertical scroll bar.

I checked the MD5 of the trial download from their site and it is the same installer.  So I assume the non-giveaway version has the same no resize bit going on.
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Living Room / Re: Quirky Asian Movies
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 07:14 AM »
Yet more cool Japanese SciFi flicks:

Zeiram

Zeiram2

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 24, 2015, 07:01 AM »
Another long-time poster hits a nice threshold: 2222 for Innuendo:

Hmm, makes me think the middle class white kids with the black teachers are now in college.  Building 2 room 222.  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 23, 2015, 05:24 PM »
More complaints :D :P

The poll has nothing to do with the topic - it doesnt make any sense to have it here....


Sounds like sandbagged rather than sand boxed.   :)
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Tray Management Utilities Mini-Review
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 23, 2015, 05:21 PM »
I'm going to be lazy, and see if a reboot fixes it ;-)

That's always the first option.
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Another one for your list

* Give their Customer Support phone number to see if you get an email about being a wise guy.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Cyberfox / Firefox updated to 41.0x
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 23, 2015, 12:48 PM »
In Firefox I get the installer and run it rather than using the updater.  The Mozilla page has that installer stub.  I prefer the whole installer.

you can still get the full installer from Mozilla's site, you can also check out the "What’s New" link from the download page.

https://www.mozilla....S/firefox/all/#en-US

Thanks for adding the link.   :up:
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Tray Management Utilities Mini-Review
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 23, 2015, 09:44 AM »
Look at *my* tray :D ... :( :(

[ Invalid Attachment ]


Possibly related:
I did a bunch of Windows (7) security updates yesterday.
Rebooted fine.
I restarted explorer.exe later (via Process Explorer), tbh, I cant remember why :-[
Later, Windows would not close down - I had to force a reboot.
Today, the tray was fine initially and I havent been doing any funny business...

PS the popup with hidden icons shows as expected

Any time you run Windows Update, just about anything can happen.  That is why I disable it.  Of course on the Windows support forums that is an unpopular bit of advice since MS needs to push out the updates to plug the security holes etc..

Other than going through the updates one by one to see if one is bad all I can suggest is open the tray option popup thingie and first uncheck the box that says "show all icons and notifications."  Then set each individual one to show both icons and notifications.  Then check the box again to always show all icons and notifications.  As a last resort you can try flushing the notification cache.  CCleaner has an option to do it I believe.

If all else fails if your system is good with restore points and you have one from just before the updates, you could try going back to then.
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