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Thanks all for your responses.
I will be reformating and re-installing. Imaging system will also be part of
my routine.
I do have 2 physical hard drives, so I should be able to organize things
properly.
Appreciate everyone's comments and sharing
Ara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 2:05 AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
> Ara,
>
> If you have such "weird" problems the best you can do is the following:
>
> 1. format drive / reinstall everything fresh (make at least 2 partitions
> one for the system and one for the rest. I personally have more partitions
> for various things)
>
> 2. buy Acronis True Image Home ($49) - and make system partition backup
> if you will do disk images regularly you can turn off windows "system
> restore"
> feature because full disk images give you much better protection.
>
> 3. backup your system partition before installation of every software that
> you don't know
> so you can revert to pre-installation state in case somethign goes wrong.
> This will also ensure that registry does not get cluttered with stuff that
> did not get uninstalled properly
>
> Make scheduled backups (Acronis allows to make scheduled disk images in
> the background
> while you are working, you don't need to reboot nor anything like with
> some other tools)
> and in the future you will be fully protected
> and will be able to restore your system in 10 minutes (that's about the
> time it takes on my computer).
>
> Recent story:
> I have dual boot machine (allows to select whenever you want to boot
> into Win XP 32 bit PL or Win XP 64 bit EN)
> when I installed Windows Vista RC1 (for testing) it destroyed MBR (master
> boot record) on my disk
> and I could not boot to anything but Vista. And as always Acronis True
> Image
> rescued me - I simply restored the image, MBR was restored too and
> everything was back to normal.
>
> And big thanks to Yuki who first mentioned True Image on this list.
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ara Kaloustian" <ara1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
>
>
>> Yuki
>>
>> My problems are "weird". ..
>>
>> For example,
>> 1. Some web sites I can not log in. (I can log in with backup computer).
>> 2. Running Interactive Brokers TWS, when I activate Book Trader, data
>> does
>> not come into Book Trader. I have to shut it off and re-activate. This
>> actually happens with other programs also. Have not established patern.
>> 3. On my Firewall / Antivirus / Spam Blocker / Pest Controller, Spam
>> Blocker
>> and Pest Controller were not running. They were also missing from the
>> start
>> menu.
>> 4. Have problems running SecondCopy (my backup program). Beleive this is
>> related the "read only" issue.
>>
>> I was hacked last week through Skype!. An "Unknown" user was registered
>> in
>> my PC, which I removed.
>>
>> Virus scans show no virus.
>>
>> The computer is new, so I do not do much HD maintenance. Occasional
>> Defragment.
>>
>> Unfortunatly have not got around to do a system backup!!!
>>
>> Where is the system log. Never looked at one.
>>
>> Tx
>> Ara
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Yuki Taga" <yukitaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Ara Kaloustian" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:39 AM
>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
>>
>>
>>> Hi Ara,
>>>
>>> Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 3:31:19 PM, you wrote:
>>>
>>> AK> I regularly run Registry Machanic to keep PC running properly.
>>>
>>> AK> Today I ran a trial version of "PC MightyMax, right after I ran
>>> AK> Registry Mechanic. MightyMax found 241 Invalid Registry Paths and 74
>>> Invalid Shortcuts.
>>>
>>> AK> Anyone experienced with this program??? The price tag also seems
>>> AK> unreasonably high ($120 / year licence)
>>>
>>> Ara ... generally speaking, these programs are all worthless, and
>>> have the potential to do much more harm than good. Running such a
>>> program -- regularly -- is a prescription for trouble, IMNSHO. These
>>> programs all follow different algorithms, and some are very
>>> "thorough" (to the point that they wreck your system by deleting
>>> things they shouldn't touch), and some are very lax (meaning they
>>> don't really do anything).
>>>
>>> Generally speaking, the registry (especially on a 2K or XP system)
>>> does not need "fixing". The only exception to that would be if you
>>> *knew* exactly what needed fixing. The registry is a huge database,
>>> and it does get cluttered with the remains of programs uninstalled,
>>> and other useless data. It also only grows in size, unless it is
>>> weeded and then compressed. But, again generally speaking, the amount
>>> of clutter is almost always minuscule compared to the size of the
>>> registry in the first place. Cutting the registry even by 5 percent
>>> (a tough job, usually) is not going to improve your performance very
>>> much. I doubt if you would even be aware of it.
>>>
>>> But because these registry "fixer" companies can scare or convince
>>> you into running a trial version, which they *know* will turn up
>>> something (unimportant, but probably a "large number" of unimportants
>>> -- i.e. seems large to you, but it's really *nothing*), they can make
>>> a lot of money touting their useless products. You could run 10 of
>>> these programs. None would agree with each other regarding either
>>> number or specifics. They are a waste of money.
>>>
>>> If invalid shortcuts or invalid registry paths are the only things
>>> you have to worry about, you probably have nothing to worry about,
>>> and definitely should not go to the trouble of reinstalling. What I
>>> am more concerned about, if I'm you, is "Am I compromised"? If your
>>> machine is "owned", to use the phrase, *then* it's time for a
>>> reformat and reinstall, maybe on a completely new drive.
>>>
>>> What problems are you having other than the read-only situation you
>>> mentioned in another thread?
>>>
>>> Do you have a known-good backup?
>>>
>>> Do you have an anti-virus program, and/or an anti-spyware program?
>>>
>>> Do you run them once in a while?
>>>
>>> Do you defragment your drives once in a while (every 48 hours here on
>>> a rotating basis)?
>>>
>>> Do you have a firewall? Which one? Is it running?
>>>
>>> Have you run any hard drive analysis software on your machine? Why
>>> not?
>>>
>>> Memory check software? Why not?
>>>
>>> What ... do your system logs tell you? Do you read them daily?
>>> (There should hardly ever be either a yellow or a red flag; basically
>>> they should be clean almost all the time.)
>>>
>>> The only way to clear DRAM that I know of is power off. That means
>>> computer, and modem, and monitor (if it's flat panel). Have you shut
>>> *everything* down completely, and waited five minutes (shouldn't take
>>> that long; but that should do it for sure), and tried again?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Yuki
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>>>
>>> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
>>> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>>>
>>> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG:
>>> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>>>
>>> For other support material please check also:
>>> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>>
>> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
>> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>>
>> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG:
>> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>>
>> For other support material please check also:
>> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>
> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>
> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG:
> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>
> For other support material please check also:
> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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