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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Bitdefender keeps blocking program start

« on: October 08, 2015, 12:33:23 am »

I notice an old thread with same title, but could not post to that.
I have just installed Bitdefender Internet Security 2015
I got the free for 6 months offer.
(I had to install the 2015 version as they have decided to not support XP in the 2016 version.
(Their advice to me was upgrade my OS, however I have a few old PCs, and networking is much more painful in W7 upwards)

I have a small program that I wrote in VB6 which Avast never had a problem with.
I manually organize my XP Start menu (MS one, but is in classic mode)
I had a shortcut to my program, in the MS startup folder, and BitDefender deleted it.
When I tried to do my manual organize and put the shortcut back, BitDefender would not let me (even when I disable BitDefender).
I noticed  there was a log, so I read the deleting/blocking message, and chose to allow it.
Next Startup of Windows the same things happened.
My program just launches TBird and FFox, and has the ability for me to mouse a label to tell windows to shutdown.
Reading the older thread (same name), Shane (Administrator) changed the compile of his program, to fix his problem.
Actually I had to do the opposite and compile to P-Code
It just let me place a shortcut into the "startup' folder, so that is an improvement.
I have not restarted Windows yet (takes a while), but here's hoping.

Shirley BitDefender should allow us to whitelist a program ? 

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General Computer Support / Re: Windows 10

« on: October 02, 2015, 12:48:39 am »

As I said in that post, the Start button froze and was dead so that I wasn't able to go anywhere from it.

I never run my imaging software whilst windows is running.
I use software that allows me to create a bootable CD, and I only use that CD for creating/validating/restoring images.
Thus if Windows messes up, no matter, as I connect the external 3.5" drive, and boot into the CD, and Restore the stored image.

I would not presume to "teach my Grandmother to suck eggs", but for the other readers of this post, you can get a free copy of Acronis DiskWizard provided you have either a Seagate or WD drive connected somewhere.
You go to the hard disk's web site and get their free version of DiskWizard -
 http://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/downloads/discwizard/
You have to install the program into one of your PCs, so that you can run it, and then ask DisKWizard to create a bootable CD.
And from that point on, I never used the installed program, I just boot into the CD (Windows is NOT running) when creating/validating/restoring images.
Rob
PS There is an option when creating the bootable CD, that sets the default to boot into the CD (rather than booting into Windows), if you popped into the kitchen whilst the CD is booting.

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General Computer Support / Re: Windows 10

« on: October 01, 2015, 07:17:01 pm »

"To get out of that, I had to factory reset with an OEM Recovery disk and fortunately, I had the laptop set to permanently check the DVD and USB drives before the HDD as F2 and F12 didn't work to change the boot order.

I then restored with the Win 7 external system image I had created before the upgrade - so ensure you create a full system image before upgrading."

Boggin,
I am curious why you had to do the factory reset ?
Could you not have just restored your W7 image ?