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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: Windows Repair - Extremely SLOW start up

« on: May 19, 2018, 03:58:18 pm »

Update:

Just discovered  I can turn OFF Check for updates at startup in the Settings panel. I can now see that the 'There is a new version' message is informative rather than one that results in the update being downloaded.  My mistake.

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: Windows Repair - Extremely SLOW start up

« on: May 19, 2018, 03:51:48 pm »

You are a patient man, Boggin. My machine is not the fastest but it has mostly acceptable speed. Starting Windows repair takes longer than my boot sequence, it really is a long time.

My suggestion is that Tweaking.Com make the validation check optional just as they do for running in Safe Mode. They can issue a stern warning against not checking but in the end , leave it to the user.

Another suggestion: check for updates BEFORE doing the validation check.

The file validation check dialog should have an OKAY button to indicate that the check is completed. The text message 'Done!' is too small and easily goes un-noticed.

Windows Repair does some really good stuff, I like to use it when my machine is exhibiting strange un-explainable behavours.

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Windows Repair - Extremely SLOW start up

« on: May 18, 2018, 06:54:12 pm »

I can appreciate the need to check the validity of the component files of Windows Repair but is it really necessary EVERY SINGLE TIME? There's no skip option and if, at the end of the check it finds a new update to install, it does it all again. It takes about five minutes on my machine to do the validity check.  Also, when it finishes the dialog completely hides the next dialog which is to load the program.

Am I the only one to get frustrated by this action?

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / User Account Control setting

« on: October 12, 2016, 11:35:20 pm »

I normally run with User Account Control at the lowest setting (ie it is off). After running All-In-One, the UAC is set to moderate. Is it possible to specify how UAC should be?

Thanks,

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General Computer Support / Re: Can't Delete File Even Though I Am the Owner/Adminstrator

« on: September 07, 2016, 02:27:13 am »

I  tried FileAssassin but not AdAware.

I'm now thinking it might be something to do with 'copy-on-write'. Today I saw an error message explaining that I couldn't  delete a file as it was being copied. When I found out more, copy-on-write is an OS technique for safely copying files that are open. Shadowing may use this technique. It could be that the file I couldn't delete, and finally removed through Unix, was locked for 'copy-on-write' when there was a system crash. For some reason, the 'copy-on-write' flag couldn't  be removed.

It's a guess but it's the kind of explanation that works. The fact that the file was malware is, I think, mis-direction.

Thanks for the suggestion.

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General Computer Support / Re: Can't Delete File Even Though I Am the Owner/Adminstrator

« on: September 05, 2016, 05:00:14 pm »

I did try renaming but Windows said I didn't have permission even though I am administrator.

I did think it was something to do with being zero length but I've since learned that zero length is quite legitimate and easy to create and delete, hence I was quite curious about your 'worming files inside others'. I can only speculate what change has been made to make the file un-deletable, I just don't know enough to speculate meaningfully.

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General Computer Support / Re: Can't Delete File Even Though I Am the Owner/Adminstrator

« on: September 05, 2016, 04:40:45 pm »

Thanks, Crazy4Years. I haven't tried IOUninstaller. I think this product is directed at files installed by software installers.

I resorted to Unix. No hesitation when deleting the 'rusted on' file.

Would still like to know what characteristics of the file prevents it from being deleted from within Windows in case it happens again or is preventable.

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General Computer Support / Re: Can't Delete File Even Though I Am the Owner/Adminstrator

« on: August 11, 2016, 05:50:17 pm »

Thanks, Boggin.

I tried FreeFixer but it was unsuccssful. For individual files it uses a technique similar to Unlocker's when you want the file deleted anyway.

I didn't mention the folder and filename before as I didn't want the conversation diverted to spam and viruses. The file's pathname is "C:\Program Files\Shopperz\csrrc.exe". I may have caused the 'undeletable file' condition when I was madly trying to get rid of ShopperZ.

I'll move to Plan B - Unix.

Thanks for your help.

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General Computer Support / Can't Delete File Even Though I Am the Owner/Adminstrator

« on: August 10, 2016, 07:13:01 pm »

I have a folder containing one file in C:\Program Files. The file has an EXE extension but is zero bytes long. I am the owner and the administrator. I've tried numerous methods to get rid of it including Cedrick Collomb's UnLocker.

It's been around for several years or more. Last week my backup program objected to its presence and failed to complete and so I have to do something about it. I'm building a Ubuntu system on a USB stick which I believe WILL solve the problem.

I've had great success with Windows Repair but it doesn't detect the undeletable folder and file problem. I'm not complaining but I thought the team might be interested in tackling this problem.

If I know what to provide - screen dumps, etc. I can do that before I use Unix to clobber the folder.