What is "mrt" and "mrtstub"?

[seekermeister]

Okay, so it's not bad to defrag anymore. Got it. Alright, I will remember that. 10% more. I don't really do a lot of uninstalling but I do install a lot. So I'll check and see if anything is over 10%.

(Updated my previous post with some more information/questions.)

As long as it has been since you last defragged, I would be surprised if you didn't have more than 10% fragmented. Personally, I don't like to let it get that high, but I have never really set any particular percentage to decide by.

 

[richc46]

Malwarebytes is good, but as far as I have found, it doesn't have a provision for real time protection, nor automatic updates. I very rarely have a problem with malware, but in a recent case, installing some games, it was Windows Defender that instantly popped an alert, even before OSS which is supposed to detect malware also.

You need to use the paid version to get the real time protecton. I won it, but there were conflicts, so I use it as the free version.

 

[TheTalker]

Awesome! A lot of time and work was put into the guide! Sheesh. I've read the Disk Cleanup and Defrag sections. You're right---it answered a lot of my questions.

Thank you very much.

 

[richc46]

You are so very welcome, Talker. I enjoyed our chat. If you do return with a problem, I hope I see it before the others.

 

[seekermeister]

Malwarebytes is good, but as far as I have found, it doesn't have a provision for real time protection, nor automatic updates. I very rarely have a problem with malware, but in a recent case, installing some games, it was Windows Defender that instantly popped an alert, even before OSS which is supposed to detect malware also.

You need to use the paid version to get the real time protecton. I won it, but there were conflicts, so I use it as the free version.

Aha! I think that I knew that, somewhere in the back of my head, but it is good to brush off the cobwebs. I'm curious what kind of problems that you had with the paid version that causes you not to use it?

 

[richc46]

I was using the free version and liked it. At another Forum, I won the paid version. Worked great. I had my A/V real time and MB real time. Few times a day my browser would turn very pale and everything froze. Could not even shut down. I used the event viewer and every incident invloved either the A/V or the MB. I now have it set not to have real time scans (its like the free version, again) and everything is fine.

In addition everytime I booted I had to turn the MB real time back on, some conflict turned it off.

 

[seekermeister]

Hmm, couldn't you schedule the time that MB scanned, so that it wouldn't conflict with the AV? However, if I had to keep turning it on, I would probably do the same as you did.

 

[richc46]

The paid version has real time protection, that seems to be the problem.

 

[seekermeister]

Yes, I guess that it wouldn't be possible to schedule it with that enabled, since it would run as it thought it needed to. I was also thinking about scheduling the firewall/AV, but with mine, I don't know that would work either, because even though it does have settings that seem as though they would cause a predictable behavior, I'm not so sure, because it seems to always be running a scan when I check, even though it's not scheduled to do so.

 

[richc46]

I have found it best to only have one real time protection. Other software can be used to scan weekly, etc.

Its late here 12:30, Im off to bed. Night to everyone. Was good meeting you Talker.

 

[richc46]

Morning Talker

I found this thread this morning. It pertains to Reg cleaners, showing that it is not just my opinion.

http://www.sevenforums.com/software/75965-cannot-install-windows-live-messenger.html#post664653

 

[TheTalker]

Morning Talker

I found this thread this morning. It pertains to Reg cleaners, showing that it is not just my opinion.

http://www.sevenforums.com/software/75965-cannot-install-windows-live-messenger.html#post664653

That's scary. I won't run the registry cleaner anymore I suppose. You said you haven't done so since Windows 98 I think it was and you're fine. So I suppose I should be fine as well.

If I don't clean the registry with CCleaner then I suppose there's really nothing more I need with it right? Like, I know it cleans other things up but I've found it annoying that it removes my saved passwords on Firefox every time I use it.

And thank you for the link.

Edit: I unchecked the options for CCleaner to remove my cookies that way I'll always have my saved passwords.

I thought CCleaner was really only good for cleaning the registry. Since it seems as though there could be problems that arise in using it then what settings should I use? What's the best and safe way to use CCleaner?

Thank you for your time.

 

[richc46]

I think it wise that you are concered about the big investment in your computer, but Windows 7, unlike previous Windows does not need that much maintenance.

Stay away from the sites that you know are trouble
Have a good A/V and anti malware
Fire wall
Format, not too often every 6 months, if you do not install and uninstall much
Do a disk cleanup
Do a disk chk
Dont tweek, unless you really know what you are doing
Dont load programs you will not use
Run AV scan and Malwarebytes once a week.
No need to use Ccleaner unless there is a problem

Thats about it.

 

[TheTalker]

I think it wise that you are concered about the big investment in your computer, but Windows 7, unlike previous Windows does not need that much maintenance.

Stay away from the sites that you know are trouble
Have a good A/V and anti malware
Fire wall
Format, not too often every 6 months, if you do not install and uninstall much
Do a disk cleanup
Do a disk chk
Dont tweek, unless you really know what you are doing
Dont load programs you will not use
Run AV scan and Malwarebytes once a week.
No need to use Ccleaner unless there is a problem

Thats about it.

Alright, thank you very much. I will keep this information on my notepad until I've got it all down pat. (Pretty much know it already but I don't want to forget.)

I don't think I'm going to be formatting though. I mean, what if I erase something that I shouldn't? That would be terrible, haha. And what about my settings on Firefox and everything? They would be gone too.

I know you've done a lot but could you possible make a list of things that I should do before I do a format? That would be very helpful.

Thank you!

 

[richc46]

I think it wise that you are concered about the big investment in your computer, but Windows 7, unlike previous Windows does not need that much maintenance.

Stay away from the sites that you know are trouble
Have a good A/V and anti malware
Fire wall
Format, not too often every 6 months, if you do not install and uninstall much
Do a disk cleanup
Do a disk chk
Dont tweek, unless you really know what you are doing
Dont load programs you will not use
Run AV scan and Malwarebytes once a week.
No need to use Ccleaner unless there is a problem

Thats about it.

Alright, thank you very much. I will keep this information on my notepad until I've got it all down pat. (Pretty much know it already but I don't want to forget.)

I don't think I'm going to be formatting though. I mean, what if I erase something that I shouldn't? That would be terrible, haha. And what about my settings on Firefox and everything? They would be gone too.

I know you've done a lot but could you possible make a list of things that I should do before I do a format? That would be very helpful.

Thank you!

IM BAD Do not format, I meant defrag. Glad you caught that.

 

[TheTalker]

I think it wise that you are concered about the big investment in your computer, but Windows 7, unlike previous Windows does not need that much maintenance.

Stay away from the sites that you know are trouble
Have a good A/V and anti malware
Fire wall
Format, not too often every 6 months, if you do not install and uninstall much
Do a disk cleanup
Do a disk chk
Dont tweek, unless you really know what you are doing
Dont load programs you will not use
Run AV scan and Malwarebytes once a week.
No need to use Ccleaner unless there is a problem

Thats about it.

Alright, thank you very much. I will keep this information on my notepad until I've got it all down pat. (Pretty much know it already but I don't want to forget.)

I don't think I'm going to be formatting though. I mean, what if I erase something that I shouldn't? That would be terrible, haha. And what about my settings on Firefox and everything? They would be gone too.

I know you've done a lot but could you possible make a list of things that I should do before I do a format? That would be very helpful.

Thank you!

IM BAD Do not format, I meant defrag. Glad you caught that.

Okay!! I gotcha. Thank you. I didn't want to format, hahaha. I have trouble with the little problems and formatting just seems to big for me. I fixed that minor error in my list. I will follow your instructions.

Is that everything I should know?

Edit: My defrag is on a schedule to run every Wednesday at 6pm and I believe my computer is on at that time. Should I turn the scheduler off? You said it doesn't really hurt the hard drives anymore though so it might not really matter whether it's on or off right?

 

[richc46]

Thats about it. Just look at the tutorials that I gave you yesterday and ask any questions that you may have.

 

[TheTalker]

One last question. I don't know if you saw it and already answered and I haven't made the connection yet or if you missed it by accident. So here it is:

My defrag is on a schedule to run every Wednesday at 6pm and I believe my computer is on at that time. Should I turn the scheduler off? You said it doesn't really hurt the hard drives anymore though so it might not really matter whether it's on or off right?

 

[richc46]

Turn it off. It does not hurt but it is not necessary. I have defragged once since I got the OS in Oct

 

[CarlTR6]

The need for defragging depends on how you use your computer. If you install and uninstall a lot of programs or create and delete a lot of files, you should probably run defrag on that schedule. I defrag about once a month.