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blues
2008-07-19, 07:55
i have nero essentials that came with my external dvd-burner but i could not get nero to convert divx to dvd because of the restrictions in it. i also have used 7-zip, but i can not get it to extract multiple rar files without it being errors. windows mediaplayer doesnt play everything and i dont want to use codec packs. divx burned to cd does not work well in my dvd-players, and it isnt space to all divx movies on cds either.

do you have some replacements to this programs to recommend? i mean freeware.

Tom.K
2008-07-19, 15:02
Well, you can use Winamp (http://www.winamp.com) instead of Windows Media Player and CDBurnerXP (http://cdburnerxp.se) instead of Nero.
About file archivers, I don't know which file archiver is the best, but you can compare some of them: Comparison of file archivers - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers) .

blues
2008-07-19, 15:27
thanks:) i was searching on google right now, because i have heard some time ago that winamp includes the spyware wildtangent, i hope it doesnt include it anymore. it seemed that winamp doesnt play movies, is that right?

i will try cdburnerxp again, but the last time i tried it months ago, i couldnt convert divx to dvd with it as i can remember. i will try them, and i am going to look for a file archiver too, and look closer on the article from wikipedia.

Terminator
2008-07-19, 15:34
I Use Win Rar 3.71 for my archiving as Win Zip 11.2 doesn't like my Vista computer very much.

blues
2008-07-19, 15:36
I Use Win Rar 3.71 for my archiving as Win Zip 11.2 doesn't like my Vista computer very much.

i thought you must pay for winrar, i only use freeware and will not use keygens and cracks anymore if i want something.

Tom.K
2008-07-19, 15:41
You can use WinRAR for 30 days.
When WinRAR becomes expired, will be able to use it still, but you will get a popup like this when you run it: "WinRAR is not free. You can use trial for 30 days. etc..." and 4 buttons:"Continue", "Buy WinRAR", "How to buy it" and "Help", I think. I use WinRAR. Possibly the same thing with WinZip.

blues
2008-07-19, 15:58
then everything is easier, i will download all this ones right now, but i must look for more information on winamp before downloading and using it.

honda12
2008-07-19, 20:27
I always recommend VLC Media player for my media files: http://www.videolan.org/

drragostea
2008-07-19, 20:56
Yes, I recommend that. I started using it because bitman recommended it to me. :P My WMP 11 couldn't decode a DVD.

blues
2008-07-19, 21:10
then i will download vlc media player, thanks to you all:)

blues
2008-07-20, 14:49
there was no sound when burning music with cdburnerxp, so i installed nero essentials again and when burning with nero it was sound again. i have burned music with cdburnerxp before and it worked at that time, but this one was newer than the one i have used before so maybe that is the cause.

Tom.K
2008-07-20, 19:55
Maybe you can try burning music with Jetbee (http://www.complexnt.com/) (Download (http://http://www.complexnt.com/jetbee_downloads.htm)/Features (http://www.complexnt.com/jetbee_features.htm)).

blues
2008-07-20, 20:03
i will see what i do, have just burned one cd with music with nero, it worked great.

ME_2&
2008-07-20, 20:33
You could give Puppy linux a try - if your hardware is compatible with the packaged drivers, it's all good (and the forums are quite extensive and knowledgeable if you wish further advice). gxine works for me, but then I'm not all that big on pulling content off the `Net ;) - a big plus in Puppy is the burning s/w is pretty much bulletproof (has to be for a liveCDvD). Best of luck with non-invasive winapps :whistle:

blues
2008-07-20, 22:12
You could give Puppy linux a try - if your hardware is compatible with the packaged drivers, it's all good (and the forums are quite extensive and knowledgeable if you wish further advice). gxine works for me, but then I'm not all that big on pulling content off the `Net ;) - a big plus in Puppy is the burning s/w is pretty much bulletproof (has to be for a liveCDvD). Best of luck with non-invasive winapps :whistle:

thanks:) nero is annoying because of all that is included in it.

blues
2008-08-04, 10:35
cdburnerxp worked after installing all of the .net frameworks, this is just to give feedback. i will buy nero i think, but i dont like everything that comes with it.

PepiMK
2008-08-04, 23:45
I like Nero a lot, mostly since it's the app I used for more than 10 years now. The version I've sitll got installed (6.5 or something) doesn't work perfectly on XP 64 though (after burning, the confirmation dialog cannot be clicked and I have to shut Nero down the hard way), so I found ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/), a successor to the now outlawed DVD Decrypter. If you know what you want to do, it's perfectly tiny. Otherwise, I remember I had good impressions about CDBurnerXP, too, can only underline that recommendation :)

honda12
2008-08-04, 23:59
I second PepiMK - Imgburn is so simple and easy to use but at the same time sooo customisable. The guys at LightningUK do a great job :p:

blues
2008-08-05, 09:17
i was actually about to download imgburn some days ago, but i have downloaded other things and almost forgot to download imgburn. but imgburn and cdburnerxp do different things i think, isnt imgburn mostly for images? i dont understand all of the settings imgburn has.

honda12
2008-08-05, 13:55
i was actually about to download imgburn some days ago, but i have downloaded other things and almost forgot to download imgburn. but imgburn and cdburnerxp do different things i think, isnt imgburn mostly for images? i dont understand all of the settings imgburn has.

Well actually .iso burning is only a small part of imgburn :p:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj115/ilovehobnobs/img.png

blues
2008-08-05, 14:41
i understand, image all over the place.:)

i will download imgburn later today, after installing and configuring online armor.

i have just burned the sp3 iso with cdburnerxp, i dont know if imgburn is better to burn images but i will think so since it is called imgburn.

blues
2008-08-05, 19:01
i am a little mad now, i installed something called freeramxp that should speed up the computer and i saw it was popular, after installing it i needed to click several times on things on the computer and on this forum, my computer startup slowed down and i couldnt find the uninstaller that belongs to freeramxp, not in revo uninstaller or other places. the only program that could possibly have removed the uninstaller is the registry cleaner in crapcleaner so i deleted the freeramxp .exe file manually and disabled its autostart in its settings and then things went better, until i installed online armor that made more mess on the computer than the worst malware i have ever had. it freezed the computer, messages about outgoing connections on different ports appeared all the time and i couldnt turn off the messages. online armor started several processes because of some error and it was almost impossible to shut them down, so i forced a computer shutdown.

afterwards i uninstalled almost all programs i had on the computer in madness,:mad: and revo found some uninstallers that windows didnt find.

revo was the only program that could help me with all this crap (thanks drragostea:) )

now i have run checkdisc, and defragmented the computer with auslogics disc defrag and are scanning with norman antivirus/antispyware, then i will scan with spybot afterwards.

i will NEVER use registry cleaners, tweaking software and third party firewalls again, the windows firewall is enough for me.:mad:

i barely want to install imgburn also, maybe it makes things worse.

burnaware wich i used months ago set the burning speed down on my burner and i couldnt burn faster than 6 in speed and couldnt change it even after uninstalling burnaware.

there is so much junk programs out there that i cant even tell.

maybe i should look closer on the "registry cleaners not recommended thread" also, again. crapcleaner and the other programs i used is just crap

the only one i dont know if is safe wich i use now is auslogics disc defrag.

holy moses:spider:

Yavor
2008-08-05, 21:29
Well, you can use Winamp (http://www.winamp.com) instead of Windows Media Player and CDBurnerXP (http://cdburnerxp.se) instead of Nero.
About file archivers, I don't know which file archiver is the best, but you can compare some of them: Comparison of file archivers - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers) .

Hello, Spybot is a great program and i am glad there people that are as good hearted and professional as to make it free, since majority of us cant afford to pay the internet mafia for protection, so a big Thanks for the team!

About CDBurnerXP, i just downloaded it as i was looking for a free cd burner and it completely froze the computer, it wouldnt even turn off,
Its first time its happening to me with this computer which has Vista, i think it happened when I pressed the play button on the player inside it...
And my internet seems slower now although i unistalled CDBurnerXP

What do you think? Could it be dangerous?

tashi
2008-08-05, 23:59
blues, it may be that you are installing too many new programs in a short time?

I have used CCleaner for years without a problem, simple cleanups, not registry. :)

honda12
2008-08-06, 00:08
I've been installing and testing programs for a loooong time now and I've never had any problems :spider: (maybe I just get lucky! :santa:)

errm....hope everything goes well

Yeah, my fav programs for testing programs: Revo uninstaller (always useful to get rid of all the leftover traces of a program) and ccleaner (like tashi - no registry)

The only thing I do with the registry is either back it up or use NT Registry Optimizer :laugh: (although the difference is hardly noticeable - I'm too stubborn for the placebo effect to work on me! :laugh:)

ATM im beta testing Advanced Windows Care v3 - Which I like to recommend to novice users (and lazy users :laugh:) - For me though, it doesn't offer enough control

blues
2008-08-06, 06:57
blues, it may be that you are installing too many new programs in a short time?

I have used CCleaner for years without a problem, simple cleanups, not registry. :)

maybe i installed to much, but it wasnt so many programs i installed eiher. the only new ones that were running all the time was "online armor" and freeramxp, and i also had logitech setpoint and logitech messenger but i dont have them anymore.

and this is the startups that i has now:

Located: HK_LM:Run, 000StTHK
command: 000StTHK.exe
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\000StTHK.exe
size: 24576
MD5: CCB1A96002F0888DA70964781C742A82

Located: HK_LM:Run, 00THotkey
command: C:\WINDOWS\system32\00THotkey.exe
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\00THotkey.exe
size: 245760
MD5: 2081F05FE99C4FFFBBC89488A5C385A2

Located: HK_LM:Run, Adobe Reader Speed Launcher
command: "C:\Programfiler\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
file: C:\Programfiler\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe
size: 39792
MD5: 8B9145D229D4E89D15ACB820D4A3A90F

Located: HK_LM:Run, Apoint
command: C:\Programfiler\Apoint2K\Apoint.exe
file: C:\Programfiler\Apoint2K\Apoint.exe
size: 126976
MD5: FF1B7E3DE970B871FBCA87AFEF89FECD

Located: HK_LM:Run, Norman ZANDA
command: "C:\Programfiler\Norman\Npm\Bin\ZLH.EXE" /LOAD /SPLASH
file: C:\Programfiler\Norman\Npm\Bin\ZLH.EXE
size: 277616
MD5: 28313656E933B8604B07F3EC99A34FC3

Located: HK_LM:Run, SunJavaUpdateSched
command: "C:\Programfiler\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe"
file: C:\Programfiler\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe
size: 144784
MD5: 6AB4C021FBD36DC6764924C312428D97

Located: HK_LM:Run, SxgTkBar
command: SxgTkBar.exe
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SxgTkBar.exe
size: 53248
MD5: 7BC11B03388D09938845A9CDF2A1FD67

Located: HK_LM:Run, TouchED
command: C:\Programfiler\TOSHIBA\TouchED\TouchED.Exe
file: C:\Programfiler\TOSHIBA\TouchED\TouchED.Exe
size: 122880
MD5: 8C3762B5E627CD3312A0F5B3C2DEB95D

Located: HK_LM:Run, Tpwrtray
command: TPWRTRAY.EXE
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\TPWRTRAY.EXE
size: 188416
MD5: 6C83252A73EBC31F5715D6DD96408873

Located: HK_CU:RunOnce, nlsf
where: .DEFAULT...
command: cmd.exe /C move /Y "%SystemRoot%\System32\syssetub.dll" "%SystemRoot%\System32\syssetup.dll"
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
size: 388608
MD5: 7DB3310771A7CA4B5A256CBC1669E850

Located: HK_CU:RunOnce, tscuninstall
where: .DEFAULT...
command: %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\tscupgrd.exe
size: 44544
MD5: A32D069F0A4989E599C769660155FB44

Located: HK_CU:RunOnce, nlsf
where: S-1-5-19...
command: cmd.exe /C move /Y "%SystemRoot%\System32\syssetub.dll" "%SystemRoot%\System32\syssetup.dll"
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
size: 388608
MD5: 7DB3310771A7CA4B5A256CBC1669E850

Located: HK_CU:RunOnce, tscuninstall
where: S-1-5-19...
command: %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\tscupgrd.exe
size: 44544
MD5: A32D069F0A4989E599C769660155FB44

Located: HK_CU:RunOnce, nlsf
where: S-1-5-20...
command: cmd.exe /C move /Y "%SystemRoot%\System32\syssetub.dll" "%SystemRoot%\System32\syssetup.dll"
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
size: 388608
MD5: 7DB3310771A7CA4B5A256CBC1669E850

Located: HK_CU:RunOnce, tscuninstall
where: S-1-5-20...
command: %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\tscupgrd.exe
size: 44544
MD5: A32D069F0A4989E599C769660155FB44

Located: HK_CU:Run, ctfmon.exe
where: S-1-5-21-329068152-789336058-1343024091-1003...
command: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
size: 15360
MD5: DD0A3AC0339D222329CBF9CFE0FE6AA5

Located: HK_CU:Run, HostsServer
where: S-1-5-21-329068152-789336058-1343024091-1003...
command: C:\Programfiler\HostsMan\hostssrv.exe --start
file: C:\Programfiler\HostsMan\hostssrv.exe
size: 1462272
MD5: EA77D35158005E98351343D89FA267FC

Located: HK_CU:RunOnce, nlsf
where: S-1-5-18...
command: cmd.exe /C move /Y "%SystemRoot%\System32\syssetub.dll" "%SystemRoot%\System32\syssetup.dll"
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
size: 388608
MD5: 7DB3310771A7CA4B5A256CBC1669E850

Located: HK_CU:RunOnce, tscuninstall
where: S-1-5-18...
command: %systemroot%\system32\tscupgrd.exe
file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\tscupgrd.exe
size: 44544
MD5: A32D069F0A4989E599C769660155FB44

and this is the processes running right now:

PID: 0 ( 0) [System]
PID: 592 ( 4) \SystemRoot\System32\smss.exe
size: 50688
PID: 656 ( 592) \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe
size: 6144
PID: 680 ( 592) \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
size: 506880
PID: 724 ( 680) C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
size: 108544
MD5: 7ED9EBF2D1449CE1C0BC53586F8A1F42
PID: 736 ( 680) C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
size: 13312
MD5: 0EAC811F89889A7585BAEDAA4BDD16AF
PID: 896 ( 724) C:\Programfiler\Norman\Npm\Bin\Elogsvc.exe
size: 150584
MD5: 2A2F1FA78751C9932098529EE1EDEB1A
PID: 948 ( 724) C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
size: 14336
MD5: 2FADE3D461E99941AAA13E0B83385B46
PID: 1028 ( 724) C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
size: 14336
MD5: 2FADE3D461E99941AAA13E0B83385B46
PID: 1120 ( 724) C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
size: 14336
MD5: 2FADE3D461E99941AAA13E0B83385B46
PID: 1160 ( 724) C:\Programfiler\Norman\Npm\Bin\Zanda.exe
size: 429176
MD5: A69620970077A0B2D01730D475B149AD
PID: 1280 ( 724) C:\Programfiler\Norman\npm\bin\nvoy.exe
size: 121912
MD5: C1F022966E678E780E2B801D3409614A
PID: 1416 (1388) C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
size: 1033728
MD5: 8059C34B6F4758F678E975665EADFD87
PID: 1560 ( 724) C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
size: 14336
MD5: 2FADE3D461E99941AAA13E0B83385B46
PID: 1740 ( 724) C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
size: 57856
MD5: 24A34B0CDDA0ADF220C85150F042D4BB
PID: 136 ( 724) C:\Programfiler\CDBurnerXP\NMSAccessU.exe
size: 71096
MD5: FD306FBCCE7ADB1077B709742E7148E9
PID: 572 ( 724) C:\Programfiler\Norman\Npm\bin\NVCSCHED.EXE
size: 154680
MD5: 24645A40D2AC27AB096277376B3B1B02
PID: 576 ( 724) C:\Programfiler\Norman\Npm\bin\NJEEVES.EXE
size: 203896
MD5: 9099A0621485743C88C484DFD447639A
PID: 1072 ( 724) C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe
size: 44544
MD5: E3915EB1F3D908AE1FDF268E08A45AF6
PID: 1340 ( 724) C:\Programfiler\Norman\nse\bin\NSESVC.EXE
size: 322616
MD5: 7377A558543F2735FE547A227C96B2DC
PID: 1800 (1416) C:\Programfiler\Apoint2K\Apoint.exe
size: 126976
MD5: FF1B7E3DE970B871FBCA87AFEF89FECD
PID: 1880 (1416) C:\WINDOWS\system32\00THotkey.exe
size: 245760
MD5: 2081F05FE99C4FFFBBC89488A5C385A2
PID: 1348 (1416) C:\WINDOWS\system32\TPWRTRAY.EXE
size: 188416
MD5: 6C83252A73EBC31F5715D6DD96408873
PID: 1940 (1416) C:\Programfiler\TOSHIBA\TouchED\TouchED.Exe
size: 122880
MD5: 8C3762B5E627CD3312A0F5B3C2DEB95D
PID: 1304 (1416) C:\WINDOWS\system32\SxgTkBar.exe
size: 53248
MD5: 7BC11B03388D09938845A9CDF2A1FD67
PID: 160 (1416) C:\Programfiler\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe
size: 144784
MD5: 6AB4C021FBD36DC6764924C312428D97
PID: 176 (1416) C:\Programfiler\Norman\Npm\Bin\ZLH.EXE
size: 277616
MD5: 28313656E933B8604B07F3EC99A34FC3
PID: 208 (1416) C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
size: 15360
MD5: DD0A3AC0339D222329CBF9CFE0FE6AA5
PID: 256 (1416) C:\Programfiler\HostsMan\hostssrv.exe
size: 1462272
MD5: EA77D35158005E98351343D89FA267FC
PID: 2044 ( 456) C:\Programfiler\Apoint2K\Apntex.exe
size: 32768
MD5: F7E39E84313445D360A26CDD96CC173B
PID: 2128 ( 724) C:\Programfiler\Norman\Nvc\bin\nvcoas.exe
size: 191544
MD5: 266A054935ABC5D0298AFD43E3288F19
PID: 2360 ( 176) C:\Programfiler\Norman\Nvc\Bin\Nip.exe
size: 187504
MD5: EFB3C595BCA2E9C4633BFC59D04219FD
PID: 3172 (2380) C:\Programfiler\Norman\Nvc\Bin\cclaw.exe
size: 130104
MD5: 4CECC9D06D85BCC8E886A43F51E6C6FF
PID: 3288 (1416) C:\Programfiler\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
size: 625664
MD5: 232B22817B90AE0AFF2D189E3E3735AC
PID: 3300 (1416) C:\Programfiler\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SpybotSD.exe
size: 4891472
MD5: 3B1B5D09D3C9C4CD39D4DB06ED7A0855
PID: 4 ( 0) System

maybe i should use everything in ccleaner, but not the registry cleaner.

but is it safe to delete registry keys from uninstalled programs?

blues
2008-08-06, 14:57
everything is working great now:)

Boy016
2008-08-06, 16:45
In replacement for 7-Zip, I suggest IZArc:

http://www.download.com/IZArc/3000-2250_4-10072925.html?part=dl-10072925&subj=dl&tag=button

In replacement for Windows Media Player, I suggest Satsuki Decoder Pack:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Satsuki_Decoder_Pack.htm

Both are spyware-free freewares that work perfectly well with me.

blues
2008-08-06, 17:07
i didnt like winrar. i use 7-zip, but i couldnt get 7-zip to extract multiple rar files, like rar001 and such. so i will try IZArc, i have never heard about it before, i hope it is safe.

i also use k-lite codec pack full with media player classic, because vlc mediaplayer had to difficult settings. what is the difference between Satsuki Decoder Pack and k-lite codec pack?

shortwave
2008-08-06, 20:22
I have changed from 7Zip to IZarc which will handle multi-volume RAR files, and it works fine.

blues
2008-08-07, 10:22
i have just downloaded IZarc, but i dont have rar files to test it with right now.

Boy016
2008-08-07, 10:33
what is the difference between Satsuki Decoder Pack and k-lite codec pack?
Satsuki Decoder Pack is just composed of filters (no codecs!), so it does not burden your system and it prevents conflicts between codecs.

blues
2008-08-07, 10:45
Boy016 i understand.

Boy016 and shortwave thanks for your friendly help:)