teatimer old data, new data

[paulmars]

1: I cant read the new data value, since the buttons are to high

2: FAQ says there is a fix for this in the forum, but does not say where.

3: Any searches that I do of the forum find nothing. Even searching for common like "help" or "the" or "not" find nothing, so what's wrong?

4: If and when I can read my teatimer new data, where can I look it up to learn what it means? Sometimes it is clear, but right now my old data is: hex(7):61.75.74.6F.63.68.65.63.6B.20.61.75.74.6F.63.68.6B.20.2A.00.00 and I hav no clue.

[md usa spybot fan]

To read all the data, you may have to expand the popup window to the right.

There is currently a bug in TeaTimer 1.4. Portions of TeaTimer's popup dialog overlay the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons. On my system the very top edges of the "Allow change" button (on the left) and "Deny change" button (on the right) are showing and I am still able to select the options. I also can check "Remember this decision" since it is visible. If no portion of the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons are showing, you can answer TeaTimer's popup dialog (English language version) by pressing "A" on your keyboard for "Allow change" or "D" for "Deny change". Note: If you close the dialog without answering "Allow change" or "Deny change" the registry change is denied.

If you can't deal with the problem that way until it is fixed, you can:

1. Apply one of the workarounds found in the following pinned (Sticky) thread that fixes the pop-up dialog so the buttons are visible:
   
   • Solution to fix the pop-ups in TeaTimer
     http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=122
   
   
   There are three (3) fixes published in that thread. They are:
   
   
   
   1. The ResHacker fix published by ElPiedra here:
      
      • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...23&postcount=1
   2. The murdo patch published here:
      
      • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...75&postcount=9
      
      Also republished by RuggeR29 (which I have never tried) here:
      
      • http://www.fureyonline.com/downloads/patch.zip
   3. The patch originally by SyreneD that I published here:
      
      • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...0&postcount=38
      
      Also republished by SyreneD himself here:
      
      • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...&postcount=125
   
   
   
2. Disable TeaTimer as follows:
   • Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > Resident.
   • Uncheck the following:
     • Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of over-all system settings) Active.
   
   
   
3. There is also a beta test version of TeaTimer available that overcomes this problem. To download the ßTeaTimer 1.5:
   
   • Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Settings.
   • Page down the option tree until you see a section titled "Web update" (just past half way down).
   • In the "Web update" section check the following option:
     
     • Display available beta versions.
   • Click Spybot-S&D (left pane).
   • Click Search for Updates (right pane).
   • When the list of available updates appears, check the following item:
     
     • ßTeaTimer 1.5 - !Resident protection update (798 KB) - 2007-01-05
   • Click Download Updates.

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Notes about the patches (b. and c. above):

• If you installed Spybot in the default location:
  
  • C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy
  
  The following patch (c.) defaults to that location:
  
  • The patch originally by SyreneD that I published here:
    
    • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...0&postcount=38
    
    Also republished by SyreneD himself here:
    
    • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...&postcount=125
• If you use the following patch (b.) you have to navigate to the correct location (See Note #1) unless you execute the patch from within the "C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy" folder:
  
  • The murdo patch published here:
    
    • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...75&postcount=9
    
    Also republished by RuggeR29 (which I have never tried) here:
    
    • http://www.fureyonline.com/downloads/patch.zip
    
    
    Note# 1: To the right of the Target File (TeaTimer.exe) there is a button that looks like "[ . . . ]". Click on that button, navigate to the correct folder, click "Open" and then "Start".

[paulmars]

I downloaded your patch.zip. Is there anything else I need to kno before using it? Close teatimer, install whats inside the zip, restart teatimer....

ALSO, I had already expanded the teatimer popup box width, unfortunaltally, I can not expand the height. I can use the buttons and check boxes, my only issue is that I can not read the new data.

MOST important is that I want to deal with the current teatimer warning, but I do not kno if I should accept or deny. Yesterday I zerod my HDD and installed xp pro and my security apps and last night I downloaded xp sp2. I instaled it today and after the required reboot the xp security window came up. I looked it over, made no changes and closed it. Shortly thereafter I got a teatimer popup and the change looked like it was possibly from sp2 so I accepted. A few minutes later while surfing the net, I got the teatimer popup that I quoted in my first post. I hav not responded to it. Should I accept or deny? And remember? TKS.

[md usa spybot fan]

... I got the teatimer popup that I quoted in my first post. I hav not responded to it. Should I accept or deny? And remember? TKS.

I can't advise you as to whether or not to accept or deny the change because I have no idea the nature of the change you are dealing with, i.e.:

• Category:
• Change:
• Entry:

Did you click on the [?] button?

General rules for using TeaTimer (my opinion).

• If you do an "Allow change" on all changes, you would be no worse off than if I didn't have TeaTimer enabled at all.
• If you can't figure out what the change is, don't necessarily do a "Deny change". If you deny the wrong change you can adversely affect the stability, functionality and security of your system.
• When a change occurs try to take into consideration what is happening on your system (installing, updating, etc.).
• Have you noticed any problems since you received the TeaTimer message? In reality the registry change has already occurred and TeaTimer will reverse that change if you do a "Deny change" and leave that change in place if you do a "Allow change".

[paulmars]

I m thinking that teatimer is like 50% useless. Well maybe 25%. About 25% of the time I hav no clue what it is telling me and web searches never help.

category Session manager
change Value Deleted
Entry BootExecute
New Data "blank"

The "?" gave me nothing useful.

Your patch did not expose the "New Data" column. I downloaded solution "a", but its fix also did not, but I was able to figure out what it was doing and i changed other vaules and moved all three buttons down to expose the New Data.

[md usa spybot fan]

There is no "New Data" to expose!!! The registry entry is being deleted:

• Change: Value Deleted

It appears that a change is taking place to the following registry key:

• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager]

For more information, see:

• REG: CurrentControlSet Entries PART 2: SessionManager
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102985

BootExecute REG_MULTI_SZ

Default:   autocheck autochk *

Specifies programs to run during startup. For example, if CONVERT.EXE has been used to convert the file system on a hard disk drive, this value is added to BootExecute so that conversion occurs when the system is restarted: BootExecute = autocheck autoconv \DosDevices\x: /FS:NTFS

[paulmars]

Thanks, but I really do not understand that ms page (link).

Yes, after I moved the buttons down out of the way, I saw that there was no "new data", but I still do not kno what removing the "old data" did.