according to this Windows Vista Team Blog page, Windows Vista will be available to the public at the end of January 2007.
Announcing betas: TeaTimer / Updater / Vista integration
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MartinHowe
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Repeated "registry changed allowed" messages
Since installing the spyware 1.5 beta, changing any "do it on next boot" setting causes TeaTimer to repeatedly keep posting the "registry change allowed" messages on the desktop. It keeps stacking the notifications on top of each other and doesn't stop generating them until I turn off resident protection. It slows the system to a crawl!
This did NOT happen before installing the beta. This change occurs when, for example, you set chkdsk to run at boot for a drive that cannot be checked when the system is running.
The system is Windows XP, SP2 with all available updates installed.
Since installing the spyware 1.5 beta, changing any "do it on next boot" setting causes TeaTimer to repeatedly keep posting the "registry change allowed" messages on the desktop. It keeps stacking the notifications on top of each other and doesn't stop generating them until I turn off resident protection. It slows the system to a crawl!
This did NOT happen before installing the beta. This change occurs when, for example, you set chkdsk to run at boot for a drive that cannot be checked when the system is running.
The system is Windows XP, SP2 with all available updates installed.
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Spybots 1.5 stops for a long time before showing the problems
I noted that the new version stops for a long time when it finishes the bot check: the program seems to stop and shows the green bar full filled and the phrase "(54634/54634:ZlobZcodec)" for nearly or for more time it used to do the check, before showing the results of the scan, while in the version 1.4 the results were shown immediately after.
Is it its normal behaviour or a bug?
Thanks in advance - Simon
I noted that the new version stops for a long time when it finishes the bot check: the program seems to stop and shows the green bar full filled and the phrase "(54634/54634:ZlobZcodec)" for nearly or for more time it used to do the check, before showing the results of the scan, while in the version 1.4 the results were shown immediately after.
Is it its normal behaviour or a bug?
Thanks in advance - Simon
I've found the reason
I've found the problem - If you set the program to scan download directories, during the check of these folders no info message is generated and the last one (relative to the last bot check) is shown.
I think it could be considered a bug, anyway.
I've found the problem - If you set the program to scan download directories, during the check of these folders no info message is generated and the last one (relative to the last bot check) is shown.
I think it could be considered a bug, anyway.
TeaTimer with Spybot 1.3
Hi,
Due the visual glitch with Teatime on Spybot 1.4, I was using Spybot v 1.3. I was working like that for the last couple of years, but I now I decided to try the new Teatimer Beta.
I installed Spybot Tools and now the problem is that everytime I delete an entry from the "System Startup" section (under tools) Teatimer is not giving alerts anymore. If I set some application to run on startup, TeaTimer won't alert me anymore! Is this a bug or something?
Thank you & Regards.
Hi,
Due the visual glitch with Teatime on Spybot 1.4, I was using Spybot v 1.3. I was working like that for the last couple of years, but I now I decided to try the new Teatimer Beta.
I installed Spybot Tools and now the problem is that everytime I delete an entry from the "System Startup" section (under tools) Teatimer is not giving alerts anymore. If I set some application to run on startup, TeaTimer won't alert me anymore! Is this a bug or something?
Thank you & Regards.
@Simon_owl: well yes and no, that option was never intended to be used much, but you're right, it's confusing.
@mcclausky: could you check if the Includes folder includes the necessary RegWatch.sbs?
And also how many files are inside C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Snapshots2\?
@mcclausky: could you check if the Includes folder includes the necessary RegWatch.sbs?
And also how many files are inside C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Snapshots2\?
Yes, the include folder has the file RegWatch.sbs (6.43Kb 10/1/2006)
And, the are zero files in the Snapshots2 folder.
:sad:
6,43k & the date look like the real file. But in Snapshots2, there should be about fifty files or more.
Does the Logs folder contain files? I remember something about user access rights - when you first started Spybot as a limited user, it would create the AppData folder with access rights only for that user or something like that (an empty Logs folder as well would indicate that nothing can be written there). For 1.5, I've updated the code so that if you run Spybot with any admin account, it'll fix those rights automatically if necessary.
Btw @ all: the updates for TeaTimer & AdvCheck and a new tools.dll update are available as beta through the integrated function now.
Does the Logs folder contain files? I remember something about user access rights - when you first started Spybot as a limited user, it would create the AppData folder with access rights only for that user or something like that (an empty Logs folder as well would indicate that nothing can be written there). For 1.5, I've updated the code so that if you run Spybot with any admin account, it'll fix those rights automatically if necessary.
Btw @ all: the updates for TeaTimer & AdvCheck and a new tools.dll update are available as beta through the integrated function now.
kailasa108
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Missing Betas?
:spider: Hi, I'm new here. I recently found out about Spybot and really like it! However, in regards to this quote PepiMK...I just did an update today and did NOT get notified about the beta updates. Checking the log file, all that happened was the info file downloads. Soooo???
I wouldn't have even known about the betas except I just happened to find your post on securitycadets.com
I've downloaded the beta installer manually and am looking forward to installing it as the TeaTime window glitch IS a problem.
:spider: Hi, I'm new here. I recently found out about Spybot and really like it! However, in regards to this quote PepiMK...I just did an update today and did NOT get notified about the beta updates. Checking the log file, all that happened was the info file downloads. Soooo???
I wouldn't have even known about the betas except I just happened to find your post on securitycadets.com
I've downloaded the beta installer manually and am looking forward to installing it as the TeaTime window glitch IS a problem.
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You need to switch to Advanced Mode, go to the settings page, and enable beta updates to be able to see them when you're looking for updates 
Well today Snapshots2 folder contains 2 .reg files and one TimeStamps.ini file.
The Logs folder contains several .log and txt files.
And regarding the user access rights,I have admin privileges.
unclebobee
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New engine
I am downloading the Beta Engine....will I have to download ALL the previous updates too, or will just downloading the latest one bring it up to date? Thank you !!
I am downloading the Beta Engine....will I have to download ALL the previous updates too, or will just downloading the latest one bring it up to date? Thank you !!
Has anyone else the same problem as mcclausky (I might have to think about a way to get more debug output from that)? I'm trying to decide whether to put TeaTimer public tomorrow or not
advcheck.dll and tools.dll will do so for sure btw, and we may have another file available for beta asap.
@Faust: what kind of hardware?
@unclebobee: I think that was answered in another topic just two days ago
Updates are not always full updates, but a combination of about a dozen files... whatever you need will be displayed during the update.
@Cebii: SpybotSD.exe itself is not yet updated to run on Win95 again (well, only on our machines here ), the updates did include only TeaTimer so far.
advcheck.dll and tools.dll will do so for sure btw, and we may have another file available for beta asap.
@Faust: what kind of hardware?
@unclebobee: I think that was answered in another topic just two days ago
Updates are not always full updates, but a combination of about a dozen files... whatever you need will be displayed during the update.@Cebii: SpybotSD.exe itself is not yet updated to run on Win95 again (well, only on our machines here
), the updates did include only TeaTimer so far.I have a different issue I've discovered that I can duplicate on my Windows 2000 Professional system.
If I change the Home Page in IE 6 I get the TeaTimer Browser page, Value changed dialog for the Start Page with the correct Old and New Data as expected. However, when I try to Allow the change, the dialog re-appears after a couple seconds and this loop continues until I exit TeaTimer. The same happens whether I try to Allow or Deny the change.
I then attempted a change to the Search Page using the Spybot S&D Tools, Browser pages entry to change it to the default from the value created by SBC/Yahoo and the same issue occurs.
If this is repeatable, I don't understand why no one else has reported it yet.
Bitman
If I change the Home Page in IE 6 I get the TeaTimer Browser page, Value changed dialog for the Start Page with the correct Old and New Data as expected. However, when I try to Allow the change, the dialog re-appears after a couple seconds and this loop continues until I exit TeaTimer. The same happens whether I try to Allow or Deny the change.
I then attempted a change to the Search Page using the Spybot S&D Tools, Browser pages entry to change it to the default from the value created by SBC/Yahoo and the same issue occurs.
If this is repeatable, I don't understand why no one else has reported it yet.
Bitman
Maybe we've hidden betas too well? :laugh:
The new separated updater application that may be available next more clearly shows about betas:
Of course with the same warning dialog if users enable it, and using the main settings from the Spybot-S&D settings dialog as a default.
(and should someone wonder why its getting a separate application: 1. because this absolutely requires admin rights, which shouldn't be in a main application executable that may run with lesser rights, second to make scheduled updates faster and easier, and third to make the main app smaller, thus faster and using less memory)
Anyway, I won't make the TeaTimer beta available today as public for another reason (got some memory handling tweaks in mind I want to try this weekend), so I can test that in IE 6 as well.
The two DLLs are currently being uploaded though and manual updaters for them will follow on the website as well asap.
The new separated updater application that may be available next more clearly shows about betas:
Of course with the same warning dialog if users enable it, and using the main settings from the Spybot-S&D settings dialog as a default.
(and should someone wonder why its getting a separate application: 1. because this absolutely requires admin rights, which shouldn't be in a main application executable that may run with lesser rights, second to make scheduled updates faster and easier, and third to make the main app smaller, thus faster and using less memory)
Anyway, I won't make the TeaTimer beta available today as public for another reason (got some memory handling tweaks in mind I want to try this weekend), so I can test that in IE 6 as well.
The two DLLs are currently being uploaded though and manual updaters for them will follow on the website as well asap.
unclebobee
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UpDayes
Thank you for the update info....as I now understand it, when I download the updates, it will check what I have and fill in the rest ? Thank you !!
Thank you for the update info....as I now understand it, when I download the updates, it will check what I have and fill in the rest ? Thank you !!
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