1.6 beta disk tab problems
I have had to uninstall Spybot S&D twice since it is hanging up my system due to the huge amount of time needed to scan the files by the "sdfiles.dll" tool. How do I turn this off and scan system manually when I need to since I have 1-2 TByte (terabyte) drives and it takes over 15min to even get a properties menu?
I have unregistered the sdfiles.dll, but that means i have to stop using Spybot. Is there something in the install i can set that will allow me use the new Spybot 1.6 without having it scan my files on all drives and all folders? I don't need that level of "babysitting" and the performance hit is huge.
TIA
Nanouk
Windows XP SP2
HP AMD Dual core, 4GB memory
400GB internal drive
3-2TB Western digital USB2.0
Spybot 1.6 beta (temporarily uninstalled)
More on sdfiles.dll performance
I guess I don't understand fully why when I open a properties menu on a folder that has only 3 items, it opens almost immediately, but when I open a properties menu on my C drive, it takes almost 5 minutes and when I click on the Spybot S&D tag, there are thousands of files with status of ...waiting... ?
When I uninstall Spybot S&D, the sdfiles.dll stays around and registered with the system (regsrv32 /u in safe mode gets it finally).
Without Spybot installed, everything returns to normal with drive property menus opening up immediately. What am I missing?
Don't get me wrong, sir, I LOVE SPYBOT! I have used it for years and have donated every chance I get. I am not denigrating your fine product, but trying to understand its operations so I can continue to use it fine features.
Is there anywhere you can point me to how these internals are suppose to operate so I can be a bit more knowledgeable on their use and features without having to take up your time?
Thanks in advance,
Nanouk
(both betas) 'lost' K-Meleon Immunization?
Posting in this thread since I uninstalled beta2 ..
Somehow, the SSD16beta(s) 'lost' the Immunization for K-Meleon .. possibly due to a Registry cleanup I did after uninstalling two previous KM versions prior to installing the present K-Meleon v115. At first the KM Immunization was merely not there in the GUI on the Immunization page (..\Immunization.ini had all 4 KM Imz in the text). No joy in getting it back on the Imz page - either Registry or absolute path was different (KM keeps profile in parent dir if single user, so .. one of the previous versions was multi so /that/ profile was in a subdir of WINDOWS rather than parent dir as now). How does SSD detect for Immunizations of profiles? I'm a bit confused as Opera also does the parent dir profile arrangement and that's fine as far as Immunization goes (properly detected and Imz'd both my 8 and 9 profiles), Firefox is in the usual WINDOWS subdir (only one version and profile) & MSIE is /wherever/...
Undid the remaining Imz for both betas on their GUI pages (2nd only had one FF 'remnant') and uninstalled both, then cleaned out 'remnant' files+dirs. Then did a fresh install of beta1, updated and *still* no K-Meleon Imz. Oh well, why I ask for how SSD detects profiles for Immunization - it /was/ oki for awhile with KM, but now seems to not do as it did previously.
current Imz and scantime (beta1 on WinME):
Immunizations=72755 scantime=11:51
(previous Imz w/ K-Meleon in list, 99202)