Hi ukprimaryteacher
Just copy and paste the command from the line below... yes there are some spaces in the
command line.
I hope it helps
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose
A post EAZ-FIX plea.
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Robert
StrayCatHi Bubby ,Hi All,
It feels like putting my hand into a bee's nest coming to this forum.
Anyway,I still have EAZ-fix installed and there was no problem enabling system restore the easy way (right clicking My Computer,etc....)But I did refrain from installing EAz-fix on my other PC with a 4 OS multibootsystem.
That would be be pushing my luck too far I suppose. ;-)I appreciate EAZ giving support by email, but I would have preferred they frequented
GAOTD during the giveaway.Have a nice day
~Robert~
As to people being warned about what they are getting into,I would suggest a daily friendly warning at each giveaway.
Posted 17 years ago # -
Anonymous
UnregisteredRobert,
You got lucky with the restarting system restore issue.
eaz-fix changed security permissions on my system and it was a lengthy process
figuring out how to restart the system restore service once my access as administrator had been taken away from me.count your blessings ;-)
Posted 17 years ago # -
I agree about a developer or product support person from the giveaway company should be present to at least help users to get the program working and uninstalled (if desired).
Expecting a constant 24 hour presence is too much - but at least checking in to address any issues every few hours. Watching the comments & forums for the first 3 or 4 hours of the giveaway then perhaps checking in every 3 or so hours - and perhaps for the final 60 minutes.
This level of support to help people get the software working and be comfortable with it's capabilities - and know that if they purchase the product a support facility at least exists.
To basically throw the software at GOTD and walk away saying - well guys, you are on your own now. Is going to result in the problems you will see now. If today you were to ask everyone who installed (or tried to install) the software - their opinions of how they rate the program, eaz-fix could well be thinking about a name change to avoid the negative press (some reasonably happy people vs some very annoyed and frustrated users)
I think it comes down to the developer or company - if you want to make the most of the giveaway and create a positive impression - play an active part for that 24 hour period (or as much as you can).
If you ignore the users who are trying your product for the very first time - you lose a valuable opportunity to cement in users minds the value of your product and the type of service and support you provide.
I believe some developers have a big opportunity, their 15 minutes of fame (so to speak) and they completely stuff it up. Others just waste it by doing nothing special, and the ones who go the extra mile - people still remember today.
Posted 17 years ago # -
copmom
MemberIn our business we've been hit many times with "purchases" from the different Nigerian people asking to order large quantities of what we have, then saying they'll overpay and we can pay for other items they've purchased when they send their credit card info., etc. I just reply NOT interested, we do not do business with Nigeria .. go find another sucker! Quite often, they do not take NO for an answer, which is why I use SpamFighter on my machine. All I do is block them. By the way, http://www.spamfighter.com is free to download and use. I liked it so much I paid for it for 2 years. Now I'm not flooded with all the junk emails I used to get. goodgotd if you have that many spam emails, you might want to download that program!
Posted 17 years ago # -
goodgotd
MemberNo, no, you mistake me, it's a database I'm *saving*. For a reason.
I took on filtering a superspammed domain for a friend as he was then on dialup, I was on dsl- and 500-1000 spam days drove him nuts. he'd phased out of using it as much as possible, but there were a few people he couldn't convince to change.
I forward-verbatim the (very) few real mails and keep the spam for tweaking my set of filters- I'm filtering at better than 99.993% already, but I save the spam by category with an eye to collecting a solid dataset to teach a local bayesian filter in fast-forward. and the 9k are just the last week or 2.
His current mail domains and mine are immune to that sort of thing since we make up unique email addresses for every site and correspondent on the fly- which makes it easy both to ID the leak source and can any followup pork. *those* we delete.
Heck, the *reason* I went to the present system is because my ISP put in a spam filter that I couldn't opt out of, ate legit mail, still leaked like a colander and didn't allow pop3 access to the filtered 'graymail'- and I *despise* webmail.
My data, My computer. Period. Old-school hardcase on it.
Posted 17 years ago # -
copmom
MemberGee, makes me wonder, since my domain server is filtering things, can't help but wonder if I've lost any legit. emails?? I have noticed the amount of emails I get daily have dropped down quite drastically!! 99% are usually junk!
One thing I'm curious about (like HOW do they do it!) are emails I get showing MY email address in the FROM and I never sent it! These too are usually junk!
I have the following saved in my ShortKeys program. When I had time to kill I'd hit reply and send them the following:
The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act requires unsolicited commercial email messages to be labeled (though not by a standard method) and to include opt-out instructions and the sender's physical address. It prohibits the use of deceptive subject lines and false headers in such messages. State laws that require labels on unsolicited commercial email or prohibit such messages entirely are pre-empted, although provisions merely addressing falsity and deception would remain in place. The CAN-SPAM Act took effect on January 1, 2004.
Posted 17 years ago # -
RunesageMagik
Membercopmom,
hackers and spammers are developing ways to fake email To/From data, and ways to overcome filters as fast as the good guys develop ways to stop them. It could be from a brute force dictionary mass mailing where they send out millions of emails at a time with variations of every word combination to spoofing, or a case where they bought an email list. They have software that automatically does the merge/purge and autofill of the To/From, as well as jumble the Subject lines to mispell words like pharmacy and viagra, so it costs almost nothing and takes almost no time to spew millions of pieces of spam onto the Net. Even if they began executing a few of these slimeballs, I doubt the problem would disappear. It'd just drive them deeper underground.BTW- maybe someone else has stumbled across an interesting site on the net (it's buried in my favs somewhere) that shows that jumbling letters doesn't make it any harder for a person to read an entire sentence. Very cool. The brain works in mysterious ways.
Heck while I'm rambling... has ANYONE ever stumbled across a little timed test that determines how your vocabulary ranks simply by counting the number of words you know that begin with the letter "O"? Just another quiz I've lost over the past decade.
Posted 17 years ago # -
In my spam folder from the other day
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it
Posted 17 years ago # -
RunesageMagik
MemberI'll bet the sender used that scrambler I alluded to! Cambridge U rings a bell.
Posted 17 years ago # -
The strange thing is - I think I can actually read that faster than text with the letters in the correct order. I think my brain gets used to only seeing the first and last letters and skims over the text easier (and getting the "general feel" for what is being said).
I'm not sure it would work as well (more confusing) for someone who doesn't have english as their primary language.
Posted 17 years ago # -
Bigun
Memberlast comment from me
I had no problem with EAZ-FIX. I installed it and un-installed it several times to see if I could get it to cause a problem of any of the above mentioned types for me. No problems.
I installed EAZ-FIX and put it through its paces with several virtual machine and virtual disk programs installed. Two of the programs were operating in the background during two of the tests. The virtual disk/machine programs included: Acronis True Image Home v 11, Nero v7's virtual CD application, and Rvsystem's Returnil Virtual System Business v 1.62. The Acronis and Returnil programs were the two programs operating in the background.
To uninstall EAZ-FIX I followed the directions that accompanied the program. Clicking on the uninstall program listed in the Start Menu was all that I did most of the time. One one occasion I used Revo Uninstaller after using Uninstall in the Start Menu. Revo found a few entries in the Registry missed by EAZ-FIX's Uninstall program. No boot problems.
Microsoft's System Restore worked well after EAZ-FIX was uninstalled.
Why was my EAZ-FIX installation different from the rest? Adiós!
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