Reg Organizer 4.0 Final

Reg Organizer offers a variety of tools required for effective System Registry and configuration files management. This software lets you view, edit and clean the Registry and preview the registry files you want to import (including the ability to preview files directly from Windows Explorer).

The automatic Registry cleanup mode helps you optimize your system performance. You can thoroughly search the Registry to find all the keys related to a certain application – Reg Organizer does this job quicker and better than other similar programs.

What’s new in version 4.0

* A new Registry Optimization Mode was added, which is intended for physical optimization of System Registry files on your system. The optimization process includes compression and defragmentation of the System Registry, which can increase system
performance and free up extra space on your hard drive.
* Improvements in Invalid Registry References Repair :

* A smarter algorithm was developed, so the program achieves a more perfect repair of broken Registry references.

* Increased speed.

* Improved interface, so using this function is easier.

* Bugs fixed. Specifically, eliminated the bug in earlier versions where some computers froze while the program was fixing broken references in specific cases.

* Automatic Registry Cleanup Mode bugfixes and improvements:

* Added ability to find and remove obsolete software records.

* The sequence of the interface items in the Automatic Registry Cleanup Mode window would change when the window was resized.

* By default, the “Switch to the Results tab on completion” option did not work, even even when its check box was enabled.

* Invalid DLL references found using Automatic Registry Cleanup Mode were not removed from the Registry after pressing the “Remove Selected” button.

* Algorithm improvements.

* Applications Uninstall Mode changes:

* A new “Expand All” button was added to the “Logged Applications” tab allowing you to expand all the nodes of the changes tree with one click to make the entire tree visible.

* The “Open Log” button was removed from the “Logged Applications” tab. It became unnecessary in the current version as now the contents of a log file are displayed as soon as the log file is selected in the drop-down list.

* Disk Cleanup Mode changes:
o Searching for useless files now works faster.
o In some cases this mode did not work correctly with files having an extension of four or more characters in length
(excluding the “.” character).
* Changes to the interface:
o Specific options for working with some modes were moved to their corresponding mode pages in the main Settings window.
This simplified the access to these program settings, as they are now centralized in one window. Navigation in the Settings
window was also simplified.
o The Ignore Lists of Automatic Registry Cleanup and Disk Cleanup were moved to the main Settings window. Also the
interface of both Ignore Lists was synchronized. The useless files wildcards editing feature (“Masks” tab of the Disk
Cleanup window in the earlier versions) was also moved to the Settings window.
o The “Registry Search and Replace Mode” command was removed from the quick launch panel in the upper part of the main
window. In its place the “View Backups” command was added.
o Some elements in the “Conventions” tab of the Registry Editing Mode could be displayed in two rows and in wrong order
after changing their size and restarting the program.
* While creating a new parameter in Registry Editing Mode the system now always offers a unique name for the newly created
parameter.
* Bugs fixed:
o Some startup items of the default user’s profile (files of this profile are located in the folder C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users) may not have been displayed in the “Startup Applications” tab in Manual Registry Cleanup Mode.
o After adding or cloning a key in the Registry Editing Mode the newly created key remained unselected.
o After pressing the “Start” button in the Disk Cleanup Mode no scanning was conducted on some computers. The program
immediately displayed the results stating that no unnecessary files had been found while such files were in fact present on
the disks.
o The “View All Changes by Installation” command of the context menu in the “Uninstall” tab in Manual Registry Cleanup
Mode did not work. This command is supposed to show log files for a specified application (if any) by switching into
Applications Uninstall Mode. The log files were not shown; the program simply switched into Applications Uninstall Mode.
o The “Remove” button in the upper part of the Manual Registry Cleanup Mode window did not work.
o The program incorrectly determined the path to the startup application folder in Start Menu. This sometimes would result
in not displaying some items that ran on Windows Startup in the “Startup Applications” tab in Manual Registry Cleanup Mode.
o When using the “Details for the … key” command of the context menu in Registry Editing Mode for the first time, the
program would display nothing in the “Last write to the key” field of the key information window. When calling this command
a second time, the correct value of the last write date was displayed.
o Reg Organizer could crash in some systems when trying to open by either “Open With… Menu” or “Applications Paths” tab
of Manual Registry Cleanup Mode.
o When trying to remove several items at once from the “Open With… Menu” tab of the Manual Registry Cleanup Mode only
the last selected item was removed.

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The computer security market is flooded with antivirus software that work but don’t come cheap.

While viruses remain a threat to our precious data, you need not necessarily invest in expensive antivirus scanners – there are plenty of free options available that may give even some commercial vendors a run for their money.

We look at some of the best software available today for keeping your computer free of viruses and other malware. Later we help you decide the one most suitable for you.

Free Online Virus Scanners [run inside the web browser to scan your hard drive]

Trend Micro HouseCall – An online virus scanner that’s absolutely free and scans your PC hard drive for any sort of viruses or even spyware. HouseCall allows you to remove detected infections. Works with Firefox and IE. Requires Java.

McAfee Freescan – This free virus scanner from McAfee is based on the McAfee VirusScan engine. Should viruses be found, FreeScan prepares a list of infected files and links to information about the viruses on your computer. It also gives you an option to clean your system. Requires IE with ActiveX.

Windows Live OneCare Scanner – A free antivirus online scanner from Microsoft that cleans your system from viruses and also recommends ways to improve the overall performance. Part of Windows Onecare.

Symantec Internet Security – An online virus scanner from the developers of Norton Antivirus 2007 can detect most virus threat but there is no option to delete the virus infected file or repair it. Does not examine compressed files. Requires IE with ActiveX.

BitDefender Online Scanner – Their Free Online Virus Scanner version 8 scans your system’s memory, all files, folders and drives’ boot sectors – the default options automatically cleans the infected files. Requires IE with ActiveX.

Free Anti Virus Software for Windows [Requires Installation]

Avast! Home Edition – One of the most popular antivirus software, can also be run from Explorer context menu. You can either scan the entire hard drive or selected folders. Ships with an Antivirus screen-saver.

AOL Active Virus – a free virus scanner from AOL based on Kaspersky Antivirus that doesn’t require an AOL account to download the software. The software can be configure to check only new and modified files thereby reducing the memory requirements. Also support scanning of incoming and outgoing email messages.

ClamWin Virus Scanner – An opensource antivirus software that is great for running routine antivirus checks on your PC. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.

AVG 7.5 Free Antivirus – One of most popular free virus scanning software is AVG 7.5 Free Edition (read comments). Initially, there was confusion whether AVG 7.5 would be free like AVG 7.1 but the good news is that AVG 7.5 Free edition is already available for non-commercial, single home computer use.

Conclusion: Which one should I choose ?

Unlike Desktop antivirus software, online virus scanners do not proactively protect your PC against new virus infections.

But if viruses have already entered your hard drive and taken control of your existing desktop scanner program, any of the above listed online virus-scanning services can save your day.

If you are a fairly experienced web user who doesn’t need an antivirus software to run in the background 24 hours, scan you drive at regular intervals using HouseCall. Others may install the AOL antivirus software which uses the Kaspersky virus definitions database.

We recently returned from a whirlwind trip that had us visiting the majority of motherboard manufacturers, memory and storage suppliers, and a few interesting OEM/ODM manufacturers of personal computer and consumer electronic devices. We will be receiving some really interesting products over the course of the next month but already have several in the labs that are in the final phases of testing. We will follow up with full reviews of these products in the very near future but for now we feel like the performance and features offered makes them worth considering for purchase. Here’s a quick look at our storage and media products today with a follow up shortly featuring memory, audio/video, and motherboard items.

External Storage Products:

Sans Digital

We stopped by Sans Digital to view their complete line of Mobile Silver products. While they have been marketing their AccuRAID (2U Rackmount), EliteStor (1U Rackmount), and EliteRAID (3U Rackmount) products into the business sector for some time, it is their MobileStor and MobileRAID products they are featuring for the home and small office user that we found to be very interesting.

The MobileStor Series MS2UT that we have been testing is a 2-bay external RAID solution primarily designed for personal video editing and data storage. The unit has proven to be very simple to use and offers an excellent software package along with all required interface cables. The MS2UT is equipped with two hotswappable 3.5″ lockable drive trays with both USB 2.0 and eSATA host interfaces. The unit supports SATA 1.5Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s operation with full support for Hot Swap, RAID 0 or RAID 1, along with online data auto-rebuilding capability. The maximum drive capacity supported at this time is 750GB in each slot for a total of 1.5TB in storage capacity. Naturally, when larger SATA drives become available, the MS2UT should support those as well.

The unit is enclosed in a compact aluminum housing and features an LCD display panel. The LCD panel provides the status of the cooling fans, temperatures, and can be used to select the RAID mode or automatic backup scheduling. The two internal fans are temperature controlled and the unit offers full sensor capabilities for the hard disk drives. The power supply is rated at 70W and the entire unit was extremely quiet during operation with our Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 and Western Digital SE16 hard drives.

We found the unit offered excellent performance during testing and the enclosed RAIDGuide GUI software (Windows based) was easy to navigate. The MS2UT fully supports MAC operating system 10 and above, Linux Core 2.4 and above, and Windows ME/2000/XP/Server 2003 without the need for additional hardware level drivers. If you are using Microsoft Windows the unit will also support remote location support and monitoring via the enclosed RS232 cable (provided your PC has the required port).

Thecus

Although Thecus was founded in 2004, they have rapidly become a leader in the personal and small business storage sector. We currently have two of their products in our labs for review and in testing to date we have been very impressed with the features, performance, and versatility of the T2100 and T4100 storage devices.

Our first Thecus product review will feature the T4100 network storage appliance. This device is targeted to the Small Business, Small Office/Home Office, or computer enthusiast looking for a very affordable central data server. The T4100 features terabyte capacity via four drive bays, SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s support, and RAID 0, 1, 5 operation. The unit also supports JBOD, Auto Rebuild, Hot Swap under RAID 1 or 5, and Hot Spare support under RAID 5.

The unit also features the Intel XScale 80219 processor, Intel 82541 Gigabit Ethernet controller, optional second 82541 controller or a wireless 802.11 b/g controller, 16MB of flash memory, LED based system status, and a 200W ATX power supply. Client support includes Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP, UNIX/Linux/BSD via CIFS, and Apple OS/X via AFP.

The enclosed Web-Based management software was intuitive and fairly simple to use during the unit configuration and ongoing system maintenance. With the latest 1.3.04 firmware the performance of the unit was excellent and we had no issues with the Hot Swap or Hot Spare capability in RAID 5 operation. User authentication support was very good with built-in user account capability for local users and full Windows 2003 Active Directory Support available for external users.

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