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86?!
...yeeeeah, 86 registry errors might be causing those BSODs I've been having...
I'm somewhat impressed by the number. The Windows drive has been running Avast and ZoneAlarm, and Firefox 4 with Adblock and NoScript, since forever (forever being a little over a month, remember). Quick scans from both Avast and AdAware have revealed naught but four cookies. I'll scan deeper overnight, but it's unlikely I'll find anything IMO.
And basically nothing has been installed on this drive except Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Oblivion, The Sims 2 (cracked before SecuROM infestation could occur), Office 2010 and Spotify.
I'm forced to conclude that either (a) disk swapping is somehow mucking up the Windows registry, which it shouldn't, or (b) the computer came with most of these registry errors preinstalled.
Also every time I am compelled by fate to shell out for Registry Mechanic I am astounded at the lengths the company goes to to make its product appear as sleazy as possible. This time around, a popup appeared while I was entering my credit card number to ask me if I wanted to pay for tech support. I AM LITERALLY IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING YOUR PRODUCT, PLEASE LET ME GIVE YOU MY MONEY.
Anyway. Off to play Oblivion again and see if cleaning the registry has indeed defeated the BSOD.
I'm somewhat impressed by the number. The Windows drive has been running Avast and ZoneAlarm, and Firefox 4 with Adblock and NoScript, since forever (forever being a little over a month, remember). Quick scans from both Avast and AdAware have revealed naught but four cookies. I'll scan deeper overnight, but it's unlikely I'll find anything IMO.
And basically nothing has been installed on this drive except Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Oblivion, The Sims 2 (cracked before SecuROM infestation could occur), Office 2010 and Spotify.
I'm forced to conclude that either (a) disk swapping is somehow mucking up the Windows registry, which it shouldn't, or (b) the computer came with most of these registry errors preinstalled.
Also every time I am compelled by fate to shell out for Registry Mechanic I am astounded at the lengths the company goes to to make its product appear as sleazy as possible. This time around, a popup appeared while I was entering my credit card number to ask me if I wanted to pay for tech support. I AM LITERALLY IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING YOUR PRODUCT, PLEASE LET ME GIVE YOU MY MONEY.
Anyway. Off to play Oblivion again and see if cleaning the registry has indeed defeated the BSOD.