I have had version 8 since it came out. It was working like a charm. Suddenly it started acting wacky. I won't get into it, but certain programs would not work. It got me thinking about all the software I have added since my purchase. Just different programs, some freeware, some trialware. No hardware changes that I can think of. Well make a long story short, decided it was time to do a total recovery of my HP Pavilion. My computer is back to running fast and smooth and my EMC 8 is running awesome! I never thought it was Roxio causing my problems, I figured it was all the other crap that screwed it up. I guess I was right.
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petsounds1011
, Jan 30 2006 02:08 PM
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grandpabruce
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Posted 30 January 2006 - 02:39 PM
petsounds1011, on Jan 30 2006, 04:08 PM, said:
I have had version 8 since it came out. It was working like a charm. Suddenly it started acting wacky. I won't get into it, but certain programs would not work. It got me thinking about all the software I have added since my purchase. Just different programs, some freeware, some trialware. No hardware changes that I can think of. Well make a long story short, decided it was time to do a total recovery of my HP Pavilion. My computer is back to running fast and smooth and my EMC 8 is running awesome! I never thought it was Roxio causing my problems, I figured it was all the other crap that screwed it up. I guess I was right.
I have heard of cases where trial versions of a program caused problems when it expired. Maybe something to do with whatever the program does to disable using it, once the trial period expires.
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GrandpaBruce
Vietnam Vet - 1970 - 1971
Main System:
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard; Cooler Master ATCS 840 Case
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866
PLEXTOR Black DVD Burner, Model PX-880SA; Pioneer Black 8X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R Burner
XFX HD-489A-ZDFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB Video Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card
Windows XP Pro w/SP3
Backup Computer:
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
Windows 7 Pro w/SP1
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Posted 01 February 2006 - 07:04 AM
Did the same as you but with an E-Machine. After full format and recovery v-7 and 8 work flawless ever since. I do believe its because now I run several different programs (freeware) that help keep the spyware and stuff off. When the Guru's say check for ad-ware and spyware you can believe it.
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Posted 01 February 2006 - 07:06 AM
A lot of the freeware come w/ adware/spyware that can cause problems. I'll bet this was your problem.
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