Thank you for Glary Utilities today. Imo it's the best giveaway so far. All in one utility. I still haven't tested it to see how well it performs, but it looks like a great utility and I thank you for it.
It's also the first thing I downloaded in a while. I'm glad I checked out GOTD today.
Michelle
Hello Michelle.
How can you say it's the best giveaway so far and you have yet to use it?
Do we have a registration code? Otherwise this is just a trial version.
Extract & Run Activate.exe from the downloaded archive (same as most other giveaways).
I thought this serial and activation was very straight forward.
Easily installed, easily activated.
One of the easier ones.
Hello Michelle.
How can you say it's the best giveaway so far and you have yet to use it?
I looked over the tools and cleaners it has, it can even find spyware/adware in your registry. But I have used it now and it looks like a pretty good utility.
I like utility programs registry cleaners, disk cleaners, etc and that is why I said it is probably the best giveaway imo. I know people like different things, I just happen to like utility programs. It reminds me of Tuneup Utilities and Norton Utilities now a part of Norton Systemworks.
Just as an aside, on Windows XP or later, a memory optimizer is definitely not needed and will probably slow your system down by using such a 'tool'.
Some reading for those who are interested on why Memory Optimizers are a waste of time (and money).
http://www.bitsum.com/winmemboost.asp
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/ArticleID/41095/41095.html
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
The best quote I have read through this - "Free memory is wasted memory".
(However the above doesn't always apply if running the Win9x OS's)
I don't use the memory optimizer part of it. I tried a memory optimizer once and imo it just didn't seem to do nothing so I took it off.
*sigh*
I lost all my active shortcuts. Yes, my desktop and start menu look nice and neat but that's not really the point.
I did run the shortcut clean up utility, which I understood would clear shortcuts which no longer pointed to an executable. It didn't find any (which seemed sensible, this is a fairly new install) and I exited.
I don't have short cuts backed up, so I guess I'll have to restore them all. I noticed from the comments on the main giveaway page that I'm not the only one.
I am concerned anout the lack of an Registration key on this product. Before I went to bed I activated it and "about" said: Registered to GiveawayoftheDay. This morning I was surprised to be on day one of a 30 day trial. And "about" said: Not Registered. Is this a bad joke? I would feel a lot more secure if I had a Registration Number to enter. HawkPunk7
I'm with you on this one HawkPunk7.
BuBBy - so are you suggesting the standard system reboot when the memory starts lagging, rather than this tool? (I use a number of high-end graphics programs that eat memory like candy, and was looking forward to trying this utility to keep their performance up. I won't if it's the case it won't help!)
Great Giveaway today, very happy :)
@Jucati - the reason why your "memory starts lagging" is most likely because you have too much open and Windows has to push data from memory onto your hard disk. This is known as "paging" and happens either because you have too many programs (or large images) open or not enough physical memory. The fastest way to fix this is to close some applications down. Alternatively you could install additional memory into your PC which means you won't need to start paging for longer.
You can reboot if you like - but it is unnecessary, as you can achieve almost the same effect by closing down extra applications and killing some processes (programs) in Task Manager.
Mine is still registered, but I didn't go to bed yet. I was thinking of actually getting this program in the near future so if they do something like that and it just goes unregistered for no reason I wouldn't buy it.
I've tried parts of this program and would like to keep it, but I keep hearing just run the 'Activation' and you'll be registered, well mine isn't working for some reason!
Is there something else I need to do? I don't want to end up with a trial version.
I've run the activation twice with nothing happening.
What to do?? Any help for this?
Robyn
Those of you who are so worried about the registration key, why don't you look for it in the registry? It's not hidden or anything ;-)
Well, shove my foot in my mouth :( The program worked great on the laptop, so I ran it on my PC; my PC suffered the loss of all of the shortcuts in the start menu.
I think what happens is that it's erroneously deciding that the shortcuts are invalid, even when they're just fine. My programs are still safe, I just have to reconstruct the start menu...
I, too, had all my desktop shortcuts disappear and had nothing but empty folders in my start menu. I restored, but have been unable to reproduce the problem. I can't figure out what I did the first time that caused the problem.
Looks like I am going to do a system restore start/all programs/accessories/system tools/system restore. Maybe we all should try one. I been having some problems today when playing the Sims (bsods). I'm not sure if they have anything to do with this program or not. But it is better to be safe than be sorry.
Very weird, I looked in the registry and it has the reg# and GiveAwayofTheDay. Wonder why it's registered there but doesn't show up in the program. I'm not worried about it, I just would like to keep the program. If it doesn't work out, oh well.
Robyn
Hi BuBBy... Well I humbly disagree with your opinion about memory managers and the belief they are not needed for Windows XP. As I have used them with mixed results. And the people claiming they don't do any good just are not telling the truth.
*FACT* Windows XP loads prefetch (some are programs you haven't used in years).
*FACT* Windows XP loads some services that you are not even going to use.
*FACT* Some programs like FireFox suffers from massive memory leaks.
Now in all of these cases, it is best to dump this junk to the swapfile on the hard drive and get them out of the RAM (physical memory). Windows XP doesn't do this very well and how could it? It has no idea what you are going to use, knows nothing about memory leaks, etc. These free RAM utilities doesn't know too much better than Windows XP itself, but they are tweakable.
Thus you the user knows what you are going to use the computer for. Thus you can make smarter decisions than any program can. Like burning DVDs or scanning for viruses/malware, etc. and freeing up a lot really helps speed up the process.
And if you are using like FireFox with its well-known memory leaks. Having it setup to free smaller amounts of RAM every 10 minutes or so works quite nicely. I was using TweakRAM (another GAOTD giveaway) with great results. But I shut that one down and giving this one a try.
The big secret to making these things work for you, is to smartly use these tools. And just don't fire them up and watch the hard drive spin and say boy is this useless. By the way about prefetch, yes you can disable it through the registry. Another thing is that you can delete the junk from the prefetch Windows folder that you don't even run anymore.
Most programs act the same way Robyn. They will say registered to: giveawayoftheday, but don't always show the key / registration number. Think of it as a form of copy protection.
I downloaded the program after reading all the comments first. It sounded like a something I could use. I had no problem downloading or registering. I thought I was being very careful when I used each function. It sounded so simple.
Some of my desktop Icons are now missing. But the biggest problem is that when I go to Start, Programs — the folders that are supposed to have the programs in them are now EMPTY. Even the one for Clary Utilities is now EMPTY, so I cannot undo what the program did when I used it originally. Can someone please tell me what I can do to fix this? I am not that great with computers, so please keep the instructions very simple. Thanks in advance for your help. I am desperate!
To the users who have had problems after running the "Registry Cleaner", there is a menu option to "Restore Previous Repairs". Starting with the most recent repair, and working backwards in time - you can replace the registry settings that were removed.
If you cannot run Registry Cleaner (for whatever reason) the backup files are (on WinXP) stored by default at
C:\Documents and Settings\BuBBy\Application Data\GlarySoft\Registry Repair
(of course replace 'BuBBy' with your user id)
If you make a copy of these files and (rename) put a ".reg" file extension onto the end of the filename - you can reapply the settings in each file by double clicking on the .reg file.
@BillW50
Hi BuBBy... Well I humbly disagree with your opinion about memory managers and the belief they are not needed for Windows XP. As I have used them with mixed results. And the people claiming they don't do any good just are not telling the truth.*FACT* Windows XP loads prefetch (some are programs you haven't used in years).
*FACT* Windows XP loads some services that you are not even going to use.
*FACT* Some programs like FireFox suffers from massive memory leaks.
Bill, then go ahead and use your memory managers - I wish you well.
(BTW - it's not "my opinion". I am referring to papers written by highly regarded professional software developers who work both for Microsoft and Independent companies - people like Microsofts' Mark Russinovich who know what they are talking about. But if you say he is a liar and you know better - that's fine. (BTW out of interest BillW50, do you have a webpage? You should publish your research findings)
For everyone else.
On Prefetch: This, This and (for the technically minded) This.
In terms of services that you do not need - a fairly good site on working out what you can safely stop from running is Black Vipers' (some stuff is a bit opinionated but overall it is a good site).
Firefox is discussed elsewhere (Bill is still hung up on memory "leaks" that can largely be fixed through configuring Firefox properly to use the correct amount of memory on your system).
I had to use a system restore to fix my empty Start Menu and missing Desktop shortcuts. This problem was a deal-breaker for me and I will be leaving notes on any shareware sites featuring this software to warn others.
hello, need some help with install. I keep getting this error… failed to start because hhctrl.ocx was not found. re installing the app may fix problem. it does not. any ideas? i’m getting frustrated. thanks in advance. have never had trouble in the past with of GOTD stuff.
The file hhctrl.ocx should be in your c:\windows\system32 folder.
You can re-register the file by clicking on "Start" -> "Run Program" and type the following lines hitting enter after each one.
regsvr32 -u hhctrl.ocx
regsvr32 hhctrl.ocx
Then try the install again.
You can get some of the files related to this from Here
"To the users who have had problems after running the "Registry Cleaner", there is a menu option to "Restore Previous Repairs". Starting with the most recent repair, and working backwards in time - you can replace the registry settings that were removed.
If you cannot run Registry Cleaner (for whatever reason) the backup files are (on WinXP) stored by default at
C:\Documents and Settings\BuBBy\Application Data\GlarySoft\Registry Repair
(of course replace 'BuBBy' with your user id)
If you make a copy of these files and (rename) put a ".reg" file extension onto the end of the filename - you can reapply the settings in each file by double clicking on the .reg file."
Ok, I tried the back up restore on the actual registry cleaner itself and while the registry cleaner shows they are there, My short cuts are all empty and my desktop is still bare. I tried a complete system restore but that did not work even when trying each day for the past 7 days. What can I do. I am very frustrated and almost to the point of black listing this site. I really don't want to because I have downloaded some great stuff from here without any problems. All I want are my start menu short cuts back and my desktop back to where it was.
Thank you.
You are "almost to the point of blacklisting this site"?
Absolutely - if anyone is at fault it's definitely this website.
I'm sure they will learn their lesson, if you don't come back.
If anyone asks, I'll be sure to let them know where you went. ;)
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