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On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:40:19 -0400, "Rich/rerat" <...@isp.com
Adi,
Consider purchasing an Image copying program such as Acronis True Image
version 10 or above (this will work with Vista if you upgrade in the
future).
1. Make a copy of your present C:\ drive and save it to another partitition,
HDD, or external storage device. Especially if you have it set up the way
you want it with all the password/user settings, and you have not added
applications such as games that you may not reinstall in the future, with a
new reformat of the C:\ drive.
2. The next time you format your C:\ drive, and just install the barebones
components and applications that you will want. And you have "tweaked" all
the settings the way you want them. For website settings, just go to the
website, sign into the site. If the site stores the logon information in a
cookie, then it will be there on the PC. Then make a Image copy of that
setup using Acronis True Image, rename it something different from previous
Image, and save the Image to another partition, HDD, or external storage
device.
One caveat, some financial website have added security that may not accept
old cookies, and you will need go through the basic logon procedure again.
3. You will be able to restore your C:\ drive back using the recovery
application, in Acronis TI, in less 30 mins (in most cases), with all the
settings that you had before.
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"Adi" <...@enews2.newsguy.com...
Hi, experts!
After cleaning computer I must put again all username-s and all password-s
for access to sites where I need them. Because I clean very often, its take
time.
How I can save all this different usernames and passwords, what program to
use, which will return all at once.
Thanks for any advice everybody!
vouk...@amis.net
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:36:45 +0200, "Adi" <...@amis.net
I am sorry but I think cleanning temporary, cookies etc, and when I clean
those all 'things' I lose all usernames and passwords
for logging on many sites and after cleaning I must put them one by one. I
need program that know how to save all username and passwords
at once on USB memopy key.
Thanks again to all.
vouk...@amis.net
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:46:37 -0400, "Nepatsfan" <...@SBXXXIX.com
"Adi" <...@enews2.newsguy.com...
You might want to look into CCleaner. It's a free program that can be configured
to clean your computer while excluding selected cookies you want to retain.
CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
Once the program is installed you can choose what files you want deleted on the
Cleaner page. Click on Options and select the Cookies you want to retain as well
as any other files you wish to exclude.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:44:20 GMT, "HEMI-Powered" <...@none.en
Adi added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...
Please define "cleaning". What is it that you do that causes you to
lose all your settings, PW, et al? What I do periodically is first scan
for malware, then save everything using the Files and Settings Transfer
Wizard which will save everything useful including your Start Menu, E-
mail, IE, and all program usernames, PWs, preferences, etc. The trouble
with this for your need is that it won't necessarily work on another PC
in restore mode but to whatever extent it does work, it'll overwrite
all that stuff on the new PC.
Another way is more manual and that is to build a list of your most
important "secret" things, PW that file, and use it to rebuild what you
need on other PCs. The problem with this method is that it is time-
consuming and error prone.
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HP, aka Jerry
"If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck"
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 06:53:13 -0400, Stan Brown <...@fastmail.fm
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:08:45 +1000 from Erik Vastmasd
<...@sd.invalid
You don't lose *all* of them, maybe, but you probably lose some and
most likely you lose most.
Few Windows programs these days write configuration information to
the program directory. most write either to the Registry or to
subfolders of C:\Documents and Settings\{your login}. You can move
Documents and Settings to another drive, but there's nothing you can
do about the registry except back it up.
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
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On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:04:15 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" <...@this.is.an.invalid.domain
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:30:23 +1000, Erik Vastmasd
<...@sd.invalid
Yes, there are some programs like that, and others that are the
opposite, as Stan said. The point is that you can not rely on all, or
even most, programs to behave that way, so installing programs on a
separate drive does not generally provide the benefit you ascribe to
it.
And that behavior is very rare. Yes, again, there are some such
programs, but the great majority of those that are not very small have
registry entries and other entries within \windows. There are a few
exceptions, but in general, if Windows is reinstalled, almost everyone
can expect that they will have to reinstall all (or almost all) their
programs too.
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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:09:32 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" <...@this.is.an.invalid.domain
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:16:47 +1000, Erik Vastmasd
<...@sd.invalid
That's fine. I'm not suggesting that you change what you're doing. If
that works for you and *your* programs, fine. My point is that it will
not work for most people and *their* programs.
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On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:09:32 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" <...@this.is.an.invalid.domain
On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:29:10 +1000, Erik Vastmasd
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Not a problem.
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