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    User reviews by Tasslehoff


    Xilisoft MOV Converter 3.1.33.0613b
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 05 Jul 2007, 06:58 GMT
    Overall rating:
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    Easy to use but a couple of quicktime movies from cameras end up having green blocks for a second right at the start and end of the encoding which is a bit of a pain. Digital Media Converter from another company doesn't have this issue.


    ProtoWall 2.01 Build 9
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 01 May 2007, 03:32 GMT
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    Fantastic program when used in conjunction with BLM (Blocklist manager). It's driver blocks every publicly known entry into an xp system so none of those nosy government agencies/advertising/anti P2P companies can poke around your computer looking for personal videos and stuff unless they use theiir home networks.
    It's only drawback is the inability to allow/block http access which PG2 has (but not as much protection as PW) so it can be a bit of a pain sometimes if your sharing stuff and browsing at the same time unless you've got the time to keep adding IP's to the exclusion list..


    McAfee VirusScan 2007 11
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 07 Feb 2007, 06:17 GMT
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    Works good on a fresh RVM XP SP2 install with the correct drivers for the PC's hardware installed (2GHz Intel equiv CPU, 512MB RAM recommended) and no ISP custom browser/networking CD bulls@#t
    The overall low rating of Fair is because there's simply too many services and processes which hurts my eyes looking at the task manager. Integration McAfee, INTEGRATION !!


    CCleaner 1.36.430
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 24 Jan 2007, 06:29 GMT
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    This is the best cleaning program like really!!!
    I think it's got the best GUI in a program I've ever seen although that's probably user dependant. To defend the product from previous poster:
    The Yahoo toolbar is an optional install at setup or there's also the slim build without the yahoo toolbar bundled at
    http://www.ccleaner.com/downloadbuilds.asp
    The yahoo toolbar uninstalls fine from add/remove programs as long as you've got your browsers closed before uninstalling
    The default prefetch cleaning was removed a few releases ago(about time).
    The hotfix uninstaller is unchecked as default and if anyone messes around with these two settings which are clearly unchecked and greyed out under the advanced column without researching what these advanced options do and stuff up their computer it's their own fault.
    It only performs slowly if you've got an 8gb hard drive with 1.5gb of crap. Wiith a 120gb HD and 1.5gb of crap cleaning only takes 10-15seconds.


    Net Usage Item 1.0.9
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 20 Aug 2008, 22:15 GMT
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    Excellent, prefer the older style non bold usage percentage number though


    RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack 2.1.3
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 04 Nov 2006, 23:46 GMT
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    Ryan's work on this is project is superb, fully up to date Windows XP with every hotfix. No more going to windows update after a sp2 install and having to spend ages updating and blowing out the windows folder with update uninstallers etc. Integrator by Ryan and Siginet is a must have as well. My XP Pro CD now consists of
    RVMUpdatePack2.1.3.7z
    RVMAddons_1.7.2.7z
    RVMAddonsDX9_1.0.7z
    RVMAddonsWMP10_2.9.7z
    SharksAdobeReader7.08Addon.zip (added ini for svcpack)
    avg_free_430a828_addon.cab
    Foxy_xp-AntiSpy_3.96-3_Addon_v1.2.cab
    Kels_CMDHere_addon_v1.4.cab
    Kels_DirectX_CPL_addon_v9.0c.CAB
    MONZILLA_V2.0_ADDON.CAB
    MrsP_DAMN_NFO_Viewer_Addon_v2.10.0032.cab
    MrsP_Exact_Audio_Copy_Addon_v0.95b3.cab
    MrsP_uTorrent_Addon_v1.6.cab (modded to latest)
    R64_Kels_CPUZ_CPL_addon_v1.37.7z
    Ricktendo64_SpywareBlaster_AddOn_v3.5.1.rar
    Sereby's Runtime-Addon.cab (modded ini for integrator)
    Xable_OfficeUpdateEngine-v1.2_addon.cab
    Xable_WinRAR-v3.61-RSA_addon.cab
    RogueSpearAddonsCrapCleaner_1.34.407.zip
    RogueSpearAddonsFlashGet_1.73.zip
    RogueSpearAddonsJ2RE509.zip
    RogueSpearAddonsQuickTimeAlternative_1.76.zip
    RogueSpearAddonsRealAlternative_1.51.zip
    Huge thanks to all the community addon makers as well. Check out the forums.
    Anything else I manually install later as I'm pedantic about folder installation placement. Yay.


    Sygate Personal Firewall PRO 5.5.2828
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 28 Jun 2006, 05:22 GMT
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    Best firewall for such a long time.
    Shame they decided to sell out to symantec, thinking about switching to outpost once they stop supporting it (IDS defs).


    WinRAR 3.60 Beta 5
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 28 Jun 2006, 05:11 GMT
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    Using 3.52 and all previous versions, it's simply the best and has been since 2000 or so. Can't find a single fault with it, it's fast, it's compact, decompresses all file types. Read the other reviews.


    McAfee VirusScan 10
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 28 Jun 2006, 05:04 GMT
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    Great piece of software once they get rid of the IE/activex requirement and add the option to ignore files (those PUP(potentially unwanted programs) popups get annoying)).
    Several people in its forums have problems with mcafee advertising its products in the icon in the traybar disrupting games etc however I or my customers have never had that problem.


    Alcohol 120% 1.9.5.4212
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 28 Jun 2006, 04:47 GMT
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    It's great, haven't tried it's rival?(daemon tools) but then I haven't need to.


    NetLimiter Pro 2.0.8
    Reviewer: Tasslehoff


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    Date: 28 Jun 2006, 04:32 GMT
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    (paste from my cnet review)
    2.07. Dunno who the programmers were for this one but they royally stuffed up a great app. BSOD's on a fresh XPSP2 install when a few hundred connections using BT. Wildly fluctuating transfer rate when limiting and to add insult to injury installing an unnecessary, buggy as hell service. Stick to version 1.3, it might crash occasionally but it doesn't take the entire system down with it like 2.07/2.08.
    Their forums have been disabled since the start of the year. I wonder why(sarcasm inserted).





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