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Skybird · 01-11-16, 04:17 PM

Use this.

http://xp-antispy.org/en/download/#

Chose the English download.

I do not know whether the interface then is given in English, if it still is in German, find a colleague, friend, buddy, who understands a a bit of German, and who can talk you thorugh all options. You want to switch most of them to "locked" anyway.

The tool does not install, and can be run from just the location where you drop its folder.

It is in pricple nothign else but a GUI for editing many registry settings that you do not need to edit manually then via regedit. You can establish profiles, too: one for having your system locked with maximum security (=isolated), and one with loosend settings to allow checking for updates.

It is old and originally was done for XP, but I can testify that it works smooth and reliable under W7x64 Pro that I use. In German-tongued user communities, it is a classic and quite famous.

It cures many vulnerabilities that were acutal back then, but also some that are still actual under W7. And it seals quite a few background tasks connecting to Ms servers that are not the Windows Update Server.

You do not want to just switch off Windows Updates only. You want to switch off as many - if possible: ALL - connections to MS servers.

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Latest readings appeared as indicative to me that maybe it helps to not have updated to Explorer 11 to avoid getting certain GWX-related updates shuffled onto your rig. Since I did not use Explorer 11 anyway, I did not update Explorer to version 11. Cannot say with certainty if that is a valid finding, however.

Since I ran xp-antispy, the level of HD activity has significantly toned down when I run the gaming partititon.

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Never had any error messages like you, Steed. Maybe you did some tricks to your installation that created dependencies, before you started to lock it up somewhat...?

01-11-16, 04:17 PM	#576
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,694 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Use this. http://xp-antispy.org/en/download/# Chose the English download. I do not know whether the interface then is given in English, if it still is in German, find a colleague, friend, buddy, who understands a a bit of German, and who can talk you thorugh all options. You want to switch most of them to "locked" anyway. The tool does not install, and can be run from just the location where you drop its folder. It is in pricple nothign else but a GUI for editing many registry settings that you do not need to edit manually then via regedit. You can establish profiles, too: one for having your system locked with maximum security (=isolated), and one with loosend settings to allow checking for updates. It is old and originally was done for XP, but I can testify that it works smooth and reliable under W7x64 Pro that I use. In German-tongued user communities, it is a classic and quite famous. It cures many vulnerabilities that were acutal back then, but also some that are still actual under W7. And it seals quite a few background tasks connecting to Ms servers that are not the Windows Update Server. You do not want to just switch off Windows Updates only. You want to switch off as many - if possible: ALL - connections to MS servers. --- Latest readings appeared as indicative to me that maybe it helps to not have updated to Explorer 11 to avoid getting certain GWX-related updates shuffled onto your rig. Since I did not use Explorer 11 anyway, I did not update Explorer to version 11. Cannot say with certainty if that is a valid finding, however. Since I ran xp-antispy, the level of HD activity has significantly toned down when I run the gaming partititon. --- Never had any error messages like you, Steed. Maybe you did some tricks to your installation that created dependencies, before you started to lock it up somewhat...? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.