RE: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[grtdane]

How unfortunate for the BBC Presenter in question so perhaps I should rephrase 
my original eMail.

I haven’t had Windows 10 crash here yet and I use it 24 7 on my Desktop machine 
so may my luck hold.

I take your points regarding the NTFS system.

I have had a lot of problems porting other formats to NTFS and I really don’t 
know what has been the cause, often when copying to NTFS drives files have 
refused to copy and just gone plain missing on the finished product.

 

 

From: Gordon Smith  
Sent: Saturday, 21 December 2019 8:29 AM
To: techno-chat@techno-chat.net
Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

 

I have to say I don’t agree with the below. Unfortunately, Microsoft still 
won’t rewrite their low-level operating system which is still DOS. Windows 
simply papers over the cracks in that regard, including the entry of long 
filenames.

 

Under the hood, (the bonnet, as we call it), the base operating system cannot 
handle those long filenames. Thus, an index is required whereby the Windows 
interface simply does a match-up between the invisible short filename, and the 
long filename. So as far as the user is concerned, long filenames are the norm.

 

Regarding maintenance of SSD drives, I couldn’t disagree more. Any file storage 
system is subject to the software application or data modification formats. The 
Windows NTFS system is, as I said, a very archaic system, first introduced in 
Windows 95 or 98. So fragmentation can still be a big issue. File fragmentation 
I mean, rather than sector or cluster fragmentation. File fragmentation will 
occur whatever operating system is in use.

 

Regarding registry and cache maintenance, in my view, the best Windows repair 
utility and maintenance utility is produced by MacPaw, and it’s the Windows 
equivalent to the Mac’s version of CleanMyMac. Predictably, I guess, it’s name 
is CleanMyPC.

 

The application of this utility can make a difference with even the latest and 
greatest SSD devices. It’s the registry which stil causes the most problems in 
Windows 10. Errors still happen, they’re just not as noticeable.

 

Finally, for the moment, I would also stil advocate the application of 
synchronous backups. For this purpose, I still use my old trusty RolllBack RX 
Professional. Oh yes, and Diskeeper 18 as well. These three utilities give me 
peace of mind, but I’m not going to become complacent enough to assume that 
Windows 10 is the solution to all issues. It clearly isn’t.

 

On a light-hearted note, I had a great laugh this morning when listening to my 
local BBC Radio station. It was only by chance that I was listening, but I’m 
ever so glad I was.

 

I guess I should feel sympathy for the poor lady presenter on air at the time. 
She obviously became flustered and her technical engineers in the MCR, (Master 
Control Room) didn’t do much to help her.

 

Basically, she went to introduce a piece of music which was performed by a 
local artist who was in the studio. When she pushed the button to activate the 
computer which they were using to play all their music, Windows presented her 
with a black screen and totally crashed.

 

The entire studio facility froze. She was left with microphone control, but 
nothing else. Even the digital studio monitor clock on the wall went dark.

 

She was desperately trying to keep the interview going whilst they recovered 
the system. But it was clear that all of her pre-prepared script suddenly 
disappeared before her eyes and she didn’t have a clue what to say to the 
artist during the outage.

 

Took about 5 minutes to get her systems back up, but to her, it must have 
seemed like an eternity. I couldn’t resist a hearty chuckle, because it’s 
happened to me as well live on air, and I know how it feels.

 

But the inference that Windows 10 doesn’t crash is simply not valid. The best 
thing one could say is that it is much more stable than windows NT or earlier. 
But it’s still nowhere close to the stability of other systems, such as 
UNIX/Linux-based systems, or even Apple’s “B-OS” based system. Conversely yet 
again though, no computer system will ever be crash-proof. And I’d be a liar if 
I were to say that my Macs have never crashed.

 

Just my own two Kenneth, for whatever it’s worth.

 

 

On 14 Sep 2019, at 01:22, grtd...@internode.on.net 
  wrote:

 

Hi there,

I’m coming in late to the conversation and only going on the subject line, is 
someone asking about what the best tool to repair a Windows system?

In my experience the short answer to that is NONE and I’ll outline my thinking 
below.

Firstly Windows 10 is without a doubt the best version of Windows there has 
ever been when it comes to stability so Windows just doesn’t crash or miss 
behave as it used to thus your Windows system should cruise along nicely.

Windows has tools built-in to optimise your system including Disk Optimiser I 
think the tool is now called 

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Orbit Devices

[Gordon Smith]

Hi Roger.

It’s also worth adding at this point that, if you’re a member of the RNIB 
Connect group here in the UK, you can get up to a 10% discount on purchases 
from RNIB. This is something I plan to take advantage of next year, as a 
registered volunteer for RNiB’s “Technology For Life”team. I’m also going to be 
doing some remote volunteer work for them, via their helpline. That works by 
the customer in need of help calling RNIB, and they are connected to the most 
appropriate available volunteer with the skills to help the customer. Of 
course, this depends on which volunteers are available at the time. Once the 
person at RNIB’s HQ matches up the customer with the volunteer, then RNIB calls 
that volunteer and pipes the customer through to them. So no personal data is 
swapped between the two parties save Christian names.


On 20 Dec 2019, at 21:09, Roger Firman  wrote:

Dear Gordon,

Good to hear from you.

As you say, it is offering something at a lower price-point.

Regards,

Roger.

-Original Message-
From: Gordon Smith  
Sent: 20 December 2019 20:55
To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! 
Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Orbit Devices

Hi Roger

My apologies for the delay in responding to you here. Things have been really 
hectic lately.

Yes, indeed, it is a shame that they’ve increased the prices. But having had 
one on loan for the last couple of months, I can recommend the Orbit as an 
alternative option for those on a low budget. There are, of course, always 
drawbacks wen one pays for the cheapest option. For instance, the Orbit Reader 
20 has no routing keys, so it’s difficult to put the cursor on a precise spot. 
One thing I have discovered which annoys me is that if you’re reading 
something, and a Bluetooth® connection is established with a regular device 
using the Orbit as a display, the mode jumps to Bluetooth® whether you want it 
too or not.


On 25 Oct 2019, at 05:32, Roger Firman  wrote:

Dear Gordon,

That there is a choice for braille displays is a good thing, including the 
financial option.

In the next few years it will be interesting to see how developments take 
place, it is a pity that there has been such a price increase of the Orbit 
Reader and again this could place it beyond what some can afford to pay.

Best wishes,

Roger.



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Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[Gordon Smith]

I have to say I don’t agree with the below. Unfortunately, Microsoft still 
won’t rewrite their low-level operating system which is still DOS. Windows 
simply papers over the cracks in that regard, including the entry of long 
filenames.

Under the hood, (the bonnet, as we call it), the base operating system cannot 
handle those long filenames. Thus, an index is required whereby the Windows 
interface simply does a match-up between the invisible short filename, and the 
long filename. So as far as the user is concerned, long filenames are the norm.

Regarding maintenance of SSD drives, I couldn’t disagree more. Any file storage 
system is subject to the software application or data modification formats. The 
Windows NTFS system is, as I said, a very archaic system, first introduced in 
Windows 95 or 98. So fragmentation can still be a big issue. File fragmentation 
I mean, rather than sector or cluster fragmentation. File fragmentation will 
occur whatever operating system is in use.

Regarding registry and cache maintenance, in my view, the best Windows repair 
utility and maintenance utility is produced by MacPaw, and it’s the Windows 
equivalent to the Mac’s version of CleanMyMac. Predictably, I guess, it’s name 
is CleanMyPC.

The application of this utility can make a difference with even the latest and 
greatest SSD devices. It’s the registry which stil causes the most problems in 
Windows 10. Errors still happen, they’re just not as noticeable.

Finally, for the moment, I would also stil advocate the application of 
synchronous backups. For this purpose, I still use my old trusty RolllBack RX 
Professional. Oh yes, and Diskeeper 18 as well. These three utilities give me 
peace of mind, but I’m not going to become complacent enough to assume that 
Windows 10 is the solution to all issues. It clearly isn’t.

On a light-hearted note, I had a great laugh this morning when listening to my 
local BBC Radio station. It was only by chance that I was listening, but I’m 
ever so glad I was.

I guess I should feel sympathy for the poor lady presenter on air at the time. 
She obviously became flustered and her technical engineers in the MCR, (Master 
Control Room) didn’t do much to help her.

Basically, she went to introduce a piece of music which was performed by a 
local artist who was in the studio. When she pushed the button to activate the 
computer which they were using to play all their music, Windows presented her 
with a black screen and totally crashed.

The entire studio facility froze. She was left with microphone control, but 
nothing else. Even the digital studio monitor clock on the wall went dark.

She was desperately trying to keep the interview going whilst they recovered 
the system. But it was clear that all of her pre-prepared script suddenly 
disappeared before her eyes and she didn’t have a clue what to say to the 
artist during the outage.

Took about 5 minutes to get her systems back up, but to her, it must have 
seemed like an eternity. I couldn’t resist a hearty chuckle, because it’s 
happened to me as well live on air, and I know how it feels.

But the inference that Windows 10 doesn’t crash is simply not valid. The best 
thing one could say is that it is much more stable than windows NT or earlier. 
But it’s still nowhere close to the stability of other systems, such as 
UNIX/Linux-based systems, or even Apple’s “B-OS” based system. Conversely yet 
again though, no computer system will ever be crash-proof. And I’d be a liar if 
I were to say that my Macs have never crashed.

Just my own two Kenneth, for whatever it’s worth.


On 14 Sep 2019, at 01:22, grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:

Hi there,
I’m coming in late to the conversation and only going on the subject line, is 
someone asking about what the best tool to repair a Windows system?
In my experience the short answer to that is NONE and I’ll outline my thinking 
below.
Firstly Windows 10 is without a doubt the best version of Windows there has 
ever been when it comes to stability so Windows just doesn’t crash or miss 
behave as it used to thus your Windows system should cruise along nicely.
Windows has tools built-in to optimise your system including Disk Optimiser I 
think the tool is now called so it would pay to have a look at the App and read 
up on how best to use it according to your specific needs though the software 
will run automatically.
SSD drives are now being used in modern-day computers so maintenance for the 
drive isn’t needed.
If any major problems should occur say in 6 months then its just as easy to 
reset your Windows PC and start again, this process normally takes less than an 
hour and a half so all you really need to worry about is having a good backup 
strategy in place either to the cloud, to another drive or both so you can be 
sure to have your data handy in case of an emergency.
When it comes to emptying the recycle bin then no special toos are required, 
find the Recycle Bin on your desktop, right 

RE: [Techno-Chat]: Orbit Devices

[Roger Firman]

Dear Gordon,

Good to hear from you.

As you say, it is offering something at a lower price-point.

Regards,

Roger.

-Original Message-
From: Gordon Smith  
Sent: 20 December 2019 20:55
To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! 
Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Orbit Devices

Hi Roger

My apologies for the delay in responding to you here. Things have been really 
hectic lately.

Yes, indeed, it is a shame that they’ve increased the prices. But having had 
one on loan for the last couple of months, I can recommend the Orbit as an 
alternative option for those on a low budget. There are, of course, always 
drawbacks wen one pays for the cheapest option. For instance, the Orbit Reader 
20 has no routing keys, so it’s difficult to put the cursor on a precise spot. 
One thing I have discovered which annoys me is that if you’re reading 
something, and a Bluetooth® connection is established with a regular device 
using the Orbit as a display, the mode jumps to Bluetooth® whether you want it 
too or not.


On 25 Oct 2019, at 05:32, Roger Firman  wrote:

Dear Gordon,

That there is a choice for braille displays is a good thing, including the 
financial option.

In the next few years it will be interesting to see how developments take 
place, it is a pity that there has been such a price increase of the Orbit 
Reader and again this could place it beyond what some can afford to pay.

Best wishes,

Roger.



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Re: [Techno-Chat]: Orbit Devices

[Gordon Smith]

Hi Roger

My apologies for the delay in responding to you here. Things have been really 
hectic lately.

Yes, indeed, it is a shame that they’ve increased the prices. But having had 
one on loan for the last couple of months, I can recommend the Orbit as an 
alternative option for those on a low budget. There are, of course, always 
drawbacks wen one pays for the cheapest option. For instance, the Orbit Reader 
20 has no routing keys, so it’s difficult to put the cursor on a precise spot. 
One thing I have discovered which annoys me is that if you’re reading 
something, and a Bluetooth® connection is established with a regular device 
using the Orbit as a display, the mode jumps to Bluetooth® whether you want it 
too or not.


On 25 Oct 2019, at 05:32, Roger Firman  wrote:

Dear Gordon,

That there is a choice for braille displays is a good thing, including the 
financial option.

In the next few years it will be interesting to see how developments take 
place, it is a pity that there has been such a price increase of the Orbit 
Reader and again this could place it beyond what some can afford to pay.

Best wishes,

Roger.



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