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    Ad-aware 2007 freezing? or slow?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Doodles, Aug 19, 2007.

  1. Doodles

    Doodles Starving Student

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    wen i do the smart scan, at the "preparing GUID scanning" part it finishes the section... but then just stays there. its on like 30 minutes now, cuz the counter is still working. so i guess its not frozen. meanwhile its doing something cuz my CPU is at 96%, lol
    wats the deal? any1 else with this?
     
    Doodles, Aug 19, 2007
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  2. sA x sKy

    sA x sKy Notebook Consultant

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    I have no problems with Ad-Aware 2007 but then again I only used that program for my desktop which has XP. Maybe it might be a Vista issue?
     
    sA x sKy, Aug 19, 2007
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  3. Doodles

    Doodles Starving Student

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    nvmd... yea, i just checked lavasoft forums... apparently Adaware isnt quite vista compatible, BUT the update for Vista and Adaware 2007 will be released by the end of this month.
     
    Doodles, Aug 19, 2007
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  4. The Forerunner

    The Forerunner Notebook Virtuoso

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    Ad aware is not compatible with vista, and I am personally pissed off because its a good program and I have been waiting. If you are using vista then thats your problem and you could try running in compatibility mode but it didn't work well for me.
     
    The Forerunner, Aug 19, 2007
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  5. Sub-D

    Sub-D Notebook Evangelist

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    I run Ad-Aware SE on my Vista machine absolutely fine and it works a treat so I would recommend that as an alternative.
     
    Sub-D, Aug 19, 2007
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    mmk1125 Notebook Geek

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    had a few problems with ad-aware on vista. it runs, scans and deletes fine. BUT it removed the "Clear recent items list" option from the recent item folder by deleting desktop.ini, i.e. turning it into a normal folder. Took me a while to find and fix it. (google!).

    Not sure if ad-aware caused it but it appeared to mess up the game icons in the game explorer that I added.

    Ad-aware is still my preferred software on XP, but for Vista I find windows defender to be adequate.
     
    mmk1125, Aug 20, 2007
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  7. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    I really don't like Ad-aware 2007. All the past versions are perfect.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Aug 20, 2007
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    Schluep Notebook Consultant

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    I have Ad-Aware SE on my one PC and Ad-Aware 2007 on the other. SE definitely seems to be faster from my initial assessment. The question would if 2007 is doing a better search and hence has the increased time involved?

    I might upgrade to 2007 on my PC that is running SE and see if it finds anything when I am clear from SE. If so, that would be the end-all.
     
    Schluep, Aug 20, 2007
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  9. eyecon82

    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    i have problems doing the 'update' ..it updates but the screen lags and then it says 'terminating gracefuly' but then i end task and try to update again and it says all files are up to date...weird...only version i have had problems with

    btw: i have vista...no other problems with scanning and removing objects
     
    eyecon82, Oct 19, 2007
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