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bmullin

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  1. I agree, but once I get my last 2 states on 6M, I'm done watching the maps. FWIW, I am looking for VT and DE on 6M FT8. Once I have them I'll have FT8 WAS on 10 bands! I'll also abandon 6M at that time, I don't find it to be a "fun" band. 73, Bill AA4M
  2. I just rebooted and found that Ad Blocker for DXMaps is still off. So it's fixed but I have no idea why it is working properly now . . . must be gremlins! Thanks all for the help, Bill
  3. Yes, DXMaps shows up after I add it to the list. Upon reboot it is no longer on the list. FWIW, I am very knowledgeable about all things PC. The problem is MWB, not me!
  4. I switched the first toggle off, then ads are not blocked as is required by this site. When I reboot, this toggle for this site has been turned back on. I don't know how I can describe this any better!
  5. I turned the Ad Blocker off for a single site, rebooting turned the Ad Blocker back on. If it helps, the site was www.dxmaps.com.
  6. Yes, I turn off the Ad Blocker/Tracker switch, MWB turns it on again whenr I reboot.
  7. I have a site that I cannot access with the Ad Blocker on. I turn it off and all is OK on that site. But when I reboot it has turned on again! What do I need to do? Thanks, BMullin
  8. I've noticed a dramatic slowdown on both of my Windows 10 desktop PC's performance after upgrading from 2.x to 3.0.6.1469.1075. I did the full clean and installed the new version in both PC's, but there was no difference. Most affected by this slowdown was our Acronis backup which was taking about 20% longer and "CCleaner/Registry/Scan for Issues" which is taking about 275% longer! So . . . I experimented a bit and have found the problem! Using "CCleaner/Registry/Scan for Issues" as my "test vehicle", I turned different parameters off and on until I located the culprit! With the "Enable self-protection module" off, Scan for Issues takes 6:43 seconds (seconds:hundredths). With the same module on, Scan for Issues takes 18:54 seconds. These times were taken with a simple stop watch, so they could all be +/- 1 second, although I ran the tests a bunch of times and got comparable results to the above times with every test! No other parameters seemed to make any difference with this testing. Note that with "Enable self-protection module" turned off, Acronis backup times returned to normal and other applications returned to their normal (fast) speeds. So I think someone at MWB needs to take a look at the "Enable self-protection module" and find out why it crippled both of my PC's, as well as many other users I'd guess. In the meantime, I'm keeping the parameter turned OFF! Any questions, please ask. If you'd like me to take part in any tests, I'd be glad to help. Thanks, Bill
  9. Done, on both PC's, no difference. So . . . I experimented a bit and have found the problem! Using "CCleaner/Registry/Scan for Issues" for testing, I turned different parameters off and on until I located the culprit! With the "Enable self-protection module" off, Scan for Issues takes 6:43 seconds (sec:hundredths). With the same module on, Scan for Issues takes 18:54 seconds. These times were taken with a simple stop watch, so they could all be +/- 1 second, although I ran the tests a bunch of times and got comparable results to the above times every test! No other parameters seemed to make any difference with this testing. So I guess someone at MWB needs to take a look at the "Enable self-protection module" and find out why it's crippling both of my PC's, as well as many others I'd guess. In the meantime, I'm keeping the parameter turned OFF! Thanks, Bill
  10. I hold 2 lifetime licensess. A couple of days ago I installed 3.0.6.1469 (not the beta) on my PC and my wife's. Since then, both PC's are having the same problem, a 20% slowdown when running Acronis backup or CCleaner registry check for issues. Other applications are sluggish but I can't tell how badly. I have MS Defender turned off and no other antivirus programs installed. Is there some parameter I can check (or uncheck) to speed things up?
  11. http://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-registry-cleaner.html is now being blocked. Also, my installed copy of this program has been removed. This is definitely a false positive! Thanks, BMullin
  12. I'm not sure where to find the log of a web block. Is the attached file OK? log.txt
  13. Title link was just flagged as being bogus and access was prevented. I've been using this site for months with no problem. is this a genuinely bad site or an MWB error?
  14. That sort of defeats the definition of "check for program updates automatically", but I get it. Thanks, BMullin
  15. P.S. My copy of the MWB is fully licensed . . .
  16. I have version 2.0.4.1028. I have "Check for program updates when checking for database updates" checked, but even though I've set MWB to update the database hourly, it has not detected the new version 2.1.4. Is there a bug in my program? How do I get the latest version? Thanks!
  17. I'm using MWB V2 on two Dell XPS desktop PC's. On one PC the MWB icon appears on the systray and on the other it does not. I've checked the Services and MWB is running so there's no real problem. But I was wondering why the icon appears in the systray with one PC and not the other. Thanks!
  18. Then how about the capability of excluding certain folders (and their subfolders), or would this be the same problem? Happy holidays!
  19. The Ignore List allows me to exclude certain files from scanning and this works fine. But if I could also exclude certain extensions from scanning, this would greatly speed up my full scan. For instance, I have over 15,000 MP3 and JPG files that could be excluded, which would work great on my system as I have noticed MWB spends a LOT of time on these files. Thanks, Bill Lifetime License
  20. Right after booting, I got a message that there was a program update. I told it to go ahead and run, then I got the source code error. - Bill
  21. I did as instructed, and although there were a number of error messages while doing the job, everything seems to be working fine. But please check the attachment and tell me if I have the current version. I vaguely recall a more recent date on the update that failed today, although the update is telling me that there's nothing new!
  22. It's been 7 days since I typed the above sentence. Since then my system has been running perfectly. FWIW, I did apply the information in the 2nd post above to MSE's "Excluded File" list before running MSE actively. That's all I did and things have been running fine ever since. FWIW, I did not test MSE/MWB until I had excluded the MWB files, so for all I know the 2 programs might be OK without the exclusions . . . ? Thanks for the great support! - Bill
  23. I just checked, the exact time from when the next-to-last icon appears in the SysTray until MWB appears is 1 minute, 40 seconds . . . why so long? To the above post, let me add that I discovered that "Remote Assistance" was turned ON by default by Windows 7. I turned it off . . . can't hurt! - Bill
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