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From: John Corliss on 30 Jul 2010 07:50 I know this program was discussed here briefly in late June, but I just read about it again. Looks like the kind of program which, if safe, I wouldn't mind have call out to a server. Soluto installs on your system and then the first time you reboot, it analyzes how long your system takes to start. It then calls home for information about all the modules and programs which start up during bootup and offers you advice about whether or not you really need that program or module to start and run in the background. The advice the program offers is based on user participation. In other words, if you run across a module or program which doesn't have a description, *you* can submit that information. Of course, there is a TOS page: http://www.soluto.com/PC/Support/Terms-of-Use/ The program uses "Get Satisfaction": http://getsatisfaction.com/ which I'm not familiar with. I hope it's not adware. Soluto's home page is here: http://www.soluto.com/ -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.
From: John Corliss on 30 Jul 2010 08:12 Yrrah wrote: > John Corliss wrote: > >> It then calls home for >> information about all the modules and programs which start up during >> bootup and offers you advice about whether or not you really need that >> program or module to start and run in the background. > > I shudder at the thought... Well, I do too frankly. However, if it's on the level then it might be okay to run the thing once, look at and-or act on the recommendations, and then remove it. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.
From: Jim S on 30 Jul 2010 08:13 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:03:55 +0200, Yrrah wrote: > John Corliss <q34wsk20(a)yahoo.com>: > >> It then calls home for >> information about all the modules and programs which start up during >> bootup and offers you advice about whether or not you really need that >> program or module to start and run in the background. > > I shudder at the thought... > > Yrrah Me too. Sounds like the biggest gamble since..... ever. Not like JC to be so bold. Are we sure it was him? -- Jim S Tyneside UK www.jimscott.co.uk
From: HTH on 30 Jul 2010 10:17 John Corliss wrote: >I know this program was discussed here briefly in late June, but I >just read about it again. Looks like the kind of program which, if >safe, I wouldn't mind have call out to a server. > >Soluto installs on your system and then the first time you reboot, it >analyzes how long your system takes to start. It then calls home for >information about all the modules and programs which start up during >bootup and offers you advice about whether or not you really need that >program or module to start and run in the background. You probably won't be reading this because of your censorship habits, but I'll post it anyway for others to read. ..... I'm not saying that Saluto is trash but I'd want to see some serious results published before I let it loose on any system of mine. Here's why: It's not clear from the website if Soluto analyses 'applications' or ALL modules that get loaded. In the case of the former it is not difficult for anyone awake to manage themselves w/o Soluto. A simple look at 'Autoruns' or Mike Lin's 'Startup CPL' will show what's being loaded automatically at boot. In the case of the latter, it gets more complicated. Windows loads many scores of modules at boot and many have interdependent-relationships. Some are plain unnecessary and others are dependent on what apps you start at boot or later on. Saluto would need to be a very sophisticated program to analyse and manage such modules without screwing things up. In theory, you could end up with a system that won't boot. FYI: my current system takes about 35-40secs to boot and that includes XP-Pro-SP3 and about 15 essential apps. YMMV :-) HTH
From: John Corliss on 30 Jul 2010 10:41
John Corliss wrote: > I know this program was discussed here briefly in late June, but I just > read about it again. Looks like the kind of program which, if safe, I > wouldn't mind have call out to a server. > > Soluto installs on your system and then the first time you reboot, it > analyzes how long your system takes to start. It then calls home for > information about all the modules and programs which start up during > bootup and offers you advice about whether or not you really need that > program or module to start and run in the background. > > The advice the program offers is based on user participation. In other > words, if you run across a module or program which doesn't have a > description, *you* can submit that information. > > Of course, there is a TOS page: > > http://www.soluto.com/PC/Support/Terms-of-Use/ > > The program uses "Get Satisfaction": > > http://getsatisfaction.com/ > > which I'm not familiar with. I hope it's not adware. > > Soluto's home page is here: > > http://www.soluto.com/ Well, scratch that one. I tried to install the program and when I expanded the installation window so that I could watch the progress, I discovered that it was *installing MS dotnet* (which version, I have no idea.) I canceled the installation, used Total Uninstall to clean up the residual mess, rebooted and them went back to a System Restore checkpoint I'd set. I just sent the authors an email letting them know what I thought of this and recommending that they might want to consider listing dotnet as one of the requirements for their program on the download page (where the requirements are listed.) Or am I missing something? -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. |