[Virtualacorn-list] Hair-tearing time

[Brian]

In article <556cf26f50j.mccartney at blueyonder.co.uk>,
   John McCartney <j.mccartney at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <570526E7.2010409 at druck.org.uk>, David J. Ruck
> <druck at druck.org.uk> wrote:
> > On 06/04/2016 14:49, John McCartney wrote:
> > > I uninstalled everything to do with the graphics card,
> > > ran CCleaner,

> > CCleaner is the only think I can think of that may have
> > affected VRPC, if it was too aggressive removing
> > registry entries.

Could I suggest a note of caution. I've run CCleaner and CCleanerPro
without a hint of problems for years, as has my buddy and my local PC
supplier, who confirmed their positive experience this AM. On the other,
hand Kaspersky, is known to be very 'hungry' and can give lot's of
problems especially during bootingup. Ceased using Kaspersky ages ago
following negative experiences. But no idea how Kaspersky might contribute
to the problem described.  

> It's never done that before but there have been some
> updates to it recently which might have changed the
> situation. I'm using v5.15.5513 though there is a v5.16 dot
> something or other available which I'm using on this laptop
> and it doesn't seem to have affected VRPC here.

> > > I hope the information below is less impenetrable to
> > > someone else than it is to me.

> > That's only going to be any use to someone with the
> > source code.

> I suppose I could post to the forum in the hope that Aaron
> can shed some light.

> Thanks,

> John

> -- 
> John McCartney
> j.mccartney at blueyonder.co.uk