A Heads-Up for Windows Users: Theoretically this doesn't have to affect your backups of photos. But in a realistic sense, a messed up registry can be a very big problem. So be aware of...

a6k Loc: Detroit & Sanibel

Theoretically this doesn't have to affect your backups of photos. But in a realistic sense, a messed up registry can be a very big problem. So be aware of this important change in how Microsoft's defaults work with regard to backups of the registry.

At the risk of a copyright infringement, see the attached pdf of a screen that can explain it better.

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robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

a6k wrote:

Theoretically this doesn't have to affect your backups of photos. But in a realistic sense, a messed up registry can be a very big problem. So be aware of this important change in how Microsoft's defaults work with regard to backups of the registry.

At the risk of a copyright infringement, see the attached pdf of a screen that can explain it better.

Am I glad I backup the entire machine on a daily basis. All three drives.
I do a full backup on Sunday at 3 PM followed by 6 incrementals then repeat the cycle. I keep one full backup from just before my mother board failed. One 7 day set (the previous week) and the current week's set. These are on an 8 TB external drive and I keep a copy of that old full backup and a recent full backup on another external that is not left plugged into my machine. This is in case some real serious malware gets into my system. And it would have to be super malware to get past Malwarebytes Premium and my Anti-virus.

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

robertjerl wrote:

Am I glad I backup the entire machine on a daily b... (show quote)

There have been numerous times when malware has just disabled malwarebytes by corrupting the exe file and blocking reinstall.
The best way to prepare for this is to make a copy of your exe in the program files and rename it to something like. 1234.exe so if it does happen you just run the 1234.exe from the backup location which I personally keep on a cdr so it can only be written to one time.

alexol

To keep a safe copy of an .exe file, better to rename it from program.exe to program.xex.

That way you remember easily what it was in the first place, and by changing the suffix, you make it invisible to malware.

alexol

It isn't that difficult to set up a scheduled batch file to run under Task Manager to backup the register.

As I have plenty of hd space, I've set it up to do this every day running in the background, automatically keeping the only the last 10 copies.

I found the info on how to do this online and it took several tries to get it right. i am very reluctant to try to tell anyone how to do this as it has the potential to go horribly wrong.

Perhaps there's an windows guru who can do a good job of telling anyone who is concerned how to set upsomething similar.

alexol

Sorry, completely wrong - I shouldn't be allowed online before the first coffee of the day. Second cup too, probably.

I played unsuccessfully with batch files for a long time and finally found a Visual Basic script, run every day by Task Scheduler, which forces a new restore point every day, which is basically backing up the Registry. This is in addition to daily incremental backups and weekly full backups of the complete system.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

chikid68 wrote:

There have been numerous times when malware has just disabled malwarebytes by corrupting the exe file and blocking reinstall.
The best way to prepare for this is to make a copy of your exe in the program files and rename it to something like. 1234.exe so if it does happen you just run the 1234.exe from the backup location which I personally keep on a cdr so it can only be written to one time.

I have more than one anti-virus and anti-malware apps - the "others" are set to do an occasional scan if they have that setting (like microsoft's built in app) or I run a manual scan whenever the spirit moves me.

And as stated, at all times I have 3 or 4 full backups plus windows restore points. I may lose a few days of data/pictures but I have multiple ways to go back before an infection or computer failure of some type.

cochese

So glad I run Linux and don't have to have 3, 4 or more anti x programs constantly running in the background.

gnawbone Loc: Southern Indiana

cochese wrote:

So glad I run Linux and don't have to have 3, 4 or more anti x programs constantly running in the background.

Do you have photo editing software that runs on Linux? If so, what is it and how does it compare to some of the Mac or Windows programs like Lightroom, Luminar, etc.?

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

gnawbone wrote:

Do you have photo editing software that runs on Linux? If so, what is it and how does it compare to some of the Mac or Windows programs like Lightroom, Luminar, etc.?

I know that they have. GIMP for Linux