The unofficial Shadow Defender Support Thread.

Thanks for the(preactivated) giveaway.

Regards Eck

 

@sdmod
Thank you , the fault was entirely mine ..... typo or brain-fart ...
.... or both !

I just checked again and it's Yang Ping

 

Randomly whenever I exclude my bookmarks in SD, after reboot (usually when in shadow mode) I open chrome and bookmarks are gone. Luckily chrome has a backup. This happens randomly not every time.

 

Hi Overkill,
I've emailed Tony about your problem and will post if/when I receive a reply.

Patrick

 

Thanks Patrick

 

Stapp, what you've just described is the best way to plug in any suspicious drive without risking any infection from 0 day malware. I do exactly the same thing, as in my job sometimes I have to plug in dozens of third party USB flash drives, and some of them are infected. The great thing of SD used in this fashion is that whether your AV detects or not your computer will reboot clean. To be absolutely certain about cleaning a drive one should really run 2-3 different scanners in shadow mode. Nowadays I just rely on my AV only I don't use extra scanners anymore...

 

Yes, it happened to me several times and as you said Chrome is good for backing up data. As a result I don't exclude anything anymore in SD, if I can, I use the 'commit' function, but for bookmarks I usually copy them into a folder like a simple text document and commit the folder into the real volume by right clicking it. It's not as straight forward as bookmarking a page but I find that SD is extremely reliable if you use the default configuration.

 

You are welcome.

 

You could always just commit the bookmarks file in chrome before rebooting, but I now it's a pita to to that...in my case i'd probably forget to do it lol

 

I have turned on sync in Chrome and have no problem with bookmarks.

 

Version 1.4.0.636 - June 26, 2016
New: Increase the compatibility.
Fixed: A missing icon in Windows registry.

 

Thanks bjm.

I'm an XP sp3 user and for a long time, I've used Shadow Defender 1.4.0.519 as I found it the most stable on my ntfs 32 bit system.
Recently Tony released Shadow Defender 1.4.0.635 and I decided to try that version and it ran very well for me.
Today I have installed Shadow Defender 1.4.0.636 and will post here as I go along.
I hardly ever run without being in Shadow Mode these days. I'll go for a few days in Shadow Mode and then reboot to normal mode to update antivirus etc, returning to Shadow Mode when it's done.
'Well done' to Tony, congratulations on the new release.

Patrick

 

Hmm, I'll have to try in-shadow for a few days and see.

 

I just want to say that apart from software updation and ccleaner run, I always go into shadow mode manually after reaching the desktop. I've been doing this for one year now and my PC is in a pristine state always. I love this program forever.

 

I'm using the latest SD & EIS, seems SD interferes with EIS updates.

Had to uninstall SD, now EIS updates normally. I did notice about three updates (SD), they addressed an issue with EIS.

Anybody else find EIS & SD problems?

 

Q: what happens with forced W10Home Windows updates (w/wo need for restart) while in Shadow Mode. (not W10 upgrade.)

 

I've never tried to up windows in SM, thought it wouldn't stick, I upgraded to W10, why would that matter?

 

Just asking. I never update in shadow. I was wondering what happens in shadow when M$ pushes W10 updates and or asks for restart.
And does restart from shadow then bring on W10 updates. Just asking since I run with Windows Update disabled (pre-W10). Windows Insider tells me <There are some serious issues with manual updates, concerning the license/service agreements with Windows 10.>

 

I've had software applications and windows itself try to update inside of shadow defender. Software will typically install ad run no problem if it doesn't required a reboot to finalize. When windows tries to update, it will schedule a restart and attempt to save and close open documents, applications, before it restarts the computer. It will download the update, unpackage it, and attempt to do the pre-reboot installation portion. The issue here is that anything it attempts to save is not committed by shadow defender and the second part of the installation on reboot fails. It will continue to keep doing this until you do a controlled reboot out of shadow mode. I've experimented with using one drive to backup files automatically on systems with non-sensitive data, but this generally results in weird syncing errors where the data changes that were saved are re-saved after the reboot. I've had similar issues with automatic backups on external drives. So this is not a viable option. Your best bet would be to commit your work before you leave your computer unattended (which could result in potential infection) or manually back-up data to an external drive and/or to cloud storage. If you do this regularly, the backup process is quick. It's a pain if you let it build up, presuming you generate a lot of data that needs saving. Windows is typically in a sluggish state after several failed updates in terms of slow browsing, unresponsive applications, etc. But all of these problems disappear once you reboot out of shadow mode. It's an annoyance. Something else that you might want to consider is preventing other windows 10 machines from downloading and sharing updates with other devices on the network. I've noticed that when this is enabled, bandwidth on the network plummets because it is downloading updates to all of the connected devices. I'm experimenting with adding windows host name/addresses to comodo's blocked zones to block windows communication. I find this approach is a lot less resource intensive than the broken web filter and it seems to have shut up a lot of unwanted activity. Still its experimental at this stage for me, and I know from what I've read online that some Microsoft traffic hard-coded to bypass the firewall, requiring blocking at the router. This would be a pain in the arse to setup to block updates until your ready for them.

 

Hi Techwiz, wow.... so much over-my-pay-grade and so much I want to avoid as long as possible.
My everyday machine. WinUpdate is never check, service disabled, blacklist TiWorker. Image backup and at my convenience, check-filter-pull-install at my convenience. Yes, peer-to-peer delivery update mechanism has to be hassle in/out of shadow.
What is M$ thinking (rhetorical).
Apology to all, for off topic.

 

.636 > tried to Log-off Windows user account while in shadow because Recycle Bin desktop Icon had glitch. No bin, just Recycle Bin text.
So, thought... I'll try Log-off/Log-on Windows user account to refresh Recycle Bin Icon.
Log-off screen never did log off, just spinning circle, spinning.
I guess since shadow mode starts at desktop, Log-off confused something.
Note to self. Don't Log-off in shadow.

 

I have no problem with log off/on.
Try to restart pc and then try again to log off

 

Hmm, try again to Log-off (just after Enter Shadow Mode) is okay. Head scratch. Thanks!
Wonder, what happened here #4648