Toolwiz Time Freeze

New release (.5000), but changelog hasn't been updated. No time to test it right now.

So everything seems to be ok with James. MrBrian, if he contacts me, i 'll ask him about your discovery. BTW, you are right about the upcoming features (in general). I was just checking the language.ini (.3500) file and there are some interesting entries, like "RAM Cache Mode" and "Commit Files"... Let's see what future releases have to offer.

 

I have to admit that I hated the old design of the user Interface but I absolutely love the new look of the program. I think for any program the design is a really important aspect besides it's functionality. I might take a look into it

 

Thank you .

Could you also ask him if there are any known bugs in no-cache file mode?

 

Sure. NP. I 'm still waiting for his response.

 

Can someone enlighten me why after using TTF and reboot to drop all changes I keep getting the 'Google Chrome did not shut down properly' every time I try to open it even if I close Chrome correctly? BTW, I had the same issue using Shadow Defender in the past.

 

That means that you have entered "virtual mode" while Chrome was open, or Chrome needs really long time to shutdown, or that the only way to shutdown Chrome is to shutdown your computer (which never really happens if you enter "virtual mode"). Hope that makes sense.

 

Ditto.

 

V 2.2.0.6000(Mar. 07th, 2014)

Fixed the issue in the command line.
Add a new option the hide the tray icon.
Improved the engine for better performance.

 

winxp-32bit while looking thru add/remove programs, ttf 2.2.3500 showed 1,256 mb-is this correct? i couldn't find anything on their website or faq. what is the best way to uninstall ttf? faq says not to use third party uninstallers. i want to uninstall and reinstall new 6000 version. thanks

 

Topo, I am not using TTF but I remember the recommended way to uninstall TTF was to use the uninstaller that can be found in Start menu>Toolwiz TimeFreeze. After a reboot, you can reinstall the new version. I always did it like that and never had a problem. Supposedly, using other peoples uninstallers could lead to TTF not being uninstalled properly and BSOD.

Bo

 

bo, thanks, that worked great. after installed, i checked control panel-add/remove programs, ttf size 1,265mb. seems like very large program. just curious.

 

You are welcome Topo. 1.26MB seems very little to me, not large. The folder in Program files for the Light virtualization program that I am using now (Shadow defender) is less than 3 MB. Look at TTF folder in Program files and see the size.

Bo

 

bo, sorry, a typo should have read 1,265 mb hoping someone else using ttf can confirm this i will have to check in program files tomorrow to double check this. thanks

 

bo, program files shows ttf at 4.4mb don't know why add/remove shows 1,265mb thanks

 

New to the forums here, so hello.

Wanted to share my experience with Toolwiz Time Freeze.

I work as the IT support on a college. And we were looking for a free software that would restore all our machines on restart to a previous condition. The college managment decided it's to expensive to purchase Deepfreeze licences for arround 600 computers that we have, so we were given a task of finding a suitable freeware program that would do that.
Since it's a computer science and electrical engineering college, security was a big issue for the software, as our students see every form of protection to our computers as a challenge that they need to break.
Anyway, long story short, we came upon the Toolwiz Timefreeze. Installed it and it gave us everything we needed and it worked great. But then, a funny thing happened. The clocks changed to daylight savings, that simple clock changed crashed the OS (win7) on 470 computers. We had to reinstall the OS on all of them. We experimented with the program again, turned protecton on and changed the time in the BIOS, OS crashed again. On the 130 win xp Computers we had everything worked fine, the time on the PC's just got messed up, we fixed that, froze them again and it worked fine.
Since then we have concluded that a simple flaw like that, date or time changes destroy your OS beyond repair, makes the program useless to us. We lost a lot of licences for lots of products.
We are currently searching for free alternatives that can be password protected.

ps: commodo time machine works fine if you delete snapshots regularly, if not, OS crashes when the virtual memory fills up, and it doesn't let you delete stuff.

 

@Magni: thanks for the info . What version of TTF were you using?

 

Magni, welcome to Wilders Security Forums...

More often than not, 'you get what you pay for'. Imho you should look into Shadow Defender, which has built a very positive reputation for itself. Imho, Shadow Defender is more versatile, more reliable and more secure than any other software in its category. Individual (lifetime) licenses are $35, but volume discounts are offered and for 600 computers you can likely negotiate a cost amounting to less than half-price.

I suggest giving the 30-day free trial a go - testing it thoroughly. I believe you will be quite impressed.

TS

 

Hi Magni,no problems here with date and time on windows 7 pro 64bit.

Its kinda stupid to deploy it at once on al your rigs,better to test drive it on a few machines beforehand and see.

 

I don't buy his story, no logic there at all. These apps don't care about your clock time, they just don't work like that.

 

Just started using this again on my W7 SP1 x64 machine, and so far none of the BSODs that plagued me the last time I tried it a couple/few years ago.

 

Isn't there an option any longer to unfreeze without restart and apply changes to the system?

 

Program Files directory shows 4,45 MB of TTF. New TTF engine has improved, it shaved of 20 MB/s of SSD write speed in the past, now it is only 5MB/sec. So new engine clearly has performed. My GPO prevents the GUI to start, which is good because it is not ASLR enabled. It is still possible to access GUI/monitor from program menu.

Playing with for a little while, never thought I would try a restore to reboot setup , but it has its benefits.

EDIT: short experiment

FreeFileSync located on OS-partition, seems to be affected when reading data on other partitions: unattended data backup went wrong, ruined current & quick backup version (on second HDD), had to recover monthly version on NAS.

Allthough my own mistake (I had surpressed warnings on FreeFileSync for unattended backup) and the fault was not in TTF, but my in backup software, I will stay away from boot-to-restore software. Surprisingly HitmanPro with direct disk access dif not give any problems.

 

ToolWiz Time Freeze 3.0.0.2000

1. Fixed the folder exclusion issue.
2. Updated the kernel engine and better support for SSD
3. Fixed other minor bugs
4. Updated the EULA, now the SDK is free all

http://www.toolwiz.com/products/toolwiz-time-freeze

 

Thanks for the news about TTF.