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A "Standard" user! Now, I understand exactly what you saw [if UAC was turned off: You "clicked" and, literally, "nothing happened"]. If UAC was on, you should have received a UAC prompt asking for the Administrator's password to elevate to Administrator authority. Before I continue, I want to...

I am posting this in the vain hope that someone associate with Eraser might read it and incorporate a few suggestions into Eraser. And, it contains some observations along with plenty of speculations about how Eraser is implemented: Once all of the Administrator authority (described elsewhere)...

I suspect I know what the problem is but do not understand what you mean by "when I click on it nothing happens"? Rather than repost the same information, could you please read my response to Friday's post "Eraser needs administrative privileges to use?" and posts the answers back to THIS...

Sorry, I just noticed you said that you had to enter the Administrator's password. Did you LOGON using the Administrator's User ID? And, exactly what release of Windows are you running? I do not have to enter the password on my Windows 7 system? It would be helpful if you could also provide...

If it's a USB 3.0 and 5400/7200 rpm device, I have no idea why it only runs at only 30 MB/s. This isn't a FlashDrive, is it? Some of them can be very slow! Check your product's documentation. If that doesn't answer your question, I would suggest that you post this question to a Forum...

If you did not notice any difference between connecting a device to a USB 2.0 port and a USB 3.0 port, the device itself is most likely USB 2.0. When a USB device is plugged into a USB port, they "negotiate" and operate at the lowest common mode. So, the USB 3.0 port actually operates exactly...

A file is rendered "inaccessible" when it is "deleted" but it can be "recovered" unless ALL of its data is "overwritten". For all practical purposes, there is no difference between overwriting it with zeros, ones or random bits. However, the method of "overwriting" can make a very significant...

I do not know what you mean by "Only first and last 2KB"? To erase ALL of the data, EVERYTHING has to be overwritten and there would be no performance benefit from writing the first 2KB and then waiting for the last 2KB to rotate into position to overwrite it. A single-pass of "pseudorandom"...

To answer your question, I need to understand exactly what you did. You have a 1 TB drive. Is it a single partition? You then did a "Quick Format", not a "Full Format" of the 1 TB drive or did you repartition the drive? Then, you invoked some Eraser function that completed in 5 seconds...

muscas, I have made critical additions & corrections to my previous post that needs to be passed to whoever is responsible for the Eraser "Installer". So, please reread my prior post on this subject. In summary, the two problems are: 1) It is not possible to Auto start programs that have to...

muscas, it gets better! My suggestion for "HKLM\SOFTWARE\...\AppCompatFlags\Layers" works on Windows Vista and is the Microsoft recommended method on Windows 8/8.1 and probably Windows 10. See OPTION SEVEN at "eightforums<period>com/tutorials/9564-run-administrator-windows-8-a<period>html"...

muscas, I am certain you know exactly where install stores the string to Auto start Eraser. However, for anyone doing this manually, I left out one level in my post. The correct value is: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run". Just change the "/" to a "-" and Eraser will Auto...

I am disappointed that there appears that there is no Eraser "support" reading & answering this forum. There are several ways of addressing the issues each of you encountered. Anyone experiencing this difficulty may want to read my "post" to this Forum (Install Bug & Enhancement - Registry...

I am disappointed that there appears that there is no Eraser "support" reading & answering this forum. There are several ways of addressing the issues each of you encountered. Anyone experiencing this difficulty may want to read my "post" to this Forum (Install Bug & Enhancement - Registry...

Are you, perhaps, suggesting that the Eraser Scheduler display a status bar for in-progress tasks giving the percent complete and estimated time remaining? Nice idea although I do not know whether it is feasible and whether it is the most critical use of scarce Eraser resources. The short...

I noticed that your "post" has gone unanswered. In the unlike event you are still monitoring this forum or for someone else who may read it in the future, I will take a shot at it. You have asked a very complex question for which there is no easy, simple answer. The first thing you need to...

My apologies, I apparently posted this to the wrong Forum. I just wanted to make certain that someone supporting Eraser reviews them because it describes two issues that I encountered installing Eraser and what I had to do to correct them. 1) Bug => I believe the Value in...