CPU-Z 1.84.0 x64 Error Code

[Bones]

Believe it or not ME worked well for me while I was running it. Didn't have alot of issues and I ran it until I moved on to XP a few years later.

As for reinstalling the OS every-so-often I do that myself.
In fact I just did that with Linux last week and it's working better than it was before the reinstall.

I know you can run an OS from now on if you want but I've noted over time things can get corrupted in the registry, files messed up, leftover (Orphaned) files and other junk/clutter can cause the OS to not work as it used to even with periodic maintenance done. While the maintenance cleans most of this out there are still things that can be missed and accumilate over time leading to slower loading times and in a few cases problems with programs and stuff crashing or just not working at all.

Instead of doing all the work I just scrub and reinstall - Problem(s) solved.
Far less of a headache (For me anyway) than trying to chase things around - Let's just say If I'm gonna hunt for something it had better be 4-legged and edible.... Properly prepared of course.

 

[nomdeplume]

I seem to have mildly touched on all manner of personal triggers. The answer to my question ended up being very easy, new release is buggy for some others as well

W7 is a quick install and the core programs I use are simple enough to reinstall. My patience for hunting through thousands of registry items or spending weeks being interrupted by reboots and update installs is pretty slim. Unless you are going to tell me TPU is a shockingly large security risk behind two firewalls etc etc so on

 

[Bones]

I seem to have mildly touched on all manner of personal triggers. The answer to my question ended up being very easy, new release is buggy for some others as well

W7 is a quick install and the core programs I use are simple enough to reinstall. My patience for hunting through thousands of registry items or spending weeks being interrupted by reboots and update installs is pretty slim. Unless you are going to tell me TPU is a shockingly large security risk behind two firewalls etc etc so on

I'm the same way - Too much trouble to hunt down everything and I have nothing on my machine I can't replace or afford to lose.
Reinstalling for me is the solution - I know for some it's not that easy because they have things they can't afford to lose, that's why backups and a spare drive such as an external drive for data storage can be handy for this. I use one that backs up what I don't want to lose such as photos and programs for instance, a list of web links..... The list goes on.

Anyway with that, doing a reinstall is a snap and I retrieve what I need as I need it.

 

[natr0n]

Latest release works as intended now.

Fix initialization error on Windows XP and 7.
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/cpu-z/

 

[Bill_Bright]

W7 is a quick install and the core programs I use are simple enough to reinstall. My patience for hunting through thousands of registry items or spending weeks being interrupted by reboots and update installs is pretty slim. Unless you are going to tell me TPU is a shockingly large security risk behind two firewalls etc etc so on

That is not the point.

Reinstalling is one thing. Not fully updating the OS after a reinstall is a whole different ball of wax. If you prefer to reinstall from scratch, that's fine. I have no problem with that. But I do have a problem with not keeping the OS current. That then becomes a similar argument (in terms of potential results) used by XP hold-outs who claim they don't care if outdated because they can recover this or that if infected. Those are invalided, and frankly, selfish excuses.

The reason to stay current is so those systems do not become threats to the rest of us. At least with W7, extended support is still happening for a couple more years so critical security patches are still being developed and distributed by Microsoft. But they do no good if not applied. And all support for XP ended years ago so XP just needs to go away - at least stay away from any network that has Internet access.

Systems not kept current are primary targets of the bad guys so they can then turn those systems into weapons against the rest of us. That's why keeping our systems current is being responsible netizens.

I'm the same way - Too much trouble to hunt down everything and I have nothing on my machine I can't replace or afford to lose.

Again - not a problem if you keep your OS current.

We must never assume we are smarter than the bad guys. Because none of us are!

Edit comment: Fixed a couple typos.

 

[Bones]

Have to agree - Those guys probrably do it for a living or at least make it a hobby of causing trouble.

However for "Me" doing a scrub and reload is the easiest and best way to do it. I've spent too many nights chasing stuff around for hours and finally decided that wasn't for me anymore. Now I just do as described and I have no probs afterwards.
Doing an install is no biggie for me, since I'm a bencher it's part of the territory and I run into alot of OS installs that gets corrupted after running my setups at high MHz.
More or less routine stuff for me.

Grabbed a copy of the new CPU-Z and will try it later today and see if it's working for me or not.

 

[trparky]

Those who choose to not install CRITICAL security updates not only put you and your personal data at risk but you put the whole entire global Internet at risk. You and your system is not just one little system, one little island, no... your system is part of a much larger global network that can have GLOBAL ramifications if your system were to be hacked or become part of a botnet. The barbarians are at the door, they are ALWAYS at the door. You, as a member of the global Internet have the responsibility to make sure that those who would do all of us harm on the Internet cannot use YOUR system as a base of operations. And how do you do that? You install critical security updates!!!

 

[nomdeplume]

Latest release works as intended now.

Fix initialization error on Windows XP and 7.
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/cpu-z/

Yes thank you, I installed 1.85.0 this morning and it works as expected. Thanks as well to all who contributed bug reports that lead to a very fast response time from the developer.

Now that this has been fully and finally settled. I would like to ask the mods to please lock this thread that is fast becoming overrun with an increasingly vigorous side topic deconstructing the entire global internet with regards to critical security updates.

 

[trparky]

Every security expert who is far smarter than all of us here on these forums combined say to install security updates when they are released. By you believing what you believe you are basically going against what every security expert the world over says to do. Are you going to argue with that kind of expertise?

That would be like telling Einstein that he's wrong on the Theory of General Relativity. You just don't do that.