After upgrading to 486, I noticed that several (hidden) files are now being created in ….\application data\eboostr that I have never seen in previous versions:
etilqs_0A4z2E5NH8XWsyNpTmVy
etilqs_d275JUYDBtvM4Hoexey8
etc….
Several of these files stay there, even after a reboot.
What are they and why are they new in build 486?
popup says I can only try this for 14 days. My question is after 14 days does it continue to function or does it go back into demo mode?
I have IBM ThinkPad X-series laptops. I have CF a slot on my X31, and a SD slot on my X40.
I think they are connected through the same interface that is used for the PCMCIA slot, as if I disable the PCMCIA slots in Device Manager, the DF/SD slots stop working.
I think that using these slots for eBoostr cache could be an ideal way of speeding them up.
Will flash memory in these slots be fast enough to be used with eBoostr? What size cards would you recommend?
hey,
i search a long time a tool 2 use cf-cards or sd-cards -usb-flash for boosting in xp – before i test a pagefile over usb.
on my handy-lap-amilo pro/1 gig/1,4ghz it works perfect !!!
nobugs at all – this time. i used the lapthe whole day.
in the next time i will buy faster usb-sticks – the max. speed is with my normal sticks 2,5-3x speed.
bootupis 3x faster.
not good working with pcmcia cards and smart-media -slow.
greets
tommy
New release 485 has fixed all problems on laptop acer 2920, acer 3100 and my 2 phenom computer seems to be very fast good release make it final
Thanks a lot
Upgrade from 484 to 486 was successfull, no problems.
But after booting my computer I noticed, that the eBoostr Systray-Icon has no tooltip anymore and does not react on left or right (double-) click.
It is possible to start eBoostr Control Panel from Windows startmenu or a similar shortcut on the Desktop and the Control Panel, once shown, works correct.
Using File > Minimize to Tray closes the eBoostr Control Panel but still leave the systray icon without function. Closing Control Panel (File > Exit) also closes the systray-icon. Restarting Control Panel and minimizing it shows again the systray-icon which is working correct now and has also a tooltip.
I rebooted several time: from starting up my PC 5 times the systray icon is “not working” about 3 times.
But the systray-icon animation works always, even if I cannot open the Control Panel and get no tooltip, the icon still shows the load status as usual.
WinXPsp3 on AthlonXP3200/1,5GB DDR-Ram with NVidia Geforce 7600GS AGP-card using Nvidia driver version 6.14.11.6921 from 5th December 2007 (I do not like the newer Nvidia drivers which do not have the option to display overlay windows (videos) on the 2nd monitor (TV) by default, thats why I still use the old driver)
Hello,
Just like we have the Wild Card support for File names in exclusion list (*.mp3) etc, it will be good if we can have the Wildcard exclusion of Folder also.
For example, giving *songs* should exclude all folder which has ‘songs’ in the folder name.
Thanks.
I use 16GB USB memory(NTFS formatted), and I gave 15000MB to eboostr.
But “cache fill” has not never exceed 18%(=2700MB), normally 14-15%
gave 4096MB(of 16GB USB) to eboostr, it became 100%.
Are there any limitations of total cache size?
After downloading I get the message that the setup file of beta 486 is corrupted…
Great, Version 486 raised my disk performance considerably compared to version 484.
Statistics:
Direct Access: 35.424515 MB/s
Cache Enabled: 51.318626 MB/s
This is a laptop 8GB internal SSD running a 512mb cache on a class 4 Kingston SDHC. I’ve noticed cache building has become even faster and I don’t have to manually add OpenOffice to the startup list.
Current caches are:
Windows Explorer
Media Player Classic
OpenOffice Base, Writer, Calc, Impress
Photoshop 6.0
ESET Smart Security
VMC Mobile Connect (3G Modem Driver)
Mozilla Firefox
SpeedMeasure Firefox Test:
Direct Access: 1.73s
Cached: 1.17s
Cache Hits: 91%
Program load times generally shorten significantly after caching.
Suggestions:
1. Probably want the “boost meter” icon in the system tray to have some functionality, such as displaying cache statistics upon mouseover, such as (Active, Y: Cache Hits 40% over 2h 20min) – duration might be helpful for those free trial users whose software terminates function after 4 hours.
1a. Maybe give program access options on right-click, like many common system tray apps – for this program, might include Eboostr Control Panel,etc
1b. Well if it’s already implemented, then the systray is mysteriously dormant on my system! (EeePC701SD, running WinXP SP3) Though the boost meter graphic works.
2. Pre-installation of filename exclusion of cache would be most welcome, otherwise many people will be caching their entire winamp music collection into their flash memory cache which is very wasteful. There is currently no way to delete files in cache that I know of besides destroying the entire cache (correct me if wrong).
Perhaps we can make a listing of “document and media” files that can be excluded automatically?
Mine would be *. mp3, pdf, doc, jpg etc
Might have an install option – automatically exclude media files from cache?
3.Upon installation and restart, Eboostr asks if the user would like to build a cache after assigning the first device. I put “No” in the box but Eboostr started to precache anyway. Quite redundant askance, si?
I would find it more helpful if it would ask the user if s/he would like to assign the applications priority, first.
486 is a very good build – I believe the product is highly marketable should we focus on the concept of being able to cut down loading times by up to 50% especially on resource intensive applications and on older computer systems.
I would however be curious – if I upgraded this machine to 2GB RAM how effective is Eboostr and its semi permanent cache? Is this still a competitive product for its main function of increasing general performance for normal computing functions? Many reviews out on the net suggest that this product would find more acceptance for laptops and older computer systems.
