So, I “deleted” it, and then clicked on “Add a printer”, then on the device, rebooted, and badda-bing, badda-boom – working printer.
There was only one ‘glitch’ – even though the printer was detected and appeared to be “installed”, it would not get out of “offline mode” and actually print. and even the wireless network printer (not directly connected)(even more impressive). I was able to skip right to “tweaking” (aka “customizing”), as Windows 8 detected all my hardware and installed the appropriate drivers automatically. Scotty may be a senior puppy at this stage of his life, but he's still my reliable companion.Win 8 Part 2 | Restore the Menu Bar | PC Giveaways | More.Īfter I got Windows 8 DE installed (a quick and – for me – painless process) and got past the (painful) ‘bump’ that was my introduction to the Metro “interface” (see, My First Day With Windows 8 (Part One)) it was time to start doing the post-install steps, and also my “customizations” to make the computer “more me” – things like setting a Desktop wallpaper, and configuring some settings to my liking. And I've never found it to cause me any issues/problems/grief, in terms of false-positives nor crashing my system. Scheduled tasks only monitors those BillP classified as "1.0" - so most newer/current tasks are not covered.īottom line: I find that WinPatrol still performs some useful/valuable functions for me (taking up minimal resources to do so). Yes, certain aspects have been minimized, if not made obsolete. So I realize what it does, which I feel still has value to me, and don't expect anything more from it. On XP, it still alerts me whenever I update my HOSTS file. It still work well with displaying services. The popup alerts, of programs added to startup still function as they always have. So it's still a great Startup Manager, to disable/remove of programs that insist on pushing themselves into the startup sequence. Keep in mind that, unlike most other security programs, WinPatrol did NOT EVER require updating signatures/definitions to perform its functions. 5 (from 2014) on my three systems - this was the last version that BillP still "had his hands in". However, I don't believe that WinPatrol itself has been rendered worthless. So yes, I would concur with your assessment of WinPatrol as "abandonware". Unfortunately, it seems that Bret Lowry (who, as you noted, purchased WinPatrol from BillP), has dropped out of sight The WinPatrol home page is no longer responsive.
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