Freeware to monitor changes by installer ?

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Albert X

I need to install a Logitech M305 mouse but Logitech forces me install a
25MB package (called SetPoint) to get the drivers. I can't find the
driver files on the WWW.

I want to install Setpoint, track all changes to my system, locate and
back up the driver files, uninstall Setpoint, install the driver files.

I want a freeware which tracks new files. This site suggests Zsoft or
Total Uninstall. I don't actually need an uninstaller app. Any
preferences? My pc is slow and has a very big system disk with hundreds
of installed progs?

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-program-un-installer.htm
 
I need to install a Logitech M305 mouse but Logitech forces me install a
25MB package (called SetPoint) to get the drivers. I can't find the
driver files on the WWW.

I want to install Setpoint, track all changes to my system, locate and
back up the driver files, uninstall Setpoint, install the driver files.

I want a freeware which tracks new files. This site suggests Zsoft or
Total Uninstall. I don't actually need an uninstaller app. Any
preferences? My pc is slow and has a very big system disk with hundreds
of installed progs?

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-program-un-installer.htm
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Have you considered trying to extract the drivers from the install
program using Universal Extractor and then manually installing the drivers?

http://legroom.net/software/uniextract
 
Albert said:
I need to install a Logitech M305 mouse but Logitech forces me install a
25MB package (called SetPoint) to get the drivers. I can't find the
driver files on the WWW.

I want to install Setpoint, track all changes to my system, locate and
back up the driver files, uninstall Setpoint, install the driver files.

I want a freeware which tracks new files. This site
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Which site are you referring to?
suggests Zsoft or
Total Uninstall. I don't actually need an uninstaller app. Any
preferences? My pc is slow and has a very big system disk with hundreds
of installed progs?

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-program-un-installer.htm
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Yes *but*, in order to be able to do a complete uninstall of monitored
program installations, both ZSoft and Total Uninstall create pre and
post installations logs, and then compare the two for differences after
the installations.

Those differences are saved for you to be able to either review (which
would meet your needs) OR to optionally completely remove an
installation by using the program which did the monitoring.

In other words, you don't *have* uninstall a program if you don't want
to, you can simply review the saved list of changes created by either ZS
or TU.

If you insist on a program which only monitors installations though, you
might want to try SpyMe Tools:

http://www.lcibrossolutions.com/spyme_tools.htm

I have never used the program though. I downloaded the .zip version (no
installation required) and ran it through Jotti's. Here are the results:

http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/9d8b7f687877c44c86a6492337c51eb77146adb0

As you can see, Sophos says that it contains "Sus/Madcode-A", but that's
only a generic term for files that Sophos says are "suspicious". SpyMe
Tools is listed at Nonags:

http://www.nonags.com/freeware-spyme-tools_2472.html

and as you can see, they say that the program is clean. Note that this
program detects BOTH registry and disk changes, not just registry
changes. This seem to be what you're looking for.

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Albert X explained :
I need to install a Logitech M305 mouse but Logitech forces me install a
25MB package (called SetPoint) to get the drivers. I can't find the
driver files on the WWW.

I want to install Setpoint, track all changes to my system, locate and
back up the driver files, uninstall Setpoint, install the driver files.

I want a freeware which tracks new files. This site suggests Zsoft or
Total Uninstall. I don't actually need an uninstaller app. Any
preferences? My pc is slow and has a very big system disk with hundreds
of installed progs?

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-program-un-installer.htm
Click to expand...

Advanced Registry Tracer
http://www.schoolnet.ir/~shohada/IT_SHK/Documents/Downloads/registryeditors/
You can use Advanced Registry Tracer to find out the changes made by a
software or hardware installation. Simply make a copy of the Registry
before the installation and another one after the installation, and use
Advanced Registry Tracer to view the changes.

System Explorer
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/System-Explorer.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/System-Explorer-Screenshot-84618.html
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/
System Explorer Portable
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTAB...e-Applications-System-Explorer-Portable.shtml
· Making of Registry & Files snapshots for easy comparing of system
changes. Result of comparation is displayed in tree view and text list.

InstallSpy
http://www.2brightsparks.com/assets/software/InstallSpy_Setup.zip
http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
This spyware locater tracks all changes to the registry and file
system, and records all shell notification events when a program is
installed, uninstalled or run.

InCtrl5
http://www.xpefiles.com//files/inctrl5_537.zip
Tutorial
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...tor-for-registry-and-file-changes-in-windows/
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,9411,00.asp
Inctrl - An installation monitor.
This tool, once installed, allows you to run an installation of any
program and create an html page with all of the files/registry entries
that were created/modified during the installation. The logs are great
for tracking down those pesky registry entries if the program stops
functioning correctly.

SpyMe Tools
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/SpyMe-Tools.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/SpyMe-Tools-Screenshot-33081.html
http://www.lcibrossolutions.com/spyme_tools.htm
Portable SpyMe Tools
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTAB...table-Applications-Portable-SpyMe-Tools.shtml
SpyMe Tools is very useful in detecting Registry and Disk changes. If
any application installs spyware, adware, dlls, programs, files, or any
other type of file, picture, or program, etc. or changes the Registry's
content, you will be able to see exactly where the modification
occurred so you can take measures.

What Changed
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/Vista-What-Changed.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Vista-What-Changed-Screenshot-36464.html
http://www.vtaskstudio.com/support.php#tools
What Changed is a simple utility that searches for modified files and
registry entries. What Changed can be very useful for checking
installations of your applications.
 
Albert X explained :
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Thankyou. Tried it now and it gives 286 files with bin extension.
Nothing else.
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Maybe one of these.

TUGZip
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Compression-tools/TUGZip.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/TUGZip-Screenshot-4217.html
http://www.tugzip.com/
* Supports BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG disc-images.

IZArc
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Compression-tools/IZArc.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/IZArc-Screenshot-6408.html
http://www.izarc.org/
Portable
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTAB.../Windows-Portable-Applications-IZArc2Go.shtml
Command Line
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Compression-tools/IZArc-Command-Line-Add-On.shtml
Forum
http://www.izarc.org/forum/
* CD/DVD Images support (ISO, BIN, MDF, NRG, IMG, C2D, PDI, CDI)

ALZip ( 60 day trial )
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Compression-tools/ALZip.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/ALZip-Screenshot-15955.html
http://download.cnet.com/ALZip/3000-2250_4-11631061.html?tag=listprodb
http://www.altools.net/Downloads/tabid/81/Default.aspx
· Unzip 40 different formats
· ZIP, 7Z, RAR, EGG, TAR, TBZ, LZH, Z, JAR, ALZ, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64,
BH, BHX, BIN, BZ, BZ2, CAB, EAR, ENC, GZ, HA, HQX, ICE, IMG, LHA, MIM,
NRG, PAK, TBZ2, TGZ, UUE, UU, WAR, XXE, ISO, LCD, ZOO
 
 
I need to install a Logitech M305 mouse but Logitech forces me install a
25MB package (called SetPoint) to get the drivers. I can't find the
driver files on the WWW.

I want to install Setpoint, track all changes to my system, locate and
back up the driver files, uninstall Setpoint, install the driver files.

I want a freeware which tracks new files. This site suggests Zsoft or
Total Uninstall. I don't actually need an uninstaller app. Any
preferences? My pc is slow and has a very big system disk with hundreds
of installed progs?

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-program-un-installer.htm
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Iguess it may depend on the version of Windows involved but I've found
most of the Logitech stuff just plugs in and works these days.
You may have to wait for Windows to install some drivers but IMHO it
should just work.

Best
Paul.
 
K3 said:
On 2010-12-27 4:28 AM, Albert X wrote:
> I need to install a Logitech M305 mouse but Logitech forces me install a
> 25MB package (called SetPoint) to get the drivers. I can't find the
> driver files on the WWW.
>
> I want to install Setpoint, track all changes to my system, locate and
> back up the driver files, uninstall Setpoint, install the driver files.
>
> I want a freeware which tracks new files. This site suggests Zsoft or
> Total Uninstall. I don't actually need an uninstaller app. Any
> preferences? My pc is slow and has a very big system disk with hundreds
> of installed progs?
>
> http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-program-un-installer.htm
>
>

Have you considered trying to extract the drivers from the install
program using Universal Extractor and then manually installing the drivers?

http://legroom.net/software/uniextract

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I need to do the same and was about to try Zsoft as it says that it lets you do a before and after scan of files / directories and registry and then compare after you've done the install.

If it works like I hope I'll post. The only other program I've found which is no longer free so you'd have to find an earlier version is called Regview and it does exactly what you want - I just didn't want to buy it but here's the link to where it is now http://www.regview.com/ Good Luck -ct
 
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cluetrain said:
I need to do the same and was about to try Zsoft as it says that it lets you do a before and after scan of files / directories and registry and then compare after you've done the install.

If it works like I hope I'll post. The only other program I've found which is no longer free so you'd have to find an earlier version is called Regview and it does exactly what you want - I just didn't want to buy it but here's the link to where it is now http://www.regview.com/ Good Luck -ct[/QUOTE

Zsoft Uninstaller will do what you want. Go to help and look up advanced uses and look for "analyze an installation" -------clutrain
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