Undoing Zadig??

[James Chastain]

Hi,

  Is there anyway to undo EVERYTHING zadig has done? (driver changes, registry entries, ect...) Ever since using it my PC has become very slow and erratic. 

I tried using a Windows "restore point" back before I even knew about these dongles but it did not remove some registry entries and/or changes to the drivers.

P.S. RTLSDR is super cool but I shouldn't have installed it on my main PC.

Any help appreciated,

Thanks,

Rod (KD0XX)

[Adam Nielsen]

Hi Rod,

I think you're probably blaming Zadig incorrectly. Of all the
thousands of people around the world using it, nobody has encountered
any slowdowns - you'd be the first. I think that makes it safe to say
that something else happened with your PC around the same time you
installed Zadig and it's just a coincidence.

I would suggest you do some more investigation to figure out what your
PC is doing when it is running slowly as that will point you to the
real cause of the problem - Zadig changing a couple of registry entries
isn't going to have any real effect.

I can't comment about Windows because I don't use it, but under Linux
you can get a kernel backtrace which lists every function in use at a
given moment in time, and this is great when figuring out what's going
on - when it's running slowly and you look at this, you can see if it's
stuck in a filesystem routine or a SATA driver for example then you know
it's nearing time to replace a faulty hard drive. Perhaps there is
some way of doing something similar under Windows?

Either way I think Zadig should be the last place you look, otherwise
you'll spend ages trying to remove it and believing it's still there
somewhere because removing it hasn't fixed the problem...

Cheers,
Adam.

[Don Zcar]

What kind of pc do you have?  I ran zadig on w7 32 & 64bit with no effect that I can tell.  .

Do a ctl-alt-del and bring up task manager and see what program is using up your processor, memory, resources.

Perhaps you downloaded from some unofficial  mirror site that also gave you some kind of malware.  It is very easy to pick up this nasty stuff these days.

[James Chastain]

Thanks Adam & Don,

It just seems like everything is running slower since installing Zadig. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

I' using a Dell 1737 laptop running W7 premium 64bit with 4gb of memory. I got Zadig from the easy install option on SDRsharps web page and I ALWAYS scan new downloads with my up to date Virus/malware software from Trend. I'm pretty sure the software is virus/malware free.

One thing that keeps confusing me is that fact that Zadig configures just the USB port that's being used. ????

I will check a bit more and hopefully find my problem. SDRsharp works AWESOME with the one problem of the frequency manager plugin being S L O W on group scans. It's probably a mistake on my part though. Seems like I learn something new about the software every hour or so :-)

I just wanted to start again with a clean slate since I have a better idea of what to do now.

Thanks again,

Rod

[David Jones]

hmm. i'm encountering problems too since installing, but its not a general slowdown
but i get huge delays every time when launching a programm. no idea what causes

[Andras Bato]

Rod,

You may find out what Zadig does when you use another dongle for real DVB-T TV reception.

I wonder what will your experience be than.

Rgds

Andy

On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:45 PM, David Jones <tc.n...@gmail.com> wrote:

hmm. i'm encountering problems too since installing, but its not a general slowdown
but i get huge delays every time when launching a programm. no idea what causes

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[James Chastain]

This is one of the problems I've noticed also. One other problem is that the computer will not shut down completely. Windows 7 shows "shutting down" but I have to hold the power button down for 3-4 seconds to force the shutdown.

[James Chastain]

I don't understand why a Windows restore point doesn't restore the computer to the condition it was before the install. I thought that was the point of restore points?

[Adam Nielsen]

> I don't understand why a Windows restore point doesn't restore the
> computer to the condition it was before the install. I thought that
> was the point of restore points?

You can't restore a failing hardware device, like a hard disk on the
way out...

Cheers,
Adam.

[wa5ngp]

just for reference, I ran zadig on July 18.  Separately at first and the DD did not work.  Then  I ran the total install package that is listed as "latest version for test purposes"  that is the one that worked.  In any case that was the time stamp for the whole thing in case something changed since then.

you might try running ccleaner, malware bytes and all that stuff.  When I had malware problems I went to bleepingcomputer.com and they were VERY helpful.  You just have to get comfortable with the fact that they are legit.  I donated to them as they have helped me 3 times now for debugging my own pc plus other family members who got infected.

[felix Adabla]

I downloaded zadig and "replaced and reinstalled" some drivers while trying to setup my Naze32 flight controller for a drone. Before then, I was using an external usb wifi adapter and when I clicked on the network symbol, I was able to see two wifi adapters (wifi 1 and wifi 2). After using zadig for what I needed it for, I realized usb wifi adapter wasn't showing again, and I realized I couldn't use my bluetooth too.