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Effective risk management underpins the delivery of our objectives. It is essential to protecting our reputation and generating sustainable shareholder value.
Risk management and internal control
Risk management
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Risk management process
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- a fully revised and reissued system of delegated authorities from the Board to management with certain matters reserved by the Board
- monthly financial reporting against budgets and the review of results and forecasts by executive Directors and management, including particular areas of business or project risk. This is used to update management's understanding of the environment in which the Group operates and the methods used to mitigate and control identified risks
- annual review of the strategy and plans of each business and of the Group as a whole to identify risks to the achievement of objectives and, where appropriate, any relevant mitigating actions
- specific policies set out in the Group Finance Manual covering the financial management of the Group, including arrangements with the Group's bankers and bond providers, controls on foreign exchange dealings and management of currency and interest rate exposures, application of accounting policies and financial controls
- a comprehensive suite of policies, manuals and instructions setting out the requirements of the Group Finance function covering the financial management of the Group, including but not restricted to arrangements with the Group's bankers and bond providers, controls on foreign exchange dealings and management of currency and interest rate exposures, application of accounting policies and financial controls
- risk management expectations which are embedded throughout the Group
- reviews and authorising of proposed investment, divestment and capital expenditure through the Board and Board Committees
- regular reporting, monitoring and review of the effectiveness of health, safety, environment and sustainability processes. These processes are subject to independent audit and certification to internationally recognised standards as appropriate
- legal and regulatory compliance risks which are addressed through specific policies and training on such matters as ethics, competition and data protection laws
- promotion of a culture of compliance with ethics and integrity responsibilities to help manage legal and reputational risks across the Group. An ethics helpline encourages staff to raise concerns, in confidence, about possible breaches of the Code of Conduct.
There is also an independent internal audit function that executes a risk-based programme of audit throughout the entire Group. All audit reports are shared with relevant business leaders in addition to being reviewed by the Audit and Risk Committee (see pages 82 to 84 of the 2018 Annual Report).
It is the expectation and requirement of the Board that business leaders ensure this comprehensive internal control environment (including internal audit) is embedded within their business units.
The Board's assessment of the risk management processes and internal controls during 2018 is based on reports it received and those presented to the Audit and Risk Committee and the Safety and Sustainability Committee, including:
- the results of the internal audit function's reviews of internal financial controls
- a Group-wide certification that effective internal controls had been maintained or, where any significant non-compliance or breakdown had occurred with or without loss, that appropriate remedial action has been or is being taken
- a paper prepared by management on the nature, extent and mitigation of significant risks and on the systems of internal controls.


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>Here is the link to a page full of lovely old old patterns in crochet, tatting, and knitting and other things as well. There are thousands of patterns available through this link.
>Free Antique pattern library on Internet
08 Dec 2008 1 Comment
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>Lace Hunt Continues
16 Oct 2007 9 Comments
in beadwork, book, crochet, free patterns tatting, Needlelace, needlework, Oya
>Still looking for lace patterns. So I went looking through my books, and I already have these books on Armenian lace because I went looking a few years back on this subject, too. All mine are on the needle lace version of the lace; I am also looking for the beaded and crochet and tatted versions. I think I have a few more books around here, too, but I think they may still be boxed up. The top two I think are the same book; I can't find the top left one right now. I think they are just different editions and didn't realize that when I bought them. The PieceWork is the July / August 1996 edition. I think there is another PieceWork with this type of lace, or so I have been told. The nice person who said this is checking her books; if so, I may order that one too the more references the better. The middle left book I know I have, but it is one of those I can't find at the moment.
The bottom left book is the other PieceWork magazine that has this type of lace in it.
Just so everyone knows, I do know that Turkish lace and Armenian lace are different and not the same. I am intereseted in both of them because they give a similar look and feel, and I am saddened about how hard it is to find this information. Because when I do have this much trouble, it usually means it is a dying art form and makes me want to learn about it all the more and sooner, so if any one can help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks Sunshine
>Turkish lace hunt HELP PLEASE!!!
15 Oct 2007 13 Comments
in beadwork, crochet, free patterns tatting, Needlelace, needlework, Oya
>Photos on this page are from the Turkey set by ralmonline on flickr so please check out her photos on flickr
I am on a search for Turkish and Armenian Lace books. I am specifically looking for pattern books on Oya, Oyasi and Oyalari lace, sometimes called Bebilla lace in Greece. This can be beaded, crochet, knotted, or tatted patterns; it comes in all those styles, and I do make those types of laces. So if anyone can help me, I would appreciate it. For all I know the page links I have given here may say how to get pattern books but, since I can't read that language, I do not know. Any help would be appreciated.
Story about an artist in Idaho
>Z is for….
08 Sep 2007 4 Comments
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>ZZZZZZ…… I finally caught some Z's the last two days. With school starting, and it being so far away, I spend most of my day driving to and from school or running errands in the other county. I have been getting about 4 to 5 hours of sleep per night. I made that up yesterday, and I will get some more tonight. I also did a little bit of tatting.
This is copy of a piece of tatted lace I saw at an antique store on Friday. I bought the spool of thread (at the same store). I just love the size of that wood spool of thread. Anyone who knows what size a shuttle is knows that that is very big spool of thread for $3.00, and I decided I would tat the pattern I saw instead of buying the lace. For some reason, I kept making mistakes on my rings and chains; I think it is from lack of sleep. Hopefully, the rest will look much neater.
The pattern is as follows:
Rings are : 4ds, picot 4 ds, 4picot ( with 1 ds between each of them), 4 ds, picot, 4 ds. close ring joins on first and last picot
chain: 4 ds, 4 picots (with 1 ds between each of them) 4 ds
I will add this piece to the 25 motif challenge; this will be item 10 for the challenge.
>N is for…
20 Aug 2007 2 Comments
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Number Nine in 25 motif challenge.
This is a photo of one piece of tatting that is in a salesman tatting sampler that hangs in my front room c. 1900.
Look at that price: 55 cents a yard. Wow, wish I could buy it for that price now!
Pattern starting with chain on left:
ch1: ch 4 picot ch 8 picot chain 8 picot ( future join place safety pin here to find this spot easily later), chain four
r1: 9 picot term 1 (join 5th picot to starting point)
**ch2: chain 5ds
r2: 9 picot term 1
chain3: 5ds( future join here*), ch 4, picot (future join), ch 8, picot , ch 8, picot( future join), ch 4
3r: 9 picot term 1, form join on 5th picot to first future join* on chain3** repeat
Please look at photo to see where joins are.
My other items for this challenge are here.
I used antique crochet cotton for this. Now, I wish I had not because it is a little too floppy for my tastes. Maybe I will do #10 with this same pattern but with tatting thread.
>#8 of the 25 motif challenge started
24 Jul 2007 2 Comments
in 25motif, butterfly room, family, free patterns tatting, tatting
This is number #8 in my quest to complete the 25 motif challenge. This pattern came from a circa 1900 salesman tatting sampler that I have hanging in my front room. You can see a corner of it in this post. I will make this as long as the thread will let me; I only have the one ball, so not too long. This is size 80 vintage variegated yellow tatting thread that was given to me as a gift.
The pattern is
R= 4, picot,4, picot, 2, picot,4,picot, 4, close ring make joins on 1st and 4th picot of rings
ch= 5, picot, 5
For those of you who are lace makers, yes, this doily has a coronation cord edging.
I wanted to make 25 edgings, but that may change now to bugs. My daughter, as most of you know, wants a butterfly bedroom. So the idea came to me of the curtain and now a new idea has come for a wall decoration. She is a little girl who likes bugs but doesn't want to kill them, so I am thinking I will tat, crochet, needle lace what ever I can think of to make some lace bugs for her. Then we will put a pin in them and place them in a shadow box just as you would a real dead bug collection. But in this case she gets to name the bugs and nothing dead is on her walls. If any tatters or lacers want to help me and make a bug or two for her room, we would happily put your name below that bug as the creator of it. If not, then it will just be our own bugs.
>25 Motif Tatting Callenge and Crochet
05 Jun 2007 2 Comments
in 25motif, crochet, family, free patterns tatting, tatting
>My family traveled to Las Vegas this weekend for a Golf Tournament and Baseball Tournament our children were in. Since we traveled by car, I had 6 hours there and 6 more back to tat and or crochet in the car. I chose tatting this trip for the car part. I worked on number 1 and 2 of the 25 motif tatting challenge group that I joined last month.So I only worked a tiny bit on the pink tatted piece, which is number one for me in the challenge. It went from 4 inches to 9 inches; not much improvement there, but since that was one of the last things I did, I'm not concerned about much progress. However, I plan to keep working on that one; I think it will end up being hundreds of yards by the time I finish it. It is size 20/2 thread.The second item for the challenge is done with the size 10 thread that was vintage and damaged. It went from 5 inches to seven yards and used up all the thread; now I have a nice piece of vintage looking lace that already has age marks.The third item was just to use up a scrap of thread I had. It only became 8 inches long, but this can be used in embroidery on crazy quilts. The pattern is simple 3 picot term 4. The pattern came from a scrap that was in a ball of thread I had purchased from a thrift store. It's funny; my scrap is smaller than the one I found, but I like it and consider number three done. It is size 80 thread.The fourth item I worked on for the challenge was also to use up scrap thread. It is size 80 vintage/antique tatting thread, baby blue in color. It worked out to be 2 feet long. This also came from a piece of tatting that was shoved inside that same ball of thread mentioned above from the thrift store. It is a variation on hens and chicks: the hens are *4, picot, 4, picot, 1, picot, 1, picot, 1 picot, 1, picot, 4, picot, 4 close ring, the opposite side is 3 picot term 4 close ring; the chick on the first side is 2 picot term 4 close ring, the opposite side picot is 3 picot term 4 close ring*: continue from * to *. This one is completed, too, with joins on first and last picot of each ring.I also started a fifth item in tatting; this is just a simple single-shuttle ring edging. ring = 4, picot, 4, picot, 1, picot, 1 picot, 4 picot, 4 close ring make joins on 1 and 3rd picots. This is in size 10 crochet thread vintage thread. I'm still working on this one. I have 13 inches completed on this.I also started another tatting project with pearl cotton in turquoise while traveling. This is a typical scroll pattern. (I made a mistake on this; one of the chains only has 1 picot instead of 3– oops. This is only 4 inches long. Ring : 4, picot, 4, picot, 1, picot, 1, picot, 4, picot, 4, close ring. Chain: is 4, picot, 1, picot, 1,picot, 4. The joins are made on the first and last picot on the rings.
So, a grand total: 3 completed, and still working on number 1, 5 and 6.
While at my sister's I noticed she had a runner our great-great-grandmother, Maria, made. So I asked if I could copy the pattern. I made two little samples of crochet –two so that I can use this pattern at my home. The next-best thing to having the item is being able to say I made it using the same pattern my great-grandmother used. One is the outside edging plus corner, and the other is the inside insertion on the runner. Mine was done in a size 20, the original was done in size 30; I didn't have that thread with me, so I used what I had.


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Inexperienced Japanese mums and dads use Twitter to share worries and advices on child-rearing with parent fellows.
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Egypt: Children, Fish and Cats Ask Mubarak to Leave
Children, fish and even cats, have joined millions of Egyptians in their call for an end to the Mubarak regime.
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General Chaos puts the player in the role of General Chaos as you command your faithful troops on a battlefield against the troops of General Havoc on the Sega Genesis.
There is little information that exists about this title. The game manual explained that General Chaos 'the Blue General' and General Havoc 'the Red General' were two brothers that were raised in a military family. They grew up constantly arguing with each other and running skirmishes trying to prove that one was better than the other. However, these always ended up in a stalemate. Over time, both generals gained large armies and decided once and for all a victor would be declared on an even playing battlefield.
General Chaos is described as a real time squad based strategy game. This description holds true as strategy is required before entering each battle. Before you enter each battlefield, you are given the choice of four different pre-assembled squads to use. Of the four pre-assembled squads, three of them are five-man squads and one is a two-man squad. Here is the different type of soldiers:
- Gunners (Machine Guns)
- Chucker (Grenades)
- Scorcher (Flamethrower)
- Launcher (Rocket Launcher)
- Blaster (TNT Explosives)
The five-man squad would be comprised of different combinations such as 5 Gunners or 2 Chuckers, 2 Scorchers and a launcher etc. and the two-man squad would be 1 Chucker and 1 Gunner etc.
General Chaos is a self-explanatory game. You pick which squad you want, you go on the battlefield and kill everyone on the opposing army. However, what makes this Genesis title unique is the controls. When you pick a 5-man squad, on the battlefield you use a cursor to control your squad. You can switch between each soldier on your squad and direct them where you want them to go. Being able to direct your squad is important because the terrain has objects and vehicles you can take cover behind. It can give you the strategic advantage you need to win.
When you pick a 2-man squad, the controls are completely different. You now have control over one of the soldiers using the directional pad. The cursor is now gone and you can move with greater ease with one of the soldier and you could command the other soldier to follow you around the map. When you choose a 2-man squad, even though you have less men to fight with, you're sacrificing assault power for more control of your squad. In some scenarios, it's easier to win with a 2-man squad than a 5-man squad. It comes down to your preference.
One other aspect of General Chaos is close combat fighting. When two opposing soldiers run into each other they get into a scuffle, throws down their weapons and fights with their bare hands. While in close combat, you can punch and kick each other in the face, chest or groin until your health bar depletes. Close combat is a lot of fun, until the person who you defeat shoots you with a pistol. I'm not even kidding, that's an actual thing and it's completely random. It doesn't matter if it's a Gunner, Blaster or Chucker every soldier has a pistol. As mentioned earlier, it's completely random whether you will get shot or not, when you're on the receiving end it's frustrating! You knocked the teeth out of the enemy soldier while you're on full health and on the last kick he pulls out a gun and shoots you. Now that is cheap as hell!
General Chaos is a fun action packed title. It doesn't have much depth, but it does have some good replay value. You are given objectives during certain battles e.g. Protect the train or Destroy the supply depot. Depending on what you do during a match it can affect what stage and terrain you play on next.
ESCL Scores:
Gameplay – 8/10
Story – 1/10
Aesthetics – 6/10
Overall Score: 7/10
Fun, fun and more fun!


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Major urges Scots and English Tories to reject independence
A vote for independence in next year's Scottish referendum would benefit the Conservatives because it would help them to secure a Commons majority, Sir John Major has said.
Sir John — the last Conservative leader to win a general election outright, 21 years ago — said it was in Tory interests for Scotland to vote to break with the rest of the UK.
He added that while independence might suit the Conservatives politically it would be a disaster for the United Kingdom. "Somewhere down the line we have mislaid our Scottish votes," he said. "From a purely political point of view we would be better off without Scotland, but the UK would not.
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What You're Saying About Walt's Mortality
The commenters were speculating this week on Walt's possible demise: Whether he'll die in the Series Finale, how he'll die and what it all will mean.
• "My prediction is that the cancer will come back and will be untreatable and he will go on a rampage and die in battle." — hsjpatman
• "I still think Walt's death will be totally random, unrelated to crime or disease. The example I always think of is a piano falling out of a window. His life will just very suddenly end." — rockmama
• "Walt's death on the show would probably be very symbolic and deep: He might go out in a hail of gun fire and he will have a smile on his face when he's laying there dying." — respect_the_chemistry
• " I believe they will salvage some good out of him by his taking some action that will knowingly result in his death, but at the same time saves the life of someone who deserves another chance." — heisenberg jr.
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Well, it's been about 12 years so we thought it was time for a make-over. We are completely changing the look of the Carriage House… stripping wallpaper, painting, caulking, installing beadboard on the bottom of the walls and a new king size bed. Best part about the bed is that it can be separated into 2 extra long single beds! Now we can accomodate those folks that called and asked if we had one room with 2 beds. Usually a Dad and Daughter, Mother and Son, 2 sisters, etc.
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Scandinavian style meets Cornish coast in innovative 5* project
Seven luxurious bespoke and contemporary holiday apartments are today unveiled at The Point at Polzeath. Laurence Associates have fused modern luxury with ecological design and materials to create a premier destination for the environmentally-conscious traveller.
The apartments consist of four 3-bedroom and three 2-bedroom luxury units, located 250 metres from The Point's restaurant and health club. The building itself sits within a hill ridge, complete with a sedum roof and Kebony cladding, discretely blending with the surroundings. High quality building materials, including the acclaimed and sustainable alternative to tropical hardwood, Kebony, are used for the cladding and soffits and the stone walls are locally sourced. In addition, ground source heat pumps have been installed, which supply hot water and underfloor heating throughout.
All the apartments feature spacious open plan living areas with floor to ceiling sliding doors, leading onto private terraces with views across the golf course and out to Pentire Point and the sea beyond. They also have private South facing terraces and three of the apartments feature large garden rooms. The finish is contemporary with modern light furniture that has been uniquely designed and 'up cycled' and subtle hints of seaside living in the accessories. Stone flooring, wood burners and kitchens that are individually designed and built by a local craftsman complete the bespoke look.
The apartments at The Point, designed to blend in and complement the surrounding landscape, makes the most of a spectacular setting with minimal environmental impact, both in construction and maintenance. The Kebony cladding is exceptionally hard-wearing, tried and tested in the harsh Norwegian climates the material is perfectly placed to resist the sea winds. Over time the material will develop a beautiful silver patina, without the need for expensive and environmentally damaging treatments.
Jason Pledger, Owner and Design Director at Laurence Associates said: "We were pleased to have the opportunity to further champion eco-centric development in line with our company values. It was of paramount importance to source materials that would enhance our building design; we chose Kebony, a versatile, natural and sustainable material that not only complements the building but blends sensitively into the exposed wider landscape and continues to improve over time."
Adrian Pye, International Sales Director at Kebony added: "We are yet again delighted to take part in such an eco-friendly development, the apartments look great and we hope they are a welcome retreat for holiday makers for many years to come."
Point Polzeath Prices:
·VIKING – 2 bedrooms, from £150 p/n
·SOLE – 2 bedrooms, dogs welcome, from £140 p/n
·LUNDY – 2 bedrooms, dogs welcome, from £140 p/n
·ROCKALL – 3 bedrooms, from £200 p/n
·FITZROY – 3 bedrooms, from £190 p/n
·MALIN – 3 bedrooms, dogs welcome, from £170 p/n
·BAILEY – 3 bedrooms, from 180 p/n
Visit http://www.thepointatpolzeath.co.uk for further information.
The Point at Polzeath is located at: St Minver, Nr Polzeath, Cornwall, PL27 6QT.


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The Gathering of the Community
The Apostolic Greeting Pg. 185
Hymn 468: To Abraham and Sarah
The Collect of the Day
The Proclamation of the Word
First Reading: Genesis 18:1-15
Psalm 116:1, 10-17
Second Reading: Romans 5:1-8
Anthem: I Will Sing Unto the Lord
The Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:8
The Creed Pg. 189
Sunday School Appreciation
The Prayers of the Community
The Prayers of the People
Confession & Absolution Pg. 191
The Peace
The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist
Hymn (offertory): Jesus Put This Song Into Our Hearts
Prayer over the Gifts
Eucharistic Prayer
The Lord's Prayer Pg. 211
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Clear Direction in a Thick Fog
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I had to make a 6:30 A.M. flight, and my dear wife was the lucky one who got to drive me to the airport. As I staggered to the car about 5:00 in the morning, I said, "Where's the sun?" Obviously, even the sun was on a later flight. But what made the drive really challenging wasn't the absence of sun, it was the presence of fog. I'm talking thick fog here, all the way to the airport. Our visibility was really limited. The traffic reporter on our news station said that it would be difficult even driving roads you knew like the back of your hand. And believe me, the road to the airport is one we know all too well. As we traveled toward the turnpike exit that leads to the airport, the fog got really thick and disorienting. We were in the right lane with almost no sense of exactly where we were, when suddenly we saw the sign - "Turnpike." That was our turn, but we were practically right on it when we realized where we were. My wife turned just in time, and I even made my plane. As we got on that ramp, she said, "It's a good thing I didn't trust my instincts. It just didn't feel like we were at this point." She only had a second to decide whether to trust her instincts or the sign. I'm glad she trusted the sign.
Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Isaiah 50:10-11, "Let him who walks in the dark (or drives in the fog, maybe), who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God." When you can't see where you're going, trust the Lord; go the way He's been pointing you to go, proceed on what God has said to you.
But some people unfortunately respond to the fog by trying to figure out their own way to go. Listen to the next verse, "But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze." God says, "If you want to follow your feelings, follow your instincts instead of the direction I'm pointing you in," here's the result of doing it your way. He says, "This is what you shall receive from My hand. You will lie down in torment." Ouch!
You may be going through a time right now where the fog is thick, it's dark, it's disorienting, it's confusing. In times like these, it's tempting to suddenly grab the steering wheel of your life to try to make some things happen - to get control of things. And it's in those times that we tend to make some of the biggest mistakes of our life. We can't wait for the Lord, we can't trust what His Word has told us, and we start figuring it out our own way. Which like our instincts on that foggy morning, will take us the wrong way and maybe cost us the destination we were aiming for.
But on that foggy morning, there was a sign, pointing us in the right direction. It didn't feel right. It went against our natural instincts, but it was right and our feelings were wrong. Because we trusted the sign, we made it. That's what God is trying to get you to do during this dark, uncertain time. Trust Him and the direction He's already pointed you in.
He's made promises that you have to hang onto now, even when because of the fog you can't see them working. So claim the promises He gave you when it was light, refuse the compromises and the shortcuts that seem so tempting right now. Don't trust your roller coaster emotions which have lied to you and led you into mistakes so many times before.
In the words of a great old saint, "Don't doubt in the darkness what God has told you in the light." His Word, His calling, His promise have not changed even though it's gotten dark. God's great plan is still at work, still right on time. Don't panic and take a detour from His best.
In that heavy fog, we got where we needed to go by trusting the sign, not our feelings. That's how you're going to come out of the fog at the place you need to be, by distrusting what your feelings are saying and trusting the clear direction of what God says.
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Online retailers raked in some big bucks this holiday season, with comScore today releasing a report showing that e-commerce spending hit $35.3 billion for the first 56 days of November and December. That's a 15 percent increase over the holiday shopping season last year, and it marks the biggest tally ever.
Interestingly, the biggest jump in online ordering occurred on a day traditionally viewed as the domain of brick-and-mortar retailers: Black Friday. On the day following Thanksgiving, online sales increased 26 percent to $816 million. Cyber Monday also produced record results.
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Gigabyte EasyTune 6 Removal "You require permission from SYSTEM to.."
Just to give an explanation of what happened.. I reformatted my PC (I like to do this often, probably once every 2-3 months. More frequent if I deem it necessary) and I was installing drivers and the likes.. Windows Update, etc..
I was installing EasyTune 6 (This is basically a Fan Control program made by GIGABYTE for their motherboards because their Bio's is complete shit.. but that is a different story) for my motherboard because my CPU fan likes to scream like a goat for no reason at all. The BIOS and default settings like to rev up the RPM on this fan for no reason. No heavy load of programs or anything.. So yeah, we use EasyTune6 to control the fan speeds. I tried to install it with a pre-downloaded version but I kept getting errors and it would Undo the installation (Or what have you). I tried it a few times with no luck. While I was trying again, I was installing Windows Update at the same time. Easy Tune 6 failed to install, and so I clicked "OK" on the error box and let it do its thing. I had to poop, so I went to do my business. I come back to see the computer has restarted (Windows update ^^,) and my EasyTune6 wasn't fully removed. I cannot install a new EasyTune6 with the previous one "Still Installed" - which it isn't.
So, now I have a directory on my computer (C:\Program Files (x86)\GIGABYTE\ET6\) and it only has 1 file inside of it (Flash11e.ocx) that I cannot remove. I use to get the error "You require permission from SYSTEM to make changes to this file" - So then I got to 'googling'.
>>I was using this at first, to see if I can fix this (This whole sentence is a link)<<
(Below was all used in CMD)
Trying to use:
takeown /f C:\Program Files (x86)\GIGABYTE\ET6\Flash11e.ocx
ERROR: Invalid argument/option - 'Files'.
Type "TAKEOWN /?" for usage.
Trying to use the other command (cacls) this is what happens:
Since it told me to use Icacls, I typed that string in, instead of cacls. This is what it tells me:
Invalid parameter "Files"
Now, before I continue, I need to add that I tried a few other things I stumbled upon on the internet. These were .reg files. These consists of:
You require permission from MYPCNAME\USERNAME to make changes to this file
I cannot install EasyTune6 with this file on here. It won't let me, it tells me to remove it.
I'll be throwing in my PC specs under my profile after I post this, even though I think it's a bit irrelevant.
EDIT: I've tried using Unlocker, which I found under "Similar Threads" and the likes, and every time I open it, nothing happens. When I open "Unlocker Assistant" it gives me a tray icon, and I still can't open "Unlocker". I've tried re-installing, re-starting. my fan won't stfu
|My System Specs
|25 Feb 2013
I have a Gigabyte GAZ77 UD5H motherboard. I originally installed Easy Tune 6 but as I use this system for my Recording Studio PC, I was having problems with popping and clicking in recordings. I ran the DPC Latency Checker program and got some very high spikes at even intervals. After conferring with a custom DAW (recording system) PC builder I found out Easy Tune was a system hog and causing the problems. I uninstalled Easy Tune 6 (using Revo Uninstaller Pro) and that eliminated my system Latency Problems and also eliminated the popping and crackling in my recording audio.
|My System Specs
|25 Feb 2013
I have a Gigabyte GAZ77 UD5H motherboard. I originally installed Easy Tune 6 but as I use this system for my Recording Studio PC, I was having problems with popping and clicking in recordings. I ran the DPC Latency Checker program and got some very high spikes at even intervals. After conferring with a custom DAW (recording system) PC builder I found out Easy Tune was a system hog and causing the problems. I uninstalled Easy Tune 6 (using Revo Uninstaller Pro) and that eliminated my system Latency Problems and also eliminated the popping and crackling in my recording audio.
Now, EasyTune 6 isn't showing up in my Control Panel/Programs and Features to uninstall. And, as I figured, it isn't showing up under Revo Uninstaller Pro either. I'm going to use some features in this program to see if it will fix it, I will post back with the results.
I would also like to add, I need this program to quiet my CPU Fan. Unless there is an alternative program out there, I'm stuck with it. I am also going to try to get a hold of GIGABYTE themselves to see if they can help me with this.
EDIT: Well, that was quick. I tried installing ET6 through Revo Pro and it gave me the same error:
NOTE: I've also ran CCleaner to clear my registry, to see if it helps. I browsed through the errors that show up, and not one of them had the Flash11e.ocx or ET6 or GIGABYTE or anything related to the program on the list.
|My System Specs
|25 Feb 2013
UPDATE: I was able to rename the program, but I still cannot delete it. What do?
NOTE: Due to frustration, i renamed the file fgt ....
Still attempting to get rid of this shit.
I couldn't use these commands in C:\User\Wayne - so i moved the directory i was in through command prompt to C:\Program Files (x86)\ and typed in the commands through there. I deleted this shit, I finally did it. I won, hours lost, oh my god. Even though I was finally able to delete this, I am still not able to install EastyTune 6.
|My System Specs
|26 Feb 2013
My situation is a little different. Recording Studio software and hardware is more demanding than just playing music or a video on a PC.
My Gigabyte UEFI BIOS has options for fan speeds and even options for temperature sensors to control fans. Its not as convenient as using a Windows based program, but it also eliminated (for me) the need for the Windows based program (Easy Tune 6).
|My System Specs
|01 Mar 2013
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Easy Tune 6 is a mongrel. It caused me so many different problems that I removed it. Even removing it is not straight forward and resulted in a reformat and fresh install.
My advice to anyone considering using it is DON'T!
|My System Specs
|30 Jan 2018
windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
I'd like to thank AnonyOnche who wrote his answer in French. Go to regedit and delete this file:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\GIGABYTE\EasyTune 6
Then install, at first got an error saying can't create file, clicked okay a couple of times and it installed.
I made this and work for me... I HOPE THAT you get this and SOLVE problem
|My System Specs
|30 Jan 2018
Linux Mint 18.2 xfce 64-bit (VMWare host) / Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit (VMWare guest)
What I would suggest is, reinstall Windows, and don't leave the machine for any reason till it is installed and you are able to choose "don't download or install Windows Updates".
A reinstall of Windows will ensure that you have a clean setup; if you try to fix your current situation, you may have a remnant of the problem still hanging around.
Since you just reinstalled Windows, you won't lose anything except a little time by reinstalling it again.
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