#2 Now that I moved to 11 I need a backup solution.
#3 I'm testing out the free version of EaseUS atm but there's a BIG issue. It is trying to call home every second, non stop.
#4 I've seen many people prefer Macrium, does it too constantly call home?
#5 If the answer to 4 is yes then can anyone reccomend a backup solution that does not require an internet connection? I don't mind paying for it as long as it's a purchase and not a subscription.
Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 (145GB Win11/100GB Win10/685GB More Games)
Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1 2TB (Games)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Data/Backup)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Media)
Western Digital Blue WD80EAAZ 8TB (Storage)
PSU
Rosewill Hive-750S
Case
Cooler Master Elite 430 Mid Tower
Cooling
Cooler Master ML240L V2 Liquid CPU cooler + 3x120mm in + Isolated PSU Standard upward flow
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural Elite White PS/2 (with usb adapter)
Mouse
Microsoft D67-00001 Trackball Optical Mouse (rebuilt with ceramic bearings)
Internet Speed
450Mb/s hard wired
Browser
FF, Mullvad, Tor
Antivirus
Win Def
Other Info
Razer Tartarus V2 Gaming Keypad
Logitech Z-906 5.1 THX 500w (Original 8" Sub with Polk Audio satellites)
At a glance
Windows 11 ProIntel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake Refreshed 6....32GB (2x16) GSKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series (Int...MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060Ti 8GB
I removed EasUS and installed the free trial of Macrium Reflect and it does not constantly try to access the internet.
I still do not like the subscription model. I like to own things not rent them but with the way Microsoft is constantly changing windows these day I can see why they might be forced to use this busness model.
Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 (145GB Win11/100GB Win10/685GB More Games)
Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1 2TB (Games)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Data/Backup)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Media)
Western Digital Blue WD80EAAZ 8TB (Storage)
PSU
Rosewill Hive-750S
Case
Cooler Master Elite 430 Mid Tower
Cooling
Cooler Master ML240L V2 Liquid CPU cooler + 3x120mm in + Isolated PSU Standard upward flow
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural Elite White PS/2 (with usb adapter)
Mouse
Microsoft D67-00001 Trackball Optical Mouse (rebuilt with ceramic bearings)
Internet Speed
450Mb/s hard wired
Browser
FF, Mullvad, Tor
Antivirus
Win Def
Other Info
Razer Tartarus V2 Gaming Keypad
Logitech Z-906 5.1 THX 500w (Original 8" Sub with Polk Audio satellites)
At a glance
Windows 11 ProIntel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake Refreshed 6....32GB (2x16) GSKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series (Int...MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060Ti 8GB
If you "don't see the issue" it is because you fail to see things from someone elses point of view.
Correct.
I removed EasUS and installed the free trial of Macrium Reflect and it does not constantly try to access the internet.
I still do not like the subscription model. I like to own things not rent them but with the way Microsoft is constantly changing windows these day I can see why they might be forced to use this busness model.
I can see someone else's point of view and still disagree with it. Hence why I said I don't see the issue. I'm speaking for me?
And almost all software reaches out to the Internet. Not sure why your saying that's incorrect. If you block it it usually keeps trying. I did say all though so maybe that's the point your focusing on.
And I agree with you I don't like subscriptions either.
With Macrium Reflect Free Edition you'll be able to easily make an accurate and reliable image of your HDD or individual partitions. Using this image you can restore the entire disk, partition or...
Samsung 980 Pro 1TB
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB SSD
PSU
Corsair HX750
Case
Cougar MX330-G Window
Cooling
Thermalright Frozen Edge 240 Black AIO
Internet Speed
350Mbps
Browser
Firefox
Antivirus
Windows Security
System Three
Win 11 Pro 25H2 26200.8655
ASUS PRIME Z370-P II BIOS 3004 7/12/21
Intel Core i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
32GB DDR4 RAM (4x8)
iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Mid-Tower Desktop
Hi,
You can take either off startup
I've not noticed free reflect doing anything once I disable it from starting with windows.
I primarily only use the bootable winpe recovery media so I never run the reflect app.
I could very well uninstall reflect and the winpe still would work to create/ restore system images.
My Computer
At a glance
Win-7-10-11Pro's10900k & 9940x & 5930kTrident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb & Trident-Z 36...Titan Xp & 1080ti FTW3 & evga 980ti gaming
Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 (145GB Win11/100GB Win10/685GB More Games)
Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1 2TB (Games)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Data/Backup)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Media)
Western Digital Blue WD80EAAZ 8TB (Storage)
PSU
Rosewill Hive-750S
Case
Cooler Master Elite 430 Mid Tower
Cooling
Cooler Master ML240L V2 Liquid CPU cooler + 3x120mm in + Isolated PSU Standard upward flow
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural Elite White PS/2 (with usb adapter)
Mouse
Microsoft D67-00001 Trackball Optical Mouse (rebuilt with ceramic bearings)
Internet Speed
450Mb/s hard wired
Browser
FF, Mullvad, Tor
Antivirus
Win Def
Other Info
Razer Tartarus V2 Gaming Keypad
Logitech Z-906 5.1 THX 500w (Original 8" Sub with Polk Audio satellites)
At a glance
Windows 11 ProIntel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake Refreshed 6....32GB (2x16) GSKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series (Int...MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060Ti 8GB
When a program tries incessantly to call home, it fills my connections log and interferes with any other troubleshooting I may need to do. Like setting up emulators to play games with my kid over the LAN instead of some remote server.
Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 (145GB Win11/100GB Win10/685GB More Games)
Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1 2TB (Games)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Data/Backup)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Media)
Western Digital Blue WD80EAAZ 8TB (Storage)
PSU
Rosewill Hive-750S
Case
Cooler Master Elite 430 Mid Tower
Cooling
Cooler Master ML240L V2 Liquid CPU cooler + 3x120mm in + Isolated PSU Standard upward flow
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural Elite White PS/2 (with usb adapter)
Mouse
Microsoft D67-00001 Trackball Optical Mouse (rebuilt with ceramic bearings)
Internet Speed
450Mb/s hard wired
Browser
FF, Mullvad, Tor
Antivirus
Win Def
Other Info
Razer Tartarus V2 Gaming Keypad
Logitech Z-906 5.1 THX 500w (Original 8" Sub with Polk Audio satellites)
At a glance
Windows 11 ProIntel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake Refreshed 6....32GB (2x16) GSKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series (Int...MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060Ti 8GB
When a program tries incessantly to call home, it fills my connections log and interferes with any other troubleshooting I may need to do. Like setting up emulators to play games with my kid over the LAN instead of some remote server.
Is there reason you can’t prevent it from starting up with Windows? Why do you have EaseUS constantly running? Is it constantly backing up? Could you not create a task in schedule manager to start it at a particular time and or day?
Windows 11 Pro 25H2 Build 26200.8655Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
OS
Windows 11 Pro 25H2 Build 26200.8655
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Sin-built 2013
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
ROG SupremeFX Formula 8-Channel High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Touch Screen Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list. OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
Wireless Network: Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX; Bluetooth® 5.1 or above
Ports: 1x 1 Novo button; 2 in 1 Audio Combo jack; Micro SD Card Reader; HDMI 1.4b; 2 x USB Type-C (TBT4)
USB 3.2 Gen 2 DP 1.4a
PD 3.0); 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A
Camera
1x 1080P FHD IR/RGB Hybrid with Privacy Shutter and Dual Array Microphone
Graphics
1x Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Monitor
14" WUXGA
Form Factor
Convertible Notebook
Is there reason you can’t prevent it from starting up with Windows? Why do you have EaseUS constantly running? Is it constantly backing up? Could you not create a task in schedule manager to start it at a particular time and or day?
To automatically run scheduled backups it has to be running in the background. At least that's the way it works through the GUI.
I don't know if there are command line options that could be used to create scheduled tasks but even if there are, that defeats the whole purpose of the GUI.
ReflectUI.exe and ReflectMonitor.exe are running quietly in the background now and not trying to access the internet.
Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 (145GB Win11/100GB Win10/685GB More Games)
Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1 2TB (Games)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Data/Backup)
Western Digital Blue WD60EZAZ 6TB (Media)
Western Digital Blue WD80EAAZ 8TB (Storage)
PSU
Rosewill Hive-750S
Case
Cooler Master Elite 430 Mid Tower
Cooling
Cooler Master ML240L V2 Liquid CPU cooler + 3x120mm in + Isolated PSU Standard upward flow
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural Elite White PS/2 (with usb adapter)
Mouse
Microsoft D67-00001 Trackball Optical Mouse (rebuilt with ceramic bearings)
Internet Speed
450Mb/s hard wired
Browser
FF, Mullvad, Tor
Antivirus
Win Def
Other Info
Razer Tartarus V2 Gaming Keypad
Logitech Z-906 5.1 THX 500w (Original 8" Sub with Polk Audio satellites)
At a glance
Windows 11 ProIntel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake Refreshed 6....32GB (2x16) GSKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series (Int...MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060Ti 8GB
To automatically run scheduled backups it has to be running in the background. At least that's the way it works through the GUI.
I don't know if there are command line options that could be used to create scheduled tasks but even if there are, that defeats the whole purpose of the GUI.
ReflectUI.exe and ReflectMonitor.exe are running quietly in the background now and not trying to access the internet.
OK then. Well I have tasks created to start a specific program before it is due to run a task. That way it isn’t taking space up in my system running constantly for no reason when it is only needed on a specific day.
But if you run EaseUS constantly, the price is having it call home constantly.
I don’t blame you for wanting to find anothe program. I also don’t appreciate constant checks from software companies. Who knows what they’re looking at. I am not very trusting of these companies.
One last thought: If EaseUS has an option to check for updates, maybe that is why it’s calling home so often? Can you see if you can disable that option if it’s available?
Windows 11 Pro 25H2 Build 26200.8655Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
OS
Windows 11 Pro 25H2 Build 26200.8655
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Sin-built 2013
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
ROG SupremeFX Formula 8-Channel High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Touch Screen Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list. OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
Wireless Network: Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX; Bluetooth® 5.1 or above
Ports: 1x 1 Novo button; 2 in 1 Audio Combo jack; Micro SD Card Reader; HDMI 1.4b; 2 x USB Type-C (TBT4)
USB 3.2 Gen 2 DP 1.4a
PD 3.0); 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A
Camera
1x 1080P FHD IR/RGB Hybrid with Privacy Shutter and Dual Array Microphone
Graphics
1x Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Monitor
14" WUXGA
Form Factor
Convertible Notebook
Free version displays ADs, pretty much like any free software, you can simply block it in the firewall.
It can also check for the latest version, try to connect to easeus cloud account and download WinPE.
