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From: Bruce Chambers on 8 Jul 2010 21:35 Peter wrote: > > You can try CCleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com/ Be sure and make a back > up before fixing anything and run it THREE times to catch everything. > CCleaner's only strength, and the only reason anyone should use it, lies in its usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive. It differs from the native Windows tool in that it allows more granular control and you can specify which folders you want scanned. For instance, WinXP's disk cleaner will examine only the profile folders of the user who is running the utility. On a single-user machine, this is fine, but on a family or other mult-use machine, the ability to clean temorary files from all of the user profiles at once is a great time saver. It's registry cleaner, however, is worthless. I've tested the most recent recent version (with all updates) version on a brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files, making it clearly a *worthless* product, in this regard. (Not that any registry cleaner can ever be anything but worthless, as they don't serve any *useful* purpose, to start with.) -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
From: a on 9 Jul 2010 08:24 "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers(a)cable0ne.n3t> wrote > It's registry cleaner, however, is worthless. I've tested the most recent recent version (with all updates) version on a > brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and > CCleaner still managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files, > making it clearly a *worthless* product, in this regard. Interesting! My Dad swears by CCleaner, even though I've told him it's just a placebo.
From: Twayne on 9 Jul 2010 20:01 In news:uSlFHcwHLHA.5700(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, Bruce Chambers <bchambers(a)cable0ne.n3t> typed: > Peter wrote: >> >> You can try CCleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com/ Be sure >> and make a back up before fixing anything and run it THREE >> times to catch everything. > > > CCleaner's only strength, and the only reason anyone > should use it, lies in its usefulness for cleaning up > unused temporary files from the hard drive. It differs > from the native Windows tool in that it allows more > granular control and you can specify which folders you want > scanned. For instance, WinXP's disk cleaner will examine > only the profile folders of the user who is running the > utility. On a single-user machine, this is fine, but on a > family or other mult-use machine, the ability to clean > temorary files from all of the user profiles at once is a > great time saver. > It's registry cleaner, however, is worthless. I've > tested the most recent recent version (with all updates) > version on a brand-new OS installation with no additional > applications installed, and certainly none installed and > then uninstalled, and CCleaner still managed to "find" over > a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and dozens of > purportedly "suspicious" files, making it clearly a > *worthless* product, in this regard. (Not that any > registry cleaner can ever be anything but worthless, as > they don't serve any *useful* purpose, to start with.) Neat; a product provides you with information about the contents of your registry, so you call it worthless. Now there's a piece of real advice!! Yup, you sure proved it here, didn't you? lol, so pathetic!
From: Twayne on 9 Jul 2010 20:02 In news:4c37154d$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au, a <b(a)invalid.com> typed: > "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers(a)cable0ne.n3t> wrote > >> It's registry cleaner, however, is worthless. I've >> tested the most recent recent version (with all updates) >> version on a brand-new OS installation with no additional >> applications installed, and certainly none installed and >> then uninstalled, and CCleaner still managed to "find" >> over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and >> dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files, making it >> clearly a *worthless* product, in this regard. > > Interesting! My Dad swears by CCleaner, even though I've > told him it's just a placebo. Clearly your Dad is smarter than you are. And more realistic and i'll bet a much more open mind also.
From: Twayne on 9 Jul 2010 20:04
In news:ef9qZJrHLHA.1868(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, John John - MVP <audetweld(a)nbnot.nb.ca> typed: > Barbara wrote: >> Unable to find any specific category for a registry >> question so am posting the question here. The registry on >> the computer needs to be cleaned. Most of the errors I am >> getting are related to registry problems. > > What *exactly* are these errors? > > John That's a good question; no judgements of any kind can be made yet on the little infrormation provided so far. Not only what exactly ARE the errors, but what is producing them? It could well be malware for all we know and would be typical of such an infestation. HTH, Twayne` |