Hi,

Just want to say, if you have some third party software to cleanup your hard
drive, don't bother reading this. But, if you don't want to pay a company to
do the hard work of cleaning your drive for you, consider reading this.

A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.
The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.
Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and
type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots (and
I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at all.
Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It
deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

Now, right click on the Taskbar and click on 'Show the Desktop'. Right click
on the Recycle Bin and click on 'Empty the Recycle Bin'.

* Some files such as 'cmdline.dll' do not delete. Best to just leave them
alone and skip the file/folder.

Okay, thats a start.

Next, open Internet Explorer or your default web browser.

In Internet Explorer, click on Tools, Options and click on Delete.
Now click on Delete All. Clear the 'Also delete settings stored by add-ons'
check box and click Yes.

This deletes, Cookies, Temporary Internet Files, Form Data etc.

So you have deleted IE's cache. Open Disk Cleanup on your computer.
Select anything you want to delete and click 'OK'. Click Yes.

Just 2 more steps to go, and you are finished speeding up Windows.
Don't worry, this will only take a few minutes.

The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*
registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down your
startup time.

A good registry cleaner can be downloaded here:
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Always, repeat, ALWAYS backup your registry before you clean it.
If one thing goes wrong with the Windows registry, possibly everything does.
Thats why you backup your registry and documents. Not enough proof? Well
what happens when you accidently burn down your house, and you remember that
you didn't buy insurance?

Instructions for Wise Registry Cleaner are located here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgTkXAvtnCA

5 - Remove programs you don't use.
You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

And the final step - Defrag your system!
Click on start (Logo in Vista), point to All Programs, point to Accessories,
point to System Tools and click on Disk Defragmenter.
And then, click on Defragment!

And there you have it!

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Discussion of Registry "Cleaners"
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

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I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:

> A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.
> The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

I don't believe this is true.

> Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and
> type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots
> (and
> I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at
> all.
> Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It
> deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can cause
problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging
temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as a
performance issue.

> * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave
> them
> alone and skip the file/folder.

Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google search,
I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if so,
that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the
trash bin.

> The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*
> registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down your
> startup time.

Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it
make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of
thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make a
reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they
quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow down
the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs
at boot and having them run in the background.

> 5 - Remove programs you don't use.
> You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't
see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running in
the background.
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Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007

Sic 'em Ron! I knew if you were around we'd hear something. Thank you.

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"Ron Badour" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:
|
| > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.
| > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.
|
| I don't believe this is true.
|
| > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and
| > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots
| > (and
| > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at
| > all.
| > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It
| > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!
|
| I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can
cause
| problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging
| temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as
a
| performance issue.
|
| > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave
| > them
| > alone and skip the file/folder.
|
| Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google
search,
| I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if
so,
| that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the
| trash bin.
|
| > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*
| > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down
your
| > startup time.
|
| Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it
| make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of
| thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make
a
| reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they
| quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow
down
| the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs
| at boot and having them run in the background.
|
| > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.
| > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.
|
| I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't
| see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running
in
| the background.
| --
| Regards
|
| Ron Badour
| MS MVP 1997 - 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Sic 'em Ron! I knew if you were around we'd hear something. Thank you.

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"Ron Badour" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:
|
| > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.
| > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.
|
| I don't believe this is true.
|
| > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and
| > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots
| > (and
| > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at
| > all.
| > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It
| > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!
|
| I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can
cause
| problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging
| temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as
a
| performance issue.
|
| > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave
| > them
| > alone and skip the file/folder.
|
| Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google
search,
| I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if
so,
| that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the
| trash bin.
|
| > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*
| > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down
your
| > startup time.
|
| Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it
| make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of
| thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make
a
| reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they
| quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow
down
| the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs
| at boot and having them run in the background.
|
| > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.
| > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.
|
| I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't
| see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running
in
| the background.
| --
| Regards
|
| Ron Badour
| MS MVP 1997 - 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Yeah, but I pointed out a DIFFERENT registry cleaner.

And it cleaned my registry - I made sure that it did.

Didn't you test other programs before you said that everything in my post
was wrong?
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"Curt Christianson" wrote:

> Discussion of Registry "Cleaners"
> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
>
> --
> HTH,
> Curt
>
> Windows Support Center
> www.aumha.org
> Practically Nerded,...
> http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm
>
>
>

> I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can cause
> problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging
> temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as a
> performance issue.

I disk defragmenter defragments your ENTIRE system. Didn't you think about
that?
When did I say only to defragment the TEMP folder?
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"Ron Badour" wrote:

> I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:
>
> > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.
> > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.
>
> I don't believe this is true.
>
> > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and
> > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots
> > (and
> > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at
> > all.
> > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It
> > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!
>
> I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can cause
> problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging
> temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as a
> performance issue.
>
> > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave
> > them
> > alone and skip the file/folder.
>
> Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google search,
> I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if so,
> that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the
> trash bin.
>
> > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*
> > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down your
> > startup time.
>
> Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it
> make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of
> thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make a
> reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they
> quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow down
> the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs
> at boot and having them run in the background.
>
> > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.
> > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.
>
> I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't
> see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running in
> the background.
> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour
> MS MVP 1997 - 2007
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Ah, so you just want to rant about my post do you?
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"Curt Christianson" wrote:

> Sic 'em Ron! I knew if you were around we'd hear something. Thank you.
>
> --
> HTH,
> Curt
>
> Windows Support Center
> www.aumha.org
> Practically Nerded,...
> http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm
>
> "Ron Badour" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> | I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:
> |
> | > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.
> | > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.
> |
> | I don't believe this is true.
> |
> | > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and
> | > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots
> | > (and
> | > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at
> | > all.
> | > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It
> | > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!
> |
> | I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can
> cause
> | problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging
> | temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as
> a
> | performance issue.
> |
> | > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave
> | > them
> | > alone and skip the file/folder.
> |
> | Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google
> search,
> | I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if
> so,
> | that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the
> | trash bin.
> |
> | > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*
> | > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down
> your
> | > startup time.
> |
> | Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it
> | make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of
> | thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make
> a
> | reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they
> | quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow
> down
> | the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs
> | at boot and having them run in the background.
> |
> | > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.
> | > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.
> |
> | I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't
> | see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running
> in
> | the background.
> | --
> | Regards
> |
> | Ron Badour
> | MS MVP 1997 - 2007
> |
> |
> |
> |
> |
> |
> |
>
>
>

Where did I say *everything* in your post was wrong?? *Nowhere* I ONLY
posted a link to a discussion of Registry Cleaners.

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"John" <chicken989-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:2DD47207-ABB4-4D65-9AA5-(E-Mail Removed)...
| Yeah, but I pointed out a DIFFERENT registry cleaner.
|
| And it cleaned my registry - I made sure that it did.
|
| Didn't you test other programs before you said that everything in my post
| was wrong?
| --
| A story of success always has a beginning.
|
|
| "Curt Christianson" wrote:
|
| > Discussion of Registry "Cleaners"
| > http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
| >
| > --
| > HTH,
| > Curt
| >
| > Windows Support Center
| > www.aumha.org
| > Practically Nerded,...
| > http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm
| >
| >
| >

You are right, a disk defragmenter defrags the entire system,but Ron never
accused you of saying "only the Temp folder".

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"John" <chicken989-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:8E2070A1-DB55-45F8-B51F-(E-Mail Removed)...
|> I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can
cause
| > problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging
| > temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this
as a
| > performance issue.
|
| I disk defragmenter defragments your ENTIRE system. Didn't you think about
| that?
| When did I say only to defragment the TEMP folder?
| --
| A story of success always has a beginning.
|
|
| "Ron Badour" wrote:
|
| > I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible
evidence:
| >
| > > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.
| > > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.
| >
| > I don't believe this is true.
| >
| > > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run
and
| > > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see
lots
| > > (and
| > > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at
| > > all.
| > > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It
| > > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!
| >
| > I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can
cause
| > problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging
| > temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this
as a
| > performance issue.
| >
| > > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave
| > > them
| > > alone and skip the file/folder.
| >
| > Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google
search,
| > I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if
so,
| > that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in
the
| > trash bin.
| >
| > > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*
| > > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down
your
| > > startup time.
| >
| > Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does
it
| > make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds
of
| > thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to
make a
| > reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they
| > quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow
down
| > the start up time and general performance is loading **needless**
programs
| > at boot and having them run in the background.
| >
| > > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.
| > > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.
| >
| > I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I
don't
| > see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running
in
| > the background.
| > --
| > Regards
| >
| > Ron Badour
| > MS MVP 1997 - 2007
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >