The CCleaner prog , seems to remove most old files etc without
crashing the pc

It has a registry clean-up facility as well , which when run
appears to find 2 pages of 'things' to mend .. at the click of
the mouse .... I can see the remains of some 'old' things in there
but ...

QQ is it a good idea to .. and will it make any improvements to
the system if I do ??

tnx - G ..

"Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> said this in news item
news:4ea1c806-1400-460d-bf2c-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The CCleaner prog , seems to remove most old files etc without
> crashing the pc
>
> It has a registry clean-up facility as well , which when run
> appears to find 2 pages of 'things' to mend .. at the click of
> the mouse .... I can see the remains of some 'old' things in there
> but ...
>
> QQ is it a good idea to .. and will it make any improvements to
> the system if I do ??
>
> tnx - G ..

If you're lucky then it will give you a warm feeling inside without making
any noticeable difference to the performance of your system. If you're not
so lucky then it will wreck your system. Use it at your own risk.

Graham wrote:

>The CCleaner prog , seems to remove most old files etc without
>crashing the pc
>
>

Why? Did you expect it to crash your system? You are listening to
that nutter by the name of Bruce Hagen Pig. CCleaner doesn't crash
anything.

>It has a registry clean-up facility as well , which when run
>appears to find 2 pages of 'things' to mend .. at the click of
>the mouse .... I can see the remains of some 'old' things in there
>but ...
>
>
>
This is its best feature and that is exactly what it is for.

>QQ is it a good idea to .. and will it make any improvements to
>the system if I do ??
>
>
>

It is a good idea to clean the system from time to time. As to whether
it will improve your system, I doubt it because machines these days are
quite fast and saving 1 millisecond in search is not going to be noticed
with your naked eye. To improve the system, I have decided not to
install any updates post SP3 and my systems are pretty fast although
they are still PIII and PIV machines.

hth

Graham wrote:
> The CCleaner prog , seems to remove most old files etc without
> crashing the pc
>
> It has a registry clean-up facility as well , which when run
> appears to find 2 pages of 'things' to mend .. at the click of
> the mouse .... I can see the remains of some 'old' things in there
> but ...
>
> QQ is it a good idea to .. and will it make any improvements to
> the system if I do ??
>
> tnx - G ..

If you're not having any problems, leave them alone.

--
C

On 15 Jan 2010, Graham <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> It has a registry clean-up facility as well , which when run
> appears to find 2 pages of 'things' to mend .. at the click of
> the mouse .... I can see the remains of some 'old' things in there
> but ...
>
> QQ is it a good idea to .. and will it make any improvements to
> the system if I do ??

If you don't understand what it's proposing to do to your registry, you
ought to leave it alone. CCleaner usually only suggests safe changes,
but it's not infallible and you could do major damage to your system.
Any possible improvement would be minor or undetectable.

If you ever think your Registry needs to be cleaned, repaired, boosted,
tuned-up, or optimized (it doesn't), read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.

Graham wrote:
> The CCleaner prog , seems to remove most old files etc without
> crashing the pc
>
> It has a registry clean-up facility as well , which when run
> appears to find 2 pages of 'things' to mend .. at the click of
> the mouse .... I can see the remains of some 'old' things in there
> but ...
>
> QQ is it a good idea to .. and will it make any improvements to
> the system if I do ??
>
> tnx - G ..

Jeeze, Robear! Now "ANONYMOUS" is gonna call you a "nutter" and " pig"
too! Ain't you scared?


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you ever think your Registry needs to be cleaned, repaired, boosted,
> tuned-up, or optimized (it doesn't), read
> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.
>
> Graham wrote:
>> The CCleaner prog , seems to remove most old files etc without
>> crashing the pc
>>
>> It has a registry clean-up facility as well , which when run
>> appears to find 2 pages of 'things' to mend .. at the click of
>> the mouse .... I can see the remains of some 'old' things in there
>> but ...
>>
>> QQ is it a good idea to .. and will it make any improvements to
>> the system if I do ??
>>
>> tnx - G ..
>

Nah, I plonked him years ago.

Bruce Hagen wrote:
> Jeeze, Robear! Now "ANONYMOUS" is gonna call you a "nutter" and " pig"
> too! Ain't you scared?
>
>> If you ever think your Registry needs to be cleaned, repaired, boosted,
>> tuned-up, or optimized (it doesn't), read
>> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.
>>
>> Graham wrote:
>>> The CCleaner prog , seems to remove most old files etc without
>>> crashing the pc
>>>
>>> It has a registry clean-up facility as well , which when run
>>> appears to find 2 pages of 'things' to mend .. at the click of
>>> the mouse .... I can see the remains of some 'old' things in there
>>> but ...
>>>
>>> QQ is it a good idea to .. and will it make any improvements to
>>> the system if I do ??
>>>
>>> tnx - G ..

On Jan 15, 7:48*pm, Desmond <Desmond.44v...@no.email.invalid> wrote:
> Registry Cleaners - can and often do, stop the system from restarting.
>
> They can remove system files as well as other files.
> Best leave cleaning the registry alone.
>
> Why not to use a reg cleaner..http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643

Can anyone tell me any registry cleaner I can run that will delete
system files or other files without my knowledge/consent that will
leave my system unbootable when it is done?

Can anyone provide an example (not a rumor) of any Windows function
that works and then after a registry cleaner, the function does not
work anymore? I need the function and the registry cleaner that
breaks it.

Can anyone provide an example (not a rumor) of how running a registry
cleaner will make my system worse than before I started (timings are
good).

I'm not saying these things are not, but I have never experienced it
and would like to.

Jose wrote:
> On Jan 15, 7:48 pm, Desmond <Desmond.44v...@no.email.invalid> wrote:
>> Registry Cleaners - can and often do, stop the system from restarting.
>>
>> They can remove system files as well as other files.
>> Best leave cleaning the registry alone.
>>
>> Why not to use a reg cleaner..http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643
>
> Can anyone tell me any registry cleaner I can run that will delete
> system files or other files without my knowledge/consent that will
> leave my system unbootable when it is done?

"...without my knowledge/consent..." is the operative here. Most
newbies who use these tools don't have enough experience to know what is
safe or not safe to delete so they often accept the findings of the
cleaner at face value and have it delete everything it finds. Many of
those who have enough experience to know don't bother with cleaners
because they also know that a handful of orphans in the registry hurts
nothing so it doesn't bother them. On the other hand some AR types can
be very obsessed with these few obsolete entries and they put a lot of
faith in these cleaners, it makes them feel good to find and delete
these few obsolete entries.



> Can anyone provide an example (not a rumor) of any Windows function
> that works and then after a registry cleaner, the function does not
> work anymore? I need the function and the registry cleaner that
> breaks it.
>
> Can anyone provide an example (not a rumor) of how running a registry
> cleaner will make my system worse than before I started (timings are
> good).

Are you telling us that you never saw posts in these groups from
distressed users who experience problems after using some of these
tools? Run RegSeeker on your machine and have it remove all it finds
and your wish to experience registry cleaner problems might come true...

John