Tom AZ

So, what's the real bottom line conclusion when it comes to removing Hotfix Uninstallers -- wise or not so wise? There seems to be a lot of different opinions and conflicting information floating around -- even on this forum. Would love to have some of the Moderators weigh in on this subject (have already had some input from DennisD).

For those of you who are into all of the info this program provides, just wondering how this "Giveaway" looks? Is it decent? I know there are some Sysinternals apps that do many of the same things, but this seems to bring a lot of stuff together in one place -- and not super heavy on resources. Obviously, today, the price is right.

With Startup Delayer, if you drag a startup item into the delay section and decide later that you don't want that particular item delayed, is there a way to change just that one item and set it back to a "no delay" status -- or do you have to start over completely?

In Windows XP, is there any way to control the order that auto-start items load at startup?

Are both Geswall and Defensewall similar in function to Sanboxie?

Didn't know about that. Thanks, I'll give it a try.

In Windows XP, when I click on "Start" -> "All Programs," I get a display of three columns of programs in alphabetical order -- but it's not all of my programs. For some reason, it's limited to three columns. Because these are in alphabetical order, it's now displaying programs through the letter "S," but that's it -- nothing beyond. I'm not sure why this is happening, but how do I get ALL of my programs to display?

Well, Andavari, first back to the basic question of hotfix uninstallers . . . how safe (or prudent) is it to remove them? What do you do -- keep them -- or delete them? Also, in what folder are these uninstallers found and how do you identify them?

I just read this on the ERUNT site in the FAQ section: Question: Should I disable Windows XP?s System Restore function when using ERUNT? Answer: Yes! Though System Restore backs up more than just the registry, the registry is essentially all you need to revert your system to a previous state. I would feel a little uncomfortable disabling the System Restore function. Is there a problem with running them concurrently?

I also think I remember reading that CCleaner only removes temp files that haven't been used in the last 10 days. This info may have been in the old Beginners Guide -- don't know if it's still applicable.

Suggestion well taken . . . thanks, Dennis. I, too, am not terribly anxious to reach too far back into the past for a restore point. Too many things changing too fast.

Davey, I'm certainly not challenging you on this because I absolutely do not know myself, but are you relatively confident that a 5% setting will yield 30 days of auto-created restore points and that many manually created restore points per day?

This is very interesting and VERY helpful. Thanks so much for sharing it.

Speaking of old restore points . . . does Windows hold on to them forever, or is there some automatic purging process in place when you reach a certain number of them -- or they're older than a certain date? In other words, is manually deleting them they only way to get rid of the old ones?

I will check these things. However, back to my question . . . is everything in C:\Documents and Settings\(User Name)\Local Settings\Temp safe to delete -- whether CCleaner does it or it's done manually?

What setting am I missing?

The "temp" files I'm most curious about are all in: C:\Documents and Settings\(User Name)\Local Settings\Temp

Typically, is it safe to delete any and all temp (*.tmp) files? If so, what's the easiest way to do that?

Do you have to reboot between turning it off and then back on again -- or is that not necessary?

What is the easiest way to remove old restore points? Also, is there a way to selectively remove them? For instance, remove all earlier than such and such a date.

That was it -- and it's now fixed. Thanks, Anthony.

How do you test this CD once you've created it? I thought it was as simple as putting the CD in the drive and rebooting. However, when I do that, my XP just seems to bypass the CD drive and Windows loads as it normally does. Or, have I done something wrong?

Thanks, Anthony, for clarifying this.

Just checked this out -- looks very interesting! However, one thing I didn't fully understand. What is and how do you use the "Linux Rescue CD" and/or the "BartPE Rescue CD Plugin?" Do they both do essentially the same thing?

Just wondering what the pros and cons are of using the Windows (XP) built-in "Disk Cleanup" Utility?