davey

Hi svhk, Welcome to the forums. Thank you for your report about your problem. It is appreciated. You sound like a pretty new user of the Internet as I was 15 months ago. You can avoid many of these problems by following the advice that I was given here on this forum. I am presuming that you are using Internet Explorer like most users. New User Advise You will not regret doing this. Link to the following site and click on Download Free IE7Pro 2.4 has been released on Sep 24,2008 http://www.ie7pro.com/ IE7Pro is an add-on to Internet Explorer and will change your browsing tremendously. It comes with many things that will help you avoid many "beginner" problems. It has an Ad-Blocker that will eliminate the problem that you encountered. It also helps prevent you from going to dangerous sites like a Hosts file manager does. You don't have to be a "techie". It just has these features built-in. It also has a Download Manager program called MiniDM that will help you to keep control over all the things that you will be downloading. It will make Internet usage a lot easier. You will be able to "surf" a lot safer. You can come back and ask questions about this and other software on the Software Forum. These members will give you help and advice. They KNOW the best. As regards downloading CCleaner, you can also select "Alternative Download" on the normal download page. http://www.CCleaner.com/download All free forums and download sites need the advertising income to continue their existence, unfortunately. Some advertisers use very deceptive methods to distract you and make you link to their site. I am sure that this will be looked into. Best wishes, davey

From what I have read in this forum and some MS articles, Vista will create System Restore Points while some third party programs are running. Your Gigabytes will be "recovered" as Vista releases these System Restore Points. Hope we can get some more input from those with Vista 64-bit and use Defraggler. davey

Hi BioImages, Welcome to the forums. We really do appreciate your report. Use the following with a cut and paste of your first post. This will help them understand. We love details so don't be afraid that we won't like a wordy report. You need to use this thread and submit the Defrag debug report. Defraggler debug mode, What it is and how to use it... http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=12840 Thanks in advance for submitting your "debug" report Good luck, davey

Thanks for the heads-up Kenny. Even after using (I think) 3 prior versions of this tool, this version managed to release more disk space and reduced the size of my Registry by 3 % . Quite an improvement, I would say. I am looking forward to the next version. davey P.S. This produces a log (approx. 14 MB in my case) in the Users \Temp folder for review.

Hi 1984, I have IE Advanced settings always set to the standard defaults and I use IE7Pro. My IE7Pro settings are as listed. I use WinXP Pro SP3 on a Dell Dimension 2400 32-bit. I have no problems with IE7 and I do have all updates applied. Hope this helps. davey

Thank you, Humpty !!! It is very refreshing to have a "Reality Check" every now and then. It has been a rough week for many around the globe. Remember this thread ??? It was only 8 months ago. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...ost&p=96821 davey

Hi denmarfl, It is not the browser per se but the application in this situation. This is why you only experience it in CCleaner. Many users forget the task that CCleaner is performing. It is doing some very serious things to your PC. When you get a notification that an update is available, I suggest that you exit CCleaner and then go to CCleaner.com to get the update. This avoids any complications caused by the fact that certain files etc. will not always be available. This is also the same reason that I advise all users to only run CCleaner with no other applications running. You are trying to download and update a very critical program while it is currently running. Even MS itself knows the complications involved in such a procedure. Like many other experienced "programmers" who are also users of CCleaner, we try to keep it simple by not even using the option to check for updates. We check for updates to many programs only at times when it is safer to do so. Yes, I have tested CCleaner Tools > Uninstall and Uninstalled CCleaner while I was using it and it worked. I certainly would not recommend this practice to anyone. CCleaner is doing many critical things to your system. To avoid any complications the safest thing is to update it at another time. Keep it simple ! davey

Hello Kraut173, From what you have described, you may be the victim of some pretty aggressive malware. I would go to this link and follow the instructions. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=17457 My feelings about any Registry "cleaning" are to do one or the other as listed. 1. Do not use Registry "cleaners" and they will cause you no harm. 2. Do Registry "cleaning" only if you know what you are doing !!!. If you know what you are doing, then you are quite capable of taking care of any problems that such actions are known to cause including loss of data, time, and maybe some money. Since you know what you are doing, No Sweat !!! Right ??? Best Wishes, davey

Hello Walt, Welcome to the forums. We love our members. New,Old,"Newbie", "Advanced", "Experts" and "Professionals" Edit Member KevinA may even have a newer version available. Just check out this thread. Loads of experienced members in this thread. CCleaner Portable U3 version http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...ost&p=71394 See you around the forums, davey

You can learn more about Hot Fixes here and the links therein. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_fix Are you currently getting Automatic Updates from Microsoft from the following link ? http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdat...t.aspx?ln=en-us Most updates from Microsoft that actually fix known "software" problems will have an Uninstaller. If the fix does not work correctly than you can use the Uninstaller to reverse the fix and set things back as they were before the fix. I have been using Microsoft Updates now for approx. 15 months now and I have never had reason to remove a Fix. For now I would say to you, just leave the Uninstallers alone until you learn more. davey

Haven't you noticed how much faster it is when you click on the message ? I think it their way of keeping you occupied while the slowest procedure(lowest priority) on a forum does it's thing. davey

Hi JohnC01, Welcome to the forums ! Thanks for reporting your Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 problem. You can help us solve these Vista Ultimate problems. You need to use this thread and submit the Defrag debug report. Defraggler debug mode, What it is and how to use it... http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=12840 Thanks in advance for submitting your "debug" report. Good luck, davey

Hi stormy-1, Not long-winded at all. If everyone would provide the information like you, it would make helping them a lot quicker. Hey , that is one monster file for such a little bitty piece of hardware. Anyhow, right-click on that BTW--blah blah file and select Rename. I Made it BTW.zip . The .zip is the trick you need. Then right-click on that file and select Extract all. The file name they gave you is not correct. They say to double click on Install.zip but the extracted file name that you want to double click is Install.exe. This will start your install. Good luck, davey

Hi Thom, Welcome to the forums ! Doesn't look good , does it. Do this first. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=116036 (If you installed or uninstalled any hardware or software the first thing I would do is a "REBOOT" but the CHKDSK is a good precautionary step as part of the REBOOT in this case. ) Try Defraggler now. If still no luck then try Windows Disk Defragmenter. Still no luck, come back and let us know. Good luck, davey

Hi emm, Hot Fix ? Sounds ominous doesn't it. These fixes are normally just updates nowadays. They normally come out once a month on the second Tuesday of the month. Affectionately called "Patch Tuesday". You never have to delete the Uninstaller for a Hot Fix. Many people do and many save them all. You can normally figure that a fix that has been in effect for a couple of months is not going to be Unistalled. It may be corrected with a later fix. Some people will wait 2 -3 weeks and then get rid of the uninstaller for the Hot Fix. If you need the disk space then you can recover the space. It is up to you if you want to keep the Uninstaller or not. Once the Uninstaller is gone, the fix can't be reversed. davey

Thank you for your update. No matter how long it takes, it is still important for other users, including us, to know the results. There are many new users that will benefit from your response. davey

I go right along with you, Hazel ! If it is a lousy uninstaller then my opinion of the software manufacturer is lousy also. However, there are many "lousy" software makers out there and what these guys are discussing is the result. Norton sure cleaned up their act. Maybe? maybe ? ADOBE will do the same ??? I won't use any of their products until they do !!! davey

Good to see you have it back again. You sped things up by "shaking up a few bits or bytes". It does come back but in your case you seem to have done the "trick". Now, all I have to do is remember to "shake up some bits or bytes". Thank you for your response also. We all benefit this way. davey

Hi DAD, Welcome Recuva portable http://www.recuva.com/download/builds EDIT CCleaner portable http://www.CCleaner.com/download/builds Good search thread by ME of course !!! http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=117040 Good luck, davey

Hi jasimon9, Yes , I advise new users that they may not like what happens when using the "Advanced cleaning" options. If you log off or restart your PC, then the list will start to fill back in. I too was surprised by this about 11 months ago when I started using CCleaner. I am glad to see that you have been searching the forums. This "search" may help you to find things quicker. This link will also help you in your "searches" of the forums. Piriform's Advanced Search Engine http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...ode=adv&f=0 Bookmark and save to Favorites. It will be very handy. Fill in your search criteria in quotes like this "Advanced cleaning" for example or without the quotes for a less specific search. Down at the bottom right you will find Result Type Show results as topics or Show results as posts. Click on Show results as posts (This is important). Now click on the "Perform the search". Now you have a useful display of various threads to work with. Best wishes, davey

Hello again emm, Good to see you. See this link for an answer. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=100704 davey P.S. So as you can see, the Hot Fix remains installed. The uninstaller for the Hot Fix is removed. You do not have to do this every month. You can wait several months before doing this. Just be sure to turn the option off right after you use it. If you ticked the option TONIGHT and forgot to turn it off then the Hot Fix Uninstallers for the fixes coming out tomorrow "PATCH Tuesday" would be removed the next time that you run CCleaner. You want to wait awhile to be sure that the fixes are working correctly before you remove the Uninstaller programs.

Bet you sure surprised your Sis !!! Good work,sis. davey

Hi brickie10, Welcome to the forums. We love new members. In order to get Avast and many other Applications listed on your Applications tab , you will need to put a copy of a file called winapp2.ini into your C:\Program Files\CCleaner folder. This file contains cleaning entries for many Applications that have been submitted by other members just like you. Many users also use this file. You can get that file at this link. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=1110 At the bottom of the first post you be able to download a copy of winapp2.ini . Once you put that file inside your CCleaner folder then you just run CCleaner and you will see new Applications listed on your Applications tab. Then you can turn off the option for Avast cleaning. Any problems come back here. davey

Hello Jamin4u, Terrific Desktop from a Terrific Member !!! Congratulations. davey

Hi RUja, I am glad you have it working. Once you get all your bookmarks, preferences, etc setup then I guess you will back them up. How often do you plan to do this ? Also when you use that program to restore your "Profile" let us know the results. Thanks, davey