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Hi grall, Welcome to the forum Most Advanced options are just that. They are used by Advanced users for special reasons. They do not make your PC perform better. There is only one I recommend for users that are really hardup for disk space. If you are not leave this alone until you learn more. This option is Hot Fix Uninstallers. See the paragraph in this link and follow what it says if you really need the space. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=109405 Nobody knows your system and how you use it except you. The rest you can read about in the Guide and "searching" on the forum. davey http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites Search Engine Bookmark and save to Favorites http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...ode=adv&f=0

Hello JD, Welcome to the forum from another of mainframe experience. A person with experience apparently. Are you kidding me ? I was "green" to PCs and Windows internals up until 9 months ago and I am still learning. And I have been heavy into learning. From your questions and explanation I would say backup the Registry completely. Create a manual System Restore point and make sure that you are prompted to backup the Registry changes. Then go for it !!! All or nothing. Or do it one option at a time. Take your pick. The only other thing I advise most users is leave the Registry alone. It is like a phone book or map. It is old and some entries no longer apply but it is still usable. I would not use any other Registry program other than CCleaner if you must. Always run CCleaner with no other programs running to get best results and no conflicts. Best wishes, davey http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites P.S. For advice see the following. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...ost&p=96299 http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=102905

What a great idea !!! My daughter has one of those cleaners. I would have never thought to use it that way but it makes perfect sense. It cleans everything in that manner. I highly recommend them for almost anyone. davey

Hi Mike, I second the Thanks. We appreciate these reports and it does help the programming team. I am sure that some of your suggestions will show up in "Defraggler". They have been requested by others also. Defragging in safe-mode slows down the Defragging process. Some files are marked as unmovable and will remain where they are. Good Luck, davey

Hi Stu, It deletes and will also "overwrite" what it deletes if you set the option to do so. Good luck, davey http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites

HELLO ALICE, How are you ? Yes, you will see a lot of entries. Make sure option at Options > Advanced > Show prompt to backup registry changes is on. Reply "Yes" to backup always. Good luck, davey

Hi Tim, Just drop a copy of winapp2.ini into your C:\Program Files\CCleaner folder and you will get AVG 8.0 . You might also clean out some files from old applications also. Check it out and discard any you don't want. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=1110 The .zip link is at the bottom of the first post. Good times, davey http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites

Hello WASSUP, I think every A/V affects CCleaner's speed. I am not aware of any Firewalls affecting it. Either you just know it's happening and run with it on or turn it off to run CCleaner quicker and then turn it back on. Best wishes, davey

Hi John, The option that you refer to is talking about what is called the CCleaner.ini file. It will be created and updated in your C:\Program Files\CCleaner folder. Edit This link should help you understand how useful it is. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=103253 Best wishes, davey http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites

Hi SleejR, Don't forget to go to MS Update and make sure you get all the updates for your PC. http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdat...t.aspx?ln=en-us Your CCleaner will run faster with the newer C++ programs. Did you Reboot after installing CCleaner? If not, do so especially since you have a freshly reinstalled OS. Best wishes, davey http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites

Hi doulos737, Make sure that the option is "ticked" at Options > Advanced > Show prompt to backup registry issues. You should get the prompt in Registry issues whenever this option is set. If you don't get the prompt in the future you will know that you need to reset this option.Good luck, davey http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites P.S. I think this option should always be checked. It should be a "Default" option as "On".

Good luck !!! From everything I have read there is no such thing as Auto anything with UAC or with it turned off. I don't have any personal experience using Vista but it seems like you ask for something to run and then 10 - 15 secs later it asks for your authorization. Good thing you don't have type in some random generated 6 character string or something. Do you? Best wishes, davey

Hi Sally, I am glad we have input from other users.They have some good info also. I think the other members are pointing in the right direction. Can you send us a snap shot of those items as they appear on the Analysis list. We can examine and explain exactly what is appearing on your list. Your files and program may all be exactly where they belong. There may be no worries in this situation but you are always wise to ask. I have seen the situation where users were running the actual program from a temporary area and when they ran CCleaner the program disappeared. This happens infrequently but it does happen. davey

Come on Keith, give us a break. We are stuck with WinXP. Please show some sensitivity to our plight. We can do the same thing with WinXP but we are talking about the System Tray Items and not settings. davey

Hi Fred, Welcome to the forum Maybe someone is playing a joke on you ? Maybe not intentionally. Do a Windows "search" for all files and folders CC case sensitive. Navigate here and see if that folder is there. If so delete it,then delete it from your Recycle Bin. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop If not there, check the other users desktops also. Check back with us. davey

Hi Pengman, Thank you for pointing out such important information. It is very important for all users to remember that when there are multiple user accounts then each user must run CCleaner to get as much cleaned as possible. Each account is going to have Temporary Internet files,History files,index.dat files,Cookies,Temp files and even some application areas to be cleaned. This also includes those PCs with one user but multiple user accounts. Each account can have uncleaned data. This includes the Administrator account who may also have a User account. You may also have a Guest account that needs cleaning. Thanks again, davey

Hi Sally, Good thing that you checked. CCleaner is set to delete things related to Word and Office and such that is stored in areas that are considered temporary or temp. work areas. Other users have inadvertantly kept all their data in these areas for a long time like you. In the Cleaner window you will see the Applications tab. On that list you will find the name of the Applications that are "ticked" to be cleaned. Turnoff the Applications that you are concerned about until you find out where your data should be stored. Always review that Analysis Report until you get all the Applications the way that you want them. Beginners advice Start here with this link and follow its advice. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=105208 Also see this link about the Registry and newbies. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...ost&p=96510 Come back and let us know how you did and what else we can help you with. There are lots of easy things to learn. One step at time. davey http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites

I first wanted to be sure it connected properly. Then see if it was set-up to connect to HP. You know, the hopefully only needed for awhile phone home and report stats and problems and download the latest software thing. Later when it is stable then you can disable the phone home stuff. Unfortunately, the fix requires the HP uninstall process. Sorry for you that is. Why HP still has to put hooks into everything is beyond me. They should have a home-owner version that doesn't include all the excess baggage that causes all the problems. HP certainly has changed compared to their old reputation. Great hardware is useless with lousy software. When will they learn that ? Now, what is the thinking icon that you describe? I haven't used Vista so maybe it is something I am interested to learn about. How long ago did you install this HP software and hardware? With Vista it may be easier to do a System Restore back prior to these problems. That way you are starting off fresh. Besides that I think you need a rest from this. davey P.S. You are doing the right thing by installing things one at a time. Is that thinking icon a "yellow light bulb" ?

I don't know if any thing has changed since he posted that FAQ. I have read that people were trying to use ERUNT and NTREGOPT with UAC turned on because they wanted UAC on after some Vista fixes. I know of one Vista user that has no problems at all even running ERUNT at startup. He has restored the Registry with ERUNT and used NTREGOPT with no problems. Then there are the others who insist on trying to install it their way and they have problems and blame it all on ERUNT and NTREGOPT. You know the kind of PC user I am talking about ? The self-approved experts. Then they try to give the product a bad name based on their "official experienced" opinion. I can never understand those that refuse to do it the simple way and follow the instructions. How long have you been using ERUNT and NTREGOPT with UAC turned on? Any problems? Knowing you ,I think you are probably all up to date with Vista SP1. I would think that with all the fixes from MS, that you can run Lars programs either way. But that was his statement back then. P.S. I would hold to that statement until the author changes it. You might E-mail him and update us. MAYBE ??? MAYBE ??? I would not doubt that he made that a requirement so he didn't have to be involved with all the original UAC problems. Who can blame him. Many software companies did the same thing. Why run around trying to fight fires caused by someone else's software ? I just wanted to re-emphasize Lars original statement. So I updated some of my previous posts to remind many Vista users who are now trying to keep UAC on now that it is working better. davey

Chrissy, What shows in CCleaner Tools > Setup for HP ?. Make sure all your connections are good at each end. Also what HP programs show in the Task Manager ? davey

Hi Peter, I have not seen many messages during Registry "analysis". First rules in computers say "When in doubt,leave it alone". Learning from others peoples mistakes tells me to leave it alone. Especially when you are getting this message. You are wise to ask about this. Some "malware" will put misleading messages also . davey

It is a tool we are going to use. But only with UAC turned off in Vista. Same thing with ERUNT. It copies the Registry to another location. All the old ,deleted Registry entries are not copied so you end up with a new shorter Registry. Nothing gets changed, just copied. After learning and doing some cleaning and uninstalling here at the forum, I ran NTREGOPT and it made my Registry 17% smaller. So certain tasks run quicker as a result. When I started my Registry was approx. 55 MB. After doing some of the things that you will or also can do, I am down to a 38 MB Registry. Think of it like waist size and you get the idea. I have more useful things and less junk on my PC and it runs better than the day it was installed in April,2004. Plus, it is a lot more useful for daily life etc. davey

Hi chrissy, We are going to have fun together because you are almost as "green" a "newbie" as I was. I didn't even know what the Start Menu was. I had all the same questions and more. No apologies needed. Ask all the questions you like. That is why we are here. Nobody has bitten you yet. Have they ? Don't worry that comes later. Use your link to the Guide and if you want you can print off a copy from this link. It is in the list. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=1504 If you see version numbers mentioned in my Posts I will definitely update them (let me know). You will find that some people mention versions and in most cases the data will still apply to newer versions as well.. Some pages have dates ages old but the data is up to date. Your Recent Documents links will be removed not the data. These "links" are pointers to the actual files. I turn that option on and off as I need. It will not remove The Recent Documents feature from your Start Menu. "RUN" in the Start Menu is a special button to use. You can run any program,or command, or open files by using this feature on the Start Menu. A list of each thing is kept to save retyping. If you want it secret what programs and naughty things and such, you leave that option on in CCleaner so the list will be cleaned. If you want to keep the list, turn that option off. When they talk about passwords and such they are referring to the data that some websites keep on your PC to identify you when you come back to those websites. Some of this data is kept in Autocomplete Form History or in certain "cookies" or Adobe/Macromedia Flash player. Most users keep this data not cleaned so that they don't have to re-enter it all the time. Some users clean it all. I am one of those rare guys who empties his own Recycle Bin. I turn that option off. I want to double-check what I put in there and then I delete it. NOBODY touches my clock or my Recycle Bin. or my coffee cup. Refer to the CCleaner Guide to answer most of your questions. Most users use the options as installed. They are called Default options. One at time you can "Analyze" to see the list of what will be removed by CCleaner. Mostly it is list of most recently used (MRU) files and names and such so nobody knows your secret habits Some settings are cleared but only for those things that the majority of users want reset. If in doubt turn the option off. Our "junk" may be your "treasures". See the links in the others posts I gave you . There is advice there also Get your "cookies to keep " started yet ? I also suggest that you set the option Options > Advanced > Save settings to INI file. Explain later. Don't you dare touch those Advanced options yet. Your PC might "BLOW UP" and then we can't talk. (Of course it won't blow up or any such thing. It may do things that are undesirable and unexpected for most PC users. See here under "Cleaning information" as to what they will do. These options are rarely needed but provided for Advanced users.They do not make your PC run better.) http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites Good luck, davey

Yes Dennis, it is a good thing that you brought it up. This slow log-off problem has caused many users problems and I just wanted to re-emphasize that this Service is the cure. It was not on my PC when the computer was installed. It should be installed if you currently have the problem or not. Check below to be sure that this applies to your PC. UPHClean User Profile Hive Cleanup Service This is an official Microsoft windows program.It should only be downloaded from Microsoft. UPHClean: A service to help with slow log off and unreconciled profile problems. Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP 32-Bit systems (NOT FOR Windows VISTA) Windows Vista has it's own program DPHClean that comes installed with Vista. UPHClean v1.6d does not function under Windows XP x64 Edition or Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition. A future version of UPHClean may be supported under those operating systems. Thanks for the advice, davey

Hi Augie, I think you have some computer background if I am not mistaken. Anyhow, you have definitely pointed out some of the complexities involved with the "wiping" or "secure deleting" of files. I think the developers have been wise not to "wipe" versus "secure delete" and this leaves them open to undeserved criticism and questioning. After all Recuva's main function is to "recover" data. Just like in the example you have provided. You have discovered some of the things that have to be decided upon by the individual programmer and the team. Do you wipe the fact that a file was ever there or do you leave a little "note" behind ? It is possible that what you describe may have occurred but very unlikely. But I will never preclude the fact that it is possible and we all know Murphy and the rest. It is more likely that some "wiping" desires by users are just not possible. Unless of course you use more physical and violent procedures to do so. So "stuff can happen" and "it will happen". It always does. No,you haven't been out in the sun "too long". Maybe just long enough to visit the local pub and ponder some more mysteries. davey P.s. There is something going on recently on the forum. I believe it has been for the benefit of us all. Many astute observations such as yours being made, discussed and resolved.. Such as this linked thread. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...4&st=0&