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Nice one, Hazel. It is so exact in capturing the "helpers" dilemma. It's a complete thread in video. davey

Hi Guys, Just a little note to thank you all for your input on this subject. Also wanted to point out that many experienced "defrag" users don't even bother with these files as they are constantly being deleted and created everyday. As you know Vista System Restore files can be huge depending on the options you have set.They are this large because Vista creates better restore points than what was available in WinXP.It takes advantage of the newer PC increased speed,RAM capacity and storage capacity. A better approach to personal "optimization" is to analyze how much space is really needed for your System Volume files and adjust accordingly. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html Vista users http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspace.html WinXP users However don't expect much performance benefit.Let's face it a tidier looking "defrag" map does not mean better system performance. In most cases you are better off just leaving Windows do its thing as far as System Volume files and defragmentation is concerned. Some few users need to "defrag" often. Most users need to "defrag" less often to benefit from better system performance for a longer period of time than most believe. WMI tracing logs can be turned off. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa826686(VS.85).aspx CCleaner deletes these logs anyhow.Why bother having them except for "special" occasions. Best wishes, davey

Hi Ralph, Thanks for that info.The "Bug Fixers" will be interested to see that information. davey

Hi Eli, Another darn good question from the Question Master. I should hope that you could to test new versions of AV software. I don't have the capacity yet for a "Sandbox" yet but I am sure interested in the answer. I avoid any "Free stuff" unless I see it mentioned here on the forum.There is is too much Rogue software out there now. All they want is one click to allow their download and then you are out of control of your PC. davey

Yeah it sounds that way. As YoKenny says we must all look very distinguished. Scholarly who knows? They come in all packages. Capmans and Tunrez advice is also very good. I haven't had a new pair or prescription in maybe 8 years. I lost one lens due to a violent dream and after a few days I could see better without it. Sad to say I am a bi-focal kid of guy but like Capman sometimes not wearing them all the time seems to be beneficial. See you scholars later, davey A few centuries ago,we would all have been dead meat by now.Lions and tigers and bears and such.Especially the such.

Yes, quite a few Firefox 3 users are now doing as you are. Just a note for your security,though. Please remember CCleaner does not "Secure Delete" what it does not delete itself.Maybe Firefox does I am not sure. Any private information and such as banking info you may want overwritten will not be unless Firefox does so. As an alternative,every now and then I run Piriforms RECUVA program and "Secure Delete" all deleted files it finds. Some people mistakenly blame CCleaner for this data still being viewable but they are wrong.They used IE options or Firefox options to delete that data or used some other program to delete it. Most data that is created and deleted "recently" is overwritten very quickly in the day to day browsing and such.This is why I only do this "special Recuva job" once a month or so.Just cleans up all the bits and pieces. http://www.recuva.com/ Best wishes, davey http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com

Hi Clifton and Welcome to the forum, And thanks for providing the information to help solve your situation.Many forget this. The first thing for you to do is go to Cleaner > Applications tab > Multimedia list > Adobe Flash Player and untick that option. This will keep your "Flash Cookies" from being cleaned.Yahoo and many "Popular" sites are storing encrypted data there. It is used to log you in and such at these sites. Then see this link about advice I give to other new users. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=105208 Then see this link if you want only specific "popular" sites to keep information in these Macromedia/Adobe flash files. Some people keep all The Flash files uncleaned and others Exclude only certain sites from being cleaned. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=107678 http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com BOOKMARK this. Start out at Cleaner Information Cookies Good luck, davey

Hello MrKite, It could be a "bug" creeping back in(happened in the past) or in a lot of cases it has to do with when and how you run CCleaner. Best results and the only way you should run CCleaner is with all browsers off,closed,ended, kaput. Some people think their browser is closed and it is not or still in the process when they start CCleaner. As in the past it always seems that CCleaner will underestimate what is to be cleaned.But in your case 1.03 MB is only a few windows and cookies thrown in. 17.0 MB sounds more like a session and more realistic. Can you give us more details OS.version edition,browsers and such? Thanks for your report, davey

I don't know.This PC came with WinXP installed.Early 2004 and was not maintained until early 2007 when I installed SP2 and updated it as indicated by Windows Updates. If your SP2 is up-to-date you should have no problems installing SP3.Yes SP3 has everything that SP2 has except it has IE6 but will not wipe out IE7,if you already have it installed. No SP3 does not delete SP2 just saves it stuff, in case you have to uninstall SP3 for some reason. Once YOU are satisfied with your SP3 install,then YOU delete the Uninstall package that SP3 has built.I consider this the quick and easy way. But if you like the hard way or are running out of space then You can save your personal stuff,then reinstall XP and use the SP3 CD that you can get from MS to install the complete SP3 package including IE6.I consider this the hard,inconvenient way,some people don't. I am sure they must have more than 1 PC so it won't be so inconvenient and they end up with a fresh install. Good luck, davey

Hello trengag, Download your new versions from here. http://www.CCleaner.com/download You should not continue to get the same version in your CCleaner window. If you are downloading from a non authorized site then you will have problems. What OS,edition and version are you using. After downloading try running CCleaner directly from the CCleaner folder icon.You may be running the same old version over and over from an old Desktop short-cut. Good luck, davey

Hi again TomCat, If you made sure of that, then you should never worry about downloads like you seem to be worried about that CCleaner is going to clean out at start-up. Inexperienced users that have too many things "auto start" are reluctant to reboot when they should and their Registry gets all fouled up and then come to the forum wanting to know why things aren't working or "CCleaner must have done it cause it was the last thing I did ,YADA,YADA,YADA". Like I said in the other post please read. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=107940 Answer in prior reply. Do this TomCat. 1. Go to YoKenny's link and install IE7Pro .Like "Tony the Tiger" says "It's great". Say good bye to a bunch of adware and junky ads all over your Web Pages.Say hello to to a neat downloader "MiniDM". (By the way I tested (for you) the "Pause" feature and it worked for a MS download.Not sure if that counts but at least you will be downloading and updating a lot easier also. P.S. The reason I say that "pause" test may not count is that MS always seems to start downloading where it last stopped. Now with other products and any Download Managers,I don't know if they will reconnect for you when a server "times out" your paused download and then pickup where they left-off. 2. Go to the link I provided for you and download Andavari's CCleaner Auto Shut Down. 3. Go download that monster you are talking about and "Save" it and know you will have a safe copy of it. 4. Come back and let us know how great life is. davey

Hi Wendy, The message you are describing sounds a lot like what is in the link that Hazel gave to you. If you have have to re-install why not WMP11? No matter what just make sure that your re-install is not putting things into Temp folders somewhere or CCleaner will most likely them. If you use the Registry function, don't use it and see what happens. Good luck, davey

Hi Gang, I don't know what is up.I was working at my PC early this AM and it seemed to slow down.So I checked Task Manager and found Windows updates was doing something but I didn't get any messages about any updates. I visited Microsoft Updates and checked for any and it said nothing available. Just awhile ago I was checking out this at MS downloads and found many downloads for 07/03/2008 for WinXP SP3 and even a new P.S. Windows Installer 4.5 available plus some others for IE7 and others. Anyone else with some info on this? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results...;DisplayLang=en Best wishes, davey P.S. This is of interest for those who have updated to SP3 about known issues. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

I updated from WinXP Pro and WinXP Home edition all with SP2 and IE7 fully updated. Never considered what you need to do if you are at SP1. Will look into it though. davey P.S. MS Sp1 Ok just go to Windows update and get SP3. You also need to look here. Some new downloads came out 07/03/2008 as regards SP3 and even a new Windows Installer 4,5 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results...;DisplayLang=en

I don't think "SP3 install" deletes anything.MS is not that crazy. You might want to "not" read this before hand so you will be thoroughly confused and befuddled or just get everything up-to-date except for IE8 and go for it. http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/05/0...-and-xpsp3.aspx As regards .Net I am not sure but I make it a habit to stay up-to-date with all the software.If I end up in the frying pan I will have lots of company and lots of help to get out.More and more software is requiring .Net . Why stay behind the times unless you are stuck for space? I get by with my 256 MB RAM Dell Dimension with all the updates so far. Good luck, davey P.S. Just for your info I installed SP3 with IE7 already installed.I am definitely not going back.I also had IE7Pro already installed prior to SP3.I have not encountered any problems.Some users have had to re-install some audio drivers as far as I know.I am strictly set up as supplied by MS and WinXP as far as Windows Media Player 11 and I encountered no problems whatsoever.Since I was so up-to-date I think my SP3 download was 60-70 MB.With everybody else downloading at the same time it took about 1 hr to download and 1 hr to install on this machine.Others were 1 hr altogether (later download date) and slightly faster PCs.

Hi TomCat, I am not sure about what downloaders are available to do what you want. Download to somewhere CCleaner doesn't clean.<<<<<<<<< Hey TomCat Why run CCleaner at start-up anyway? It is bound to cause you head-aches.Try Andavari's CCleaner Auto Shutdown. P.S. Opps. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=16551 Andavari's CCleaner Auto Shutdown I learned a long time ago that the best way to avoid "timing" conflicts is not to create them in the first place. This goes for "Auto start " of any maintenance type programs,especially "cleaning" and "defrags". Experienced users don't let their PC's do much of anything "automatically". However, if you enjoy "automatically" created disasters and surprises, go right ahead. See this link also. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=107261 Best wishes, davey P.S. I really like the IE7Pro add-on it has a downloader also with a "Pause" option but I have never used it. This is a great question and I am looking forward to more info about this.

Hi wikitech, The preferred way when talking about CCleaner in WinXp is YoKenny's method.That way the user can keep all his settings for CCleaner very easily. Unfortunately users with older OS's do have to do it the way you suggest. Best wishes, davey

I did some testing.Apparently you cannot do this while the related program is running.Makes sense to me. P.S.Close OpenOffice and try again. Good luck, davey

Hi Lloyd, With a little "searching" of the forums you get more insight to this. These files are too important to many users to have CCleaner clean them. I think it is just going to be up to the user to clean these ares. Most users are best advised to leave these files and folders alone.That is why CCleaner leaves them alone. davey

Hello Stones, Welcome to the forum!!! Thanks for registering as a member.You are definitely my kind of member. You have been reading the forums and you answered all the necessary questions. Other users have reported similarly.I think they(Piriform) have changed or removed some of the cleaning entries for Word. Many new users were unaware that these areas would be cleaned automatically. This is just my conclusion not re-affirmed by any official development team members. Hopefully I can find out some answers for you or someone else can also offer their input."Bug Fixers" will also use this info. You may have to use some Include entries or some winapp2.ini file entries to clean these areas. See ya later. davey Another member like you. http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/

Hello Cowtoon, These links are to the same guy's site about System Restore.XP and Vista. His site is the best we know of when it comes to System Restore problems, fixes, and general information. System Restore http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html Restore a Windows XP system to a previous State using System Restore http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html Windows Vista, System Restore You may want to bookmark these.I have. Good luck, davey P.S. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html Some third-party tools can can cause the deletion of restore points in Windows Vista. Some versions of Vista are affected. Are you trying to run CCleaner at Start-up? This may apply to you Cowtoon and a few others with this problem.

Hello all MEMBERS. You can vote in the desktop poll also. You don't have to have an entry.SEE JUNE DESKTOPS IN LOUNGE FORUM. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=16050 June Desktops LOOK AT ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL DESKTOPS AND VOTE IN THE POLL davey

I like that a lot.I hope they move it. You have managed to point out the obvious lack of July Desktops topic. davey

Hello tuttle, Welcome to the forum!!! Thanks for such an informative report. This seems to have been a problem in last few versions of CCleaner for Vista Home. So you have not updated to Version 2.09 yet.Can you try the new version and give us a report also. You are the first to report this strange(albeit correct) behavior after installing AVAST. I am sure the "BUG FIXERS" will be able to use this information. Thanks again, davey

Hello, A version history that will take you back almost that far. http://www.CCleaner.com/download/version-history Good luck in your research. davey