[K-lite]

Any good?

[PerfectDisk vs. DiskKepper]

PerfectDisk gets my vote.  Diskeeper's defragmenting process might be faster than PerfectDisk's, but the quality of Diskeeper's defragmentation is horrible.  I couldn't even tell if defragmenting w/Diskeeper really did anything to my computer.  The only rant I have about PerfectDisk is the time it takes to defrag.

 

P.S. I have also heard great things about O&O Defrag..haven't personally tried it but plan on testing it when my new laptop comes in.

 

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PerfectDisk for me as well...

[Prefetch option should be removed]

Just stop arguing with us and take it up with the administrator.

[Prefetch option should be removed]

Like I said its the users choice!

 

And It only deletes Prefetch Data(I'm getting "DATA" from CCleaner) older than 14 days(if you have a problem with the way this works...contact the administrator)

[Prefetch option should be removed]

My question for you is this. CCleaner is only getting rid of "old" prefetch data. So by getting rid of the old data could that make windows write the more recent data faster? If so than could that improve performance by seconds? Which might be why your pc feels like its running faster for a couple of minutes after using CCleaner.

 

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I agree. Why do you need old prefetch files when you haven't used them for a while("Old"!!!! Prefetch Data) that CCleaner can easily clean off your computer.

 

"""Old""" Prefetch Data Cleaning is a great option for CCleaner to have....,(if I haven't been running a program for a while.....WHY!!! would I want a file to be floating around on my HD when it is not "needed"

 

& Plus i don't care if my programs go a few nanoseconds slower, when I can have a clean hard drive.

 

I agree that they may not be cache but why not have the choice to delete them if you want to?

 

Applications do go faster with the prefetch files there, but CCleaner cleans only "OLD" Prefetch Data which you do not need if you haven't been using an application for some time.

 

(And besides its your own choice whether you want to delete them or not!!!)

[Prefetch option should be removed]

It shouldn't be there. Should Mr. G include every other useless tweak in CCleaner too? It has nothing to do with what people want. If people don't understand how something works they will request more useless features. Cleaning the prefetch folder is a myth, useless and reduces performance.

 

You probably have prefetching disabled for all I know. None of which changes how prefetching works.

 

If you think I am wrong, link to me the Microsoft Knowledgebase article or White paper that says otherwise.

 

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Well your wrong, I do have it checked and I also have custom folders to empty out all the prefetch so you can't tell me that it reduces performance because if it did...I should know!

[Prefetch option should be removed]

First off those aren't recent blogs. Windows Prefetching hasn't changed since day one. And no it is not just nanoseconds it can be much, much greater then that. Shaving a few second off an application load or Windows boot is worth it. And since it does nothing but improve performance, disabling it or cleaning the folder is foolish.

 

There is alot of misinformation floating around the internet, how prefetching works is one of them. But hey if you want to reduce your system performance feel free. None of this changes the fact that this should not be in CCleaner.

 

Cleaning the Prefetch folder has the same negative effect on performance that using Memory Optimizers does.

 

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Well sorry to tell you but when I clean my prefetch it doesn't seem to reduce performance any on my end....and like I said before I don't really care.

[You Have To See This]

Did that guy just decide " I would like to go to jail today"? It looks intentional to me, but I dont get why they would do that. Maybe they lost control but the one thing I know for sure is that cop is very lucky.

 

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Perhaps it may have been intentional but they could have hydroplaned(not sure how to spell that ) because it looked quite wet on the road but yah like you said that cop is very lucky.

[You Have To See This]

Crazy,...just crazy!

[Prefetch option should be removed]

No you don't understand Cleaning this folder HURTS performance. Windows will automatically clean it but based on uninstalled applications. This is a performance hurting setting since CCleaner targets used applications.

 

You don't understand how it works that is why you think it needs to be cleaned.

 

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You don't understand I don't care...

[Programming]

I program in VB6 right now and am continuing to do so...

[Prefetch option should be removed]

I am one who likes CCleaner to clean as much possible and I believe that there should be an option to either clean old prefetch data or all of it.

 

For now I use custom folders to empty %Windir%\Prefetch however this option would be nice.

[Gmail -- why?]

Sniper, thanks for invitation!

[Nils Olav Promoted to Colonel in Chief]

Ummmm.....Ok

[Best freeware antispyware program!]

I use AdAware SE, Spybot S&D, BitDefender Pro AV/Firewall, and WinPatrol.

 

I had ZoneAlarm, but for some reason vsmon.exe would hang at startup and caused Windows to lockup, I had to uninstall it.

 

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Is WinPatrol any good or...?

[Transform XP to Vista]

Exactly it could turn out to be the next win me. I'm seriously considering buying a mac for my next pc, especially since they will be running intel processors and can run windows too.

 

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I find that Mac computers are really nice and I wouldn't mind having one myself...

[Best freeware antispyware program!]

I also use:

 

SpywareBlaster

AVG Antivirus (Free Edition)

 

And For Cleaners:

 

"CCleaner"

HDCleaner

EasyCleaner

Disk Cleaner

[Transform XP to Vista]

I've also tried one that makes your Windows look like a Mac

 

It was a nice change and didn't mess up anything on my Windows

(but it was probably spyware anyway)

[Administrative tools]

I wonder if these logs are taking up valuable disk space

 

(because I've got tons of them)

[Free opera Tuesday!]

accually it ends at 12:00 AM GMT -7 which is most likely not your time zone.

 

right now it will end in 2 hours and 10 minutes

 

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Well whatever!!

[Best freeware antispyware program!]

Please state the "best freeware antispyware program" out there that you use and give some reasons as to why it is the best..

 

As for me I use three different ones...

 

-Ad-Aware SE Personal

-Microsoft Antispyware

-Spybot S&D

 

(What do you use??)

[Firewall help]

I just started trying AVG Antivirus free edition and I like it..(for now)

[IF you forget your BIOS password]

i have 1 simple question why ppl lock bios with password ?

 

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Makes the person feel more secure...I don't know?.....

[Transform XP to Vista]

That is a big change for Windows!!!!

 

It really looks nice...

[Some member posting info.]

Some people think they can get CCleaner before everybody else does if they signup to the forum...(Too Bad)