I ran CCleaner on my father's PC just last night. He uses Windows XP SP2. It was a pretty big clean- it ended up removing around 5000MB of junk.
However, after I ran CCleaner the PC's wireless stopped working. And now, in the little wireless/LAN icon in the quicklaunch bar there's a yellow, triangular sign that says: "Status: Limited or No Connectivity".
I called my ISP's tech. support and we determined that the modem works fine. We just connected the Ethernet cable my (working) laptop and created a new connection, which worked. But, the wireless router was still disabled, which means everybody in the house is without Internet. We concluded that the connection between the router and the modem has been broken. I'm positive that this occurred immediately after a CCleaner session.
I've done a System Restore and XP's "Last Known Good Configuration"- neither have worked. Not surprising since System Restore restores the configuration- not data changes (which is why I'm sure that CCleaner deleted something important).
I've been a user of CCleaner on my personal laptop for quite some time, but I'm not sure why it ended up ruined my father's wireless connection. I'm not trying to thrash CCleaner here- again, I'm a long-time user, and a big fan of it. But I really think this should be addressed, and I'd appreciate any help I could get on the issue.
I have had it do the same thing and had a terrible time getting the notebook's wireless setup working again.
That's not why I'm upset with CCleaner, however, I just had v. 2.08.588 install the Yahoo! toolbar w/o giving me the option not to install it. I'm posting about that elsewhere. I just happened to see your comment about the wireless connection and thought I'd let you know you aren't alone.
CCleaner disabled my wireless connection! Help!
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I have had it do the same thing and had a terrible time getting the notebook's wireless setup working again.
That's not why I'm upset with CCleaner, however, I just had v. 2.08.588 install the Yahoo! toolbar w/o giving me the option not to install it. I'm posting about that elsewhere. I just happened to see your comment about the wireless connection and thought I'd let you know you aren't alone.