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Ahh! OK, no need to suggest it then. I would suggest however a clear instruction for us fee users about lack of profile access. But I understand it perfectly. Thanks. H

Hi, I think I already know the answer to this one but I want to be doubly sure. I don't see this in the doc nor any posts here on th forum. Again, it may be present but I can't find it. If I have a computer that has 4 profiles: Admin, User 1, User 2, User 3. I'm on Admin right now and launch CCleaner. It's only going to run against/clean/operate on the Admin profile. It isn't going into the other User Profiles to clean anything. If I want to clean the other profiles, I have to log in to those profiles, one-at-a-time, and use CCleaner to achieve cleaning on those. And, I can understand what you would not want that. But as an Admin, I'd really like that functionality if I'm say, in a library or classroom where "User 1 -2 -3" are re-used over and over saving me a lot of time. Before I go and post a suggestion, just want to be sure it's limited to the logged in profile. Thanks. H

OK, folks, here's the real cause and solution: When I prepped the new disk, I was unaware that Seagate's Disk Wizard imposes a "disk signature" on the drive. Subsequently, I used my cloning software which went through and imposed the cloned image but this important "signature" was inconsistent and probably caused problems with the Volume Shadow Copy service used during the backup process. Whew! I was just lucky to find this. Anyway, now I don't believe that IE7's cache was the corruption I was looking for. It was something completely unrelated but that's what happens when you have to "guess" at what the cause of an issue is with these things. I did learn how to create a boot disk with SATA drivers slipstreamed - something that I didn't even know was possible. And I did learn how to clean out IE7s caches - absolutely clean them out. So I don't feel it's a total loss and now I'm going to set about re-cloning without Disk Wizard's help. Thanks for the opportunity to participate.

Well I've done pretty much all that has been suggested. The filename is long and filled with "%20" escape codes. I've visited Folder Options and I've visited IE7s cache cleaner feature (which is the same as going through Control Panel). Thing is you can't view any of the files in the Temporary Internet folder because it's locked down tight, they won't let you view inside it, they won't let you delete it -not even in safe mode and not even when using another admin acct. Going to have to think about this some more.... Thanks for the advice.

Hello to all. I'll try to make this brief. I'm on an Athlon 64 - 3400+, 1gB Crucial RAM & Seagate 500gB drive. Abit M/B with integ NVIDIA graphics - nothing special - just use it for file store and my wife's low usage email. It has XP Pro SP3 and I use IE7. All drivers are up to date and are from the hardware manufacturer's website(s) - I use Driver Genius to track them. I have this one file I want to be rid of and I think CCleaner should be able to do the job. But... Let me back up a minute. I've not been able to backup the system recently because in the middle of a backup job, it BSODs with a 0X19 stop (Bad_Pool_Header). I can replicate this error with an "on-demand" backup using two different backup utility suites. Without going into a long song and dance, as I try to copy everything off to another drive, I see XP Pro refuses to copy this one particular file out of a folder labelled "YQ9HF0B5" which is likely a hidden folder to store IE7's cache or perhaps its cookie files. XP stops the copy because this one file has too long a filename ( a really gory looking long string of characters) I think this is a corrupt cookie file (at least the filename is so long XP won't budge it) and I'm thinking this corrupt file may be doing something to create the BSOD when the system goes through to back up. I can surf all day with this machine as well as do any other task, like convert an AVI for example. Because of the unique way, now, that IE7 is hiding the cache from the user, you can't find it in Explorer. I've tried exploring in safe mode. I've tried DOS as in go to the root and do a "dir YQ*.* . I've tried Control Panel > Internet Options > General tab > Delete All. I've then tried CCleaner to clear the errored cache file/cookie and its folder. I've tried all of these steps in my account as well as the wife's acct (admin permissions OK). Isn't CCleaner 2.11 supposed to be able to dump ALL browser files including index.dat? Second question: Would anyone know of a good way to absolutely find that folder so I can work with it and dump it for good? I'm of the opinion that should I get rid of the long filename/corrupted cache/cookie file, I might be able to get rid of the BSOD and move on. What's the opinion of the group here? Thanks.

Yes, I see that. Maybe it's just that Piriform isn't used that heavily. Thanks again.

So, what seems to be different versus other anti-SpyWare sites is the emphasis on AntiVir and Bitdefender. Are you saying that using those suites takes care of a lot of problems without having to go through reviewing MBAM and HJT logs? Again, it just struck me as curious. I get called a lot to clean up friends and rels computers as the so-called "expert"... And so I'm always looking for that "edge" if you know what I mean. Thanks for your replies...

Hi. I was just wondering in SpyWare Hell, do they clear out the resolved topics? There doesn't look to be a whole lot of activity on that sub-forum. Just curious if anyone knows why. Maybe they're just that good that they can keep the pending lean and mean...