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The checkbox you are looking for is Internet Explorer - Temporary Internet Files

RAID users, beware ! A bug *cough* that was reported 2 years ago *cough* is still unfixed. It can (and will) corrupt your RAID drives. https://bugs.edge.la...ntu/+bug/568183 https://bugs.edge.la...ted/+bug/191119

Are you using more than one real-time protection at the same time ? You shouldn't (Besides, unless you are using a modern - i.e. >= 2009 - version of Norton Antivirus, it probably is the culprit)

CCleaner's Cleaner will not fix your problems. Maybe the Registry cleaner will, but... use it at your own risk. Do you use an Antivirus ?

What is the video you're trying to watch ?

No, it only removes temporary files used by those programs, as well as MRU (Most Recently Used) lists.

Java is never used for videos Java is available for x64 and x86 systems : x64 : http://www.filehippo.com/download_jre_64/ x86 : http://www.filehippo.com/download_jre_32/ For videos, 99% of time it uses Flash. Flash is only available in x86 version, so you'll need to use an x86 browser - i.e. every browser except Internet Explorer 64-bit Edition. The x64 Windows have both versions installed, one in C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\, the other in C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\.

The uninstaller doesn't need to go in the Start Menu. The Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs in XP or Programs and Features in Vista/7 already does that. The documentation could be a single link "Piriform Documentation" pointing to docs.piriform.com

Currently we have : CCleaner --CCleaner.exe Defraggler --Defraggler.exe Recuva --Recuva.exe Speccy --Speccy.exe What he wants is this : Piriform --CCleaner.exe --Defraggler.exe --Recuva.exe --Speccy.exe That'd save space, and it wouldn't require more clicks.

Hit Windows key + Pause/Break key on your keyboard. Choose "Advanced system settings" Click the button in the "Performance" category In the "Advanced" tab, click the "Change" button Select "No paging file" Click the "Set" button, and click OK Reboot Go back to the dialog you just quit, and chose "Custom size" For both the "Initial size" and "Maximum size", type 6144 Click the "Set" button, and click OK Reboot That should "defrag" the pagefile.

Unless the said reg keys are really corrupt (i.e. they should contain valid data, have programs wanting for them, but don't have any valid data in them) and not simply "forgotten" after an uninstall or something, it won't degrade the computer's performance.

Not yet.

CCleaner is free and can be downloaded from http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download or http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ Where did you buy it from ?

Defraggler's installer automatically detects and install the correct version - if you're on a 64-bits Windows, it should be 64 bits. The x64 executable is named "Defraggler64.exe".

That'd be awesome, especially a Start Menu "Piriform" subfolder - I just hate the "subfolder with only one thing in it" thing.

0.1% of users need those, so it would be pointless. You can use tools such as ResHacker (google it, it's old but it works well) to look into CCleaner.exe and see the .ini files.

The only things that CCleaner removes is what you want it to. If you don't want it to erase cookies...uncheck the "Cookies" checkbox. If you want it to erase temp files...check the "Temporary Files" checkbox. If you want to know what CCleaner will remove, click the "Analyze" button.

No offense intended, but if you are asking here something about the Registry Cleaner, you shouldn't use it. "Useless" reg keys won't degrade performance or whatever, unless you have serious problems (e.g. a program that failed to uninstall)

Please do the following : -Analyze the disk -Check all files, click "Defrag Checked" -Analyze the disk again -Post a screenshot of the "File List" tab after that.

Look in the File List tab.

C:\Windows\Tasks, in WinXP (in Vista/7 it's C:\System32\Tasks and C:\SysWOW64 for x64 editions of Windows), is where the Tasks Scheduler stores its tasks - nothing to do with the task manager. The problem with adding a tool to control what's in it is that lots of tasks have weird names but are system tasks/useful tasks by 3rd party software, so a lot of users would think "I need to delete everything to make my computer clean" - just look at what happens with the Registry cleaner. A malware will never hide there, unless its author is stupid. There are a lot of more secret keys that utilities like SysInternals Autoruns allow you to check that are less visible than the Tasks folder. Please, install WGA, you'll only have to do it once, and it won't do anything except running one time - I've never seen a computer with a WGA false positive.

Are the fragmented files in C:\System Volume Information\ with long random names ?

Win7 has IE 8, so it can't be IE7. The search bar history is not part of the cookies, but rather of the "Autocomplete Form History". Try unchecking that.

Try this : http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=8588

Main problem for me : OpenOffice just can't compare with Microsoft Office. Except in the price category. And I can't program in .NET using Linux (well, there's Mono, but...it lacks a lot of things). Also, one thing about Ubuntu and other Linux distros that I don't like is that the trick users into believing Linux is secure, when in fact it is much less secure than Windows - there simply is that awesome thing called "1% market share" which protect them against most viruses, and allow them to include lots of software in the distros, which is a good thing MS can't even dream to do. However, for the average user, Ubuntu can be a good choice, depending on what they use. As always, the main problem with a lot of people is that they are afraid of change. PS : If someone want to argue about Linux security, check page 44 of that PDF first, and notice how the Linux Kernel alone has more than twice vulnerabilities as Vista - and that's only the kernel, if you add all the software, it's even worse.