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I finally experienced what so many others have posted about with it taking so long on IE history when I cleaned my mothers Win10 laptop.

You'll find IE here: Cleaner > Windows (tab)

Alice using that old version won't properly clean IE, see here why: * https://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=47334&page=1&do=findComment&comment=277953 * https://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=47334&page=1&do=findComment&comment=277988

I also use XP and have noticed multiple different defrag programs have that issue where they become stuck or infinitely loop and can progress no further. When confronted with that I just stop the defrag, close the defrag program, and then open it again to see if it will finish. Personally I think it's an unresolved issue or bug in the Windows defragmentation API of XP because so many third-party defrag tools can get stuck, and most defrag software uses the Windows defragmentation API to defragment drives. Oddly the defrag tool that's built into the OS Windows Disk Defragmenter doesn't seem to have the getting stuck issue, however it will notify of any file(s) that couldn't be defragmented.

When it's shown in the registry cleaner you can right click it, and then add it to the Exclude list.

I know if you initiated an Intelligent Scan (only available via right-clicking in the Cookies to Keep pane) that will put piriform.com and other persistent logins such as email sites, etc., into the Cookies to Keep pane - CCleaner will not do this on its own to my knowledge. It's very easy to get rid of the cookies by highlighting one, or all at of them in the Cookies to Keep pane to remove those you don't want and then click the <- button to move them into the Cookies to Delete area. After doing that run CCleaner to have it delete the cookies. Also see here: http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-settings/choosing-which-cookies-to-keep

Most antivirus software uses IE for updating, and the free variety use it to download advertisements therefore that could be a cause.

Only if he gets 1000 plus tabs will he be in SuperFast's league.

Something else to try is starting pulling things out like the graphics card, etc., and put them back in as something loose could cause issues. A couple of years ago I did that, and noticed the video card connectors that have that copper color had what looked like cooked on discolored blackened dust, I cleaned those connectors with a pencil eraser.

You can also create an individual shortcut to have it automatically clean then automatically shutdown using a command-line parameter, as seen here: http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/advanced-usage/command-line-parameters Essentially you'd create a shortcut with this in it (making sure the path matches where it's installed on your system): "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe" /AUTO /SHUTDOWN Then you'd only need to name the shortcut accordingly, example: CCleaner (Clean And Shutdown)

Something to try is take the cover panel off the PC - if it allows you to use it with the cover off, some PCs don't. If yours allows it then point a small house fan towards it and see if that helps. Cooling issues could arise from dust build up on the power supply fan, which aren't that easy to clean.

Other way around, Avast bought AVG: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3092808/security/antivirus-merger-avast-offers-1-3-billion-for-avg.html

I know on my mothers Win10 laptop as soon as cleaning is done some of the junk immediately comes back as if the OS is re-downloading it and needs it.

This was the only one I could find at the time, an old design with old stable drivers that's XP compatible: EVGA Nvidia GeForce 6200, 512MB DDR2, PCI Manufacturer Links: PCI: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=512-P1-N402-LR AGP: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=512-a8-n403-lr

I looked all over the net from NewEgg to other popular sites, ended up finding what I needed on Amazon. Not the newest greatest technology, but it has heat sinks instead of a fan that will eventually stop working so I'm hoping with no moving part that being a fan to keep it cool that it may actually last longer that 1-2 years which was how often my system cooked graphics cards.

You need to configure the Cookies to Keep list to retain login information for regularly visited sites, see here: http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-settings/choosing-which-cookies-to-keep/ Then to keep your list of frequently visited websites: 1. Open CCleaner. 2. In the Cleaner section (which it loads by default) look under Internet Explorer, and then untick History, and/or Recently Typed URLs. Edit: Also see here: http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-rules/windows-tab/internet-explorer-files If that doesn't work chime back.

Display corruption during startup can in some cases mean a failing graphics display card, and if faulty with a still operational computer the display can look very discolored or multicolored as you've described it (I've had that happen with 3 graphics cards that were starting to fail) - that's if you're lucky enough for it to give you a very obvious clue like that because in some cases you won't have any display whatsoever and Windows may fully load but you can't see anything. When my last graphics card died it took out a stick of RAM with it, or vice-versa perhaps the bad RAM took out the graphics card I don't know which way it happened.

I had the random lockup as you described Login123 in August 2016 (started a few months before though), the source of my problem was the antivirus software (Avira Free Antivirus) which they kept feeding program updates to on XP even though they ended support of it one year prior and even though the newest installer won't run on XP. Removing Avira solved the problem. Your issue could be software-based or hardware-based. I'd run a memory testing program like Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic, or one that's included from the PC manufacturer. When I had faulty ram in Dec 2015 none of the memory testing programs found a problem, it was instead Window XP itself that detected bad RAM during boot which it promptly halted and displayed a warning during the boot process. Edit: Note that when testing RAM you need to test one stick at a time, that means remove any other sticks and test them individually one at a time - then try to boot/start Windows with them individually.

32-bit and 64-bit are both included within the same installer. The installer will know what to use for your computers. As to rather you can install an older version over a newer version I don't know, probably wouldn't hurt to try an over-install and see if it works or doesn't.

Usually just waiting a little while will allow the download to work.

You can add that in CCleaner by going into: Options > Include Read here about how to include files and folders in CCleaner: http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/using-ccleaner/including-files-and-folders-for-cleaning/ Or, you can add it into the community winapp2.ini file: https://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=32310&page=1&do=findComment&comment=175835

See here: http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-how-tos/how-to-increase-the-size-of-fonts-ccleaner-uses

Mozilla have taken it off the add-ons site, so it can't be downloaded and installed in Firefox anymore... ...for now. On the other hand in the Google Chrome store it's still live and can be downloaded.

Yes, and CCleaner can also do this for the user by adding in the unwanted .dll files. 1. In CCleaner go into: 'Options > Include' and add them. 2. In the main CCleaner screen under the 'Cleaner' tab then scroll down to 'Advanced', and finally tick 'Custom Files and Folders'.

See this post, the answer is the same with Defraggler if you use the English version, just delete the Lang folder.