Andavari

Those cc_###.reg files are backups/undo files of the Issues (registry cleaner). If you haven't noticed any problems after a few days they're most likely safe to delete, personally I never create any .reg backups when prompted to do so by CCleaner, but then again I always create a daily backup using ERUNT as that's the only registry backup I fully trust.

I don't have the slightest ideal why CC would ignore files older than 48 hours. However, I have always disabled the 48 hour rule with no consequences that I've been able to detect.

Glenn is correct there will or should be a large coloured chart showing you exactly how to hook everything up on the back. Also the way the back of PC's are designed it's pretty damned difficult to hook something up wrong, e.g.; a USB cable won't fit into a Firewire port, etc. About your antivirus, Dell most likely has it pre-installed on your system and most likely it will be included on a Dell restore CD, or they would have given you an actual install CD with it for restoration at a later time. Once your PC is up and running launch the antivirus and find the Update button wherever it is located within the program. If you didn't pay for a full year on the antivirus expect it to expire in 30 days to 90 days depending upon the trial period of course - however that isn't a problem since there are a few free antivirus programs. Don't mind Eldmannen he was just joking!

I personally don't utilize Dell Support/Customer Service anymore, if you have a problem, etc., just browse their site for the solution all on your own hence if you use their tech support you'll literally wait ages to get through. Their techs are basically just reading stuff off the web that's widely available. They also have the nasty habit of not fixing anything and tell people to format to fix stupidly simple problems. LMAO Eldmannen, that was funny however it seems to be very true hence I can't even order ink cartridges without getting someone with an ascent from hell that I don't understand. Outsourcing sucks!

You can manually add that folder to Custom Files and Folders here's how to enable it: Run CCleaner and then click the big 'Options' button on the left. In Options click 'Custom'. Click 'Add Folder' and browse to that temp folder. Select Yes when prompted. Click the big 'Cleaner' button on the left, now look at the bottom under Advanced and tick 'Custom Files and Folders'. Note: I don't think this will respect the 48 hour rule of ignoring temp files!

Yeah AVG is smaller and less bloated than NAV, however than explains many av's when comparing them to NAV Although I like AVG, have you noticed that it now has the largest setup file out of all the free full featured av's available (even though the setup file is an SFX RAR archive)?

Well that folder on my system has 1.89 MB, 5 files, and 2 folders. One of the files it has stored in there is KB913446 which is an update to tcpip.sys.

It's possible to not have stuff pre-installed on the OS, it would just need to be one of those things in Add or Remove Programs that could be called "install additional Windows components" so that people could have their Internet Explorer, etc. MS could probably even make an EU option during setup to allow the OS to install in compliance with EU law. It all sounds rather stupid to me.

Having somebody's comp shutdown right after it starts isn't being curious, it's showing malice ("malicious intent") against that person. Don't be surprised if nobody is going to help you with your little project of inputting it into the registry.

Do whatever you want to that folder, just don't cry if you break something. Mine has 14.2 MB, 1051 Files, 15 Folders and the only thing I did to that folder was to right click it in C:\WINDOWS and apply the attribute Compress to all the files and sub-folders. I also don't let any registry cleaners remove any references that point to that folder.

Because there's obviously some activity going on in it, for instance the logfile named ReportingEvents.log is locked and in-use, also in some of the files and folders they are either created or updated when you are online which may have to do with Automatic Updates - I don't know for sure since I haven't searched for it. However a locked and in-use file and files and folders that are automatically changing and updating on a daily basis would suggest that folder shouldn't be messed with by a cleaning program or an end-user.

CCleaner doesn't clean that folder. And if it or any other cleaning utility did I wouldn't be using it/them.

To be a f**cking nuisance!

CCleaner warns about open browsers because people where running the cleaner with Firefox open instead of closed, which of course created problems with their Firefox. It however doesn't seem to effect Opera in any way. About rebooting, you have to reboot for it to delete Internet Explorers index.dat files, however that's the only browser that requires you to reboot in order to truely remove all it's garbage. A simple solution if you don't want to reboot often other than when you are required to after Windows Updates is to use a third-party browser that doesn't use any of IE's components such as Opera or Firefox.

Don't dwell upon it Lost1, it will eventually be forgotten and forgiven by everyone envolved. I surely don't hold any grudges.

@lokoike My reply wasn't targeted at you or anyone else for that matter. Sorry for the confusion.

The last time I checked a 1.44 MB floppy only actually holds 1.34 MB or thereabouts, due to the filesystem on the floppy. Anyways it isn't all that important playing this game of "it will," "it won't".

Possibly "you may have so many junk files on your system causing it". You could uncheck some of the cleaning options and run them individually. That's just one possibility.

Perhaps, and maybe not. However if it isn't installed properly I see no point in keeping the .dll's so long as another app isn't using them, remember to unregister those .dll's first and then run a few registry cleaners.

Microsoft/MSN may have had a problem earlier as I couldn't get Windows Live Safety Center to load.

Run chkdsk on your C: drive to check for disk errors: 1. Click Start, Run, type in: chkdsk /f c: 2. Select Yes for chkdsk to launch the next time Windows starts. 3. Then restart Windows immediately! Strangely enough it could be an error within Windows (such as a memory error, etc) during your current session and the restart "may" cure it. If after restarting the problems are still present you could use a System Restore point as suggested by Ultimate Predator if your programs still don't work. If that doesn't work you'd have to reinstall those programs. Note: Reinstalling the programs may actually require you to do a clean install of them versus and overinstall, e.g.; uninstall followed by a reboot and then install. Although with that said I'd try the overinstall first to negate having to reconfigure the programs from scratch.

I'd suggest making sure all of your antivirus and antispyware are updated and then run a scan with each of them. If things are still acting up read the Spyware Removal Guide, and if necessary post a HijackThis log (download HijackThis) into Spyware Hell - HijackThis Log Analysis. A qualified member (AndyManchesta, rridgely, or Tarun) will instruct you what to do from there after posting a HijackThis log.

Well the download page states its 1.40 MB.

You can grab the Mustang here as I don't remember where I downloaded it from. I'm not using any theme packs at all, it's the official Microsoft Windows XP Royale Theme, download it here. About the icons some are from famfamfam.com, iconaholic.com, and there's also a few free ones from a very expensive set at yellowicon.com. The Mozilla icon is one of a few I created myself, and the ewido anti-malware one is from an image stripped out of the program itself that I modified into a few icons because I don't like the default distracting bright yellow icon.

When you tried to uninstall CCleaner using CCleaner (feels very strange to write that), did CCleaner automatically exit. If not I could see why it would goof up removing itself as it's running and in-use.