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I tested (on a small amateur scale) a few programs and they were even slower. Revo Uninstaller for example does a fine but slow job cleaning freespace but it's a very, very aggressive program, that I do not dare to recommend. I only use it after having backed up everything. Inside Dial-a-fix one can also find cleaning tools (sort of) that will give you more freespace. They are well hidden behind a very small hammer icon. Unfortunately the program's main functions doesn't support Vista, Windows 7 or even quite a few of IE8's features. There is also a risk involved in using the advanced DAF tools. Some of them can't be used if IE8 is installed and it'll ruin IE8 if you try. It's really a tragedy that Dial-a-fix is not updated.

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Don't mention it.

There's also a portable version of CCleaner. I guess you could have it on an USB stick and plug it in when you need it...

I guess you have a point here. A small point, that is. I have check marks in all options except Run, Hot fixes and Wipe Freespace. The rest of the crap goes every time.

But CCleaner wont delete the wrong keys. It never did. It's the safest regcleaner on the planet.

Blast! I'd just gotten my hopes up. Wiki say's it will become obsolete... And yes, Silverlight is not the worst thing that has happened. About time Flash got some competition.

I know nothing about html5. It will make Flash, Java and Silverlight obsolete, they say. Can't wait! I would like to know more about this new system. If you have any knowledge, articles, rumors or such, please feel free to post! Wikipedia about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_5

No, I don't think so. But then: I always delete all of them. Have done so for years. Nothing ever happens. If you're unsure you can let Microsoft delete them. The free scanner in my signature will take care of them. Microsoft cleaning Microsoft. Just as safely as CCleaner would have done it...

On my PC there is. Here's something about the Alt Gr key from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key

Yup. I don't have it on my start function but start it manually once a week. You can configure it to not start from inside it's GUI. It's enough to run it weekly, I find. I see no need for having it my Tray permanently.

The new free RealPlayer is also missing.

Well, yes. Photos and processes like editing them will benefit form it. But it needs company like a faster processor and lots of RAM. It's also about being ready for the future. My PC started having issues with capacity after just 3 years. That's just not good enough. I want the next to last for 5 or 6 years.

It's not difficult. Uninstall CCleaner as suggested above. The go and get the new download. Now copy one of these with your mouse and let it sit there: C:\Program Files\Pirifom\CCleaner or c\program files\ccleaner. Watch very carefully as the install promts on your screen change. One one of them CCleaner will suggest an install path. But the path you want is the one sitting in your mouse. So just delete the suggested path and paste the preferred path from your mouse into the promt. Finish the install. And that's basically all there is to it.

No. Games and other things like that demands more and more from your PC. Same for some websites. I intend to get a new PC with a lot of muscles of this kind.

I also find windings or webdings (or whatever their name is) interesting but I can't find my way around them...

Sounds sensible. Actually. On the other hand CCleaner isn't likely to cause trouble no matter who runs it...

Nice find, Hazel. Now we only need the talents to get something sensible out of it! BBC didn't succeed in finding any, I think. Eigenharp. I like the name. The spell checker haven't learned it yet. In the video they say "it". So how is the name pronounced? Is a dje or a sharp g sound?

If I'm not mistaken it is relatively new that CCleaner has begun to take some of these Flash cookies out. And staff is expanding this feature, I think. So have patience...

Nice suggestion. But wouldn't that cause CCleaner to get very big? It's an awful lot of data to keep track of...

On my PC it is sitting next to the long, big space key or space bar in the lowermost row on the keyboard...

This is Gizmo's list. Perhaps you can find something there. Also search YouTube. The place is loaded with tutorials and how-to's. Link: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-...ng-software.htm

You're welcome. I have tested all the updaters I could find. And I have concluded that Secunia PSI and Update Notifier from CleanSofts.org are the best and I run both. A view shared by Gizmo at TechSupportAlert by the way. Secunia also offers this service in the form of an online scanner. Free, of cause. One significant advantage these programs will give you is that they actually recommends updates in the same language as you OS. The importance of this cannot be underestimated.

No, not yet it seems. I guess that they want to divide the run on their servers into smaller lumps. Paying costumers get the new version first. But the new free AVG link scanner is out, I read somewhere. However I can't find a confirmation of this on their homepage...

Well, I actually trust the reports about a significant reduction in the numbers of FP. Mods, Admins and other staff members on the best and biggest boards/forums seems to agree on this. EmsiSoft really did get their act together, one learns from reliable sources.