[Backup to recycle bin please]

It's like asking "Change your program because of my stupidity!"

 

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Frankly, I think that was unnecessarily rude.

[CCleaner freeware]

I'm not at all a XP techie but it would be good if you mention what other cleaner you are specifically comparing it to and you would probably have to start comparing settings between each cleaner. If you have broadband and have been surfin' for an hour, it's very easy to get that much in your internet cache. Just a thought, especially if it does that routinely over and over.

 

Hello, I use several 'cleaners' and CCleaner always comes up with a much larger amount to clean than the others. Being a techie dummy it frightens me when  it produces, as it just has, 251.8MB after I've used the other cleaners. Can someone please explain why/how it manages to do this and whether I should just get rid of the whole lot. I mean, I can't recognise/don't understand most of the details it comes up with.

 

Many thanks

 

Neil C

 

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[Windows XP Pre-fetch Cleaning Option]

I recently came accross an article on another Website where it is strongly advised to uncheck this option in Crap Cleaner because it will slow Windows XP down.

 

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Well another member posted a similar question a couple of days ago but for some reason, his question was entirely deleted from the forum.

 

Let's hope this one is not and you get a concrete answer as it is a much discussed topic. I would personally like to see a "yes" or "no" answer instead of some long technical discussion about the subject.

[Cookies to be saved - where are they]

Start Regedit.exe or another Registry-editor such as Registry Workshop.

Do a search for CCleaner.

This should bring you to :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\CCleaner\Options

 

Look in that section for "cookiestosae" - they are all there.

 

Please get back to me if this wasn't clear to you.

 

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How about that, there they are! Thanks for the input poetser.

[Cookies to be saved - where are they]

OK, I found it : it's all in the registry.

 

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Glad you found where as I would have assumed the registry but did not know myself.

 

So let me ask you a question ... where is it in the registry and how do you search for it?

[Cookies to be saved - where are they]

I assume you are using the latest version (1.22.142) as the interface has changed a bit.

 

Start CCleaner, go to Options and then click on cookies. If you have not done this before, all of the cookies should be on the left side. Highlight the ones you want to keep and move them with the arrow buttons to the right side.

 

Then go back to the Cleaner window and under Windows, make sure the "cookies" check is checked (if you are using I.E.). It will delete only the "cookies to delete" in the above paragraph. If you are using Firefox, the setting is under Cleaner / Applications.

 

Having said that, I acutally use a separate cookie management program, also free, called Cookie Monster for several years. http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/CookieMonster.php

 

If you use it, be sure to UNcheck cookies in the two places above and let Cookie Monster handle them for you.

[Dell Sellout to Government]

They could never do that (at least not hear in the UK) and if they did no one would go near the computers.

 

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This is off the thread subject but I'm sure all of us "yanks" here as well as true citizens of this planet join me to let you know we're very sorry to wake up and hear / see what happened in London today.

 

Back to the topic, it would be suicide for any single manufacturer to even try such a stunt. Maybe one day "governments" will force all manufacturers to do it at one time, probably as part of the CPU with a direct link to the MI5 - MI6 - CIA - NSA - FBI, etc., ... and we all go back to pen and paper. Cheers.

[Dell Sellout to Government]

I did some searching trying to find out about the dell keyloggers that you were talking about. The story about the guy with his laptop is a hoax.

 

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rridgely is correct. The article is here: http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/dellbug.asp

[Ad-Aware finds spyware after CCleaner]

It may be the index.dat files in Internet Explorer, if it is you have to reboot your computer to have them cleaned.

 

Thanks Andavari. I do use FF and love it too but there are a few websites (mostly financial stuff) that still requires IE. One question... I do have some cookies I want to keep and use an excellent "cookie management" program called Cookie Monster for that. If I delete index.dat, will I lose all cookies including the good ones I want to keep?

[Ad-Aware finds spyware after CCleaner]

I have used CClener for probably close to a year and love it. I'm having it delete IE internet cache frequently (in fact every time I run it).

 

But even when I run CCleaner and then run Ad-Aware SE Plus immediately afterward. I frequently find tracking cookies. But if I ignore Ad-Aware's "clean" and then go empty the IC cache manually ... and then run Ad-Aware again, there is no spyware.

 

So is CCleaner really cleaning my internet cache files or not? Thanks in advance.