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mdjonson

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  1. Well, it doesn't have to be this way. Look at Microsoft Security Essentials' settings - there is a setting for "Start the scheduled scan only when my PC is on but not in use." I see no reason why a scheduler can't incorporate similar logic but without the option to turn this off, or with an option but with appropriate warnings. I don't know how much work would be involved, however, and since I can accomplish what I want without a built-in scheduler, it may be a moot point.
  2. Let me elaborate a bit - I run my PC 24/7, and my scheduled backups take place at around 5:30 a.m. I am not going to be installing anything at that hour. Anyway, it seems to me that the arguments above against scheduled cleaning should apply equally to manual cleaning - who is going to know what files a particular installation needs or where they are located? If you don't reboot when needed, a manual cleaning is likely to be as dangerous as a scheduled cleaning. Also, if scheduling cleaning is so much more dangerous, why does Piriform include instructions on the web site on how to schedule cleaning? The suggestion is just to make scheduling cleaning a little bit easier to set up. Appropriate warnings could be included to insure that people are aware of the potential for problems, if Piriform thinks that is necessary.
  3. Well, it may be applicable to laptops, although they were comparing a brand-new AMD machine to an Intel machine with hardware that was introduced a year ago already. Ivy Bridge mobile should be better than Sandy Bridge, though from what I've read the AMD APUs are still somewhat better at graphics workloads. As for desktop processors, I think AMD still has the lead in integrated graphics, but Intel is better at CPU-intensive stuff. Also, a quick look at the AMD web site to compare wattages of various desktop CPUs shows that they don't have any processors with under 80 W TDP except for some older Athlon II and Phenom II models. Intel's Ivy Bridge CPUs have TDPs of 73 W or less by comparison. TDP of course is not always a good indicator of actual power usage, however it gives a rough idea of relative power draw. My new box runs at about 100 watts total. Oops - didn't mean to include the video in the quote.
  4. I just built a PC with an i7-3770s a couple of months ago. Yes, the i7s are kind of expensive, but the new system is about 3 times as fast as my old one (with a Core 2 Quad 9400S) running Prime95, which is CPU-intensive. Also it uses about 15-20% fewer watts than the old one. I suppose a 6-core AMD would probably be better performance-wise, but would probably be much worse in power consumption.
  5. I found out after starting this thread that there are instructions in the CCleaner How Tos on the documentation page on how to use Windows Task Scheduler to accomplish most, if not all, of this. However, I still think it would be nice if there could be a wizard in CCleaner itself to make the task easier to set up. Something like what Norton Ghost has for scheduling would be ideal in my opinion. MalwareBytes has its own scheduling setup too. Maybe these are just front-ends for Windows Task Scheduler? If so, it might be relatively easy to implement.
  6. I'm new to this forum, so pardon me if this has been suggested before. I run regular automatic backups, and would find it useful to be able to schedule an automatic deletion of temporary files, browser cache files, and so on before the backup starts. I don't know how difficult this would be to implement - perhaps it could be a feature for the Pro version only. Would anyone else here find this useful also?
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