CCleaner halves startup time after un-installing 20 CNET applications.

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A new Windows 7 system had a 39 second startup.

This became 629 Seconds after installing from CNET’s list of the “20 most popular Windows downloads.”

(I do not know how much of this was due to their download manager).

Very slow system and the internet stopped working.

I just cannot stop looking at the Desktop Clutter shown by Fig 2 in the report at

http://windowssecret...ps-to-the-test/

After uninstalling the 20 Apps the startup became 83 seconds.

This was cloned and three identical systems cleaned by CCleaner (free), JV16 ($30 license), and Cleanmgr (no support form)

CCleaner brought startup down to 41 seconds,

JV16 achieved 37 Seconds - even a fresh Windows 7 installation at 39 Seconds is bloated/dirty and needs a scrub :o

Native Windows Cleanmgr achieved 42 seconds.

Personally I prefer to keep $30 in my pocket.

Even more important - saving 4 seconds on a startup with a more stringent cleaner does not compare to the 180 seconds beforehand creating a partition image backup in case JV16 takes out a Tad Too Much for the next reboot.

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Aaaaaaand I have no idea what you're talking about but I'll take your word for it. CCleaner ( I use it sparingly now) works fine for me.

I remember I used to brag about using CCleaner to rip the ever loving sh*t out of the registry, just for the fun of it. But that was reminiscence of my younger nature. Reminded me of reformatting on a daily basis & all.

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I used to think CNET was an OK site when I first hit the internet (2006), but it's somewhere I won't download from now.

I disliked intensely it's practice of first downloading it's small * kb downloader which then downloaded whatever file you want. I dunno if they still do that, but I would scour the net to find an alternative download location.

Just my two penneth of course.

And Alan, you're one of the last people I would expect to be installing from "CNET’s list of the 20 most popular Windows downloads.”

No offence of course, but somehow I just can't see you doing that, and I'm pretty sure we won't see you doing it again. :lol:

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No - I did not do it the first time either :)

I was quoting results obtained by Fred Langa when he reported on the benefit of CCleaner in an article he wrote for "Windows Secrets"

Putting Registry-/system-cleanup apps to the test

http://windowssecret...ps-to-the-test/

Regards

Alan

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Now after reading your post including the link, I can see that. My bad. :)

Without the extra read it appeared to be yourself, which surprised me.

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Perhaps in future Alan you should make sure it is obvious that your are quoting someone else's remarks and findings.

It really wasn't obvious in your post.

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Sorry, I will try to attribute more clearly in future.

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I just read that article, Alan. Good read. I've learned over the past few years to almost memorize the 'junk' I leave in the hive via CCleaner. Obviously .dll's are a given "do not touch' approach. I've recognized a few 'rebuild again on startup' files that I don't bother with anymore. Anything marked MS or HP (Hewlett Packard, my PC) I don't touch. The only new apps I upload are basically online casual games. Their file titles pop up by game name so I know I can safely delete them.