Two possibilities I can think of, either you've gummed up your registry or you got too many rocks for your wheelbarrow.
Seriously, I think krit86lr is right. More memory. 256 isn't much these days. I just had to put the max allowed memory in a 5 year old computer. Still running fine, but newer applications just take more.
I've been using CCleaner since pretty much the beginning, and have used every single version put out since then without ANY problems whatsoever. I've put it on every single family members and friends computers (easily dozens) without any adverse effects (all windows xp and now vista, with ram between 256 mb and 2 gb).
To be honest, with the possible exception of firefox, I can't think of any other freeware product that is more stable, more reliable and more of "must have" than CCleaner.
I am guessing that there is another source of for your problem other than CCleaner.
I've been using CCleaner since pretty much the beginning, and have used every single version put out since then without ANY problems whatsoever. I've put it on every single family members and friends computers (easily dozens) without any adverse effects (all windows xp and now vista, with ram between 256 mb and 2 gb).
To be honest, with the possible exception of firefox, I can't think of any other freeware product that is more stable, more reliable and more of "must have" than CCleaner.
I am guessing that there is another source of for your problem other than CCleaner.
Ditto to all of the above. The reason that there isn't information on this topic other than prefetch data is because no one else has had this problem, or if they did the prefetch was the problem. CCleaner is very specific in what it does. And the only 2 likely causes for such a problem would be registry and prefetch.
Something else is going on I think. And either way it sounds sucky.
Confirm you don't have a resident antivirus?
How about a firewall?
What anti malware programs do you run?
Seriously, I think krit86lr is right. More memory. 256 isn't much these days.
256 MB Ram isn't enough in my opinion even on the now obsolete Windows 98!
Just wondering, if leritz gave us a HJT log wouldnt we would know for sure if he had anything else running at startup.
ps.
If you run an Easy Cleaner clean (both the unneeded files & registry clean), instead of CCleaner, does it have the same effect on the system?
Have you checked you ram for faults? Using a utility like memtest.
Hello,Please clarify which CCleaner process/es you are running. The "Cleaner",which can clean Old prefetch data and variuos files,but NO registry entries, OR "Issues" which is the registry cleaner. They are seperate processes and run seperately. If you are running both, maybe try running just one and see the effects to try to better point to which process is causing the problem. ME and 2000 handle memory much better than 98.
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Hello,Please clarify which CCleaner processes you are running. The "Cleaner",which can clean Old prefetch data and variuos files,but NO registry entries, OR "Issues" which is the registry cleaner. They are seperate processes and run seperately. If you are running both, maybe try running just one and see the effects to try to better point to which process is causing the problem. ME and 2000 handle memory much better than 98.
Hi
Please reread my questions. I REREAD ALL of your responses NO WHERE do you specify which processes you are using, yet statements indicate you are using both. Again they are 2 seperate processes that are run seperately. If it appears to be the "Cleaner", try unselecting one item at a time to help further eliminate possibilities or Find the particular item that might be causing the problem.
Since you have 2 other machines try using the larger memory from one of the other PC's to eliminate that issue. If the memory is the same type. It might fix it, it might not, but we will know.
We are trying to help you, but you must be willing to work with us and try some of these suggestions that many are making. To solve any problem we must go through the process of elimination based on trying and facts not supposition.
Good luck,enjoy the challange/opportunity of solving this.
Thank you.
@ leritz
You could answer a lot of questions by posting a HJT log.