I am new here, been suing CCleaner for 4 months and really like it.
but just found Microsoft Onecare Clean Up and just tried its scan.
To my surprised, it came back with 921.9MB of temporary file and 356 registry item.
I routinely use CCleaner and, sure enough, it came back 1.72MB to be removed, one registry issue when I just did the anaylsis.
Could someone please advise why they show such a difference?
Is MS Onecare Clean Up finding something CCleaner misses or simply go deeper than CCleaner?
Finally, should I run both to have better PC performance?
Thanks
I cant comment on onecare as never heard of it let alone used it but for the registry items ccleaner is what you call a safe cleaner. The only other registry cleaner i would use to do a deeper scan is registry mechanic.
As for the cleaning side ccleaner is superb. And should be on ever machine. I have never used any other cleaner and my machine runs superbly.
One thing i wish people would be more careful of is being taken in by a large number of issues found. Just because entrys are listed does not make them true(not saying they are fakes of course) but there are malicious software out there.
I'm sure some one with experience in onecare will answer. Just be careful, using ccleaner you will so mate
I presume you've been "using" CCleaner and not "suing" us for 4 months.
I have no experience of using MS Onecare Clean Up, but what I will say is CCleaner is considered a "safe" registry cleaner in as far as any registry cleaner can be deemed safe.
You will never find two registry cleaners finding the same amount of errors, mainly for the reason you state yourself. Some cleaners go deeper than others, and also look for different kinds of errors.
How far to take this depth of cleaning is down to the developers of the various programs, and what they individually deem as safe.
My advice would be, whatever you decide to use, make sure you follow that programs dialogue and make a backup before cleaning, and as far as is possible with the knowledge you have, check what it is being deleted, and if in doubt, leave well alone.
A better precaution would be to make a backup of the entire registry with ERUNT. This application is a real life saver.
You got me.... what a typo .... LOL! "using" CCleaner and not "suing".
Here is the update.
1. Cleaner
I found out by running Disk Cleanup from the window's Accessories that Microsoft's description was mileading. The 921.9MB it says temporary file was actually space to free by compress old file.
So CCleaner has been doing its job cleaning temporary file as promised, thanks.
2. Registry
I decided to go ahead and trust/run this Microsft on top of CCleaner. So far so good.
But I appreciate your product try to be on safe side.
Microsoft Onecare Clean Up is pay suscription service but seems like you can use it for free manually.
Hopefully for your sake you'll keep restore points laying around for several days or weeks just in case you need to restore your system if any issues arise. That's the problem with aggressive registry cleaning, your system may seem fine then many days, weeks, or months down the road you realize you have an issue caused by registry cleaning - it's just not worth the trouble to use aggressive registry cleaners free or paid.