Thank you for your reply ,but please see my questions again I somehow fail to see your answer to these:
"Assuming that before I use registry cleaning ,I back up . With some of the issues I`m familiar ,with the most I`m not . I`m quite unease to mess up with the registry.....
Questions:
1) It will take an humongous amount of time to get to know every single issue .
If that is the case ,is CCleaner safe enough to be trusted not to do any harm to the system functions ?
2) How important it is to take some risk and clean the registry if the system is working properly ?
(I`m not a heavy duty P.C user)
Thanks again P.E
Eli,
You are a valuable member of this forum,this cyberspace community.
Why? Because you ask such important questions.
Question # 1 answer is always Yes and No.Even MS has a disclaimer about changing the Registry.
There is always the risk of something unforseen happening.The question is how experienced are you at recovering from a problem that occurs.
There is no rush to use the Registry function for most users. Especially when your computer is running OK. Users that do a lot of testing and uninstalling and using certain types of software need to clean up their Registry and fix it often manually.These are the "techies" or "heavy duty P.C. users" that know the risks and for them it is normal to have to do special recovery methods.The average P.C. user does not need to do this and in many cases can't recover properly when things go wrong.
Keep reading the various threads when you have the time and learn a little at a time.
Of course I'll refer you to some of the replies I have made to other users.
Have fun with your computer and be happy.
"Take your time and enjoy yourself."
Here is a little lesson that will help you in your "searches" of the forum and help answer your question #2.You may already know some of this but it also helps others to learn a liitle bit more.
Everything I am saying that follows is assuming you are using Internet Explorer 7.Other browsers are similar but the locations and icons may be different.I use IE7 myself and don't want to change to another browser so I can keep the viewpoint of the average user who installs Windows and uses Internet Explorer. The version of IE used is limited depending on the version of Windows that you use.
First a little trick I learned myself.Click on the GOLD STAR on the left above this window.(Favorites Center)
Now click on the word History that appears below it.This is a list of all the webpages you have visited since you last deleted your browsing history.
(Click on the GOLDS STAR again after you do the next step and click on any Piriform icon(the Pear).
I am telling you this now because this window will disappear and a New Tab window will open.)
Click on that little empty Tab right above this window.It will say "New Tab" when you put your "pointer" over it.Don't forget when the New Tab opens Click on the GOLD STAR and click on any Piriform icon.This will open a new tab and you will be able to switch back and forth between this window and the new window. Click on the old tab and then the new tab.Back and forth you can change windows.
Now you can read the instructions in one window and perform them in the other window.(Wish someone taught me this trick when I was trying to follow their instructions.) Yes I have a printer but some users don't.Anyways it is good lesson for many new users.
Don't forget you will be switching back and forth between tabs.
I am using the new tab right now to find a link that I want to give you.
At the top of every members Piriform forum window is a "Search" button or word Search.
Click on that and you get a little search box.In that box it says "More search options".Click on that.
This takes you to a more detailed "Search Options" window.At the bottom of this window there is a button labeled "More options" Click on that button.
Congratulations you are now at the forums most advanced search window.Bookmark or click on the GOLD STAR WITH THE GREEN PLUS SIGN and Add to Favorites.(Do both and you will be able to use any PC to link to your favorite websites.I like redundancy for certain things.)
IF you got lost along the way don't feel bad.Stuff happens and we learn from our mistakes.
This is the link for one of my favorite forum tools.The Search Engine !!!
You got here the hard way or the easy way.Either way you have learned something.That is the value of the Bookmark or Favorites or both.Never depend on Recently Typed URLs to be around.Thats when they disappear.
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&...ode=adv&f=0
Bookmark it , Add it to Favorites or both.
Are we having fun yet? ![:lol:]()
Now type in "phone book" including the quotes in the Search By Keywords box.You can also click on Advanced Usage Help to see search examples.
Type in my member name "davey" without the quotes in the Filter by Member Name (optional) box.
(This will narrow the search to only my posts.)
Remember I am switching back and forth between Tabs just as you are.
Down at the bottom right you will find Result Type Show results as topics or Show results as posts.
Click on Show results as posts (This is important). Now click on the "Perform the search".
You are now looking at one of my posts and it contains the phrase "phone book".As of now it is the only post I have containing this phrase.Notice at the bottom it says Post Preview: #99057 .Click on the post number and you can review the whole thread.
Use the Back arrow to bring you back to the Search results list.(You must Double-click sometimes to do this)
You can review many posts this way and they relate to your "search keywords" or phrases and list in a way that is useful.
For those who got lost or don't have the Search feature the link follows.
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&...ost&p=99057
Now have fun and learn faster and easier with your new forum tool!!!
davey