TOSHIBA Satellite L300-1FI laptop computer has served me since 2009 or for 10 years now. And just as long has CCleaner worked on this hardware. Windows 10 with the latest updates has been installed, and it runs just fine. But when I installed CCleaner 5.57 and tried to run it, the screen went completely black, keyboard and mouse non-responsive. The only way to regain control was to hold the power button 5 seconds to force shutdown, then reboot, and avoid opening CCleaner!
This particular computer model has a known issue with Intel graphics drivers, which are buggy and haven't received updates after 2009. Programs that use hardware acceleration are prone to crash. I wonder if this is the case here, too?
I'm having exactly the same issue with CCleaner 5.57.7182 release.
My machine is: Win10 Pro 64bit (1809), VGA Intel GMA 4500M.
Everything was ok till 5.56.7144, after updating to 5.57.7182 my notebook started having problems.
I mean:
1) I launch CCleaner;
2) immediately the video starts flashing, with several black screen and however it appears to be more lighting when it's not black;
3) after three or four rapidly flashing, the OS hangs and I must shut down pressing for a while the on/off button.
Even if I modify the compatibility settings in "Proprieties" (by the shortcut), I obtain the same issue.
I'll try to downgrade to a previous version or to use the portable one, otherwise I'll install another cleaner, but I should prefer to remain with CCleaner ...
P.S.
In other my computers with different configurations (and different graphics card, too) I haven't any difficulties.
Cheers from Italy!
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Edit: even the portable version (both 64 and 32 bit) crashes and the video got black.
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If you click on start flag and immediately type Reliability History what does it show when you click on it and it loads the info?
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What version of Win 10 are you using.. 1809?
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My system is Finnish, but the Reliability History shows just "Windows was not properly shut down" a few times, when translated into English.
The operating system is Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) Version 1809 Build 17763.503 as <strong>hazelnut</strong> guessed.
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1) I launch CCleaner;
2) immediately the video starts flashing, with several black screen and however it appears to be more lighting when it's not black;
3) after three or four rapidly flashing, the OS hangs and I must shut down pressing for a while the on/off button.
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Yeah, exactly the same happens in my system, when the screen goes black. I suspect it has to do with the Intel display driver. I have searched both Toshiba and Intel websites for updates, but to no avail.
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I suspect it has to do with the Intel display driver. I have searched both Toshiba and Intel websites for updates, but to no avail.
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That's it, I think so: something about and around graphic card or video driver (3d acceleration? the new CCleaner GUI? I don't know ...).
This probably could explain flashing and lighting. I think there is a video-graphic issue because actually under the system is running, in fact if you rapidly press CTRL-ALT-CANC you'll be able to shut the computer (an old ASUS notebook for me) regularly, without force.
No updates for me, too. <img alt=":(" data-emoticon="" height="20" src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/default_sad.png" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/sad@2x.png 2x" title=":(" width="20"></p>
Now, I downgraded to previous portable version and everything is ok.
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit version 1809 build 17763.503, confirmed for me, too.
Exact same symptoms with an elderly Samsung RV510 (W10-64 bit). Gone back to 5.55 for now but will need to look elsewhere at some point. This machine also has Intel Graphics (4 Series Express)
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<span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span title="">I am therefore sorry to have the same problem with the new release 5.58.7209 (both the installation and the portable version).</span>
Now I have to make another choice, leaving CCleaner in this (old) machine.
It’s a pity for me.
On 8.6.2019 at 16:24, richhol said:
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Exact same symptoms with an elderly Samsung RV510 (W10-64 bit). Gone back to 5.55 for now but will need to look elsewhere at some point. This machine also has Intel Graphics (4 Series Express)
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Various other W10 64 bit machines are OK.
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Thanks for posting, markinson. Now I won't even bother trying to install version 5.58 on my computer.
It's really a pity for CCleaner, as the product is advertised to make old devices feel like new again.
And thanks <strong>richhol</strong>, too. One of my relatives has an old Samsung RV515 with ATI Graphics and CCleaner is working fine. I guess the problem really is with Intel Graphics, and there's nothing Piriform Ltd can do about it? Like an option to turn off hardware acceleration, within the installer.
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Thanks for posting, <strong>markinson</strong>. Now I won't even bother trying to install version 5.58 on my computer.
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You're welcome, Ksenom_O!
Probably it would be enough to set a tick somewhere or to disable a function I don't know how and where, but ... that's it: I don't know. <img alt=":(" data-emoticon="" height="20" src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/default_sad.png" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/sad@2x.png 2x" title=":(" width="20"></p>
For those having issues that appear to be graphics-card related (flashing video, black screen, etc) can you post your graphics card model and driver version please?
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For those having issues that appear to be graphics-card related (flashing video, black screen, etc) can you post your graphics card model and driver version please?
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Speccy says my graphics information is as follows.
Manufacturer: Intel
Model: Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Revision: 8
Subvendor: Toshiba (1179)
Driver version: 8.15.10.1883
Firstly, congratulations for getting those old cards to work on recent versions of Windows 10 at all! I gather that generation of graphics cards was never completely Windows 10 compatible ...
While CCleaner certainly doesn't do anything particularly fancy with graphics it is possible that something seemingly innocuous like a loading bar is triggering a latent bug in the drivers. A couple of options:
2) Or, if you don't feel like poking at your graphics card, rolling back to CCleaner 5.56 (https://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/90490/) ... and setting it not to ping you with update notifications so it doesn't tease you with the new releases.
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1) Updating to the 2013 version of driver (8.15.10.<strong>2702</strong>) from Microsoft <a href="http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=%09Intel%20Corporation%20driver%20update%20for%20Mobile%20Intel(R)%204%20Series%20Express%20Chipset%20Family%20Microsoft" rel="external nofollow">http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q= Intel Corporation driver update for Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family Microsoft</a> ... which may also assist with incompatibility with other software.
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I wasn't aware of such a version, as it cannot be found on the websites of Toshiba or Intel. It was difficult to install this update. Windows insisted that the "best driver" is already installed. I had to uninstall the existing driver from Device Manager (which of course caused a black screen) disconnect the internet, reboot, and then manually update from the folder where I had unpacked the cabinet file.
Anyway, now CCleaner v5.58 works on my computer!
Thank you very much, <strong>Dave</strong>!
I solved, too! <img alt=":)" data-emoticon="" height="20" src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/default_smile.png" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20">
Immediately I followed the instructions of <strong>Dave</strong>, I mean:
On 11/6/2019 at 20:54, Dave CCleaner said:
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1) Updating to the 2013 version of driver (8.15.10.<strong>2702</strong>) from Microsoft <a href="http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=%09Intel%20Corporation%20driver%20update%20for%20Mobile%20Intel(R)%204%20Series%20Express%20Chipset%20Family%20Microsoft" rel="external nofollow">http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q= Intel Corporation driver update for Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family Microsoft</a> ... which may also assist with incompatibility with other software.
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I've had the same problems of Ksenom_O, in particular:
12 hours ago, Ksenom_O said:
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It was difficult to install this update. Windows insisted that the "best driver" is already installed. I had to uninstall the existing driver from Device Manager (which of course caused a black screen) disconnect the internet, reboot, and then manually update from the folder where I had unpacked the cabinet file.
Anyway, now CCleaner v5.58 works on my computer!
Thank you very much, <strong>Dave</strong>!
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but for me it was enough, after the black screen, to shut down the computer, then restarted it and from Device Manager install the drivers downloaded form Microsoft Catalog.
Now I'm using the CCleaner (x64) portable release 5.58.7209 without any difficulties.
The only difference is that I "lost" in the systray the icon of my Intel VGA (old and previous) Driver, but I'm able to manipulate the colors (sorry for my English!) by Windows interface.
I don't know about those older versions. However, with the newest 2019 driver you can open the Intel control panel via two ways:
* Right click an empty area on the desktop and select: Intel Graphic Settings
* Go into the Windows Control Panel, change the view from Category to either Small Icons or Large Icon and it will list everything. From there select: Intel Graphic Settings
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I don't know about those older versions. However, with the newest 2019 driver you can open the Intel control panel via two ways:
* Right click an empty area on the desktop and select: Intel Graphic Settings
* Go into the Windows Control Panel, change the view from Category to either Small Icons or Large Icon and it will list everything. From there select: Intel Graphic Settings
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Thank you for your answer, anyway using this "new" drivers I "lost" all the Intel Graphic Settings GUI (my English is terrible, I know ...).
I mean that both "right click" and "Windows Control Panel - Small/Large Icons" don't show voice Intel Graphic Settings.
I think this is because in the past I installed the old drivers by a setup process (with a setup.exe file) that install both drivers and GUI for Intel Graphic Settings, while now I installed only the drivers for my graphic card.