Yeah, I can't speak for Vista, but ccleaner is pretty
good with all the previous versions of windows. I'm
pretty curious about Vista and the "run & switch" type
thing you mentioned, but not curious enough to buy it
since it seems to give me nothing of any advantage over
what I currently have and which is very satisfactory.
IMO whenever one comes across some purist who says
to "never" use a certain application when it's been
around for as long as ccleaner (and several others) has
and with its good history, they can pretty much be
ignored.
I would caution however that, as with ANY
application that plays with the registry or any system
files or functions, one should always RTFM and be
certain their data is backed up. At the very least,
with XP, do a System State backup first; it's quick and
easy to Restore, and more reliable then Restore Points.
And every copy of XP is capable of it.
HTH
Pop`
John Barnett MVP wrote:
I have to say that I recommend CCleaner and use I
regularly myself. While I agree with Bruce Chambers
sentiments regarding CCleaner checking what CCleaner
is
actually removing, in the few years I've been using
CCleaner I can't say that I've actually been in a
position were CCleaner has located a large amount of
'problems' that needed fixing, even on brand new
machine. I purchased a new machine two weeks ago,
installed and run CCleaner and it only found 2
problems.
Speed increase is probably relative. It is amazing
how,
after using a registry cleaner one automatically
thinks,
WoW that certainly improved things when, in reality
it
has done nothing of the sort. I certainly haven't
seen
any increase in speed - well that has been
noticeable,
anyway.
One thing I have noticed, with Windows Vista Ultimate
at
any rate is that when CCleaner is doing general
housekeeping, i.e., removing temporary internet
files,
history etc I am actually seeing a ghost image of
Windows
Vista's Disk Cleanup Tool, so unless my machine
happens
to be a fluke I am beginning to ask myself who I
actually
cleaning what CCleaner or Vista Disk Cleanup?
--
"Daave" wrote in
message ...
No bait. You're the one who made the claim. I've
used
Ccleaner and have only found the clearing of temp
files
to be beneficial. If you've done more extensive
testing,
good for you. But bear in mind that is was YOU who
made
the claim in the first place! And I still find it
interesting you're unwilling to back it up. Belief
and knowledge are two different things...
"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in
message
...
Right!
He just wants someone else to do his work for him.
DSH
" db ´¯`·.. )))º` .. ."
databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com wrote
in
message news:%23duS%
...
he is a sly one and
was just baiting you.
if he had such an open
mind, he could download
the program and test it
himself.
--
db ·´¯`·.¸. , .
.·´¯`·..)))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º¸.
)))º·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..
)))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º
"D. Spencer Hines" wrote
in
message
...
I don't give a rat's rear end whether you believe
me
or not. I'm not trying to sell anything.
So, it's not worth my time and effort to post
elaborate results of the tests
I ran -- which will simply lead to a long thread
of
worthless back and forth
caterwauling.
I can use that time far better in other useful
pursuits such as managing my
stock portfolio, working on the car, writing a
historical post or email or
doing something nice for my wife -- not
necessarily
in that order. g I ran controlled tests on nine
different machines
with various configurations -- using the Registry
Cleaner in CCleaner. Performance was improved on
all of them -- fewer
hangs and pauses, faster
loading of applications, faster executions of
commands and faster startups
and shutdowns.
No Glitches -- Removing Something That Should Not
Have Been Removed -- No
FUD.
I have no experience of using other Registry
Cleaners
-- so I can't speak to
them.
I do, carefully, sometimes manually remove or
make
changes to the Registry. So, I'm not a barefoot
empiricist. Your Mileage May Vary...
So, Run Your Own Tests.
Bonne Chance!
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas