Dave
I do not recommending using the Registry Cleaning component.
A Registry Cleaner claims to point out redundant entries but are they
redundant or merely those just not needed at the present time? If in the
second category the user is likely to encounter problems when the user's
needs change and the registry entry is needed to accomodate the change?
How can an automated registry cleaner have a crystal ball to know what
the user might want at a future time? The risks from removing are not
justied by any performance gain.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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ChyronDave wrote:
uninstalling Quickclean and installing cCleaner seems to have gotten
me back to being able to manage drive space. Thanks.
cCleaner did find a number of registry issues (I just did the
analysis). I know from reading here that mucking with the registry
could have dire consequences. Do you have any suggestions as to what
I should look to clear out of there?
"Gerry" wrote:
Dave
I think you should remove McAfee QuickClean 4.0.
An alternative to Disk CleanUp is cCleaner. It would be interesting
to know whether this has the same problem with central. dll? If it
does there is a feature, which I have not used, to excludes files
which would presumably enanable the process to complete.
cCleaner (freeware) which does a more thorough job than Disk CleanUp.
Disk CleanUp has to be run for each user profile, whereas cCleaner
only needs to be run once.
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
http://www.ccleaner.com/
With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
offers backup before removal.
When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one
has irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
that they can easily be re-entered.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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ChyronDave wrote:
Whether or not McAfee and Norton are of any value or not is
immaterial at this time. Right now, I need to find a solution to my
current problem, which is getting disk cleanup working once again.
Once that has been addressed, then we can discuss the merits of all
the various virus scanning programs.
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2009 16:54:01 -0700, ChyronDave
wrote:
I did have McAfee, but had uninstalled it for Norton because it
(McAfee) was having issues.
At the moment, the only thing that is showing up in the Add/Remove
Programs list for McAfee is McAfee QuickClean 4.0. I left it in
there since I am not sure whether I should try uninstalling that
or not.
Sorry to tell you, but you are talking about the two worst
anti-virus programs available: Norton (the worst) and McAfee (only
slightly better).
I recommend NOD32, if you are wiling to pay for an anti-virus
product, or Avast, if you want a free one.
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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