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Registry Cleaner
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 |
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