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CCleaner in Win 7

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Alias

Flightless Bird
Every time I go to open CCleaner, I am asked by UAC if I want to run it.
Is there a way to make an exception so that it doesn't ask again?
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Parko

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:54:43 +0200, Alias wrote:

> Every time I go to open CCleaner, I am asked by UAC if I want to run it.
> Is there a way to make an exception so that it doesn't ask again?


Why? You should be used to it being a seasoned Ubuntu user.



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Gerry Atricks

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.¡nvalido> wrote in message
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> Every time I go to open CCleaner, I am asked by UAC if I want to run it.
> Is there a way to make an exception so that it doesn't ask again?
> --
> Alias


I thought you were a die hard Ubuntuard? You shouldn't be using ccCleaner
you idiot. There is no reason to clean the registry. Better power down
your Windows box and go back to that INFERIOR Ubuntu piece of SHIT!
 
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Trimble Bracegirdle

Flightless Bird
CCleaner is a good program. I've relied on it for years to
keep my XP in good shape.
BUT do we need it so much in Win 7 (or VISTA) ?

That is do they do a much better & through job of keeping the
System clean & tidy without additional utilities.

By the way a better more through prog I also use
is http://www.amltools.com/ REGCLEANER.
I'm using Windows XP Pro.

BUT can I take the Win 7 / VISTA housekeeping as good enough ??? as is ??
(\__/)
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(")_(") mouse (A Tidy O/S makes A Happy Machine)
 
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Tattoo Vampire

Flightless Bird
Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:

>
> CCleaner is a good program. I've relied on it for years to
> keep my XP in good shape.
> BUT do we need it so much in Win 7 (or VISTA) ?
>
> That is do they do a much better & through job of keeping the
> System clean & tidy without additional utilities.
>
> By the way a better more through prog I also use
> is http://www.amltools.com/ REGCLEANER.
> I'm using Windows XP Pro.
>
> BUT can I take the Win 7 / VISTA housekeeping as good enough ??? as
> is ?? (\__/)
> (='.':]
> (")_(") mouse (A Tidy O/S makes A Happy Machine)


There's no need to "clean" the registry, period.

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Peter Foldes

Flightless Bird
Alias

Did you uncheck that option on installation ? If not then it should have been.

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"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.¡nvalido> wrote in message
news:hvo91a$5gr$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> Every time I go to open CCleaner, I am asked by UAC if I want to run it. Is there
> a way to make an exception so that it doesn't ask again?
> --
> Alias
 
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Alias

Flightless Bird
On 6/22/2010 8:44 PM, Tattoo Vampire wrote:
> Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:
>
>>
>> CCleaner is a good program. I've relied on it for years to
>> keep my XP in good shape.
>> BUT do we need it so much in Win 7 (or VISTA) ?
>>
>> That is do they do a much better& through job of keeping the
>> System clean& tidy without additional utilities.
>>
>> By the way a better more through prog I also use
>> is http://www.amltools.com/ REGCLEANER.
>> I'm using Windows XP Pro.
>>
>> BUT can I take the Win 7 / VISTA housekeeping as good enough ??? as
>> is ?? (\__/)
>> (='.':]
>> (")_(") mouse (A Tidy O/S makes A Happy Machine)

>
> There's no need to "clean" the registry, period.
>


True. That's not what I use it for.

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Alias

Flightless Bird
On 6/22/2010 8:52 PM, Peter Foldes wrote:
> Alias
>
> Did you uncheck that option on installation ? If not then it should have
> been.
>


I didn't see that. Shit.

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Ken Blake

Flightless Bird
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:34:21 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
<no-spam@never.spam> wrote:

> CCleaner is a good program.




Yes, it's good, as long as you don't use its Registry Cleaning
functionality.


> I've relied on it for years to
> keep my XP in good shape.
> BUT do we need it so much in Win 7 (or VISTA) ?



"Need" is too strong a word. It's never been needed. All it does is
make it slightly easier to do things you could always do manually.


> That is do they do a much better & through job of keeping the
> System clean & tidy without additional utilities.
>
> By the way a better more through prog I also use
> is http://www.amltools.com/ REGCLEANER.




Ugh! Ugh to it and to all other Registry Cleaners.

Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the
registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.

Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html

And also
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussin.../02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx

Let me point out that neither I nor anyone else who warns against the
use of registry cleaners has ever said that they always cause
problems. If they always caused problems, they would disappear from
the market almost immediately. Many people have used a registry
cleaner and never had a problem with it.

Rather, the problem with a registry cleaner is that it carries with it
the substantial *risk* of having a problem. And since there is no
benefit to using a registry cleaner, running that risk is a very bad
bargain.


Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
 
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Gerry Atricks

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.¡nvalido> wrote in message
news:hvr1pn$ou$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 6/22/2010 8:44 PM, Tattoo Vampire wrote:
>> Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> CCleaner is a good program. I've relied on it for years to
>>> keep my XP in good shape.
>>> BUT do we need it so much in Win 7 (or VISTA) ?
>>>
>>> That is do they do a much better& through job of keeping the
>>> System clean& tidy without additional utilities.
>>>
>>> By the way a better more through prog I also use
>>> is http://www.amltools.com/ REGCLEANER.
>>> I'm using Windows XP Pro.
>>>
>>> BUT can I take the Win 7 / VISTA housekeeping as good enough ??? as
>>> is ?? (\__/)
>>> (='.':]
>>> (")_(") mouse (A Tidy O/S makes A Happy Machine)

>>
>> There's no need to "clean" the registry, period.
>>

>
> True. That's not what I use it for.
>
> --
> Alias


What to you use it for? Keeping track of your Sheep?
 
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Gerry Atricks

Flightless Bird
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanomymous.net.¡nvalido> wrote in message
news:hvr1q8$ou$2@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 6/22/2010 8:52 PM, Peter Foldes wrote:
>> Alias
>>
>> Did you uncheck that option on installation ? If not then it should have
>> been.
>>

>
> I didn't see that. Shit.
>
> --
> Alias


I told you. You are too stupid to use Windows products. Better go back to
that SHITTY Ubuntu where you can't do anything productive with your machine!
LOL!
 
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Dave-UK

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:34:21 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
> <no-spam@never.spam> wrote:


> Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the
> registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
> don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
> what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
> having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.
>
> The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
> removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
> it may have.
>
> Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html
>
> And also
> http://blogs.technet.com/markrussin.../02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx
>
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003



Interesting links, although rather old.
To summarize it seems that Mr. George Ou from ZDNet
thinks CCleaner works wonders (with msconfig) and Mr. Russinovich
thinks registry cleaners can help maintain registry hygiene.
Quote:
"Registry cleaners have always been popular, but I never paid much attention to them.
I originally thought that there might be valid reasons for their existence, but over time changed
my mind, only to recently recognize that even today they can help maintain Registry hygiene."
 
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milt

Flightless Bird
On 6/22/2010 1:44 PM, Tattoo Vampire wrote:

>
> There's no need to "clean" the registry, period.
>


Agreed. It seems most of the stories I hear of computers being trashed
usually involve the use of some "registry cleaner". There is no need to
ever fool with the registry, especially if you have no clue what you are
doing!
 
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Trimble Bracegirdle

Flightless Bird
Still no answer to the question does VISTA & Win 7 & do a better job of
keeping the system tidy & efficient than XP ?
(\__/)
(='.':]
(")_(") mouse
 
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Nil

Flightless Bird
On 23 Jun 2010, "Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam@never.spam> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Still no answer to the question does VISTA & Win 7 & do a better
> job of keeping the system tidy & efficient than XP ?


How could you possibly measure such a thing?

As far as I can tell, they're about the same in that regard. Win7's
built-in defrag seems less intrusive.
 
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Ken Blake

Flightless Bird
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:07:55 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
<no-spam@never.spam> wrote:

> Still no answer to the question does VISTA & Win 7 & do a better job of
> keeping the system tidy & efficient than XP ?



In general, two things happen:

1. A newer version of Windows does a better job at things like this.

2. Updates to the older versions add the same such things that are in
the newer versions to them.

So yes, the newer versions are better in that respect, but until the
older ones stop being supported, that difference is small.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
 
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Trimble Bracegirdle

Flightless Bird
I have a 'busy' general purpose home system.
Game & other Demo's installed, played, then uninstalled.....
DVD & CD's being burnt . The Internet used in many ways.
Updates etc. installed to many, many programs / utilities.

I'm impressed that so many people on the System Cleaner issue
seem to never use there computers with other than the few
original installed programs.

So they have no Temp, tmp, chk, etc...etc clutter to deal with
& mysteriously there Registry's never fill up with obsolete
& incorrect entries. As they don't really use anything I suppose the
Recycle Bin never fills up & System Restore Points never take over there
Hard Drive.

I'm also very surprised that VISTA & Win 7 do not even claim to offer
improved Garbage Cleaning over earlier Windows. Or even to point out that
the way
the Regestry works in Win 7 is very different than older windows.
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Nil

Flightless Bird
On 23 Jun 2010, "Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam@never.spam> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> I'm also very surprised that VISTA & Win 7 do not even claim to
> offer improved Garbage Cleaning over earlier Windows.


Why would be be surprised at that? Windows' Disk Cleanup utility
already does a decent job at that, and you've got 3rd party
utilities like CCleaner if you prefer. There was nothing broken that
needed fixing.

> Or even to point out that the way the Regestry works in Win 7 is
> very different than older windows.


But it doesn't work "very different". And who would "point it out" and
to whom? Most users have never heard of the registry, and should not be
encouraged to play with it. Windows' registry rarely needs to be
touched by the user.
 
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SC Tom

Flightless Bird
"Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam@never.spam> wrote in message
news:hvtsl4$4l2$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>I have a 'busy' general purpose home system.
> Game & other Demo's installed, played, then uninstalled.....
> DVD & CD's being burnt . The Internet used in many ways.
> Updates etc. installed to many, many programs / utilities.
>
> I'm impressed that so many people on the System Cleaner issue
> seem to never use there computers with other than the few
> original installed programs.
>
> So they have no Temp, tmp, chk, etc...etc clutter to deal with
> & mysteriously there Registry's never fill up with obsolete
> & incorrect entries. As they don't really use anything I suppose the
> Recycle Bin never fills up & System Restore Points never take over there
> Hard Drive.
>
> I'm also very surprised that VISTA & Win 7 do not even claim to offer
> improved Garbage Cleaning over earlier Windows. Or even to point out that
> the way
> the Regestry works in Win 7 is very different than older windows.
> (\__/)
> (='.':] This is Bunny. Copy and paste Bunny into your
> (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination.
>


I use my computer in much the same way as you, what with gaming, internet,
lots of installs/uninstalls. For some time, I used to use CCleaner
religiously to weed the crap out of my registry and get rid of the other
temp files. I never noticed any discernable increase in the speed of the PC
as a whole. I empty my Recycle Bin when I'm sure I won't need what's in it
(usually shortly after I delete something). I have the allowed space limited
for restore points, so that doesn't take over my hard drive. Defrag affected
it in a much better way, and even that was barely noticeable. Then I quit
using CCleaner, and STILL never noticed any difference. So I have come to
the conclusion that Windows XP/Vista/7 must handle the clean-up as well as
any of the 3rd party apps, and all in the background. YMMV, but I certainly
can't tell any difference between using it and not using it.
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J. D. Slocomb

Flightless Bird
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:24:04 -0700, Ken Blake
<kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:07:55 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
><no-spam@never.spam> wrote:
>
>> Still no answer to the question does VISTA & Win 7 & do a better job of
>> keeping the system tidy & efficient than XP ?

>
>
>In general, two things happen:
>
>1. A newer version of Windows does a better job at things like this.
>
>2. Updates to the older versions add the same such things that are in
>the newer versions to them.
>
>So yes, the newer versions are better in that respect, but until the
>older ones stop being supported, that difference is small.
>
>Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003



I've always wondered about the Registry. If you look at one you find
references to many applications that have never been installed on the
computer and apparently are there from initial initialization. Which
makes one wonder whether redundant entries are really that
detrimental?

It seems to me, although I can't be sure, that any entry in the
database must be read at start up and thus must take some level of
time to accomplish. Do these redundant entries slow down the boot
time? If so, why are they there?

Cheers,

John D. Slocomb
(jdslocombatgmail)
 
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