Lanwench
Sat Mar 25 23:30:00 CST 2006
In news:%2324UHwCUGHA.4132@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
Cynanthis <nospam@nospam.com> typed:
> Hi lanwench! Well the program I am talking about is kind of like crap
> cleaner. which appareantly does more than the disk clean up. When I
> run "cleanup" on my desktops, it cleans and removes prefetch files,
> temp files, etc. which, they say, can free up disk space and help a
> pc run smoother. and since my desk tops only have 256 ram and 40 gb,
> AND I have alot of pictures from my work, then I use it in hope of
> doing what it says. And YES,,,,, I do wonder if it does make a difference.
> Now, in regards to the laptop, it has twice as much (512ram and 80
> gb). and I dont plan to clutter it up with my work photos. but you
> know how that goes.
> Here is the link to the program clean up. perhaps you have heard
> about it.
http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/
> (I first used this program on my friends pc that I was helping her
> with, because she had an infestd pc-a reputable Ngroup person
> rcommended it)....And I justt thought that I can keep my LT a bit
> less cluttered by using such programs.thanks for any input
It's really not that hard to keep your computer 'clean' without using third
party software. Some of that stuff is good, some is sketchy, and I'm too
much of a control freak to run any of it myself. Your mileage may vary. :)
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>> In news:OMwuHy6TGHA.424@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
>> Cynanthis <nospam@nospam.com> typed:
>>> Hi. I use 'clean up' on 2 of my desk tops. It appears to work fine
>>> and have never had a problem with that progrm. I installed 'clean
>>> up" on my new HP Laptop.and as soon as I finished runing the
>>> program, everything went weird. I did a system restore in safe
>>> mode, and all is fine now. luckily for me. after this I did a bit
>>> of reading and it appears that this has been the case for HP
>>> laptops from other people. Can anyone recomend a clean up program
>>> that is safe to use and does not require for me to be a pro at
>>> computers . I like keeping my pc's junk free (as can be) thnks
>>
>> I don't know what software you're talking about (what exactly is
>> 'clean up' and who makes it?)
>>
>> Why do you actually think you need such a program in the first
>> place? With regards to keeping your computers 'clean', it's mostly a
>> matter of practicing safe hex...and you can periodically run disk
>> cleanup to get rid of temp files, etc.
>>
>> I tend to avoid third party products that purport to "clean up"
>> Windows. Especially anything that touches the registry. Yes, you'll
>> always have some shards of old stuff in there, but they don't really
>> do any harm--whereas a piece of software that goes in and removes
>> things it doesn't believe you need, can do a great deal of harm.