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Registry cleaners are crap. If you'd like proof I can provide some links later tonight when I get home.
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CCleaner is an excellent free program that cleans up old and broken keys in registries and helps eliminate old logs and temp files fairly painlessly. CNet.com rated it highly, saying it didn't have some of the bells and whistles of the paid programs but was good at what it does.
quote:Since this free application handles the majority of PC-cleaning chores and offers a nice extra, we strongly recommend CCleaner to all users, except those who need robust tools to remove supersensitive data.
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I have used CCleaner and been quite happy with it.
Also, the Department of Education uses it on the computers they set up at the national training sessions I have attended (which is how I first heard of it).
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I want one not out of "overall performence" but because I feel that a adhoc kampfgrupp of broken registry keys and files have possible broken many key aspects of my OS for example any large file over a gig in size doesn't execute for roughly an hour.
I am trying to pin down the source of the problems, can anyone suggest a good anti virus thats free?
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some 11 megs of broken keys have been removed.
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Honestly, Nick, I often get the feeling that Blayne is the sort of computer user that would very quickly bring a Mac, a Linux box, or any other operating system to its knees and then swiftly chop off its head with a swift stroke of *edited to keep from breaking the forum terms of use*
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quote:Originally posted by Shmuel: I second the Avast recommendation!
I've been using it for a couple months (on Chris' recommendation, IIRC), and I like it except for one really annoying thing. The "virus definitions updated" message has woken me up more than once. How do I turn that off?
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Blayne Bradley
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unplug your speakers when you sleep? I generally turn off my computer unless Im defragging.
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quote:Originally posted by Shmuel: I second the Avast recommendation!
I've been using it for a couple months (on Chris' recommendation, IIRC), and I like it except for one really annoying thing. The "virus definitions updated" message has woken me up more than once. How do I turn that off?
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It'll still present you with a popup if something happens that it thinks you should know about... and if you'd like to be absolutely, positively certain you haven't missed anything vital, you can always right-click the icon, select "avast! Log Viewer" and see all past alerts and updates.
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Alternately... I went with the earlier approach myself, but this should do what you want: Do the first three steps above, then select "Settings..." Scroll down in the "Program events:" window quite some ways (probably) till you get to the "avast! antivirus" events. Select "Automatic VPS update". Go to the dropdown box below, under "Sounds," and select "(None)". Click "OK".
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Honestly, Nick, I often get the feeling that Blayne is the sort of computer user that would very quickly bring a Mac, a Linux box, or any other operating system to its knees and then swiftly chop off its head with a swift stroke of *edited to keep from breaking the forum terms of use*
Honestly, Nick, I often get the feeling that Blayne is the sort of computer user that would very quickly bring a Mac, a Linux box, or any other operating system to its knees and then swiftly chop off its head with a swift stroke of *edited to keep from breaking the forum terms of use*
It. Was. A. Joke.
I. Know. So. Was. My. Post.
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