And you probably won't with that program. It uses a very light search
for areas to "clean" compared to most. To check that out, run a few
others in analyze-only mode after using CCleaner, just to see what it
didn't find.
Even the deepest of "cleaners" won't speed up your system, so neither
will CCleaner.
With any such "cleaner", you do stand the chance of critically messing
up your system. You could use one a hundred times with no problem
(and no performance boost) but maybe after the 101st time you'll be
using another computer to access these groups asking for help.
If you plan to continue using a "cleaner", I hope you have a good
backup strategy.
ALL - A L L - programs of that genre are worthless and using any of
them will increase the chances of you critically messing up your
system.
Do as many searches of the 'net as you like, you will not find a
SINGLE website that will provide empirical evidence that such programs
will speed up a modern-day computer (post-XP). You will find NUMEROUS
sites where users are weeping and gnashing their teeth because of
problems such programs have caused them.
Normal - and regular - system maintenance is all that is required.
To be on the safe side, a wise user would put spend the money to buy
an external hard drive and use if for holding full backups of their
system.
I currently have a half dozen full backups of mine - the most recent
not being older than a day - and I also have the first backup I made
the day I performed a clean install of Vista. Those backups are
stored on 1) an internal drive and 2) and external drive.
Heck, I still have the final backup I made of XP before I installed
Vista.
Make that XP or later. Actually, I'd think it would be safe to say
Win98 or later.
Today's systems have such fast processors/RAM/disks that any
"cleaning" of the registry would be imperceptible.
The hazards of using such "cleaners" or "optimizers" are too numerous
to list.
Every single one of these Registry Tools are all snake oil remedies. Do not touch
the registry. Using any Reg Tool will NOT make your system faster or save space.
What they can do is make your computer unusable
Like *ANY* and *ALL* so-called regiastry "cleaners," it's pure snake
oil. It cannot possibly provide any benefit, and carries the potential
for causing harm. As there's *NO* benefit to be derived from it's use,
it' simply not worth the risk, no matter how small that risk might be.
I am a totally unknowledgeable newbie to Vista, which
backup utility do you use?
Acronis True Image
Too bad people aren't always as informed. Even if they don't do
anything these products have a market and that's why they exist.
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