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I've been using CCleaner for years never a problem and certainly shifts all the rubbish out, it can also uninstall programmes that you no longer want better than the usual uninstall system and has an analyse section to check the registry and correct any problems.
There are free and paid for bits, I've only ever used the free one.
 
Smudger said:
Has anyone used ccleaner & is it any good?
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Hi Smudger. I've used ccleaner for years and not had a problem. You're pretty safe with the default settings. Run Cleaner first (from the menu). Click 'analyse' first so you can see what's going on, then 'Run Cleaner' As you haven't used it before this could take a while especially when looking for temporary internet files. Then select Registry from the menu, scan first and then 'fix selected issues'. You should get a message asking if you want to backup the changes - I always select 'yes' to be on the safe side but have never had a problem.
Ccleaner has a number of other useful facilities. Look at the 'tools' section. Startup is better than the Microsoft version and some of the other apps are pretty good.
I have disabled the active monitoring however in the options section as I try to have as little as possible running during use.
Having said this, W7 always seemed to be showish to boot up - W10 is much quicker (I'm not trying to sell W10!!!) but hopefully Ccleaner will help speed things up a bit. John
PS When you install it will also install Avast AV unless you untick the box on the first installer page!
 
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Forgot to mention I do use CCleaner free version and I get a good feeling as I watch it delete loads of files and cleans the registry but I've never noticed that my computer runs faster. One thing I do use is 'hibernate' instead of shutdown. This saves everything that is open before it switches off the device. On my laptop I close the lid and it hibernates, and when I open the lid it comes on, I enter the PIN and off it goes with everything I had open still on screen. I just timed my laptop and it took 25 seconds from opening the lid .... don't know whether that is fast or slow !! :D
 
Thanks guys. I`ve run ccleaner but boot up is still slow, 3mins &5 secs. It`s a bit like me, old & slow.
 
3 minutes does seem a rather long time. Try the 'hibernate' option if it shows. If it does not show set it up as shown below. I seem to remember doing this when I had Win 7.
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oldMohawk said:
3 minutes does seem a rather long time. Try the 'hibernate' option if it shows. If it does not show set it up as shown below. I seem to remember doing this when I had Win 7.
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I already have my pc set to hibernate when i click on sleep. Although my pc takes a long time to boot up, when it finally does boot up it`s very fast, so no problems there.
 
Yes I agree that the boot up is rather slow. I've just tried my g-daughters W7 laptop and it takes 30 secs to the Windows log-in page but I can't get any further as I can't remember her password :(. To be continued.......! Meanwhile what is the spec of your PC - ie processor speed & amount of RAM? (Control Panel > System). Also is it a laptop or desktop?
 
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Yes I agree that the boot up is rather slow. I've just tried my g-daughters W7 laptop and it takes 30 secs to the Windows log-in page but I can't get any further as I can't remember her password :(. To be continued.......! Meanwhile what is the spec of your PC - ie processor speed & amount of RAM? (Control Panel > System)
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AMD A8-5500 3.2 GHz. 120 gb ssd.
 
You could try booting in Safe Mode and see what the boot time is. It could be one particular driver slowing things down.
 
Password retrieved! - boots to Desktop in 1min 20secs and lower spec than yours.
Looks like oM has hit the nail on the head. Finding the culprit can however be a bit laborious. Look in device manager - see if there are any warnings. If not it will be a matter of selecting each driver in turn (right click on the item) and select 'update driver'. You could also 'uninstall' each driver in turn and then reboot - the driver will (should!) automatically reinstall. Try network adaptors first, then graphics driver (display adapter), then audio.
 
I`ve checked some drivers & found two that needed updating. Did a reboot & it took 2mins 30secs. On device manager i checked all drivers down to system devices & usb controllers & those 2 have a hell of a lot of drivers to check! Will do those 2 after i`ve had some refreshments!
 
Another thought - casting my mind back I had similar symptoms caused by a faulty optical (CD/DVD) drive. If your PC is a desktop and you are happy to delve inside, disconnect the power and signal cables from the drive (switch off first!) and try again.
 
You could also try Glary Utilities, as an alternative to ccleaner. Get it from Ninite.com. Any software from here installs without the usual freeware bloat, but refuse anything you are offered and don't need!! Watch them little checkboxes......

Make sure you have only ONE antivirus program otherwise they will 'battle for supremacy' and slow you down. Ccleaner and Glary will list your installed software and also remove any you don't want.
 
Radiorails said:
+Be very careful when downloading and installing CCleaner. It now includes getting Chrome browser and Avast anti virus. Uncheck the box if you don't want these extra programmes installed.
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Yes I should have pointed that out but for years now I've always looked carefully at any free download offers for tick boxes adding other stuff as part of the download, the chrome one seems to pop up in many many places and always gets unticked, I've not seen the Avast one yet.
 
Eric Gibson said:
Yes I should have pointed that out but for years now I've always looked carefully at any free download offers for tick boxes adding other stuff as part of the download, the chrome one seems to pop up in many many places and always gets unticked, I've not seen the Avast one yet.
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Avast have aquired Ccleaner!

Incidentally, HijackThis is a very useful tool, but you REALLY have to know what you are doing. It can be used to stop certain programs from loading up at start-up, therfore making start-up much quicker.
Read about it here :- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HijackThis
 
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Start-up apps can easily be disabled with the normal Windows utilities. I had previously mentioned in #116 that my laptop started from 'hibernation' shut down in 25 sec. This morning I fully shut down and start up time was 45 secs. I had a look at my start-up apps and was surprised about how many were there. I disabled the high impact ones (marked with red dots) and my start-up time from shut down reduced to 30 secs. I will have to see if I need any of them and re-enable as necessary.
My Start Apps.
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I think Smudger's problem is possibly a driver etc which is having a high impact on the start-up and I would try running a long session in 'Safe Mode' (which gave him a 45 sec start-up) and see what does not work. This might give a clue pointing to the errant driver etc. Unfortunately drivers don't show as start-up apps.
 
The salient point Curly makes is you need to know what you are doing when downloading many programmes which affect the Windows registry. I guess many people avoid things they do not understand due to fears that it might mess up their pc/laptop or whatever.
 
Smudger - my next move.........Open Ccleaner, select the 'tools' tab and then 'startup'. Under the Windows tab is a list of all the items Windows activates on startup. Make a note of which are enabled (probably all of them if you haven't been there already) and disable them all (don't delete!). See if that has solved the problem. If so enable them one by one until the problem recurs. You could also try the other tabs if that hasn't sorted things.
Also look carefully at the Tools - Uninstall list and see if there are any programs you don't recognise. Don't uninstall anything however unless you are sure it isn't essential - if in doubt ask us experts (!!!).
 
I just timed my desktop computer start up.
Win 10 55 secs from hibernation, 75 secs from full shut down.
Linux Mint 65 sec from shut down.
So long as they stay under 2 mins I happy enough ... :)
 
I`ve checked every single driver & updated 4 of them. Also stopped Rapport & Garmin from running & now taking 1min 30 secs to load, so happy with that. I don`t need Rapport as my Wife does all the banking on her pc. Thanks to everyone for offering their advice, it`s good to know we help each other, not that my computer advice would help anyone, but if you need someone to make you a Welsh Dresser then i`m (was) your man.
 
I recently commented that I was having problems opening png files posted on Wheeler's Farm thread by "pjmburns". This was using Microsoft edge on Windows10. I switched to Google Chrome and opened them without any problem BUT it comes with a "not secure" warning. Is this usual?
 
Google will show every https site as not secure but you can set Chrome to only show the warning when you click the 'i' before the web address. Using Edge I have no trouble seeing png files on the BHF and a screenshot below shows what Edge on my laptop sees in post#17 in the Wheelers Farm thread.
I mainly use Chrome because it is better but have set Edge to look like it as below ...
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