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Olórin
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 Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:43 am Post subject: Re: CCleaner Registry Cleaner |
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"D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I note the use of the passive tense: "CCleaner was used...". Call me
cynical, but it makes me wonder if Ron used it himself and, as a result,
found associations lost - or whether someone else did some work on his
machine for him and pointed the finger at CCleaner when things went
belly-up.
Perceptive.
I'm a regular user of CCleaner and have not encountered any such problems.
Note the use of the active voice -- not the passive voice.
DSH
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Whoops, is it "voice"? (Hits the Web.) Ook. I hate getting that sort of
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D. Spencer Hines
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: CCleaner Registry Cleaner |
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You were right on the substance.
I don't think he knows what he's talking about.
DSH
"Olórin" <someoneelse@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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"D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message
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I note the use of the passive tense: "CCleaner was used...". Call me
cynical, but it makes me wonder if Ron used it himself and, as a result,
found associations lost - or whether someone else did some work on his
machine for him and pointed the finger at CCleaner when things went
belly-up.
Perceptive.
I'm a regular user of CCleaner and have not encountered any such
problems.
Note the use of the active voice -- not the passive voice.
DSH
Whoops, is it "voice"? (Hits the Web.) Ook. I hate getting that sort of
thing wrong! |
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cant change my desktop ba
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: Re:Cant change my desktop background! |
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"Katie Mulkey" wrote:
| Quote: | can you help i don't know why but for some reason i can't change the
background on my destop i cae change the colour of the background but i
can't make it a picture from the list or a picture from'my picture; any help
would be greatly.
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kdispigna
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:11 am Post subject: Re:Cant change my desktop background! |
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I tried the suggestions listed below but they didn't help me. When I get
the Display menu the Desktop tab is missing. I tried Stephen's suggestion,
but there was no "group policy object editor" to add. I also tried the
suggestions from Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=921049) but
none of the registries were there.
Can anybody help?
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Raven
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:18 am Post subject: Re: Color fields in the Windows default color dialogs are li |
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peter wrote:
| Quote: | i am not sure if this will work for you since I dont use it but by the
description it seems to be what you are looking for.
http://pcwin.com/Multimedia___Design/ColorPic/index.htm
I use an Nvidea Video card and they come with a program that lets you adjust
RGB...among other things.
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That's a great program for choosing colors, but it doesn't give me the
option of changing the colors in Display Properties, and I cannot enter
more than 2 digits into the RGB fields, as I mentioned in my original
post. I appreciate the attempt at finding a solution. Thanks, Peter!
Unfortunately, this problem is now affecting me everywhere the standard
color dialog is used, which is practically every piece of software
installed.
Respectfully,
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject: EPVH |
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Hi Chris,
Like you I thought I could download the file any time I wanted. Have you been successful in finding a copy? If so, could you flip me a copy.
I would very much appreciate it.
Dave
EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
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Linda W
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:11 am Post subject: Re: registry cleaner and back up |
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Why did I purchase Registry Cleaner last week and tonight when I typed in
www.windows.com I was hit with Registry Smart that found over 1000 errors on
my computer after Registry Cleaner had found errors and fixes them after I
paid them the $39.95 fee last week? Now Registry Smart wants me to pay them
to correct these other 1000 errors. Is all of this a scam?
"D. Spencer Hines" wrote:
| Quote: | Nonsense...
CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....
And improves performance.
DSH
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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Why do you think you'd ever need to clean your registry? What specific
*problems* are you actually experiencing (not some program's bogus listing
of imaginary problems) that you think can be fixed by using a registry
cleaner?
If you do have a problem that is rooted in the registry, it would be
far better to simply edit (after backing up, of course) only the specific
key(s) and/or value(s) that are causing the problem. After all, why use a
chainsaw when a scalpel will do the job? Additionally, the manually
changing of one or two registry entries is far less likely to have the
dire consequences of allowing an automated product to make multiple
changes simultaneously. The only thing needed to safely clean your
registry is knowledge and Regedit.exe.
The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of the
computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the
device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the
registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning loose
a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully confident that
he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of each and every
change.
Having repeatedly seen the results of inexperienced people using
automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most
experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all.
Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands
of the inexperienced user. If you lack the knowledge and experience to
maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and
experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner, no
matter how safe they claim to be.
More importantly, no one has ever demonstrated that the use of an
automated registry cleaner, particularly by an untrained, inexperienced
computer user, does any real good, whatsoever. There's certainly been no
empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use of such products to
"clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's performance or stability.
Given the potential for harm, it's just not worth the risk.
Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and every
time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there. And, since
no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any good (think of
them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no real medicinal
value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo effect), I always tell
people that the risks far out-weigh the non-existent benefits.
I will concede that a good registry *scanning* tool, in the hands of
an experienced and knowledgeable technician or hobbyist can be a useful
time-saving diagnostic tool, as long as it's not allowed to make any
changes automatically. But I really don't think that there are any
registry cleaners that are truly safe for the general public to use.
Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe in
the hands of the inexperienced user.
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Edward W. Thompson
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:45 am Post subject: Re: registry cleaner and back up |
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"Linda W" <Linda W@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Why did I purchase Registry Cleaner last week and tonight when I typed in
www.windows.com I was hit with Registry Smart that found over 1000 errors
on
my computer after Registry Cleaner had found errors and fixes them after I
paid them the $39.95 fee last week? Now Registry Smart wants me to pay
them
to correct these other 1000 errors. Is all of this a scam?
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Yes, it is a scam. Firstly and most importantly, if you have 'errors' in
your Registry you will have problems running the OS and/or program. If you
do have these problems Registry Cleaners will not help. What these cleaners
term as errors are not errors they are simply entries in the Registry that
the 'Cleaners' determine are redundant. Contrary to what many may tell you,
these redundant entries do absolutely no harm and have no effect on the
operation of the OS or programs. They may inflate the size of the Registry
but as disk space is the least of problems with modern machines, this is of
no consequence. Further, occasionally Registry Cleaners will remove or
advise removal of Registry entries that are required for the running of
installed programs and if acted upon will require you to reinstall the
program.
There are many who will tell you that Registry Cleaners will/may damage the
OS. So far no one has yet given any evidence of this other than hearsay but
the overall advice of these programs have the potential of doing harm
without doing any good is valid. |
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D. Spencer Hines
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:50 am Post subject: Re: Registry Cleaner |
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CCleaner is very helpful in this respect.
DSH
"Edward W. Thompson" <thomeduk1@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Linda W" <Linda W@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F5D9C8B0-F381-4772-815A-E585BD364418@microsoft.com...
Why did I purchase Registry Cleaner last week and tonight when I typed in
www.windows.com I was hit with Registry Smart that found over 1000 errors
on
my computer after Registry Cleaner had found errors and fixes them after
I
paid them the $39.95 fee last week? Now Registry Smart wants me to pay
them
to correct these other 1000 errors. Is all of this a scam?
snip
Yes, it is a scam. Firstly and most importantly, if you have 'errors' in
your Registry you will have problems running the OS and/or program. If
you do have these problems Registry Cleaners will not help. What these
cleaners term as errors are not errors they are simply entries in the
Registry that the 'Cleaners' determine are redundant. Contrary to what
many may tell you, these redundant entries do absolutely no harm and have
no effect on the operation of the OS or programs. They may inflate the
size of the Registry but as disk space is the least of problems with
modern machines, this is of no consequence. Further, occasionally
Registry Cleaners will remove or advise removal of Registry entries that
are required for the running of installed programs and if acted upon will
require you to reinstall the program.
There are many who will tell you that Registry Cleaners will/may damage
the OS. So far no one has yet given any evidence of this other than
hearsay but the overall advice of these programs have the potential of
doing harm without doing any good is valid. |
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