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Anyone needing file association fixes can find them here under Winxp fixes on the left hand side http://www.dougknox.com/index.html

If you read this page, I think that like me, you will really hope that you don't know anyone who installs this. You will feel very sorry for them if they do, especially when they try to uninstall it. http://blog.spywareguide.com/2007/09/the_t..._messenger.html

Nice to see you back firery

There are only the 2 choices, the old CCleaner one, and the piriform one. You can choose at the very bottom of the page, left hand side, "CCleaner style"

We need a replacement - fast! This has been a great liitle site and I am sorry to see it go. Image shack takes forever compared to it.

Just wondering if anyone has used this http://wwwm.meebo.com/

Sorry, this is an English language only forum

MrG has said he will fix this in the release version. I also use Avira and have been doing what Andavari advised you, just unticking avira under application/utilities for now.

rridgely, I'm CERTAIN you already know one member (say no more) there. Been looking at your site Capman for a week or so, nicely done.

Another thread in the forum, seems like it MAY be solved http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=12218

Are you on Vista? If so have you tried right clicking the CCleaner desktop icon and choosing run as administrator? Older versions can be found here on right hand side. I would suggest if you do revert you uninstall the beta first. http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

Avg, avira and avast are the three "A's" of the freeware anti virus softwares. If avg works well with your system there isn't really much to be gained by changing.

Have you tried using IE7 instead of IE6?

Does this help? http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...f.mspx?mfr=true

Well Dennis and Jago, I must admit I got confused as well as it's usually the woman with the headache!

What does Process Idle Tasks do? This command will force the OS to process all idle tasks. If your PC is never idle these tasks will never run. One of the tasks that Windows XP performs during idle times is the optimization of the files needed to start the OS. These files will be re-arranged on the disk and match the exact order they are loaded during startup. This list is in C:\Windows\Prefetch\Layout.ini. You may end up having to buy your girlfriend lots of bunches of flowers JD

Interesting neat little video about dancing on the grave of DRM http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.com/200...shup-challenge/ I like a lot of the comments underneath.

Have a look here as it is a good troubleshooting guide for system restore problems. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html CCleaner does not delete system restore files, however some other cleaners may be more aggressive.

It does say to check first that the hal.dll is really missing and gives instructions on how to reinstall it. Yes, a repair install would insure the system was repaired ( hopefully) without the loss of files, but as you know, sometimes this is not always possible. Let's hope that the original poster can use the info above to at least find out what stage he is at. @the original poster, all that was needed to restore an "issues" backup was to right-click the backup file and choose merge. Using another registry software at the same time may have helped escalate your problem. Please let us know how you go on.

see here http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000490.htm

Dennis they are called comptometers Lots of info here http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/comptometer.html also a "pocket size" one near the bottom

Glad to read you have more good downloads lined up Chris. They have gone down well on this forum. If it makes you feel any better Chris, I actually live in the UK and get ComputerActive every fortnight.

Does this help you psycheboat? http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=11523

Can you give more information please. What operating system are you using? Which version of Cleaner are you using? Can you give a screen shot of what you are trying to delete, I take it this is in an issues scan and not a cleaner scan?

It may suit some people Whiteshark to disable it in services, but then there are no error event logs to look back on when things go wrong.