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I also thought, that it frozed a few times, so I hit reset, but it did not, it just needs time to optimize files on the HDD, because it does not only defragment them, it also puts them in a line from the beginning of HDD. So it is not the fastest one, but it does better job than Auslogics, which I used for a few months and is obviously weaker, so just give it a time, get a coffee and let it finish, you will surprised, how fast it is everything gona be afterwards.

I have the same problem, I rolled back to CCleaner 2.00.495 RC, untill it is fixed.

I update my software manually, when I receive update newsletter from Softpedia. The same for WU from MS. I have nothing automatic checking the internet updates.

Money should be hidden in something, that can not be moved away.

Comodo is a great firewall, the one of the best and not only from freeware soft. You disable Aplication Behaviour and Component Control to get lower RAM usage. It will also results in less popups, no high CPU at p2p. Well, I recommend it as #1. By the way, noone ever mention Core Force it is free, beta, with HIPS and sandbox.

My CCleaner still finds about 25 activex/COM (Vista Ultimate). You need to set a Full Control registry permission for these keys. I have not done it, I do not have time to do after every instalation.

DP Burner (with skin support) is still beta, but works just fine. But I have not been to able to burn VCD or SVCD (with plugins) I have also found LC ISO Creator, which can create ISO from CD/DVD.

Thank you, I do not need it, but you helped me to solve one long-term problem. RegSeeker allways found Wordpad.exe in Classes, even when it is removed with nLite and I realised, that I have forgot about exclude.ini, so I removed everything from there and now RegSeeker finds nothing. Thanks.

CCleaner is the safest registry cleaning I know, I never used backup with it. I use RegSeeker now, because then CCleaner finds nothing, only missing shortcuts and I do not use backup either and I have no problems.

I have came to report the same problem, when I found this topic. I know for sure, that those log files were allways removed before. I have Notepad++ registried with log file type, maybe that causes it?

WMP in activex looks better and otherwise I do not care, it is allways minimized. They could make it to be able to play QT, not only RT and some common formats.

I use all those tweaks, even more and I do not need to waste money on realtime software like AV or etc. The only realtime I have is a firewall (just as a layer protection for Windows settings) along with tighten settings for Windows (like you mentioned) and for IE, so I can visit any webpage without getting infected. These days it is popular to install as much protection software as possible, instead taking a few houres to secure the Windows. Eg by disabling WSH with Symantec's NoScript everything will work, but people can not get infected via HTML (for instance via emails). And just for the beginning, CCleaner is the best freeware simple security tool for Windows out there. By the way RonTheCon, I am sorry, that people "appreciate" your help so much. But do not take it seriously, it is normal. I have learned many times, that for help I give, I have to pay instead of getting simple Thanks. At least I say Thank You.

This source claims, that it affects only Win2000, which has only 2 keys for it and WinXP has 3 keys for it. According to it, in WinXP it doesnot matter, if it is 1 or 2, but Belarc Advisor does not like it, when it is set to 2, so it lowers my score (from 7,29 to 6,46). By the way, could share your reg tweaks? Here are mine, there are just a few I found.

Wouldnot be better to set it to 1? Why to set AutoShareServer & AutoShareWks to 2? Only 0 & 1 are availabe, no? By the way, if you would create reg file, it would be easier for some people.

I had similar problem. If you use CCleaner, try unchecking "Delete index.dat files".