If the PC crashed, it was most likely due to the online habits and no firewall. I keep hearing about problems with Norton Inet Security, registry cleaners and the such. I have used Norton, McAfee, Avast, etc. since Windows 95 osr-1 came out and have finally gotten it down pat. Norton Internet Security (program & service) has continuously improved since 2008. I always install from a new Disk. There are always deals near the end of the year. in 2008, Internet Security was free after the ODepot & Norton Rebates. I buy the 3-PC licensed one. The worst thing that happened was a re-install after a power outage and disruption of my DLink router software (another story).
It is often online and/or maintenance habits of the user that cause problems.
I have always used custom security settings in Internet Explorer. I always CClean and Glary Utilities after internet sessions. I never allow auto updates to my software, only notifications. Very often the updates don't apply. They can also happen when you are running resource-hungry programs, installs, downloads, or other net sessions. Talk about mess-ups.
When using PC cleaners, always uncheck the Recycle Bin, as it is easy to recover a file from, and just as easy to delete the file later.
I always use my provider's Webmail, never Outlook or others. I set the Webmail security to custom settings.
I have always used some sort of Registry Cleaner. Currently, I use the ones included with CCleaner AND Glary Utilities, but I've used RegEdit and RegClean in the past.
Windows updates is set to notify me, not install. There is a lot of junk that you don't need, especially in Win 7.
And, always, always, set restore points before doing installs, and create backup images. That is my main weakness. I put it off, lol.
David Thompson
--- On Tue, 3/1/11, John Green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: John Green <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Is RegAce Registry Cleaner by Microsoft?
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 8:23 PM
I have not found any commercial registry cleaner that did not ultimately in
time crash my system. I did have relatively good luck with Ccleaner from
Piraform, www.piraform.com. But after using it for several months,
eventually my system did crash, I cannot say for sure at this point if the
cleaner caused it or it was because my internet security software expired,
and when I did not renew it, the firewall locked everything & the system
crashed. If you just want to play, or clean "junk" from the registry I
suggest the old saying, "If it works no need to fix it" applies, The
registry is like heart or brain surgery in a human, should be left to the
experts.
I have had good luck with a Microsoft affiliated website. It was suggested
by MSN support: http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm you must run
it from Internet Explorer as it did not work from Opera, Firefox or
Seamonkey. Oh yea, I almost forgot, this link is for Win XP I think I had a
friend try it with Vista, and it did not work. Hope this helps, good luck.
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Is RegAce Registry Cleaner by Microsoft?
Also, if anyone has recommendations for registry cleaners, I would
appreciate hearing your evaluations.
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