CCleanup: A Vast Number of Machines at Risk

[AltonKelsey]

Originally Posted by Marshall Bennett

It checks to see all of your storage and where it is. Takes 10 seconds. Also I clean registry (10 seconds) and clean cache on Firefox and Chrome (perhaps 30 seconds). I don't run the cleaner on anything but what I've mentioned.
My computer is older. I suppose if you have a massive amount of storage it makes little difference.

just so you know, the cache's on browsers are self cleaning, and the registry rarely if ever needs to be touched, no less daily.

mostly just hype by cleaner companies.

In case you think I don't know, 40 years of computing qualifies me to say.

[Marshall Bennett]

Originally Posted by AltonKelsey

just so you know, the cache's on browsers are self cleaning, and the registry rarely if ever needs to be touched, no less daily.

mostly just hype by cleaner companies.

In case you think I don't know, 40 years of computing qualifies me to say.

Well sometimes Firefox does that, other times it doesn't. Chrome seldom self cleans cache. I've posed this question on computer geek sites. Some say if you don't wait a few minutes after closing browser it doesn't clean. So more often than not I don't want to wait a few minutes.
As for the registry, at least half the time there is 1 or more error.
It's just a few minutes out of my day so thanks, but I'm happy with it.

[Red Knave]

Originally Posted by AltonKelsey

just so you know, the cache's on browsers are self cleaning

I know that you mean the size of the cache is maintained at a default maximum but that still means that there could be lots of crud in there. My Firefox cache is set at 350MB (not sure if that's the default now or not).
It also means that when it does fill up the browser needs to spend background time doing maintenance getting rid of older stuff, saving newer stuff, re-organizing data so it can be found quicker etc. which means browsing can slow down.
I still clear cache once or twice a year.

[Tom]

Twice a week for me.