* Posted by damccoy (My Page) on Sat, Jan 23, 10 at 13:28 CCleaner is regularly recommended. v2.27.1070 has been out since December 23rd and I haven't read of any concerns. Since it is used at default settings and does not require preferences I recommend a removal of the prior version before installing. It only takes a minute and there is no reboot required. I, OTOH, make sure that CC doesn't delete my more important cookies. Under Options > Cookies I have cookies for my frequently visited sites (forums, email services, etc.) saved so they don't get washed away with the junk cookies. For this reason I just do an upgrade. An uninstall/re-install would erase all saved cookies, right ?

Owbist, I have always used it like you do, but all of a sudden it cleans the settings/memory or whatever from MSSE and it says I am not protected. I researched and read that I should uncheck MS Antimalware in windows section of CC which fixed the problem. I was also told if that did not fix it to uncheck the MS Management Console. Later an another upgrade for CC the colors of my visited and unvisited thread were lost. I contacted CCleaner and was told to uncheck everything related to FF. Then this last upgrade the thing I had un checked came in checked again. I knew this time how to fix it. My main reason for starting this thread is because I remember someone saying they used another software to clean with.

no but you might want to check their forums for advice and see if others are experiencing problems also. Here is a link that might be useful: kaspersky support forum

Marie Ccleaner uses no resources until you run the program. Yes, you can get rid of it and use the disk cleaning tool provided with Windows but why? Ccleaner simply does a better job and nothing apart from a very small amount of space on your hard drive will be gained. Malwarebytes and Superantispyware both do basically the same job so if you wished one could go. Again both these programs sit idle until you decide to update then run a scan with one or the other. Which is best? No idea really, much like the Ford and GM quandary, personal preference. By "boxes of stuff" do you mean computer parts? Was hubby a self builder? You could ask around for a high school student who might be interested in the parts, perhaps they have an IT teacher who could point you to a youth who would appreciate those things. Be sure to look carefully at any CD or DVD and keep the XP program installed on that computer plus any other paid for programs. Feel free to run a list on here, someone will be able to help identify anything you may be unsure of. Regarding lessons, is there something in particular you wish to learn? You can Google practically anything you wish to know and there are thousands of great tutorials both in text format and on Youtube. It is just a question of phrasing queries according to your requirements.