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TECHNO
THRILLS
I
waited as long as I could for Helly to buy me an Apple, and
pulled the
trigger on this a few days ago. No delivery info yet, but can't
be
soon enough. The clincher was the the 2TB hard drive. It
was not so
long ago the the drive alone cost more than the machine. Here's
something else the gob-smacked me. I'm taking my down time opportunity
to to clean up my mess, like deleting old programs I had installed, and
have no idea why. Here ↓ I threw out Power
Director
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... using IOBit (Advance System
Care).
Look at the crap that was left in the registry after running the
Windows uninstall program. Can you imagine? Not all are
this bad, but
there are always at least a dozen registry items left. By the by,
I'm
not entirely sure that Advance
System Care was not responsible for my
problems. Drew (from Moonbattery) had earlier sang
its praises, so maybe not.
Years ago, I think it was
SondraK who
observed, "I don't know anyone who
has more problems with their
computer than you, and it's all because you keep installing software
you don't need." I didn't listen then, and I prolly won't
now, because
I like to create crisis in my life, or so it seems. Maybe because I
miss the adrenaline rush from parachuting into occupied France, and
stealing library books from Nazi General Choltitz-
for kicks. But, that episode, and the reprimand, is still
officially Top Secret.
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I recommend CCleaner. Check the registry and delete the crap that's left during program installation.
ReplyDeleteDitto for CCleaner. Run the cleaner, then run the registry check. I also use and like MalwareBytes, the pro version.
ReplyDeleteGiant hard drives are great, but here's a tip: A half-terrabyte hard drive for Windows and your programs is all you need and keep it cloned for easy replacement.
ReplyDeletePut your MyDocuments and personal data on an external USB drive so when your system upchucks it doesn't take everything else with it.
I used CC Cleaner for years, but it fell out of my favor when it began deleting data from User files, causing me considerable work to restore. Still, it's a very good program, but per the above post, I am an inveterate adventurer.
ReplyDeleteTim O, how do you know what files I have squirrels away on external disk drives? There's also the matter of disk caching memory ..Bottom line, you never have too much disk space,or processing, especially if your hobby is audio/visual, or self manipulation.
ReplyDeletethat's a steal
ReplyDeleteI love the computer industry and Moore's law.
ReplyDeletehang onto your shorts, you ain't seen nothing yet!
I truly wish I knew what everyone is talking about.
ReplyDeleteI guess that's why I like Ccleaner. You have that power, which is the same power you feel when you've finally had enough, nuke and pave the hardrive and thumb your nose at Microsoft. That's the spirit that helped the people that started this country.
ReplyDeleteMac? If I wanted Mac, I'd spend 25 cents at Walmart and buy a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
Bleh!
Hell Boss , I'll give you my old G-4 MAC ! It still has loads of naked pics of the x-wife , and a few old girlfriends ! You'll still be ahead of the game ! I'll deliver the sumbich , just to save you all of this p-c drama ! ; ) > SMIBSID
ReplyDelete*smacks forehead*
ReplyDeleteSry, Rodge. With Tropical Storm Debby, we've been lashing down everything that weighs less than a ton.
My MacBook Air has dust on the screen, so you could have that. It drives a 27 inch Cinema Display up to 2560 px wide. Really nice to have a huge desktop and skinny portable all-in-one. The new Retina Display is out, so I have to upgrade anyway.
Once you have experienced a flash storage drive, you could never go back to a disk.
Okay Helly, I'll pay the postage and use it to find out if Apple is actually good.
ReplyDeleteGlad yer havin fun!
ReplyDeletee~C