SP1 Disk Clean Up Tool Warning
Dec 11, 2008
I was going to run SP1 Disk Clean up tool but I need clarification from this warning from BRINK:
"WARNING
Running the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Disk Clean-up tool permanently removes the ability to uninstall the Vista SP1. Do not run this tool unless you have no plans of uninstalling the Vista SP1 and just want to save or regain hard drive space. The only option to remove the SP1 after using this tool is to do a clean install of Vista".
If for any reason I need to clean install Vista, would this be a problem? In other words, would I be able to... after having used SP1 Disk Clean up tool?
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Apr 3, 2010
is it save to clean all the files that are checked. i will gain 2.57 gb. let me know please. i will post the picture on my next post. here is what is checked
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May 27, 2009
Those of us who installed SP1 may remember that there was a cleanup tool (vsp1cln.exe)There is now a tool for sp2 called compcln.exe See: SP2 Disk Cleanup Tool. Once this tool has been run, SP2 cant be removed
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Sep 22, 2008
I hope this isn't a repeat of an earlier thread. I did a search but couldn't find anything on it. If it's a duplicate, then move/edit as appropriate. Most of us are familiar with programs that install themselves in the MSconfig.exe file to run everytime Windows starts. Most of us go in and uncheck all that crap except for the essential stuff. That's great, but you often end up with an MSconfig looking like this
For those that want to clean up all that unchecked crap, one can either go into the registry and clean manually. But I found this little program which can do it too. It's simple. It's small. And it's free. Pic above says v1.2 but here is the link to the latest version v1.5 MSConfig Cleanup - optimize your Windows startup Great site you have here.
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Is there a tool that really cleans up traces of internet history beyond what I, a basic user, already know how to do such as deleting browsing history, temporary internet files, etc.?
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There seems to be a problem with my hard drive, it has a high number of reallocated sectors and im not sure why, as its a brand new hard disk. Does anyone know what i can do about this or why its happening? Heres what the problem is about: "Count of reallocated sectors. When the hard drive finds a read/write/verification error, it marks this sector as "reallocated" and transfers data to a special reserved area (spare area)."
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Sep 6, 2008
I downloaded the extended disk clean up shortcut, right clicked, ran as administrator, had all checked except for setup log files as strongly suggested, clicked ok, it said it was calculating the space I would regain by cleaning, it went straight to cleaning without showing the amounts in each checked section, and finished. I ran the utility to see about the error bug in reporting the size of the amounts as discribed and wanted to see if I had this bug to worry about. Why didnt the disk cleaning utility show me the amounts found in the locations and ask me if I wanted to go ahead and delete all the files? anyone?
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Aug 19, 2008
I went to run disk clean up, and in the Windows Error Reporting section I have over 60 gigs of "data". Anyway,I thought that was wierd so I looked into it, and found out there was a bug. But I got the registry fix from this site, and that didn't change anything. Also I checked my registry editor and it looks like it is all there. How can I make sure I don't have this "bug" that deletes my OS?
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May 28, 2008
Does anyone know why Disk Cleanup will not clean the recycle bin? CCleaner cleans it just fine.
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Jun 15, 2008
It's about a HP Compaq 6710b laptop, with Vista pre-installed.
After doing a disk cleanup, I cannot login.The system boots up, I get the users icons window, but after select and input the password, I'm stuck in 'Welcome' window for ever.
I can login in safe mode, I activate the built-in administrator account, I create a new account (administrator) but no use, trying to login with these new accounts, get same results.
I made the ntbtlog file - last line is about loading the cdfs.sys file.Tried system restore, startup repair - no results, same issue in login.Can I get some ideas where to search the reason and eliminate the cause?I'm trying to avoid 'new clean install'.
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Mar 25, 2008
System showed that my E: drive (DVD RW) is full. The pie chart is blue. There is no options to disk clean or to compress like the OS C: and local D: drives. Can I or should I do anything about it?
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Apr 14, 2009
I recently installed Vista and I'm noticing something that I can't seem to remember from XP. My hard drives are going crazy with activity at times during which there really shouldn't be any activity at all. I happen to have 4 Raptors in a RAID0+1 configuration and they sure are noisy when they start thrashing. I have 8 GB of RAM on the system so it shouldn't be the swap file. However, it seems like 25% of the time, my hard drives are going breserk with activity. Is there a tool which will allow me to break down disk activity by process?
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Feb 5, 2010
My acer notebook is about 9 months and has turned really slow. i think it needs to be seriously cleaned up. I have done scans using Macaffee, windows defender, disk defrag, and clean up. But nothing seems to help the speed. Does anyone know what i could do. on other sites said about using the eRecovery but not 100% on using it.. any help to get my laptop back to its original state would be helpful 64X2 dual core processor with 1 gb ram. 32bit os vista
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Mar 27, 2008
I no longer get this option whiule shutting down. Since, i once did "disk clean-up" and deleted some hibenation related files (i dont know what they were).
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Feb 17, 2009
Vista Ultimate with all the latest service packs and updates install, then installed IE8 RC1.
Installed Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 and had the following
problems.
(1) Windows would not restart.
(2) required going through Safe Mode startup to get Windows to finish installation.
(3) after rebooting several times, finally got it going.
(4) Aero was turned off after all of this.
Not sure if it was a remnant of Safe Mode or from IE8 RC1.
Note: If you have to reboot, then turn off the PC. Unplug the PC or turn the power switch off on the back of the PC on the power supply. Sometimes just using the buttons on the front of the PC does not remove all power and thus all facilities.
I have seen this many times; demanding a complete power removal before the PC would restart properly.
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They have done it again. Microsoft geeks take a perfectly goodproduct Internet Explorer 7 and mess it up. They just can't keeptheir dirty little paws off that source code, can they? The URL dropdown now gives you an assortment of locations on your hard drive, something like Windows Explorer.
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Aug 12, 2009
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I can sit in bios all day watching the hardware monitor and the CPU never get's over about 30-31 Degrees C. Voltages are good and steady. as soon as it's booted to Vista, it starts... even sitting idle it will do it. I have Windows XP and Windows 7 RC on the 500G drive. if I boot to either of those OS's, it will run for days without ANY issues... it is ONLY vista that has the issue. I thought it may have been the drive, so I made an image and restored it to the 500GB drive, then removed the 1TB drive from the system... Same issues.
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WARNING!! Vista Windows Genuine Activation (WGA) Problems: Genuine Microsoft Software Advantage. There is a problem with Microsoft's WGA servers and they are not allowing Vista to be activated as Genuine.
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Name: Setup.exe"
I really want to install this program. How can I defeat this Security Warning?
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