Re: [PCWorks] Maintenance applet in Windows (Compaq)
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:42:44 -0500
(Now those are two posts that *I* never saw, Ben! I see in the
archives the first one was posted yesterday).
Harold, "Crapware" is a good analogy. I can't speak for the
"HP maintenance" tool, but all those other cleaner type
programs really should not be run, UNTIL you have a problem
that can't otherwise be fixed. (Of course the anti-malware
"cleaners" not withstanding). As I and many others here have
stated; they can cause more problems than they fix. Whether or
not the HP Maintenance tool is needed, and can be trusted,
would of course depend on what it does. I'm doubtful it can
really do anything that's really helpful, plus it's probably
running in the background all time, and with another Service.
Now one tool that I HAVE run, is the ERUNT Registry optimizer
tool, NTREGOPT. It didn't mess up anything and was able to
compact it and the hives.
(Ah, I see why I never got the posts, Harold put "Ch1na" in it:
"I fly through the internet faster than Phelps flies the length
of the pool in Ch1na". I have that word filtered due to
rampant spam and cyber-terrorism from that country. INDEED! 3
golds and 3 world records, amazing. Yes, I'm also pulling for
Canada, Peter ;-), and our other friends).
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold B."
Thank you. I got it off the computer with no problem resulting.
I never
bothered to look carefully at what updates were offered; all
that was
apparent was that I had no need for that "PCTuneUp folder.
Computer still
works fine (especially with that DSL).
The only computer maintenance programs I am using these days
are (I actually
have a folder in my Start Menu which I call "Computer Care"
with these
shortcuts, and all freebies):
In a subfolder I call "system cleaning" ... BeClean, Disk
Cleanup, HDValet,
Internet Options, and Space Odyssey
In a subfolder I call "registry cleaning" ...:EasyCleaner,
Erunt along with
NtRegOpt, RegCleaner, and RegSeeker
In a subfolder I call "malware cleaning" ... AVG, Ad-aware, CW
Shredder,
HijackThis, Spybot, and ZoneAlarm.
I also keep a subfolder called "backup cleaning" where I have
shortcuts to
the backup folders and logs for many of the above; They, too,
need emptying
out once in awhile (at least, that's what I think)
In addition, in that same "Computer Care" folder I have a
subfolder I call
"System Information" where I have shortcuts to Belarc Advisor,
PC Doctor,
and a couple of other applets that are ready to tell me more
about my
computer than I could ever understand. I could have included
Aida32 and
SoftSandra *s* but enough is enough. In the last reformat, I
omitted
installing her/them whatever.
So bottom line, I certainly don't need what Hugh so
descriptively calls
"crapware" (Crapware, keep away from me).
> From: Hugh Vandervoort <>
> That sounds like the usual "Crapware" that comes with a new
> computer, most
> of which can be safely deleted. What kind of updates are
> offered?
>
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harold B." <>
> Hello again ... <snip>. Question ... In my Windows XP, in my
> "C:\hp\PC
> Tune Up and Repair\maintenance.exe" I have this "Maintenance"
> applet which
> when using it, seems to just lead me to, if I want, purchase
> different
> updates. It doesn't really do anything for my computer. That
> "hp" folder
> can only be accessed when making all files visible, but a
> shortcut to that
> target easily gets there, once a shortcut is made. Do I need
> this
> maintenance applet? --- Harold
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