Do you perform system maintenance?

[Wolfmight]

Well, do ya?

[Seedler]

Nah, too lazy...just reinstall windows once in a while

[peat moss]

I like the System tweaks and cache cleaner/ regcleaner type programs the best . Anything that makes it easy ,theres no excuse not to perform maintenance on your computer.

[GepperRankins]

try to keep 2gig free hard drive space
defrag if loading times and stuff piss me off
spybot search and destroy every so often

[tesco]

Just run a spyware proggy every month or so when i remember, and have diskeeper defragmenting at night at 3am while i'm asleep.

I'm the only one that uses my comp nowadays, so i don't really need to worry about spyware and viruses all that much. :D (still check for 'em, but not worried about it :P).

[Damnatory]

I like the System tweaks and cache cleaner/ regcleaner type programs the best . Anything that makes it easy ,theres no excuse not to perform maintenance on your computer.

Tried TuneUp Utilities 2006 (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=111752&highlight=tuneup) yet? Great App.

[peat moss]

I like the System tweaks and cache cleaner/ regcleaner type programs the best . Anything that makes it easy ,theres no excuse not to perform maintenance on your computer.

Tried TuneUp Utilities 2006 (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=111752&highlight=tuneup) yet? Great App.


Yep one of my fav.'s like Crapcleaner , Diskeeper or JV16 Power Tools . But some of the best Maint. programs are free too . :) Its nice to know how to do it manually but who has the time and you miss so many crap files .

Someone who says they they don't do maintenance must not update their Antivirus or spyware programs either . :rolleyes:

[Wolfmight]

Tried TuneUp Utilities 2006 (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=111752&highlight=tuneup) yet? Great App.


Yep one of my fav.'s like Crapcleaner , Diskeeper or JV16 Power Tools . But some of the best Maint. programs are free too . :) Its nice to know how to do it manually but who has the time and you miss so many crap files .

Someone who says they they don't do maintenance must not update their Antivirus or spyware programs either . :rolleyes:
Speaking of Antivirus, I've seen atleast 4 computers now running a copy of Norton Antivirus with an outdated licence (OLD definitions!).
Each one of those people told me their Anti-virus protects them! What a mess!!!


I put NOD32 (10000000+ days license patch lol) on two of them...uninstalling the dead copy of Norton. The user obviously had some trial crap going on there.

[scrambler]

maybe every fortnight i run jv16 and tuneup utilities and if i remember, maybe once a month on adaware and spybot and ccleaner. And when i empty my pc out a little after weeks/months of downloading do i run perfectdisk. I'm not really lazy but i'm not obsessed with maintenance. But i do feel good after doing some maintenance...dunno why lol.

[Tempestv]

I don't usually use antispyware programs to catch spyware and such. Instead, I regularly check processes, startup list, and alll the various folders where spyware likes to hide. anything that doesn't belong gets removed. every once in a while I run an anti spyware program to make sure that I am not missing anything. If I run into any problem that will take over half an hour to fix, my partions and such are set up so that I can start my unattended Windows install and reinstall.

[digmen1]

I have a list of maintenance tasks that I like to perform at least once a month. (I have nearly finished refining the list)

Adaware and Spybot, Hi-Jack This, Scandisk, Defrag, AVG full test, then I compress my registry and back it up.

One thing that many of you did not mention was what about backups. I backup up all of my files to CDRW's. I have an old computer which I use to reformat the CDRW's on. My main documents, eg Word, Access and personal data etc I backup once a week. The rest eg music, jpegs and vids I backup up on a rolling basis.

I do not like the XP version of Scandisk that you run from My Computer, C drive, Properties, Tools etc. You seem to have very little control over it. Is there another version of Scandisk ? or Chkdsk for XP, or have I missed something.

Great Thread.

Regards

Digby
NZ

[peat moss]

@digman, you can't run Chkdsk in windows xp you have to do it at boot , is that what you mean ? I like Diskeeper for that reason , when you do a boot defrag you can set up chkdsk aswell .




I 'm trying to remember I program I use to use to check the disk ,think it's called Norton Windoctor . Mabye give that a try ? Found it a Program called Norton Disk Doctor . :)


http://www.google.ca/search?hs=LxW&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=Norton+disk+doctor&btnG=Search&meta=

[twisterX]

I dont have ANY system tools and stuff like that. NOTHING!!! I used to but since i never get anything i dont feel like wasting memory on it.

[peat moss]

@twisterx , tools are available to make our computeing life easier be it just clearing cache or cleaning cookies, defragging what ever . To say you don't use them is BS .

[twisterX]

Well i don't know what i can say. I dont have firewall, antivirus, anit spyware and i haven't defragged since i reformated my system and i haven't cleaned it up even once. It still runs great.

I tweak it but i don't do maintence.

[Skiz]

NAV scans twice a week in the middle of night and I run AD-Aware about once per month. That's it unless I need to run something else, in which case it's probably HiJackThis!

That system seems to work well b/c I've had this PC for about 3.5 years and I've never reformatted. :lookaroun

[peat moss]

Well i don't know what i can say. I dont have firewall, antivirus, anit spyware and i haven't defragged since i reformated my system and i haven't cleaned it up even once. It still runs great.

I tweak it but i don't do maintence.


Well good one but would love to see a Hyjackthis log from your computer ,or just be able to Remote Desktop it. :) Different strokes for different folks ,if your happy with your setup who am I to argue ? ;)

[twisterX]

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 12:20:37 AM, on 3/23/2006
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
D:\Program Files\Logitech\iTouch\iTouch.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\Msmsgs.exe
D:\Program Files\Logitech\MouseWare\system\em_exec.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\mdm.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
D:\Program Files\uTorrent\utorrent.exe
D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
D:\Program Files\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe
D:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [zBrowser Launcher] D:\Program Files\Logitech\iTouch\iTouch.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Logitech Utility] Logi_MwX.Exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LVCOMSX] C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EPSON Stylus CX4600 Series] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_FATI9AA.EXE /P26 "EPSON Stylus CX4600 Series" /O6 "USB001" /M "Stylus CX4600"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\Msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - Startup: Adobe Gamma.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O18 - Protocol: livecall - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O18 - Protocol: ms-help - {314111C7-A502-11D2-BBCA-00C04F8EC294} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Help\hxds.dll
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O18 - Protocol: talkto - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPodService - Apple Computer, Inc. - D:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

[4play]

wheres the I use linux option :geek:

[peat moss]

Looks good , that Realplayer is crappy tho . I would like to hear some of your tweaks thru the "PM" , mabey I could share some aswell . :)

I still think your missing out on some neat programs but thats anouther thread . :D

[clocker]

I run defrag (O&O Professional 64bit) and CCleaner daily.
That's about it really.

[kaspiahn]

I used to Format/Reinstall WinXP annually. I felt that nothing does a good enough job of "cleaning" my system. Then I discovered BartsPE. It is a boot disk that allows you to perform real maintenance of Windows without running Windows. You run it in a Preinstall-Enviroment. It's much better than running in safe-mode. Just Google "Bart's PE". You won't be sorry.

BTW: it's free. Nothing to loose.