Recent content by bru

I use CCleaner everyday. To clean temp files and the like. Here is the default setting for CCleaner's registry cleaner. Even with a registry backup (which not everyone will do), it seems like a lot of potential for problems. Also regarding regarding registry cleaners, from the horse's mouth...

That is probably partly due to the fact that both of those OS's are not XP. Where XP may have benefited from cleaning the registry everything I have read says Win 7 does not. To each their own but IMHO any miniscule increase in performance that MAY be obtained by cleaning the registry is far...

Processor : 6.9 Memory : 5.9 Graphics : 4.9 Gaming : 5.3 Primary disk : 5.9 Base score : 4.9 Low base score obviously due to the graphics. Didn't really think about it when I bought this system. Could have gotten a similar set up with ATI Radeon graphics. Might have made the score better. I'm...

I have a HP desktop and it didn't come with any Windows disks. I really don't know too many that do so if you got one that's good. Even my desktop I bought seven years ago didn't come with genuine disks. When I first got this computer I created what HP calls "Recovery Disks" which took 3...

The funniest thing about the new casino is because of the way the law is written requiring casinos to be on water they dug a small pit underneath the building that is filled with water. Seems like they should just change the law since the original intent for the casinos to help struggling river...

I hope I'm not completely missing something but it's clear that the System Repair Disk is created in Backup&Restore. Then you mention a System Restore Disk. Where is this disk created?

This is where I get confused. In the Backup and Restore utility I can create a System Repair Disk which I believe is different than a restore disk. Or are you talking about System Image which I don't create on a disk. I also have System Recovery Disks created but I know those are different...

I'm assuming it's backed up to an external drive. Definitely use it for your data. IIWM I would reinstall programs just to be sure everything is correct.