Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[Gordon Smith]

This is precisely why I suggested this app. It is streets ahead of any other 
utility of its kind. The functionalities are very comparable between both 
Windows and MacOS versions. And they’re very good at releasing updates when OS 
functions are added/changed/removed. I’ve been using the app on both platforms 
for about 3 years now, all be it the Windows. Version was in private beta for 
most of that time. I worked with them to help ensure accessibility. They are 
very proactive in this area. They did a lot of work with me on VoiceOver when I 
first bought the Mac version and, as I say, the Windows version is now also 
going from strength to strength.

Hope you find it of value on both platforms. To be honest, although I do still 
use Cocktail from time to time, it’s far less frequently than it used to be 
because this app just does it all.


On 24 Dec 2019, at 05:06, grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:

Hi.
I just bought CleanmyPC and will probably buy CleanmyMac.
The Interface for the Windows application seems quite accessible using JAWS.
I’ve only been using the App for 10 minutes and have noticed the very 
informative and user-friendly Interface.
CleanMyPC goes several levels further into cleaning maintenance than I’ve seen 
before in an App.
For example you can perform a “Scan” of your PC – easiest way to clean – to 
have the App come up with some basic findings.
To my surprise removing the Hibernation file was amongst the choices presented 
along with quite a detailed explanation of why one may wish to do this.
In my case reclaiming the 12GB space used by this file is damn handy given I 
only have a 256GB SSD and I don’t use the function anyway.
I bought a license for 2 PC’S for $80 australian, got a $29 discount. These are 
yearly licenses and permanent purchase licenses are available.
Off to find out more about the CleanMyMac App.
 
 
From: Gordon Smith mailto:gor...@mac-access.net>> 
Sent: Saturday, 21 December 2019 8:29 AM
To: techno-chat@techno-chat.net <mailto:techno-chat@techno-chat.net>
Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC
 
I have to say I don’t agree with the below. Unfortunately, Microsoft still 
won’t rewrite their low-level operating system which is still DOS. Windows 
simply papers over the cracks in that regard, including the entry of long 
filenames.
 
Under the hood, (the bonnet, as we call it), the base operating system cannot 
handle those long filenames. Thus, an index is required whereby the Windows 
interface simply does a match-up between the invisible short filename, and the 
long filename. So as far as the user is concerned, long filenames are the norm.
 
Regarding maintenance of SSD drives, I couldn’t disagree more. Any file storage 
system is subject to the software application or data modification formats. The 
Windows NTFS system is, as I said, a very archaic system, first introduced in 
Windows 95 or 98. So fragmentation can still be a big issue. File fragmentation 
I mean, rather than sector or cluster fragmentation. File fragmentation will 
occur whatever operating system is in use.
 
Regarding registry and cache maintenance, in my view, the best Windows repair 
utility and maintenance utility is produced by MacPaw, and it’s the Windows 
equivalent to the Mac’s version of CleanMyMac. Predictably, I guess, it’s name 
is CleanMyPC.
 
The application of this utility can make a difference with even the latest and 
greatest SSD devices. It’s the registry which stil causes the most problems in 
Windows 10. Errors still happen, they’re just not as noticeable.
 
Finally, for the moment, I would also stil advocate the application of 
synchronous backups. For this purpose, I still use my old trusty RolllBack RX 
Professional. Oh yes, and Diskeeper 18 as well. These three utilities give me 
peace of mind, but I’m not going to become complacent enough to assume that 
Windows 10 is the solution to all issues. It clearly isn’t.
 
On a light-hearted note, I had a great laugh this morning when listening to my 
local BBC Radio station. It was only by chance that I was listening, but I’m 
ever so glad I was.
 
I guess I should feel sympathy for the poor lady presenter on air at the time. 
She obviously became flustered and her technical engineers in the MCR, (Master 
Control Room) didn’t do much to help her.
 
Basically, she went to introduce a piece of music which was performed by a 
local artist who was in the studio. When she pushed the button to activate the 
computer which they were using to play all their music, Windows presented her 
with a black screen and totally crashed.
 
The entire studio facility froze. She was left with microphone control, but 
nothing else. Even the digital studio monitor clock on the wall went dark.
 
She was desperately trying to keep the interview going whilst they recovered 
the system. But it was clear that all of her pre-prepared script suddenly 
disappeared before her eyes and she didn’t have

Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[Gordon Smith]

The Mac version is very similar. I can also tell you that the Windows version 
was actually ported from the Mac version, but yes, the interface of CleanMyPC 
is very accessible, and the functionality of the software is extremely 
sophisticated.

Regarding the hibernation state, that is one aspect of Windows which really 
vexes me, and has done for quite a few years. Regardless of whether or not you 
use hibernation, that file is always there, and it grows as time goes on. There 
isn’t much you can do about that, unless your machine has a power profile which 
does not include either the Sleep or the Hibernate functions. An example of 
this is the ElBraille. It makes no sense to have a machine like that in 
Hibernation mode. So the functionality has been removed.


On 24 Dec 2019, at 05:06, grtd...@internode.on.net wrote:

Hi.
I just bought CleanmyPC and will probably buy CleanmyMac.
The Interface for the Windows application seems quite accessible using JAWS.
I’ve only been using the App for 10 minutes and have noticed the very 
informative and user-friendly Interface.
CleanMyPC goes several levels further into cleaning maintenance than I’ve seen 
before in an App.
For example you can perform a “Scan” of your PC – easiest way to clean – to 
have the App come up with some basic findings.
To my surprise removing the Hibernation file was amongst the choices presented 
along with quite a detailed explanation of why one may wish to do this.
In my case reclaiming the 12GB space used by this file is damn handy given I 
only have a 256GB SSD and I don’t use the function anyway.
I bought a license for 2 PC’S for $80 australian, got a $29 discount. These are 
yearly licenses and permanent purchase licenses are available.
Off to find out more about the CleanMyMac App.
 
 
From: Gordon Smith mailto:gor...@mac-access.net>> 
Sent: Saturday, 21 December 2019 8:29 AM
To: techno-chat@techno-chat.net <mailto:techno-chat@techno-chat.net>
Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC
 
I have to say I don’t agree with the below. Unfortunately, Microsoft still 
won’t rewrite their low-level operating system which is still DOS. Windows 
simply papers over the cracks in that regard, including the entry of long 
filenames.
 
Under the hood, (the bonnet, as we call it), the base operating system cannot 
handle those long filenames. Thus, an index is required whereby the Windows 
interface simply does a match-up between the invisible short filename, and the 
long filename. So as far as the user is concerned, long filenames are the norm.
 
Regarding maintenance of SSD drives, I couldn’t disagree more. Any file storage 
system is subject to the software application or data modification formats. The 
Windows NTFS system is, as I said, a very archaic system, first introduced in 
Windows 95 or 98. So fragmentation can still be a big issue. File fragmentation 
I mean, rather than sector or cluster fragmentation. File fragmentation will 
occur whatever operating system is in use.
 
Regarding registry and cache maintenance, in my view, the best Windows repair 
utility and maintenance utility is produced by MacPaw, and it’s the Windows 
equivalent to the Mac’s version of CleanMyMac. Predictably, I guess, it’s name 
is CleanMyPC.
 
The application of this utility can make a difference with even the latest and 
greatest SSD devices. It’s the registry which stil causes the most problems in 
Windows 10. Errors still happen, they’re just not as noticeable.
 
Finally, for the moment, I would also stil advocate the application of 
synchronous backups. For this purpose, I still use my old trusty RolllBack RX 
Professional. Oh yes, and Diskeeper 18 as well. These three utilities give me 
peace of mind, but I’m not going to become complacent enough to assume that 
Windows 10 is the solution to all issues. It clearly isn’t.
 
On a light-hearted note, I had a great laugh this morning when listening to my 
local BBC Radio station. It was only by chance that I was listening, but I’m 
ever so glad I was.
 
I guess I should feel sympathy for the poor lady presenter on air at the time. 
She obviously became flustered and her technical engineers in the MCR, (Master 
Control Room) didn’t do much to help her.
 
Basically, she went to introduce a piece of music which was performed by a 
local artist who was in the studio. When she pushed the button to activate the 
computer which they were using to play all their music, Windows presented her 
with a black screen and totally crashed.
 
The entire studio facility froze. She was left with microphone control, but 
nothing else. Even the digital studio monitor clock on the wall went dark.
 
She was desperately trying to keep the interview going whilst they recovered 
the system. But it was clear that all of her pre-prepared script suddenly 
disappeared before her eyes and she didn’t have a clue what to say to the 
artist during the outage.
 
Took about 5 minutes to get

Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[Gordon Smith]

I can definitely recommend the MacPaw products for both MacOs and Windows. They 
far outstrip the versions of CCleaner Professional or Network which I’ve seen.


On 24 Dec 2019, at 07:16, Dane Trethowan  wrote:

Yes you can try before you by and that goes for both versions.


> On 24 Dec 2019, at 6:11 pm, Roger Firman  > wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>  
> Si this a product you can try before you buy or do you need to make the 
> purchase first?
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Roger Firman.




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Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[Dane Trethowan]

Yes you can try before you by and that goes for both versions.


> On 24 Dec 2019, at 6:11 pm, Roger Firman  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>  
> Si this a product you can try before you buy or do you need to make the 
> purchase first?
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Roger Firman.

RE: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[Roger Firman]

Hello,

 

Si this a product you can try before you buy or do you need to make the 
purchase first?

 

Regards,

 

Roger Firman.

 

 

RE: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[grtdane]

How unfortunate for the BBC Presenter in question so perhaps I should rephrase 
my original eMail.

I haven’t had Windows 10 crash here yet and I use it 24 7 on my Desktop machine 
so may my luck hold.

I take your points regarding the NTFS system.

I have had a lot of problems porting other formats to NTFS and I really don’t 
know what has been the cause, often when copying to NTFS drives files have 
refused to copy and just gone plain missing on the finished product.

 

 

From: Gordon Smith  
Sent: Saturday, 21 December 2019 8:29 AM
To: techno-chat@techno-chat.net
Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

 

I have to say I don’t agree with the below. Unfortunately, Microsoft still 
won’t rewrite their low-level operating system which is still DOS. Windows 
simply papers over the cracks in that regard, including the entry of long 
filenames.

 

Under the hood, (the bonnet, as we call it), the base operating system cannot 
handle those long filenames. Thus, an index is required whereby the Windows 
interface simply does a match-up between the invisible short filename, and the 
long filename. So as far as the user is concerned, long filenames are the norm.

 

Regarding maintenance of SSD drives, I couldn’t disagree more. Any file storage 
system is subject to the software application or data modification formats. The 
Windows NTFS system is, as I said, a very archaic system, first introduced in 
Windows 95 or 98. So fragmentation can still be a big issue. File fragmentation 
I mean, rather than sector or cluster fragmentation. File fragmentation will 
occur whatever operating system is in use.

 

Regarding registry and cache maintenance, in my view, the best Windows repair 
utility and maintenance utility is produced by MacPaw, and it’s the Windows 
equivalent to the Mac’s version of CleanMyMac. Predictably, I guess, it’s name 
is CleanMyPC.

 

The application of this utility can make a difference with even the latest and 
greatest SSD devices. It’s the registry which stil causes the most problems in 
Windows 10. Errors still happen, they’re just not as noticeable.

 

Finally, for the moment, I would also stil advocate the application of 
synchronous backups. For this purpose, I still use my old trusty RolllBack RX 
Professional. Oh yes, and Diskeeper 18 as well. These three utilities give me 
peace of mind, but I’m not going to become complacent enough to assume that 
Windows 10 is the solution to all issues. It clearly isn’t.

 

On a light-hearted note, I had a great laugh this morning when listening to my 
local BBC Radio station. It was only by chance that I was listening, but I’m 
ever so glad I was.

 

I guess I should feel sympathy for the poor lady presenter on air at the time. 
She obviously became flustered and her technical engineers in the MCR, (Master 
Control Room) didn’t do much to help her.

 

Basically, she went to introduce a piece of music which was performed by a 
local artist who was in the studio. When she pushed the button to activate the 
computer which they were using to play all their music, Windows presented her 
with a black screen and totally crashed.

 

The entire studio facility froze. She was left with microphone control, but 
nothing else. Even the digital studio monitor clock on the wall went dark.

 

She was desperately trying to keep the interview going whilst they recovered 
the system. But it was clear that all of her pre-prepared script suddenly 
disappeared before her eyes and she didn’t have a clue what to say to the 
artist during the outage.

 

Took about 5 minutes to get her systems back up, but to her, it must have 
seemed like an eternity. I couldn’t resist a hearty chuckle, because it’s 
happened to me as well live on air, and I know how it feels.

 

But the inference that Windows 10 doesn’t crash is simply not valid. The best 
thing one could say is that it is much more stable than windows NT or earlier. 
But it’s still nowhere close to the stability of other systems, such as 
UNIX/Linux-based systems, or even Apple’s “B-OS” based system. Conversely yet 
again though, no computer system will ever be crash-proof. And I’d be a liar if 
I were to say that my Macs have never crashed.

 

Just my own two Kenneth, for whatever it’s worth.

 

 

On 14 Sep 2019, at 01:22, grtd...@internode.on.net 
<mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net>  wrote:

 

Hi there,

I’m coming in late to the conversation and only going on the subject line, is 
someone asking about what the best tool to repair a Windows system?

In my experience the short answer to that is NONE and I’ll outline my thinking 
below.

Firstly Windows 10 is without a doubt the best version of Windows there has 
ever been when it comes to stability so Windows just doesn’t crash or miss 
behave as it used to thus your Windows system should cruise along nicely.

Windows has tools built-in to optimise your system including Disk Optimiser I 
think the tool is now 

Re: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[Gordon Smith]

 click on it, select “Empty Recycle 
Bin” and follow the prompts.
 
 
From: Roger Firman mailto:ro...@golden-chord.com>> 
Sent: Saturday, 14 September 2019 5:59 AM
To: techno-chat@techno-chat.net <mailto:techno-chat@techno-chat.net>
Subject: RE: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC
 
Dear Gordon,
 
I’m obviously missing something very obvious, however how do I set up Clean My 
Pc to delete files from the recycle folder and, is there a user manual 
available?
 
Regards,
 
Roger Firman.



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RE: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[grtdane]

Hi there,

I’m coming in late to the conversation and only going on the subject line, is 
someone asking about what the best tool to repair a Windows system?

In my experience the short answer to that is NONE and I’ll outline my thinking 
below.

Firstly Windows 10 is without a doubt the best version of Windows there has 
ever been when it comes to stability so Windows just doesn’t crash or miss 
behave as it used to thus your Windows system should cruise along nicely.

Windows has tools built-in to optimise your system including Disk Optimiser I 
think the tool is now called so it would pay to have a look at the App and read 
up on how best to use it according to your specific needs though the software 
will run automatically.

SSD drives are now being used in modern-day computers so maintenance for the 
drive isn’t needed.

If any major problems should occur say in 6 months then its just as easy to 
reset your Windows PC and start again, this process normally takes less than an 
hour and a half so all you really need to worry about is having a good backup 
strategy in place either to the cloud, to another drive or both so you can be 
sure to have your data handy in case of an emergency.

When it comes to emptying the recycle bin then no special toos are required, 
find the Recycle Bin on your desktop, right click on it, select “Empty Recycle 
Bin” and follow the prompts.

 

 

From: Roger Firman  
Sent: Saturday, 14 September 2019 5:59 AM
To: techno-chat@techno-chat.net
Subject: RE: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

 

Dear Gordon,

 

I’m obviously missing something very obvious, however how do I set up Clean My 
Pc to delete files from the recycle folder and, is there a user manual 
available?

 

Regards,

 

Roger Firman. 

 

RE: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[Roger Firman]

Dear Gordon,

 

I’m obviously missing something very obvious, however how do I set up Clean My 
Pc to delete files from the recycle folder and, is there a user manual 
available?

 

Regards,

 

Roger Firman. 

 

RE: [Techno-Chat]: The Best Windows 10 System Repair Tool For Your PC

[Roger Firman]

Dear Gordon,

 

I’m going to try this software you mentioned.

 

In case it helps, the last two letters in the link provided need to be PC.

 

Regards,

 

Roger Firman.