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 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 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 <ro...@golden-chord.com <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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