ccleaner

I think you'll find lots of ppl (including me) have been using this for some time

Your right though it is a good tool :)
 
I've never actually tried it (mostly as I reinstall once a month or so).. Is it suitable for use on Vista at all?
 
Why on earth would you want to reinstall every month

LOL.. wtf??!!

Well that gets a big HUH!!! from me

Do you hail from Sparta?

lols!

I'm Captian Tinker.. It only takes me a few weeks to naff up an install, or get bored and try out a *nix distro or go back to XP and then back to Vista ;)

Tbh, with tools like nLite/vLite and integrated silent application installers, a reinstall only takes around 20 mins max - about the same amount of time some people would spend cleaning their current install/defragging/virus scanning etc.
I find starting from scratch every now and then is so much less hassle :P
 
Does that 20 mins include re-installing all your games and applications too?

Another CCleaner user here too, been using since the early beta days.
 
Does that 20 mins include re-installing all your games and applications too?

Another CCleaner user here too, been using since the early beta days.

It's not as hard as you suppose, on XP I had a slipstreamed DVD that installed and setup a load of my most commonly used apps. Just had to reinstall the games then. Had all the patches for them backed up too.

I don't think I was ever as bad as having to reinstall once a month though. :)
 
Does that 20 mins include re-installing all your games and applications too?

The games I play (q3 variants, mostly) don't neeed reinstalling - they just run from my Games folder on a seperate drive ;)

My applications don't need reinstalling - I have home made silent installs integrated into my Windows disks.

So yes, 20 mins includes everthing bar changing my wallpaper - which could also be integrated into the Windows install disk, but I change my mind too often :)
 
as above poster, I have everything streamlined, nothing is on my c drive, so I format, pop in a cd ive made that self instails all my new system programs.

think about the only thing I have to do is run the MS office save my settings tool. so 20min is pretty much right.
 
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