Win7 really need no servicing?

Ice Rich

Ice Rich

Ice Rich

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Been using win7 ultimate for a few months now and I have to admit i'm very impressed. Thought I would never upgrade from win.xp but win7 has some great features and it is very stable, not a single crash or even a issue.

Was wondering though, I know a lot of people say you do not need to run any reg cleaners but is this definitely the case?

If so, is just a regular defrag + windows update good enough?
 
Yeah, Windows 7 does appear to be low-maintenance. I've ran Ccleaner a couple of times to scrub out temporary files. As already said, registry cleaning is a no-no, always has been a no-no. In the 16 months I've had Windows 7, I've only had 1 small problem with jump lists (the new name for MRU lists). Thanks to Sirius who helped me there. Very smooth OS all-in-all.
 
Ice Rich said:
Been using win7 ultimate for a few months now and I have to admit i'm very impressed. Thought I would never upgrade from win.xp but win7 has some great features and it is very stable, not a single crash or even a issue.

Was wondering though, I know a lot of people say you do not need to run any reg cleaners but is this definitely the case?

If so, is just a regular defrag + windows update good enough?
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Yep.

Graphics drivers, windows update and the odd defrag every now and then.

Tip top.

Obviously keep your applications update as well!
 
Cheers guys :)

Another question I had is do all x86 apps/games need to be installed in the programme files (x86) folder? That's what I have been doing at the moment and all is ok. But, some games I like to run (and install) from a different location - will this be a problem.

(running win7 ultimate 64bit)
 
There is no real difference between the (x86) and normal Program Files folders, so you can opt to install stuff wherever. Though you should, if possible, install stuff to at least one of those folders as they will have all the correct permissions etc.

Personally I just let Windows do its own thing. No skin off my nose if it wants to organize 64- and 32-bit software into two folders. :)
 
SiriusB said:
There is no real difference between the (x86) and normal Program Files folders, so you can opt to install stuff wherever. Though you should, if possible, install stuff to at least one of those folders as they will have all the correct permissions etc.

Personally I just let Windows do its own thing. No skin off my nose if it wants to organize 64- and 32-bit software into two folders. :)
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I think that will be the best thing to do, thanks,

I might place the shortcuts where I normally would - that way I get the best of both worlds!
 
ccleaner
disk cleanup (built into windows)

these are the only things that I run

sometimes I do a manual defrag using defraggler
 
Ice Rich said:
Been using win7 ultimate for a few months now and I have to admit i'm very impressed. Thought I would never upgrade from win.xp but win7 has some great features and it is very stable, not a single crash or even a issue.

Was wondering though, I know a lot of people say you do not need to run any reg cleaners but is this definitely the case?

If so, is just a regular defrag + windows update good enough?
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Yup. Have tried running registry cleanups with CCleaner and it's made no difference whatsoever, even when it found a couple of hundred issues.

SiriusB said:
Does Disk Cleanup remove stuff CCleaner doesn't?
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Other way around I think, CCleaner removes stuff that Disk Cleanup doesn't. It's ecpsially useful if you have Firefox/Chrome as it'll clean them as well.
 
I know how good CCleaner is, hence my question to bledd. Using CCleaner should make Disk Cleanup redundant. Just wondering if he knows something I don't! :p
 
Run it after a CC run, sometimes it shows up things like system memory dumps

Also, Service pack uninstall info can be removed in there

Some sort of bitmap cache files show in there sometimes too
 
Memory dumps should be covered by CCleaner. Might have to try this later, see if my Disk Cleanup finds extra things.
 
I don't understand what gains are to be had from running registry cleaners, always seemed like a risky venture, never noticed a perofrmance inprovement from running them, and you stand to lose big time if you delete the wrong stuff.
 
TigerUK said:
I don't understand what gains are to be had from running registry cleaners, always seemed like a risky venture, never noticed a perofrmance inprovement from running them, and you stand to lose big time if you delete the wrong stuff.
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I beg to differ....had some issues with an Adobe CS4 to CS5 upgrade that screwed the system. CCleaner removed the entries and all was tickety boo. Some other misc. issues have been fixed, but I always back up the registry in case any issues arise...
 
Some registry maintenance may be required sometimes especially where software install/uninstall is concerned with older versions leaving stuff behind. Prime example above^.

I have a monthly schedule to keep my Windows OS in good running order. No, it isn't needed but I like to do it out of habit and keeping things in order. It's just the way I like to have control over things.

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The additional Disk Cleanup shortcut is for a more deeper disk cleanup run:

Create a shortcut to cmd.exe and add the following switch:
Code: 
 /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535
 
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