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WinCleaner TS At HSN

Jordan2 — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 01:25:48 GMT

Do I really need this for my computer? Mine is old and runs really slow, this is suppose to speed it up. I have a question, will this interfer with my antivirus software? I am wondering if my antivirus will see it as something that shouldn't be on my computer.

Re: WinCleaner TS At HSN

Jordan2 — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 01:41:35 GMT

I guess I'll take a chance on this. I was hoping someone could offer some advice.

Re: WinCleaner TS At HSN

robomo — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 02:06:20 GMT

Win Cleaner has been around for a long time. It's effective when used regularly.

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Lynnj — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 02:12:20 GMT

I guess you have already purchased this? I've never heard of this company, but I've heard of others like them.

Everything this thing claims it does can all be done by yourself. Its easy to search online to get how to information to keep your computer clean and up-to-date. In less than 1/2 hour per week, or 1 hour once a month, you can physically perform all of the tasks this thing says it does. Those are estimated times, probably take even less time if these steps became routine maintenance, as each action wouldn't have as much to remove on a routine basis.

Personally, I wouldn't spend money on a gadget like this. However, I guess using something like this would be better than never doing anything to clean files from your system.

I cannot speak to whether something like this would cause any other system problems? Thats one reason why I would prefer to do these tasks on my own, rather than plugging some gadget in, and letting it do who knows what to the inside of my computer. I doubt very highly that this gadget contains any sort of virus or malware type of thing, though.

Reading the specs of this thing online it says that you use this with your virus protection. So your question about will it interfere, apparently not.

One note to other who are looking at this, the spec do mention that this gadget DOES NOT work with Mac. This is only for use with PC computers.

If you move forward with the purchase, please let us know how it goes after you receive it. I am sure you will see some difference after running it for the first time. My only concern would be with long time use.

Re: WinCleaner TS At HSN

Jordan2 — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 02:33:01 GMT

On 2/6/2015 Lynnj said:
I guess you have already purchased this? I've never heard of this company, but I've heard of others like them.

Everything this thing claims it does can all be done by yourself. Its easy to search online to get how to information to keep your computer clean and up-to-date. In less than 1/2 hour per week, or 1 hour once a month, you can physically perform all of the tasks this thing says it does. Those are estimated times, probably take even less time if these steps became routine maintenance, as each action wouldn't have as much to remove on a routine basis.

Personally, I wouldn't spend money on a gadget like this. However, I guess using something like this would be better than never doing anything to clean files from your system.

I cannot speak to whether something like this would cause any other system problems? Thats one reason why I would prefer to do these tasks on my own, rather than plugging some gadget in, and letting it do who knows what to the inside of my computer. I doubt very highly that this gadget contains any sort of virus or malware type of thing, though.

Reading the specs of this thing online it says that you use this with your virus protection. So your question about will it interfere, apparently not.

One note to other who are looking at this, the spec do mention that this gadget DOES NOT work with Mac. This is only for use with PC computers.

If you move forward with the purchase, please let us know how it goes after you receive it. I am sure you will see some difference after running it for the first time. My only concern would be with long time use.

Thanks for the reply. I'm not tech savvy at all and just thought this would be easy for even me! I didn't order yet but am going to now.

Re: WinCleaner TS At HSN

Rileyx — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 03:52:53 GMT

Some of the reviews are good and some not so good. I saw a commercial last night on TV that advertised two WinCleaners for $19.99 and it's on their website. I wonder what the difference is.

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Caffeina — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:38:46 GMT

wnep.com/2014/11/13/does-it-really-work-win-cleaner

www.howtogeek.com/162683/pc-cleaning-apps-are-a-scam-heres-why-and-how-to-speed-up-your-pc

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Nuttmeg — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 04:40:42 GMT

Hi Jordan2,

Save your money for a new computer.

I use CCleaner, http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/4/25/ccleaner-v401 I do not use registry tools.

Disk Defrag http://www.filehippo.com/download_auslogics_disk_defrag/

and System Ninja https://singularlabs.com/software/system-ninja/

Re: WinCleaner TS At HSN

Jordan2 — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 21:42:45 GMT

On 2/6/2015 nutmeg3 said:
Hi Jordan2,

Save your money for a new computer.

I use CCleaner, http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/4/25/ccleaner-v401 I do not use registry tools.

Disk Defrag http://www.filehippo.com/download_auslogics_disk_defrag/

and System Ninja https://singularlabs.com/software/system-ninja/

Hi nutmeg3. I ended up cancelling the WinCleaner. Are these links secure? Are these free or do you have to pay for downloading them? I am sorry for the questions, but like I said I am not tech savvy and am not sure if I should use these or even how to use them.

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SoX — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:18:30 GMT

On 2/6/2015 nutmeg3 said:
Hi Jordan2,

Save your money for a new computer.

I use CCleaner, http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/4/25/ccleaner-v401 I do not use registry tools.

Disk Defrag http://www.filehippo.com/download_auslogics_disk_defrag/

and System Ninja https://singularlabs.com/software/system-ninja/

Hi, Jordan ... I agree with Nutmeg and use CCleaner ... the free version (also don't check the registry tools).

My Sony desktop automatically defrags on a timed regular basis, and although I have Auslogics installed on my computer, I've rarely had to use it.

Nutmeg and I save lots of money by not buying into these gadgets "as shown on TV."

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Ainhisg — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 23:05:56 GMT

On 2/7/2015 SoX said:
On 2/6/2015 nutmeg3 said:
Hi Jordan2,

Save your money for a new computer.

I use CCleaner, http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/4/25/ccleaner-v401 I do not use registry tools.

Disk Defrag http://www.filehippo.com/download_auslogics_disk_defrag/

and System Ninja https://singularlabs.com/software/system-ninja/

Hi, Jordan ... I agree with Nutmeg and use CCleaner ... the free version (also don't check the registry tools).

My Sony desktop automatically defrags on a timed regular basis, and although I have Auslogics installed on my computer, I've rarely had to use it.

Nutmeg and I save lots of money by not buying into these gadgets "as shown on TV."

On CCleaner, how come you don't check the registry tools? I use CCleaner, just checked, and it looks like the registry section is all checked.

Re: WinCleaner TS At HSN

SoX — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 23:33:37 GMT

On 2/7/2015 Tgbtg said:
On 2/7/2015 SoX said:
On 2/6/2015 nutmeg3 said:
Hi Jordan2,

Save your money for a new computer.

I use CCleaner, http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/4/25/ccleaner-v401 I do not use registry tools.

Disk Defrag http://www.filehippo.com/download_auslogics_disk_defrag/

and System Ninja https://singularlabs.com/software/system-ninja/

Hi, Jordan ... I agree with Nutmeg and use CCleaner ... the free version (also don't check the registry tools).

My Sony desktop automatically defrags on a timed regular basis, and although I have Auslogics installed on my computer, I've rarely had to use it.

Nutmeg and I save lots of money by not buying into these gadgets "as shown on TV."

On CCleaner, how come you don't check the registry tools? I use CCleaner, just checked, and it looks like the registry section is all checked.

I'm not tech-savvy enough and can get into deep trouble by deleting something in the registry with which I'm not all that familiar. I go to two sites for this kind of advice ... Comcast Help Forums and DSLReports.

Re: WinCleaner TS At HSN

Nuttmeg — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 04:54:09 GMT

Hi Jordon,

These programs are from secure sites.

I do not touch the registry. If you remove the wrong item(s), your computer could not open or close.

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Ainhisg — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 17:57:35 GMT

On 2/7/2015 nutmeg3 said:
Hi Jordon,

These programs are from secure sites.

I do not touch the registry. If you remove the wrong item(s), your computer could not open or close.

Thank you nutmeg3 for explaining the registry situation. CCleaner apparently comes with the registry section all checked, and I've run it several times on two laptops with no problems...guess I was lucky!

I also have another question...I consider myself to be decently computer savvy. However, I CANNOT get links to post correctly on my forum responses. I am using the link icon at the top and copy and paste the link in the correct window, but when I click insert, all the fields go blank. You seem to have no trouble posting links. What am I doing wrong? BTW...I am using Firefox on either of two laptops...one a W7 and one a W8.1.

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Sunshine Kate — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:01:34 GMT

For those of you that use CCleaner, how often?

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glb613 — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:34:13 GMT

I use it twice a month.

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SoX — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 21:21:59 GMT

On 2/8/2015 Sunshine Kate said:
For those of you that use CCleaner, how often?

Every night ... when I shut down the computer.

Re: WinCleaner TS At HSN

akaburtonfan — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 00:36:11 GMT

On 2/6/2015 Caffeina said:
wnep.com/2014/11/13/does-it-really-work-win-cleaner

www.howtogeek.com/162683/pc-cleaning-apps-are-a-scam-heres-why-and-how-to-speed-up-your-pc

I love this forum. I came on last night to ask about this win-cleaner thing as hubby had mentioned it and I said I'd consult with the techies on the Q board. Started reading this thread and came upon Caffeina's post followed the suggestions in the linked article on speeding up my pc and today it's working so much faster than it was yesterday.

I did a scan for malware and I think that was the problem as it removed 1100 items -- guess I will periodically run the malware program and hopefully not have to deal with a slow pc ever again!!

Thank you to all of you who are willing to help those of us who are less tech savvy!!

Re: WinCleaner TS At HSN

Jordan2 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:51:37 GMT

On 2/6/2015 nutmeg3 said:
Hi Jordan2,

Save your money for a new computer.

I use CCleaner, http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/4/25/ccleaner-v401 I do not use registry tools.

Disk Defrag http://www.filehippo.com/download_auslogics_disk_defrag/

and System Ninja https://singularlabs.com/software/system-ninja/

Thanks again nutmeg3 for the links. I just downloaded the CCleaner and ran it. I'll see next time if my computer is any faster when I start it up. Do I really need to do the other 2 things that you suggested? I'm always so afraid I'm going to do something terribly wrong to my computer! Thanks again!

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Nuttmeg — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 02:26:05 GMT

On 2/9/2015 jordan2 said:
On 2/6/2015 nutmeg3 said:
Hi Jordan2,

Save your money for a new computer.

I use CCleaner, http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/4/25/ccleaner-v401 I do not use registry tools.

Disk Defrag http://www.filehippo.com/download_auslogics_disk_defrag/

and System Ninja https://singularlabs.com/software/system-ninja/

Thanks again nutmeg3 for the links. I just downloaded the CCleaner and ran it. I'll see next time if my computer is any faster when I start it up. Do I really need to do the other 2 things that you suggested? I'm always so afraid I'm going to do something terribly wrong to my computer! Thanks again!

Yes you do. Your computer needs a good defrag, and System Ninja will remove a lot of old buried files.