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Argonath RPG Community => Hardware/Software support => Resolved issues => Topic started by: IronHiDe on August 20, 2011, 08:13:34 am

Title: Boot Cleaner?
Post by: IronHiDe on August 20, 2011, 08:13:34 am: I have Ad-aware and avast on this pc, but when i started it this morning, it said: Boot cleaner starting. First thing i thought: Cleans my boot and deletes everything, so i kinda waited like 2 sec for it to start.
Then i saw it delete 3 files, i paniced and hit the restart button my pc. My questiong: WTF is the boot cleaner, and if it is any harm?
Title: Re: Boot Cleaner?
Post by: Marten on August 22, 2011, 05:00:34 pm: You should let it run, it's Ad-aware's way of taking care of threats it can't remove when the Windows is already booted up.
Title: Re: Boot Cleaner?
Post by: Conroy on August 22, 2011, 06:44:21 pm: Starting (booting) a computer as minimalistically as possible. Typically when you start your computer, it loads many files and programs to customize your environment. A clean boot eliminates these optional features and loads only those files and programs that are absolutely required by the operating system.
A clean boot is a troubleshooting technique that allows you to get the computer up and running so that you can perform diagnostic tests to determine which elements of the normal boot process are causing problems.

Source: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/clean_boot.html (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/clean_boot.html)
Title: Re: Boot Cleaner?
Post by: Marten on August 22, 2011, 10:15:40 pm: Quote from: Conroy on August 22, 2011, 06:44:21 pm
Starting (booting) a computer as minimalistically as possible. Typically when you start your computer, it loads many files and programs to customize your environment. A clean boot eliminates these optional features and loads only those files and programs that are absolutely required by the operating system.
A clean boot is a troubleshooting technique that allows you to get the computer up and running so that you can perform diagnostic tests to determine which elements of the normal boot process are causing problems.

Source: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/clean_boot.html (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/clean_boot.html)

Boot cleaner =/= Clean boot
Title: Re: Boot Cleaner?
Post by: Jellyfish on August 23, 2011, 03:15:45 am: Doesn't matter if it delete's files,they will automatically be retrieved at the end.The cleaners you need to worry about are the ones like CCleaner and other registry ones since they can important files if you're not aware of what to delete.
Title: Re: Boot Cleaner?
Post by: b2311e on August 25, 2011, 10:27:06 am: Quote from: Barney on August 23, 2011, 03:15:45 am
Doesn't matter if it delete's files,they will automatically be retrieved at the end.The cleaners you need to worry about are the ones like CCleaner and other registry ones since they can important files if you're not aware of what to delete.
^This.

CCleaner can be quite destructive if you don't really know what your doing...not that I'd know anything about that of course *whistles* :lol: :rofl:
Title: Re: Boot Cleaner?
Post by: IronHiDe on August 28, 2011, 04:40:11 pm: Thanks for clearing that up.
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Title: Re: Boot Cleaner?
Post by: Gandalf on August 28, 2011, 04:53:15 pm: To be sure it is the Ad-Aware that is starting the Boot Cleaner, run a scan and see if the result says it needs to clean files during startup.