"William" <> wrote in message
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> "ytrewq" <> wrote in message
> news: m...
>> Among free tools, I have read decent reviews of CCCleaner
>> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>> Personally, I have had good results with (paid) JV16 Powertools
>> http://www.macecraft.com/jv16powertools2008/
>>
>> What are your "boot issues"?
>> What is your OS? (XP, Vista, etc.)
>> What makes you think your mobo is involved ith your "issues"?
>> Have you done the usual diagnostics using msconfig?
>> =================
>> "William" <> wrote in message
>> news: acquisition...
>>>I have been trying to run down some weird boot problems on my mobo... I
>>>downloaded a registry sweeper and found I had over 1425 errors. But the
>>>program would only fix the first 24 without paying for the full version,
>>>$49.95. That sounded a little expensive so I removed it from my computer
>>>to look some more.
>>>
>>> So I continued my search on Google. Their are a lot of them, with
>>> varying degrees of functionality before you have to pay for the program.
>>> This limits my ability to evaluate the program being used. I have
>>> checked out Google, CNET, and Newegg. Not much help.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any experience using registry sweepers? I could use
>>> some good advice.
>>>
>>> William
>>>
>>
>
> ytrewq:
>
> System: P5W DH Deluxe mobo, Intel E6850 cpu, 4gig of cl4 Crucial
> Ballistic ram, Antec Neohe 500wt ps, ATI HD 3870 gpu, Hauppauge HVR-1800
> ntsc/atsc tuner, MS XP Pro SP3, WindowBlinds skinning software.
>
> It's a problem I have had ever since I purchased this P5W DH Deluxe mobo.
> My previous builds did not have this problem with Win XP. --- When the
> computer boots, it randomly does not show all the taskbar icons in the
> lower right of the bar for the programs running. Often, I see no Windows
> Defender, or the MS Volume Control speaker, or the Safely Remove Hardware
> (for my memory sticks), or Norton Protection Center icon.
>
> It is particularly bad after updating the system that requires a reboot,
> such as updates from MS and WindowBlinds. But all updates requiring
> reboots seem to cause these problems. The task bar seems to straighten
> itself out after about 5 to 8 reboots, sometimes requiring completely
> turning off everything once or twice. I miss having the icons handy for
> quick use.
>
> ---
>
> Last night I was moving some mpg files around after recording them off of
> the tuner. Whenever I use MS Explorer and touch files that have been
> recorded off of the ATSC tuner, MS Explorer crashes (I forgot to not do
> this last night - again.) In the past when I press send a report, and
> press show me more stuff, MS had nothing to offer me. But last night the
> show me more pointed to the file 'lmpgspl.ax' and said I should delete it.
> So I did, and MS Explorer works. Step two said I should remove the
> reference from the registry if deleting the file didn't work.
>
> Out of curiosity I went to the net and did a search on 'lmpgspl.ax' to see
> what it was. I found out it is a compression/decompression dll for mpg
> files. It apparently has not been updated to handle 1080i ATSC content,
> so it has a problem. I'm guessing it is a leftover dll from some program
> that has long been removed from my system. So this lead me to the registry
> sweepers available to correct these problems. I know that doing anything
> in the registry is critical to the system so I didn't want to go to far
> without seeking advice.
>
> I apparently have accumulated quite a bit of garbage in my registry from
> updates and would like to clean it out in the hope of improving my task
> bar problem, boot time, and efficiency of the operating system.
>
> William
>
>
If it'll make you feel better, CCleaner does remove those remnants left
behind from uninstalls. And it's a very "gentle" program; I'd doubt you'd
ever screw anything up using it (unlike some other cleaners).
Will it (or any other "cleaner") solve all of your stated problems? Probably
not.
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