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#1 Pabo

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 08:16 PM

hey all,

just a quick question whilst I await a HJT diagnoses I read in the CC Cleaner tutorial and was not aware that if you have more than 1 user profile on a single machine you have to run CC CLeaner on each user account????? does this also apply to any/all Anti virus, malware, and spyware removers as well?? thanks

#2 xblindx

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 08:44 PM

Most, if not all, malware/anti-virus scanners will scan all user profiles. CCleaner is annoying because, yes, it has to be run on every account.

#3 Pabo

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 08:59 PM

I was pretty sure that's the way it works but when I read that in CC i was surprised and it got me thinking ....which always gets me in trouble......thanks

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 09:20 PM

Anytime

And personally, I think CCleaner needs to add an option to clean all profiles, but that would present a problem if some users want to keep some temp files such as cookies or something.

#5 Pabo

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 09:35 PM

Thanks "X" is there a reg cleaner you might recommend that has that feature and does at least as good a job or perhaps even better The machine Im working has many problems a good cleaning is definitely in order :thumbsup:

#6 bluesjunior

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Posted 06 February 2009 - 04:30 AM

This is also the same if you use the Disc Cleanup feature in Windows. You must delete the Temp Internet files, History etc individually for each user.

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