Disk Cleanup for Vista

quagmondo23

quagmondo23

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I have vista ultimate and when I go to disk cleanup, i have a few hundred mb's of temp files, internet temp files, system error dump files, thumbnails and per user queued files, all in all i have about a gb 1/2 of files.
Is it safe to delete all of these? I also have a blue screen physical memory dump problem if anyone can help me with that?
 
Yes... it's safe..

The BSOD could be one of the following:

Memory failing - You memory decided to crap out on you. If you have 2 sticks, take on out and see if you get the BSOD, if so, then switch out the other stick.
 
oscaryu1 said:
Yes... it's safe..

The BSOD could be one of the following:

Memory failing - You memory decided to crap out on you. If you have 2 sticks, take on out and see if you get the BSOD, if so, then switch out the other stick.
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Or, it could be because vista is resource hungry, unstable, and filled with memory leaks....

but hey, it could also be bad ram:D
 
What information is seen on the BSOD there? That will usually point out what the problem is like a device driver for video or sound. For cleaning crap off the drive you need a "crap cleaner" as the nickname goes for CCleaner. Just be sure to uncheck the clean IE hostory and other things to avoid having to re-enter user names and passwords all over again for email accounts and logging in here. http://www.ccleaner.com/

Don't worry it runs in Vista as well as XP. On the new build here with the newer video and sound cards out BSOD was the household word! The ati2dvag.dll error as well as Creative's auto updater were the cause. ATI saw the video part corrected with the latest update while Creative's updater was putting Vista drivers on XP. :rolleyes:
 
oscaryu1 said:
Vista might suck (to some of us :D) but memory leaks are out of the question, (right? :()



*Hemhem*
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Nope anything that is poorly coded can cause memory leaks. I remember the very first version of Firefox did this. It depends on what he is running and how it crashes. Typically memory leaks happen after some usage, because the memory has to leak first, then take up all the resources, then crash the system.
 
The software environment as a rule can play the key role if the drivers are garbage or the program being run is trying to access memory address Windows has already reserved for something else. The Catalyst 7.9 drivers are a good example of poor coding there for sure! BSOD after BSOD even at just the desktop! :rolleyes:
 
tlarkin said:
Nope anything that is poorly coded can cause memory leaks. I remember the very first version of Firefox did this. It depends on what he is running and how it crashes. Typically memory leaks happen after some usage, because the memory has to leak first, then take up all the resources, then crash the system.
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Hmm... I haven't heard much about Vista memory leaks at all. Yes, I've heard about the Firefox memory leak... The service pack coming out soon should fix most of these problems correct?
 
When tried here I first dumped the 1.5 version of FF until seeing the 2.0 release. There were no leaks with that while waiting for IE 7 to go onto XP here. IE 6 was one that saw all kinds of vulnerabilities. But that had more to do with security leaks there.
 
I use CCleaner as well and love it, its really awesome and I love how i can use it to uninstall applications, its so much easier than doing it through vistas stupid control panel which takes centuries to load.
 
Despite the heavy critism of Vista heard from many Microsoft did make some improvements. The bulk of the critics point at gaming performance while forgetting that only now that Vista is out will you see new games written to run on the new version.

XP has been the predominant OS for much longer then any other version of Windows. But I wouldn't say Vista is out of the woods yet. The first service pack is due out next month bound to see some initial fixes there. When updating XP lately you will notice the inference on some of the downloads to SP3. By the time that comes out I'll already have all of the updates on since I dual OS here.
 
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