Transcript Updating and Running CCleaner on your computer

Updating and Running
CCleaner
on your computer
Tips for helping your
computer to run faster and
more efficiently
12/03/2007
D. Mack
Reasons for running
CCleaner
• Every time you go on the Internet, files called
“cookies,” “temporary files,” and “temporary
Internet files” are added to your computer.
• Certain programs you run also create Temporary
Files
• These files can become so numerous and large
than they slow down the operation of your
computer.
• CCleaner will remove these files in One Step much
quicker than trying to do it one piece at time and
the actual installation and program implementation
is even much quicker than reading this PowerPoint.
Installing and Running
CCleaner
• CCleaner is already installed on many computers,
but since it is a “free” program, it needs to be
updated periodically.
• OCS attempts to keep the latest copy of CCleaner
in the following location:
• Once you have logged into Novell, Go to “My
Computer”, look for the last drive in this window
named “Public on ‘xxx01/Sys’ (Z:)”, where “xxx” =
the abbreviation for your school
• Left double click on the icon for this drive
see screen shot on next slide
My Computer window showing the Public (Z:) drive highlighted
Location of the AdaSpy2 folder - highlighted
Double click on the AdaSpy2 folder and locate the
ccsetup203 (or whichever version is current) and left
double click on it
Click on the “OK” button to select English
Click on the “Next” button
Click on the “I Agree” button
Click on the “Next” button to accept the default
location of the Destination Folder
This is the only “tricky” step. Be sure to uncheck
the box beside “Add CCleaner Yahoo! Toolbar…,”
because we normally do not want toolbars that may
cause problems with other programs.
The program will install relatively quickly, usually in a
few seconds.
Then, click on “Finish” to end the installation.
The CCleaner icon will appear on your Desktop screen as
a large red/orange “C.” Click on it to start the program.
The program’s main screen is shown below. You can
click on “Analyze,” to see the types of things it will clean,
BUT usually, you will just click on “Run Cleaner”
Another window will pop-up, telling you it will
“permanently delete files from your system.”
Click “OK.”
The program will scan and remove the unneeded files.
A report will show in the right hand pane of the
window.
Close the window and you are done!
Setting up CCleaner to run
automatically
• You can set up CCleaner to run
automatically every time you login to your
computer. Once you open CCleaner from
the Desktop icon, click on the “Options”
icon located on the left side of the window.
In the window that opens, click on the
“Settings” button, then click on the box
beside “Run CCleaner when the computer
starts”. That way you won’t have to try to
remember to run CCleaner – see the next
slide.
Setting up CCleaner to
run Automatically
You will notice that there is a “Check for Updates” link in
the bottom right hand corner of the window. If you use
this to update CCleaner, or want to install it on your home
computer, after you get to their Web Page, look for the
“Download from File Hippo” link to do so. Otherwise,
there are a lot of other links on their Web Page trying to
get you to try other “cleaners,” etc. Also, look for the
“green column” on the right side of the page for the
“Download the latest version” link.
If you have any questions, contact your On Site Technical
Support (OSTS) person, or contact your OCS person.