billmcct wrote: ↑2019-06-08, 17:24
If you want a great image program free then you can get O&O Diskimage 12 Pro for free. It has the ability to skip as many files and folders that you don't need or wont in the image. Could cut that 600 GB down to less than 100 Gb.
I purchased a WD "My Book" dingus that comes with its own backup utility (or it was supposed to, anyway, but in actuality I had to find all of the stuff on their website and install it myself even though it was obviously designed to work with the "My Book").
ron_1 wrote: ↑2019-06-08, 16:18
If you're still looking to install Flash
back2themoon wrote: ↑2019-06-08, 23:05
If you messed up the Flash installation, it'd be best to first use Adobe's uninstaller, restart, and then reinstall.
Oh, my bad. I guess I was too vague in my wording when I responded to Night Wing. When I said that I found the link after searching for a while, I meant to imply that I reinstalled it already. Sorry for the confusion.
Will the fact that I reinstalled it without using the Adobe uninstaller or without restarting (initially after reinstalling) potentially cause any future problems that I ought to be aware of?
ron_1 wrote: ↑2019-06-08, 16:18
Use the registry cleaner in Wise Care 365 (it's also available separately if you don't want an all-in-one cleaner)
billmcct wrote: ↑2019-06-08, 17:24
I have to agree with ron_1, I also use Wise registry cleaner which is part of Wise 365.
Alright, I downloaded the individual Wise Registry Cleaner (not the whole "Wise 365 package) and I'm going to install it after I post this.
Is there any reason why I ought to consider the whole Wise 365 package? I'm kind of strapped for cash at the moment (even more so since I just went and bought that My Book dingus), and I'm not going to download something that ends up being largely baitware or something.
Forgive me if I'm completely off base on this. I don't
generally use computer tidying programs usually. There is one that I have been using that I learnt about during the time I spent away largely from Windows using GNU/Linux, but aside from that, I don't use any.
Maybe that's why there was so much junk built up. The only time computer maintenance is done is when I manually go and tidy up my computer folder by folder (not every folder on the C drive, of course!)
I may take a look at that, but since I don't know how it differs from the other registry cleaner that was recommended to me (the "Wise" one), I'm probably going to wait until I have time to gather more information on their differences.
I've been dedicating my free time to computer maintenance for the past few weeks, and it has kept me up far too late several nights. I'm hoping to wrap up this digital "spring cleaning" with the creation of a disk image and me creating (and gradually switching to the usage of) a non-administrative account for my general Windows 7 use. I'm doing that for a few reasons, one of which is the fact that Windows 7 will be no longer supported by Microsoft soon, and I'd rather not switch to Mac OSX or something like that if I don't absolutely have to. Frankly, I wish that they would just come up with (what would be, in my opinion) a good successor to Windows 7, because I'd rather not seem Luddite-esque if I don't have to (I already don't use smart devices or social media because I don't like them. The last thing that I need is to be like one of those WindowsXPOnly-ers).
So, yeah. I'm trying to take things step by step when I have the time.