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Crash when launching disk cleanup
Name: dustbindiva Date: September 28, 2008 at 11:17:56 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: 256 Product: Systemax
Comment:
I am crashing when I try to use Accessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup and I restart automatically. So I cannot clean up unnecessary files. Any ideas?
Name: OtheHill Date: September 28, 2008 at 11:37:27 Pacific
Reply:
I'm not sure why that is happening but CCleaner will do a better job than disk cleanup.
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Response Number 2
Name: Chuck 2 Date: September 29, 2008 at 04:55:32 Pacific
Reply:
Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab, Settings button (Startup and Recovery), uncheck Automatically Restart.
Now you should get an error message when it happens again. ------------------ Find a list of STOP MESSAGES(BSOD) here: http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
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