Source of SBS_STDRL_ ...... temp files

Why not use cleaners like CCleaner to do the cleaning up job for you ?

 

Not sure what you mean by that. CCleaner lets you select "Analyze" (instead of "Run Cleaner ") where you are presented with a list of summary results. Then just double-click on any of the summary results items to open and view the individual files within, or right-click on a summary results item for more options.

It sounds like you (like me) are in the habit of just selecting "Run Cleaner" which then pops up a window telling you "This process will permanently delete files from your system ". If you don't see that prompt, then you probably, at one time, clicked the box that says, "Do not show me this message again ".

For example, I just ran the Analyze option and the top entry is:

Internet Explorer - Temporary Internet Files 242,950KB 6,892 files​

If I double click on that line, I can see each one of those 6,892 files. I can then right-click on any given file and I then have the option to add that file to the Exclude list, open the containing folder, save it to a text file, or return to the summary results list.

 

Well, IE is my preferred and default browser and it is rare I cannot access a site. IE of yesterday is not the IE of today. Plus, it continually shines when it comes to blocking socially engineered malware distribution methods - BY FAR - the most prolific and dangerous type. Chrome is a close second. Sadly, FF keeps lagging pretty far behind.

That said, if we keep Windows fully updated, use an updated anti-malware solution and firewall, and we (the user and always weakest link in security) avoid risky behavior like illegal filesharing via torrents or P2P sites, avoid illegal gambling and pornography sites, and we are not "click-happy" on unsolicited downloads, attachments, and links, it really does not matter which is our browser of choice.

As far as clutter cleaners, I like Windows own Disk Cleanup if you are low on disk space. It makes no sense to me to download a 3rd party cleaner that takes up more space if you are already low on space.

But for regular clutter cleaning, I like CCleaner best because you have the option to select which cookies you don't want deleted every time you clean. So, for example, you can select windowsbbs and the other sites you visit regularly and then you don't have re-enter your user credentials after every cleaning. I find that very handy.

I note, "Because I don't want to keep entering my username and password" is a common excuse some folks use for NOT doing regular clutter cleaning. Then they complain, "My computer is running slow ". So again, I recommend CCleaner for them.

I like TFC when troubleshooting a customer's system because it is so thorough. But I rarely ever use it on my own systems because it is too thorough!

It should be noted when you delete index.dat files (as well as some other files) with CCleaner (and other cleaners), it will affect performance - at least for a bit. These cleaners cannot delete all files while Windows is running so they are marked for deletion during the next boot. This can add some significant delays during the next boot. And cleaning can clear out prefetch settings too that makes Windows load your favorite programs faster. It then takes a few user sessions for Windows to relearn your computing habits and return to optimal performance. If you are the only user of the computer, and don't partake in the above mentioned risky behavior, then daily cleaning is not necessary, or recommended.

 

It displays fine for me - as it did for several responders in that thread. So not sure what to tell you there. Tried it recently?

 

That's odd but since others can access it fine with IE, it is difficult to blame IE.

 

Oh man, that is bad - and no doubt very painful. I am glad you seem to be "back on your feet" so to speak, and I hope you have a full recovery.

Don't do that again!

 

And you didn't learn your lesson the first time??? lol

I have not broken my hip but I do have some arthritis there and about 3 years ago while shoveling 6 inches of "partly cloudy" I turned wrong and my hip locked with excruciating pain. I was literally frozen in place with pain for about 20 minutes until I could muster up the nerve to move and get myself inside before I really did freeze from the cold.

The ortho doc explained it as the top of my femur looked a bit like a peach pit (stone for you on your side of the big pond) and the hip socket had a tiny bone spur that hooked a hole in the peach pit. I insisted it must have the been size of a railroad spike with a razor sharp point that was jammed in there - certainly not anything "tiny ".

Whatever it was, I sure didn't like it and it took several weeks of therapy before I could walk with out consciously "guarding" my every step - and especially turns. The alternative was a new hip and being 60 at the time, I sure was not, and still am not ready for that.

Anyway, again, I am glad you are still with us. Maybe you aught to look into photography by drone next time.

 

I am glad it went well. My brother in law had a very successful hip replacement surgery at the University of South Carolina Med Center in Charleston and then the entire surgical team left the operating room - to go celebrate or something! and my brother in law went into cardiac arrest . It was 7 1/2 minutes before anyone noticed all the bells and alarms going off and another 2 minutes before they got him back on life support. But he was alredy brain dead and 21 days later, my sister had them pull the plug.

I have already been "put under" for various procedures and surgeries 17 times throughout the years - with 5 times!!! they had to go back in to correct what was missed, or done wrong the first time around. While his hip replacement was technically was a total success, I am really leery of any more surgical procedures - even with "twilight anesthesia" for those wonderful colonoscopies.