KennyRohan
Technical User
Can anyone recommend a decent software Cleaner that finds invalid Registry entries, duplicate files, unnecessary files, etc. and perhaps gets rid of spyware. Thank you.
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Need PC Cleaner Software
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Try some of these.
jv16 PowerTools 2006
Removing adware & spyware
faq608-4650
Try the free version of "Ewido"
Windows Defender
jv16 PowerTools 2006
Removing adware & spyware
faq608-4650
Try the free version of "Ewido"
Windows Defender
I mostly like System Mechanic (CCLeaner works fairly well.
Also, if you download/install/try most system cleaners, they will scan your system, report a number of problems, but only clean a very few of them. These companies want you to spend money to do anything useful.
System Mechanic isn't one of them. It's 100% operational for 30 days. I use it all the time. It will clean your registry, delete .bak, tmp, log files, etc. It also includes a defragger, popup blocker, and a secure delete program.
Also, if you download/install/try most system cleaners, they will scan your system, report a number of problems, but only clean a very few of them. These companies want you to spend money to do anything useful.
System Mechanic isn't one of them. It's 100% operational for 30 days. I use it all the time. It will clean your registry, delete .bak, tmp, log files, etc. It also includes a defragger, popup blocker, and a secure delete program.
Try cleaning registry run entries, Usually make a nice difference, start/run type in regedit, Local Machine / Software / Microsoft / Windows / Current Version / Run
Make sure there isnt any extra stuff running at strtup that you dont need. also Under HKey Local User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / Current Version / Run there are also startup options to clean up. This will make a difference in boot time and you will have less processes running. Just a simple thing to check hope it helps.
-DedMeet
"Do What I Say, Not What I Do
Make sure there isnt any extra stuff running at strtup that you dont need. also Under HKey Local User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / Current Version / Run there are also startup options to clean up. This will make a difference in boot time and you will have less processes running. Just a simple thing to check hope it helps.
-DedMeet
"Do What I Say, Not What I Do
maxthedork
MIS
Do a search for Advanced System Optimizer. It's not free, but you have 30 days to run it before it stops working and in the meantime you have full functionality. It's worth registering, it's probably my favorite app for improving system performance.
RegistryFixer - which is part of the FixIt Utilities suite - works quite well, and has the feature that it classifies the recommended cleaning actions by safety (green, yellow, red). I have used it for years, and have never had a probem deleting the registry entries designated 'green' .
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