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Old 02-10-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Cleanup Tools

Hello Vistax64, I have been in need of some cleanup tools. Such as registry, hard drive, and well stuff like that. Anything free and safe that can help cleanup my laptop.

"Windows Vista Home Premium"

Thanks,
intist
Old 02-10-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Cleanup Tools

www.stevengould.org - CleanUp! Home
CCleaner - Download
TuneUp International - Download (TRULY recommend this...it does everything)


Free Software List for Vista

a great link done by Shawn

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Old 02-10-2008   #3 (permalink)
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For registry cleaning, this one is awesome:

Free Registry Cleaner
Old 02-11-2008   #4 (permalink)
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Hi Intist

Yes CCleaner I find effective for keeping my hard drives clean of any temp/junk files etc. and I've been using CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner by CleanMyPC Software and find it's one of the best I've used and works beautifully on Vista x64.

PS: I even prefer CleanMyPC better than the built-in registry cleaner in TuneUp Utilities 2008 by TuneUp Software (sorry Mathews 2010!!!) and I've been using TuneUp Utilities for years.

Kind regards

Neil
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This is an excellant site for freeware/shareware. Here are their recommended utilities:

MajorGeeks.com - Download Freeware and Shareware Computer Utilities.
Old 02-11-2008   #6 (permalink)
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Ccleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) and Majorgeeks.com. 2 of my favorite friends.
Old 02-22-2008   #7 (permalink)
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Ashampoo WinOptimizer 4 is excellent as well. Plus it includes a much better defrag program than one included with Vista. Might be better to find a bit torrent version of it versus the free one that I think is a trial.
Old 02-22-2008   #8 (permalink)
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The reason I recommend Registry Free Cleaner because all you need is running it one time; but for ccleaner, you can run it ten time in a roll, you still come up with junks.
Old 02-22-2008   #9 (permalink)
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Hello Vistax64, I have been in need of some cleanup tools. Such as registry, hard drive, and well stuff like that. Anything free and safe that can help cleanup my laptop.

"Windows Vista Home Premium"

Thanks,
intist
Just for my own learning:

1. What is it about the behavior of your system that leads you to
think you need more cleanup tools?
2. Why do you think the native cleanup tools provided with Vista are not adequate for the job?

Thanks.
Old 02-23-2008   #10 (permalink)
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Just one thing on registry cleaners, be careful not to let it make changes auto matically. Some registry cleaners delete keys they dont think are in use when they are.
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