![]() AVG Free Version 8 (post-SP1) – Definitely Different!.AVG Free v8 versus the Competition (Speed to Scan.Rapid-Fire Linkpost #1 – Mostly Firefox.Rapid-Fire Linkpost #2 – New Finds and Updated Favs.Rapid-Fire Linkpost #3 – Purely Windows Dressing.Removing Apple’s MobileMe from Control Panel.Sunday Linkfest…brought to you by Wordle.Blocking AdBlock Plus Extension for Fire.Microsoft Windows: Second Dump, Good as the First.PC Housecleaning - Grand Stream Dreams blogĪ BIG List of 34 Free XP and Vista Tweaking Apps - Grand Stream Dreams BlogĪnyone have any "my fave-five" favorites they would recommend? Feel free to leave-em in the comments! Allow a fine number of system tweaks and restoration. Xpy or Vispa - Two handy tools for XP or Vista systems (respectively). Might allow advanced geeks to hone in on problem areas with certain applications. Great for assessing just what is happening. However, it can provide an incredible level of detail as to what processes are running on your system and what they are doing. Not really useful for cleaning and maintenance in-of-itself. Process Explorer - Microsoft Sysinternals utility. Only drawbacks is that they must be installed on the host system to perform properly. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware or Spyware Terminator - two very aggressive and very deep-cleaning anti-malware removal tools. JkDefrag Option GUI - In my mind, the best interface for the JkDefrag drive defragging tool. NirSoft''s uninstaller is just so tiny and fast it is 1000x's better than Window's own method. ![]() Revo Uninstaller or MyUninstaller – Revo is awesome in that it has advanced features that really make it easy and complete to remove everything when removing applications. These utilities provide similar (though magnitudes better) features than Windows default tools and/or require local system installation to function properly. Likewise, no defragger listed…by default Windows has one. No dedicated uninstaller was listed…by default Windows has one in Add/Remove programs. Other than that it provides a wealth of system adjustments and fine-tuning options Definitely needed in the professional system maintainer’s toolbox of applications. I selected this system-tweaking tool as it supports both XP and Vista systems in a single package. It runs much faster than previous versions as well.ĥ) XdN Tweaker – Because maintaining a Windows system means more than just deleting files and folders. However the fact that this latest build can handle the newest generation of browsers means you can do some effective cookie-cleaning. There are lots of other anti-malware cleaners. Not for noobies but oh-so-powerful! With some surgical removals, it can really improve startup-performance on many systems shedding unneeded items.Ĥ) Spybot-S&D 1.6, Release Candidate 2 – 1.6 RC2 now supporting Opera 9.5 and Firefox 3.0 builds. Granted, removing an incorrect entry here can tank your system, so I always disable, reboot and recheck before finally removing (deleting) an entry. ![]() It covers many, many more areas than the msconfig tool by default. So many tools in a single package!ģ) AutoRuns for Windows – This Microsoft Sysinternals tools should help with some major cleanup work for Windows auto-run items. It does have some CCleaner-like tools, but also includes a short-cut fixer, uninstall manager, memory optimizer, context-menu item manager, file shredder, file undeleter, disk-space analyzer, and empty-folders finder. Take the defaults for a painless cleaning or go into the advanced items for deep spa-cleansing and rehabilitation.Ģ) Glary Utilities – Since we are focusing on “maintenance” tools only, this is a no-brainer choice. I set the following self-imposed conditions it must be free, portable (on USB), be XP/Vista compatible, and otherwise provide a capability above and beyond that which Windows can (within its common features) provide.ġ) CCleaner - Great for very thorough cleaning of temp files, registry items, and other gunk and buildup that accrues in a Windows system. Todd Ogasawara picked it up and offered his choices: My Alternative Recommendations to: LifeHacker’s Five Best Windows Maintenance Toolsīeing as I like a good and useful utility and know more than a few, I thought I would offer my own take. Lifehacker started it this time round: Hive Five: Five Best Windows Maintenance Tools
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