One of the issues that the majority of Windows users will experience after some time of using the operating system is that of broken shortcuts. The best case when uninstalling programs is that the uninstallation routine removes the shortcuts and program folders. Sometimes that is not the case so that shortcuts pointing to directories that [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

CCleaner is an indispensable tool for many Windows users to clean up temporary files and other leftovers on the system. The core benefit here is that running the program regularly frees up storage space. Piriform, the developers of CCleaner, are offering a commercial CCleaner Network Edition for some time now for easier deployment and administration [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The Windows operating system should have several different maintenance tasks performed on a regular basis. It is easy to forget to do these things and many users don’t do them at all. This article takes a look at how you can automate one of the most important tasks, cleaning the hard drive. Rather than use [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

When it comes to cleaning temporary files in Windows, the first program that comes to the mind of most computer users is the popular CCleaner by Pirisoft. There is an abundance of alternatives, of which I have reviewed more than a dozen over the years. Among them nCleaner, ACleaner and Browser Cleaner. AppCleaner is a [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

CCleaner is without doubt one of the most popular Windows system maintenance tools. It is not just one single feature that makes the application that popular, more a combination of several features. It is effective when it comes to cleaning temporary files, updated regularly to support new applications or software versions, and offered as a [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Internet Explorer

The popular temporary file cleaner CCleaner has just been updated by the developing company Piriform. The latest iteration of CCleaner brings support for the first Windows 7 Service Pack, Internet Explorer user data cleaning, management and more. The program is still provided as a portable version and installer, which both offer the same features and [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Cleaning temporary files on the system regularly does not only increase one’s privacy, it also removes unnecessary files from the system to free up disk space. Privacy becomes more important these days while disk space should not play such a big role anymore, right? With 2 Terabyte hard drives and such. Then again, Solid State [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

When you surf the web you leave traces behind, both remotely but also locally. While you do not have options to remove traces remotely other than obfuscating them by using proxy servers, vpn connections or other methods of that kind, you do have more options to deal with traces on the local computer system. What [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

When it comes to cleaning temporary files in Windows, the tool of choice for many is Crap Cleaner, better known as CCleaner. CCleaner came just out in a new version, and every other program of that sort has to stand the comparison to it. ClearProg is a CCleaner alternative for Windows. The program is available [...]

Categories: Software, Windows