The portable application D7 could be a computer technician’s and system administrator’s dream application for repairing and troubleshooting Windows systems. It comes with such a huge feature set that it is difficulty to describe it in a sentence, or even a paragraph. So what can you do with D7? The feature set ranges from running [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Argente Utilities is a free system maintenance tool for the Windows operating system that offers access to several maintenance, optimization and security related applications. The software displays a welcome screen on first run where the user can enable or disable scheduled automatic system maintenances and automatic updates. Argente Utilities contains a one-click maintenance mode which [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Many Windows users make the experience that the Windows start menu seems to grow all the time, even if the installed software count remains more or less the same. Many applications that are installed add an entry to the start menu, which would not be a problem if the uninstallation routine would remove those entries [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The trash (or “Recycle bin”) is a sane concept of our operating systems. A file sent to the trash can be recovered if the user realizes the file was still needed after all. Now, the problem is: when should you empty the trash? If you never empty it, it grows and wastes valuable disk space [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tools, Tutorials Advanced

For some time now I’m running several maintenance applications once a week to improve the performance, security and privacy of my computer. It usually takes less than two hours to run all of these applications and I would like to explain which programs I’m using, why I’m using them and what the benefit of using them is.

Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Software, Windows

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware.

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