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Windows Vista: Please any good System Utility for VISTA
Please any good System Utility for VISTA
by AustinnPawerss - 5/26/09 2:39 AMHello,
I am using Vista on my desktop looking for a good utility to remove the internet traces, cache, unwanted files, clean up the free space etc...
Tried East-Tech Ereaser and ended up by runing my pc for 6 continues days and after 6 days Eastt-Tech Ereaser applicaton stop responding and PC got hangup. Not only this it occupied rest of 700 GB space on my C drive, now I restored my pc using HP Recovery disk and now looking for a nice and ggood software....
So please seniors give me good advice
Thanks and regards
CCleaner is sufficient...
by John.Wilkinson
- 5/26/09 5:04 AM
In reply to: Please any good System Utility for VISTA by AustinnPawerss
CCleaner is a freeware application that can erase all such temporary files on demand and has the capability of deleting them securely if necessary. It does not run in the background or on a built-in scheduler, so you so have to either run it manually or set up Windows' Task Scheduler to run it on a schedule, using the command line switch /AUTO, but it is a good alternative to Eraser.
Hope this helps,
John
How to schedule CCleaner??
by msjim - 5/29/09 7:20 PM In reply to: CCleaner is sufficient... by John.Wilkinson
Please send me the steps to schedule CCleaner by using the task manager.
Thank you!!!!!
Task Scheduler...
by John.Wilkinson - 5/29/09 8:00 PM
In reply to: How to schedule CCleaner?? by msjim
It is quite different from Task Manager, which cannot complete the task at hand.
The exact steps vary from operating system to operating system, which you did not specify, but the bottom line is you need to create a standard task that laucnhes CCleaner and uses the command line parameter/switch /AUTO.
John
Schedule
by msjim - 5/30/09 6:46 PM In reply to: Task Scheduler... by John.Wilkinson
John, I am using Vista.
Sorry...
by John.Wilkinson - 5/30/09 7:00 PM
In reply to: Schedule by msjim
I was rotating through the forums and thought this thread was in a general help forum rather than the "Windows Vista" forum. 
-> Task Scheduler is available through the Start menu and the Control Panel.
-> Once launched, select Action->Create Task.
-> Name/describe it however you wish.
-> Select the Triggers tab, click New, and enter the scheduling information.
-> Select the Actions tab, click New, point it to the CCleaner application (usually in C:\Program Files\CCleaner), and give it the parameter /AUTO (with the backslash).
-> The other default options are fine, so OK your way out.
Hope this helps,
John
Vista Disk Cleanup
by retexan599 - 5/29/09 7:34 PM In reply to: CCleaner is sufficient... by John.Wilkinson
Why isn't Vista's native Disk Cleanup sufficient for this task?
Disk Cleanup has a limited scope...
by John.Wilkinson - 5/29/09 7:56 PM
In reply to: Vista Disk Cleanup by retexan599
It does not clean up the clipboard, MRUs, shortcuts, prefetch data, caches, or any such data from other software, including Microsoft Office. Thus, CCleaner is far more thorough, making it the recommended replacement.
John
Agreed
by Owyn - 5/30/09 5:55 AM In reply to: CCleaner is sufficient... by John.Wilkinson
I have used CCLeaner on XP and Vista without problems. Installing it on a system that has not been using it can be a real eye-opener. Worth running it in analysis mode first to see what will be cleaned.
Another big disk user can be system restore points. If you are tight on disk space then reducing the space allocated can get back a large amount of disk space. e.g. The default is (if I remember correctly) 10% of the disk. This is 50gb on a 500gb drive. Typical usage is about 1gb per restore point.
Firefox
by Jimmy Greystone - 5/26/09 9:56 AM In reply to: Please any good System Utility for VISTA by AustinnPawerssFirefox, in particular the upcoming 3.5 version (slated for release in the fall as I recall) has what's affectionately (and unofficially) called "porn mode" which basically automatically deletes cache, cookies, history, etc, when you close the browser.
Firefox 3.0.10, which is available now, already has an option which does the bulk of what you want. On the Tools menu, there's a "Clear Private Data" option, and you can pick and choose which parts you want to delete.
Utilities
by Ken Deyell - 5/26/09 10:55 AM In reply to: Please any good System Utility for VISTA by AustinnPawerssI would also endorse John's recommendation for CCleaner as one of the 3 utilities I could not do without.The other 2 are Auslogics disk defrag and registry defrag.The registry defrag comes by way of a subscription now but had been free.I have had Vista home premium for 19 months and I credit these programs for keeping my system running in peak form.All 3 available at download.com
Cleaner
by JEB-1 - 5/29/09 7:03 PM In reply to: Please any good System Utility for VISTA by AustinnPawerssI've been using CCleaner for three years with Windows XP, and love it.
It allows you to pick the areas you want to clean, also it's so easy to use.
I run it each time I run my PC.
And its FREE.
John
to remove unwanted registory errors,unwanted files, etc
by ihavemoredreams - 5/29/09 8:24 PM In reply to: Please any good System Utility for VISTA by AustinnPawerssIK use Baku ,it is real good .cleans most of unwanted things plus having other options for other thiings to get rid of if u wish.
here is the link for free download version.
http://pmcchp.com/baku/index.html
good luck
Systems Utility for Vista
by bigbugna - 5/30/09 8:06 AM In reply to: Please any good System Utility for VISTA by AustinnPawerssI am using Avanquest System Suite 9 Professional. It not only has utilities, but it does just about everything. It protects from virus to malware. I don't think it does rootkits though. Even has a firewall. Utilities clean registry and unwanted files. What is nice, it's active, whereis you don't have to run scans all the time. It does have a fee associated with it but, it's worth it. Google it and enjoy...
Dave
Try Glary Utilities' one-click maintenance
by dexter_birdbrain - 5/30/09 11:54 AM In reply to: Please any good System Utility for VISTA by AustinnPawerssThis one's available on Download.com. Offers various tiny utilities to do one task or the other. Also has this cool one-click maintenance button for people who not all that tech savvy. Give it a try and do explore all the tiny utilities within.
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