system maintenance

I am looking for a reliable Registry cleaner that will clean my registry and speed up my computer. I found a registry cleaner whilst Googling called "Registry Helper" from SafeApp Software It would be appreciated is someone could advise whether this is a reliable program or let me know which...

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I would like to know what the purpose of the "drive wiper" on CCleaner is for and whether it is safe to use? Your comments will be most appreciated

I have installed a legit Windows 7 OS on my laptop. Its not an upgrade, it was a blank hard drive. WIndows 7 installed flawlessly, picked up all my drivers. The only problem is I am having problems with Windows 7 updates. When I choose Windows 7 update, it says "Checking for updates" and stays...

Hello, first of all, I'm quite an advanced user but when it comes to Windows maintenance... Gah :) Okay, so my problem is quite weird. I have a laptop Dell XPS M1530 with Windows 7 on it (32 bit). It has 2 GB of ram, dual core, nvidia 8600m gt video card, 15'6“ monitor. The problem is if my...

Anyone know of a way to empty the temp folder (C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Temp) on shutdown?

Hello, The size of my D drive is 397gb, it is currently showing that I have only 14gb free. There is about 20gb of stuff on my D drive which I can see, not including the roughly 46gb backup file. So, I can only account for 66gb of the 397gb. What should I do? I've ran ccleaner...

Link Removed I've used disc analyze and it shows 4 tmp files that are 4gb in size and they are in C:\$Recycle.Bin\ and I would like to know what are they and if necessary how can I erase them bay the way my computer feels sluggish and my internet traffic is huge (it shouldn't be) so I was...

As many of you are aware Windows 7 has it's own Disk Cleaner for cleaning stuff like temporary files. This little app can be found via the Start menu although a much better version can be found via 'cmd prompt'. (see screen shot). To set up the advanced cleaner right click on cmd prompt and...

Hi, I am Kishore here. I was using Windows Vista till yesterday and last evening I have installed new OS 'Windows 7' in C drive. Now in my C drive, I have 'Windows' folder and 'windows.old'. Here, I would like to know what is the 'windows.old' folder and can I remove that folder? Please help...

New desktop users can make plenty of mistakes (as can anyone). But knowing which mistakes to avoid, from the start, helps prevent a LOT of frustration. I’ve handled the topic of mistakes new Linux admins make, but never those of desktop users. Here are some of the most common Linux desktop...

Hello, My windows updater is seems to be not working because whenever it tries to install updates on my computer is just goes to installing update 1 of 4 for about 8 hours and then i just turn it off. When i open windows updater it says i have 20 updates and 4 optional updates. I have recently...

Hello again, this is Mike from Windows7Forums.com. Thanks for reviewing this video. In this demonstration we discuss the methods used to update your computer through Microsoft Windows Update. Windows Update is an excellent tool and over the years that tool has been neglected in both businesses...

Just a quick question. I bought an upgrade version of win 7 from Vista. I couldn't upgrade it because my old os was in english and the new one is in french, so I did a fresh install of win 7 Now, everything went well, but I always have a promprt asking if I want to start under vista or 7...

Windows 7 RTM Eats Desktop Shortcuts Link Removed - Invalid URLRTM can eat up some of the desktop shortcuts created by end users, Microsoft explained. Customers running the latest iteration of the Windows client have reported that in certain scenarios shortcuts that they placed on the...

Many users have expressed discontent with their computer. It is running slow. You're finding popups everywhere. Something is wrong. Its taking 20 minutes to boot. Here's what I recommend for most systems that have been in use for over a year, but have never had any IT maintenance performed...

Installing the latest device drivers is an essential task for keeping your system running at peak performance, but almost all of the driver update solutions out there aren’t actually free. Thankfully, Device Doctor is absolutely, completely free to use. Device Doctor comes in two...

Everyday i shut down my computer properly. Each time I start it up again, it runs check disk . It's rather annoying since it takes about 10mins to complete before my computer finishes booting up. Is this a windows 7 bug or is my HDD showing signs of hardware failure? Thanks in advance...

Hi, i am currently using windows 7 home premium 64bit I had a wireless lexmark printer (Z4290) and i removed it because of having issues, however now i seem to have two ghost printers, (Printer and Printer (copy 1)). i keep removing them but whenever i refresh the device and printers list...

Hay Question: I have Win 7 (ultimate x64) on my laptop (HP Pavilion). When I start the Win. something is “burdeningâ€Â￾ the system and because of that the computer is loud (cooler). Whole thing comes down in appx.4 min. and than computer runes smoothly – quietly. What could be...