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An unfortunate side effect of Windows is the more you use it, the more cluttered it gets which negatively impacts its performance. One of the most popular tools for helping battle this unending onslaught of digital detritus is Piriform’s CCleaner. This tool is a must have for any IT toolbox to help keep all of your patient computers running smoothly.
The first weapon in CCleaner’s arsenal is its cleanup tool. This tool will go through your temporary files, internet cache, and recycle bin and delete unused and unneeded files. After a couple of months of surfing the net and installing/uninstalling programs you will likely have a couple of hundred megabytes worth of stuff to delete (I’ve had over a gigabyte before after not doing this for a while).
The second arrow in its quiver is the Registry Cleaner. Often this will not be a big deal but after doing a lot of installing/uninstalling your registry will likely have hundreds of unused entries in it. This is not a huge impact on today’s computers, but it doesn’t hurt to keep it clean. The Registry Cleaner is very good about only getting rid of entries that are not being used, so issues with installed programs are very few and far between. Nevertheless, always take a quick look at what CCleaner wants to get rid of before hitting the button.
CCleaner also comes with an auto run manager. It is fairly basic but can be used to turn off some programs that you do not want running automatically when your computer starts up. I recommend using the auto run manager from Revo Uninstaller instead, but in a pinch this one can work.
The program is small and can be configured to not run in the background so it does not impact computer performance. The base version is free, honestly there is no reason to pay for the upgraded versions, and can be configured to automatically check for updates on program startup.
If you are serious about keeping your PC, and other peoples’, running smoothly CCleaner is an indispensible tool and your IT toolbox should never be without it.
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