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WinXP Utility?
Can anyone recommend a good WinXP utility that does things like delete
junk files, chkdsk, clean registry, defrag, etc? WinXP has most/all of these utilities available, but it would be nice to have them all collected under one interface. (I am not a fan of Symantec.) I currently have Ace Utilities, which does some but not all of the handy stuff. Thanks for any suggestions, jimbo |
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WinXP Utility?
Everybody has a different opinion on what constitutes a "junk file". Do you
think it's wise to let someone else - the authors of a program - make that decision for you? Besides which, if you were astute enough to know what the "junk files" in your computer are, you would just delete them yourself. The fact that you don't know means you are messing around with something you don't understand - a sure recipe for problems. Windows XP provides all the registry management that you need. There is no need for a so-called "registry cleaner" and no one has proved that these toys provide any benefit. Again, if you were astute enough to know what in your registry needs "cleaning" you would do it yourself. These newsgroups are filled with posts from people whose registry cleaners damaged their computers. The defragmenter built into Windows XP provides all the defragmenting a home user needs. (Even the third-party defragmenters acknowledge this.) The best disk error checking utility comes from the website of the hard disk's manufacturer. You can download it for free. -- Ted Zieglar "You can do it if you try." "jimbo" wrote in message . .. Can anyone recommend a good WinXP utility that does things like delete junk files, chkdsk, clean registry, defrag, etc? WinXP has most/all of these utilities available, but it would be nice to have them all collected under one interface. (I am not a fan of Symantec.) I currently have Ace Utilities, which does some but not all of the handy stuff. Thanks for any suggestions, jimbo |
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WinXP Utility?
jimbo wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good WinXP utility that does things like delete junk files, chkdsk, clean registry, defrag, etc? WinXP has most/all of these utilities available, but it would be nice to have them all collected under one interface. (I am not a fan of Symantec.) I currently have Ace Utilities, which does some but not all of the handy stuff. Thanks for any suggestions, jimbo My opinion on it.. Make a folder (on your desktop, on your start menu, etc) and put all the default Windows Tools you use to cleanup in there (shortcuts to them) and you have essentially what you are asking about. Everything in one place. You are not gaining much by using an all-in-one product. You may even be losing valuable resources. Of course - that is just one person's opinion.. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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WinXP Utility?
Back in the days of win98, I would have recommended Norton. But, as you are
already aware, the Norton Utilities for XP really do not do much more than the built-in Microsoft utilities. Symantec appears to be pushing anti-virus and firewalls over basic utilities. Too bad, for us users. I have NOT found any one utility that does it all. However, I can recommend the following: CCleaner (free) http://www.ccleaner.com/ CleanCache (free) http://www.buttuglysoftware.com/ do not be put off by the name of the website, this is good software FreshUI (free) http://www.freshdevices.com Fresh Diagnose http://www.freshdevices.com ERUNT (free) http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ registry backup/restore; also comes with a registry compressor, but not a cleaner WinRescueXP (registry and profile backup/restore; not free) http://www.superwin.com/index.htm RegVac (not free) http://www.superwin.com/index.htm registry cleaner and compressor PerfectDisk (defragger; not free) http://www.raxco.com/ organizes files by date, so once defragged, files tend to stay defragged, unless replaced. After first run, is much faster than XP, Norton, or Diskeeper. Also does boot-time defrag of directoreis and pagefile and MFT. "jimbo" wrote in message . .. Can anyone recommend a good WinXP utility that does things like delete junk files, chkdsk, clean registry, defrag, etc? WinXP has most/all of these utilities available, but it would be nice to have them all collected under one interface. (I am not a fan of Symantec.) I currently have Ace Utilities, which does some but not all of the handy stuff. Thanks for any suggestions, jimbo |
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