Vista cleaner

gwoolie · 19 Nov 2008 at 17:42

My Vista is getting slower now, I've uninstalled programs I
don't use, had a general clean up, defeagged, run spy bot etc
but stll slow.
I know a clean install would be the best option, but I've got soooo much happily where I like it !!!!

I don't keep divx,images,music etc on the system disk,
and also have a "download folder" hard disk, so it's not those
muddled up on the C Drive

I-tunes was a nightmare last time I re-installed!!!!!

So does anyone use ??? to do a nice clean to speed up the
system ??

Greenlizard0 · 19 Nov 2008 at 17:54

ccleaner

superplay · 19 Nov 2008 at 18:01

I use the above and then JKDefrag for defrag rather than the inbuilt one

http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/

maddness · 19 Nov 2008 at 18:22

ccleaner +1

disable windows defender

gwoolie · 19 Nov 2008 at 18:34

Defender was dissabled ages ago

running jkDefrag now, whole hard drive
looks all over the place on there!!!!

bledd · 19 Nov 2008 at 18:40

ccleaner
o&o 11 (stops the drive from getting fragmented)

Columbo · 19 Nov 2008 at 19:02

Another thumbs up for O&O.

Couldnt imagine using windows without it.

Bony Maloney · 19 Nov 2008 at 19:24

bledd. said:
ccleaner
o&o 11 (stops the drive from getting fragmented)

This

cavemanoc · 19 Nov 2008 at 19:57

Never been a big fan of CCleaner - a bit too aggressive at times - I really like Ashampoo's Winoptimiser - you have to pay, but it really is that good.

O&O should be hard coded onto every machine sold - it's awesome!

maddness · 19 Nov 2008 at 21:22

i use defraggler (think its made by the same guys who made ccleaner), i found o-o defrag a pain, especially as you need to connected online to use it (unless im mistaken)

Duke · 19 Nov 2008 at 21:33

CCleaner & Defraggler

chris.dante · 19 Nov 2008 at 21:43

O&O is awesome best defrager I have ever used.

Crixus00 · 19 Nov 2008 at 22:01

cavemanoc said:
Never been a big fan of CCleaner - a bit too aggressive at times

Really, how so?

Le_Petit_Lapin · 19 Nov 2008 at 22:40

I prefer Contig Defragmenter along with the PowerDefrag GUI for it.

Cheaper than O&O anyway, and bloody fast.

DevilsAdvocate · 19 Nov 2008 at 22:51

Duke said:
CCleaner & Defraggler

+1 for this.

cavemanoc · 20 Nov 2008 at 15:00

139sroberts said:
Really, how so?

I found it empties everything from my browser (passwords/logins etc...) and occasionally I had issues with drivers being broken by it - It may well be that I just need to tweak the options - but I always got the feeling that Winoptimizer defaults safe, and you can tweak it to be more aggressive, where CCleaner defaults aggressive and you have to tweak it safe - never had a broken install of anything after Winoptimizer...