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Since everyone says that all registry repair programs and software such as Ccleaner are useless and may harm my computer, what options are there? I have removed all such software from my computer, but I would like to know if there is a way to improve my computers performance without using any of the aforementioned devices. I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and I use its disk cleaner and defragmenter.
 
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Hi. Whoever told you that CCleaner was bad, is wrong. It is a very good cleaner. I have in stalled in all of my computers and use it regularly. As for the Registry tool, it is fine, but you don't need to use it all that often and you have an option to backed it up before doing any repairs. It is much better and through than the...
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Hi sheriff12 ,
computer maintenance , cleaning and registry repair, optimizing disks , defragmenting etc will all help so i would not say such programs are useless,
ccleaner is a poor example though , for a quality program that will assist you in this look at either Iolo System mechanic or AVG pc tune up
these are good and will help keep your system clean and optimized and repair errors for you
 
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Hi. Whoever told you that CCleaner was bad, is wrong. It is a very good cleaner. I have in stalled in all of my computers and use it regularly. As for the Registry tool, it is fine, but you don't need to use it all that often and you have an option to backed it up before doing any repairs. It is much better and through than the Windows Cleaner. If you have your Operating system on an SSD, you DO NOT want to use a Defrag app. Most of those registry repair tools you see are not good and a lot of them is just something to get some money out of you. If you want to clean the hard way, just click on START then in the box type %temp% . That will bring up all the temp files that have piled up and can slow things down.
Heat can also slow your computer down, and you need to check the temps. HW monitoer is a good app for that. If the temps are a bit warm, a good cleaning is in order, especially the heatsink over the CPU. Dust gets built up in the fins of that thing and needs to be blown out ( some canned air in short bursts works fine ).
 
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I have a Samsung, and as far as I remember, there wasn't anything said about it in their documentation as well. Not needed on an SSD as they are pretty efficient in that regard and using a defragger will accomplish nothing except shortening the life of the SSD.
 
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