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    Clean up Windows

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by soldier0316, May 6, 2006.

  1. soldier0316

    soldier0316 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi everyone, i was wondering if there is anyway to clean up Windows without reformating? If so what programs do I use and why. Thank you
     
    soldier0316, May 6, 2006
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    Bokazoit Notebook Geek

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    Clean up what?
     
    Bokazoit, May 6, 2006
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    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    try CCleaner for un-needed files. If windows had become unstable then you will have to either recover it or reformat/reinstall it.
     
    _radditz_, May 6, 2006
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  4. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    Like radditz said ccleaner is good. You should also manually go through and uninstall programs that you don't want. O&O Defrager is good. That is pretty mush all I use. Oh I almost forgot. I use msconfig to get rid of programs that try to run at the startup of my computer. Just google the file name to make sure it is safe to turn off.
    Tim
     
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  5. soldier0316

    soldier0316 Notebook Evangelist

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    aite coo thank you all for replying
     
    soldier0316, May 6, 2006
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