Every owner of a Windows computer should have an essential software utility kit.\u00a0 These utilities will help keep your Windows computer running faster, and smoother, for longer.\u00a0 Disk defrag, registry cleaning, unused or orphaned files removal, a trusty anti-virus, and at least two anti-malware scanners.\u00a0 With so many choices in each category we can’t possibly go over them all here, but I’ll give you a run down of the ones that I am using at this time.<\/p>\n
For disk defrag, I like to use Defraggler<\/a> by Piriform software.\u00a0 It’s a small download of around 3 MB, like the size of an MP3 music file.\u00a0 It’s light on system resources, so you can continue to work with the machine while Defraggler works in the background, if need be.\u00a0 I usually schedule mine to run weekly, late at night when I won’t be using the machine.<\/p>\n For registry maintenance and cleaning, I like to use Comodo System Utilities<\/a>.\u00a0 Cleaning and maintaining your Windows registry is very important.\u00a0 The reliability and performance of your computer is directly related to the health of the registry.\u00a0 This software also helps maintain your privacy by cleaning up your digital trail in browser histories, cookies, and your browser’s cache file.\u00a0 In addition, it is a smart disk cleaner, looking for duplicates and other unneeded files.\u00a0 I schedule a complete scan with this software once a week.<\/p>\n