RegistryChangesView is a free utility you can use to keep snapshots of your registry, compare them, export changes, restore them. Since a lot of programs tend to leave some of their registry entries when you uninstall them, a concept like that offered by RegistryChangesView can prove useful. Just take a snapshot of your registry before […]
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If you like Microsoft Disk Cleanup you will love Cleanmgr+, a tool that takes cleanup a step further, always using official Windows methods. The first thing that impressed me was the interface. Cleanmgr+ looks as modern as the recent Windows 10 apps, flat and minimal. Even its interface is better than the outdated MS Disk […]
HDCleaner is a free and powerful program that lets you take care of the health of your PC by fixing registry errors, cleaning unneeded files, uninstalling apps, performing backup operations, even encrypting sensitive data and shredding files. As you may know you can find a lot of free PC optimizers, but it’s difficult to find […]
BootRacer is a free (for personal use) and powerful utility that lets you examine boot time and how to make it shorter! The program is more complex than you would imagine, but if you wanted just to know boot time the native Windows Task Manager would be fine. BootRacer lets you test easily the speed […]
Who wouldn’t like a more powerful video card? Even if you have the greatest card (so far), still more power is available with overclocking, and this free and easy utility can help! MSI Afterburner uses RivaTuner, a great overclocking program, and is able to overclock AMD and NVIDIA based cards. MSI Afterburner lets you configure […]
Minimem can reduce the memory footprint of any application. It runs in the background and can be set up to optimize as many proceses as you’d like. Unlike other memory optimization tools, it gives you full control over what applications you want to optimize, when and how often, as well as the possibility to only […]
Smart Defrag will help you to defragment the hard drives. The program automatic defragmentation in the background and is specially designed for modern, large hard drives. Ability to place the frequently used files and directories into the fastest area of the disk. Ability to decide when and how to start defragmentation. Note that Smart Defrag comes with the […]
PNGGauntlet will allow you to optimize (reduce the size of) PNG files. It squeezes the last bit of size out of them. Most important is that no information is lost during this process. Select the files you want to optimize (or drag and drop them to the program’s window), select where you want them to go (or overwrite the source), […]
1) Avoid installing new software, unless you are sure that you need it; in any case, always try carefully to estimate if an application is reliable before you install it. 2) Uninstall programs and games that you don’t use (no mercy!) 3) Deactivate programs that you don’t really need to run automatically each time you start Windows. Deactivate auto […]
STOIK Imagic is a free (for personal use) program that will help you import, organize, automatically enhance and share your photos. A commercial version offers more features. You can access your media files either using the Folder Browser, or switch to Calendar Browser which displays your photos and videos organized by years, months, and days, […]