Have you noticed that Windows take too long to start? Thanks to Autoruns you can set up and customize your Windows startup by disabling unnecessary processes and applications that ran at startup. What are you waiting for? Now It´s time to speed up Windows startup.

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When logging in into Windows a myriad of applications and processes are loaded, some of them on the desktop and some others in the background, consuming unnecessary system resources. Of course, many programs, processes and needed for our system to start properly since many processes are bound to drivers and software we usually use.

Autoruns will enable us to monitor and manage all the processes and applications providing a detailed list of those processes set to run at Windows startup. In this way, we can know which processes and application run at startup and remove then if they´re unnecessary. Even when Windows includes it own tool which can be accessed by typing msconfig in the “Run…” box, it does not feature as many options as Autoruns.

Even when Autoruns wasn´t made for novice Windows users, msconfig is not wasn´t either, and all its additional options makes it an excellent choice to view and manage all your processes in a more organized way. Simply run Autoruns and it shows you the currently configured auto-start applications as well as the full list of Registry and file system locations available for auto-start configuration. Autostart locations displayed by Autoruns include logon entries, Explorer add-ons, Internet Explorer add-ons including Browser Helper Objects (BHOs), Appinit DLL, image hijacks, boot execute images, Winlogon notification DLLs, Windows Services and Winsock Layered Service Providers. You can switch tabs to view autostarts from different categories.

Autoruns‘ Hide Signed Microsoft Entries option helps you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system and it has support for looking at the auto-starting images configured for other accounts configured on a system. Also included in the download package is a command-line equivalent that can output in CSV format, Autorunsc.

In short, Autoruns is a great tool for managing your self-running processes, thus enabling users to have a more thorough control regarding the application and processes activity in our system.

Some applications mostly downloaded from the internet, leave a series of traces or temporal files in our PC allowing Windows to run slower and taking up valuable hard disk space. CCleaner removes those files from your system and optimizes your Windows registry.

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With all of the files that get downloaded from the Internet every day, plus the daily use of the computer, it’s no surprise that trails and scraps of data build up over time and slow down your machine. When this happens, the best thing is to get rid of superfluous elements to improve system performance and free up valuable space on the hard disk.

Now, the team at Piriform brings us the latest version of their CCleaner . This cleaner is one of the most useful programs for eliminating unnecessary system registry entries, temporary files, web browser histories and cache, cookies and the virtual scraps left behind by old, previously removed programs.

CCleaner features a user friendly interface allowing multiple operations quick and easily. Upon opening the program you will see a navigation panel located on the left-hand side, with an icon for each of the 4 main sections of the program: Cleaner (for files), Registry (for cleaning out the Windows registry), Tools (for removing programs and cleaning Windows Startup) and Options (for changing the settings). This navigation panel also includes a link to the online help, in English. CCleaner is very easy to use since all its features are presented in the main window and any registry or cleaning tools can be run just by clicking on them.

Using the application is pretty simple but, unless you’re an advanced user, we advise you to use the default CCleaner options when searching for elements to clean, and to make backups of whatever the program suggests before proceeding.

According to its developers, the improvements made in CCleaner range from the addition of a selection box for Startup elements, better index.dat detection, and more secure deleting, to support for cleaning Windows Vista thumbnails and ImgBurn files.

The program won’t be able to perform miracles if the operating system is at death’s door and its effectiveness will also depend on the how the computer being analysed has been used, but apart from these understandable limitations this is an effective program that lives up to its promises.

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Databases made for storing Windows settings and options must be optimized at all time to take full advantage of your system´s performance. It may seem like a task for experienced users only, but Ccleaner will enable any kind of user to clean and optimize Windows registry with just a few clicks.

The majority of the problems with Windows are, in one way or another, related to its registry. This registry takes care of storing information – as entries in a hierarchical database – about everything to do with the configuration and behaviour of the operating system, the software that is installed, and the hardware itself.

As such, the condition of this registry has a huge influence on whether or not your computer runs at its best, something which is very unlikely if you’ve had your operating system installed for a long time or if you’re in the habit of installing and uninstalling lots of programs. To solve this problem, all you need is CCleaner, a program which will, among other things, take care of searching for all the unnecessary entries in the Windows registry. Here we explain how to use it.

Installing CCleaner is very simple, so we’re going to skip straight to the action.

1. When opened, the program first displays the cleaner tool that it comes with for removing unwanted files from the PC. Since our major interest is working with the REGISTRY, you should click on its icon, which is the one placed on the left of the window, next to the other main options.

2. CCleaner displays on the left-hand side of the screen a list of the issues that will be searched for (under the heading Registry Integrity). By default, all elements are selected and, unless you want to keep some of them, we recommend that you leave it that way and click directly on “Scan for Issues” to start scanning the registry.

3. Once the application has finished going through the registry it will display the list of invalid entries found there. At this point, unless you want to pick which of these are to be repaired and which not, we recommend you leave them all selected and click on “Fix selected issues”. This is when a pop-up window will ask you if you want to make a backup before making the changes and you should answer Yes, since any change that has a negative effect on your computer can therefore be undone easily.

4. After this, the final step begins when CCleaner opens up a new window in which you will see information about each registry entry and the recommended Solution. You’ll be able to browse through and work with the entries one by one or simply opt to “Repair entire selection” to do the job quickly, easily and efficiently. Once you confirm the elimination of the entries, all you need to do is click Close, exit the program and restart the PC for Windows to start-up with a clean and tidy registry.

As shown here, the processes run by the program are too simple and guarantee noticeable improvements in the system. CCleaner should be a part of the daily maintenance every computer needs to make the most of its system’s potential.

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Do you enjoy surfing the web but you hate that other people can read or see the web sites you have visited? We have the best solution for you, cleaning the browser register, it´s easy, simple and effective.

Browsing History contains all the registries of a web browser. It´s described as a set of data store during a specific period of time concerning our web browsing activities. That includes visited websites, downloaded files, passwords, and temporary files among others. These data are obviously private, that´s why it´s convenient to clean the browsing history from time to time.

To clean Internet Explorer Browsing History, follow these easy steps:

The first thing you need to do is run the browser. Once you have this window opened, you will need to go to the menu bar located on the upper portion of the screen and from all the variants it´s contain, select “Tools”. A drop-down menu will be opened and then choose “Internet Options”.

As a consequence, a new window with many tabs will be displayed. Choose the one named “General”, there you will see many options. Look for the one called, Browsing History, there you will see two buttons: Eliminate and Settings. Click on “Delete”.

Another menu will be displayed where you will be able to manually delete which elements you want to erase, you will see there: Temporary Internet Files, Cookies, History, Form Data and Passwords. Next to each option will find a box to check and clear them. You can delete them separately or all together by clicking on the “Delete all” bottom, located at the bottom of the screen.

As we can see before, the process it can be done through few steps, but the browser allow us to set it up so as we could do it automatically. To do this, you will need to repeat step number one and in the “General” tab you will need to go to “history” but this time select the option “Settings”.

If you don´t want Internet Explorer to store any data at all, click on “Settings” next to the “Delete” button.

In the settings box you can specify how many days IE should save the list of websites you have visited, the disk space Internet Explorer uses for temporary files and how you want Internet Explorer to check for newer version of stored pages.

Cleaning the Internet Explorer register is not difficult. You only need to access the tool panel and check some options related to the history. This way you will be able to eliminate it complete and besides that, set it up so can be clean after a certain period of time, hour, days, weeks, months, etc.

Your browsing is your business, keep it private.

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