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Blank
27 Apr 2008, 04:29pm
I currently use AVG's anti-virus and spam-ware protection. But the only optimization tools I use is the ones included with Windows XP (defrag, cleanup, etc.) Is there any other tools that you guys have has success with and would recommend? Thanks in advance.

Edit: I love freeware.

Zero001
27 Apr 2008, 04:54pm
I'm the same as you. AVG Anti-Virus, AVG Anti-Spyware, and just the basic Windows firewall, defrag, and clean up tool. I recently got Auslogics Disk Defrag (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/adiskdefrag.html) and it's very fast after the the first use. I've gotten into the habit of running it daily because of how fast it is (> 5 minutes). Although, I still let the windows version do it's thing once a week thing.

If you love freeware check out snapfiles (http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/). Whenever I need some random program to do something, odds are I'll find it there.

Blank
27 Apr 2008, 04:56pm
Thanks Zero, I figuered you would be the first to respond. I appreciate your help.

junkie
27 Apr 2008, 06:22pm
I use CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/) as an alternative to windows disc cleanup. I also use Defraggler (http://www.defraggler.com/) as my main defrag program.
On top of that theres this nifty update checking software here (http://filehippo.com/updatechecker/) that searchs your computer when you run it and compares installed versions to whats out and allows you to download new updates if your programs are out of date.