https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/ en Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 FeedWriter https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107042 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:45:02 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107042 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107041 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:43:50 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107041 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107040 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:37:06 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107040 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107039 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:02:46 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107039 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107038 Well, CCleaner is for "basic use". In fact, CCleaner is not have bad. I always use that program. The main things I use it for is both clearing out Internet junk and registry left overs. It's not half bad... really! Here's the thing, if you like "simple", stick with CCleaner. If you like fancy tools and all that, then stick with WinUtilities. Other great programs are Ashampoo Optimizer 5 and Glary Utilities as mentioned from other people. Hope that helped! ~Joji~]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:35:55 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107038 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107037 "A program that cleans out the GigaBytes of data that Windows-Update leaves behind in Vista (and 7 ?)! Each update takes the 5-fold in disk-space. And that’s not just because of unpacking teh download. The download is saved, the installfile is saved, the uninstall is saved." Some of the uninstall stuff you're looking for is in the Control Panel applet for adding/removing software -- sometimes in the features section. All versions of Windows also have a built-in app called Disk Cleanup. In some cases it helps to search at Microsoft's site for info -- there's an included command line app [I *think* in the system folder] for instance to get rid of many of the left over files you're talking about [sorry, don't remember more details].]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:55:32 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107037 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107036 *Vacuuming* less painful than using the command line or entering the code directly into the FireFox Error Console. As the sites I checked out claimed, *Vacuuming* the FireFox database did make a noticeable difference, & FireFox starts much quicker for me. If nothing else, that made checking out today's GOTD well worth it. Platinum Guard itself is a VB [Visual Basic] app that's small & doesn't have much impact on Windows, unless you don't have the 4, VB run-time files it needs already installed -- even in that case it still isn't a huge impact. And like yesterday's GOTD, Platinum Guard is something I wouldn't hesitate to recommend -- the more powerful CCleaner &/or most of the utility suites include tools like registry cleaners, which can land inexperienced or more casual users in a world of trouble... IMHO, like handing someone a nailgun who doesn't know how to hammer nails, more powerful tools aren't for everybody. They're more than welcome to try, but I don't want responsibility if they get hurt. ;-) Also, *maybe* worth checking out if you go to the Reohix site, is their free, RootReg program... For registering 32 bit files in/with Windows, I still use the almost ancient RegDrop.exe. In 7 64 registering 64 bit files is a PITA -> search cmd, open it as admin, navigate the DOS-type window to the System32 folder, then type the regsvr32.exe command, with the complete path to the file you want to register. RootReg, while not as easy as RegDrop's Drag/Drop approach, is supposed to work in Windows 64, & assuming it handles 64 bit files, will be a huge improvement [I'm in XP right now for some other work].]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:43:13 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107036 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107035 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:34:09 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107035 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107034 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:17:26 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107034 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107033 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:10:03 -0500 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/platinum-guard-4-0-0/#comment-107033