Xion
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I use Windows 7 Firewall. I don't want software firewalls because they are resource hogger.
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Actually I don't use a firewall, but the good old windows firewall is turned on. (otherwise the security center starts naggin' again...
) I like to use as few system resources as possible 
You can go in the Security Center and change the way it alerts you when you don't have an anti-virus or disable Windows Firewall
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I use Avast Home Free Edition. Antivir is also a good one but Avast has Anti-Spyware and Anti-Rootkit included, it also monitors popular messaging and P2P applications. It works on my Windows Se7en setup
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Yeah I have no problem doing both of those. It's set to use about 2GB in restore points but maybe I will cut it to 1GB. I only keep the restore points just incase then I wipe them at the end of the day
I just figured with CCleaner's ability to securely wipe crap from the system and the fact that Shadow copies can contain personal information is a factor in why I thought it could be a good option to add
Indeed that would be a nice option, when you defragment using Defraggler it takes a long time defrag the restore points. Cleaning them with CCleaner before defrag would be cool.
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Hello there,
I have used both CCleaner and Defraggler for a good while now and have been pretty satisfied with the performance of both products especially with the free price tag
I had been thinking of this for a while now and now I thought I would ask...
I have always observed how System Restore Points/Shadow Volume Copies eat up space on the hard drive and while it may be just as easy to limit or disable that functionality (I do have backup software anyway) would it viable to implement such a cleanup function in CCleaner?
Cheers,
-- Tom
You can clean the older system restore points using Windows Disk Cleaner and you can also reduce the disk space System Restore will use. If you don't know how just ask me.
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I was using RegSeeker to remove dead registry entries:
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
One could fritter away a lifetime discussing the merits of one defrager or optimizer or tweaker or if there is a &Deity so I settle on one and am willing to try another but usually they just do the same thing in a different way:
I agree with you YoKenny, there are many good programs out there for free. I tend to stick with the ones that are regularly updated. I just ran Auslogics registry Defrag and Free Registry Defrag and they both showed the same result: I will save 672KB (1%) in registry size after compacting. I will have to choose between those two programs.
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I went on NTREGOPT website and did some reading. Apparently it does not defragment the registry, it only compacts it. I found the following note from the editor:
Note that the program does NOT change the contents of the registry in
any way, nor does it physically defrag the registry files on the drive
(as the PageDefrag program from SysInternals does). The optimization
done by NTREGOPT is simply compacting the registry hives to the
minimum size possible.
Both Auslogics Registry Defrag and Free Registry Defrag v2.35 Defrag, Compact and Optimize the registry hives. I will continue to put those two programs to the test. Auslogics Registry Defrag is updated every ragularly.
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Please review as Auslogic programs aren't that good:
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=110417
Stick with the tried and true NTREGOPT
I put Auslogics disk defrag and Auslogics registry defrag to the test and they are good programs. When I run Auslogics registry defrag and then after a reboot I run Free registry defrag from Registry Clean Expert it says that the registry does not need to be defragmented nor optimized so it means that Auslogics registry defrag did its job. When I run Auslogics disk defrag and then right after I run Defraggler it says that the drive is not fragmented so it means that Auslogics disk defrag did its job (faster then Defraggler)
Anyway I prefer Defraggler because it has more features and options. I used to use NTREGOPT in the past but I wasn't sure if it did a good job at that time. Auslogics asks you to close all running applications before optimizing which makes sence since they are in use by the registry. NTREGOPT does not ask you to close all running programs. I will give it a try in Vista anyway. I am trying many programs at the moment, I will have to choose one day which is hard lol it would be nice if Piriform could do a registry defrag program.
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I use Auslogics Registry Defrag and I find it to be a very good free program.
Cheers
) I like to use as few system resources as possible 
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Useless Startup entry
in CCleaner
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In the Startup entry tab there is a startup entry that does not work anymore (Startup Common) and I can't delete it. Is there a way? I don't want to see it in the list anymore.
Thanks.