launchpad67a Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 (edited) This topic is only for Software that fixes specific computer troubles! No comments, just Downloads and Links. ******************************************************************* 5 programs in 1 zip file. Spybot, AdAware, CWShredder, EasyClean, HijackThis Get it HERE Edited November 27, 2005 by launchpad67a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afansince74 Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Missing some of your "Favorites" icons? FavOrg Description: "Favicons are usually lost when you delete your Temporary Internet Files, but FavOrg preserves them. The program also lets you associate any icon you choose with a given shortcut, even if no favicon is provided. Since FavOrg must check the validity of an Internet shortcut before attempting to download the favicon, it automatically flags dead links as it goes through your Favorites list. If you like, it can update redirected links or reset dead links to the site's root." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afansince74 Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Need good, free Anti Virus Protection? AVG AntiVirus by Grisoft Description: "AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product and includes automatic update functionality, real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamline Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 QUOTE (afansince74 @ Feb 3 2006, 01:29 PM) Need good, free Anti Virus Protection? AVG AntiVirus by Grisoft AVG is excellent .. but .... Do NOT use it if you are still on Win98 or other older versions of Windows. They still issue versions for old versions of Windows - but it sucks BIG TIME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Avast is an excellent antivirus program and it is free. You have to register but that is no big deal...Your registration runs out after a year but you can just re-register again. I like the fact that it updates itself (pretty much every day). Excellent program. It has nailed everything that came my way...When it does you will know it . Major alarms go off and alerts you http://www.avast.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Surprised this has not been posted yet: Crap Cleaner Great little program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 This isn't necessarily a "fix" program, but it does fix the problem of not having programs such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint: OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. www.openoffice.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromancer Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I got Crap Cleaner and it has sped me up a lot. Should I still get Ad-Aware? Are they different and should be used in conjunction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 QUOTE (Necromancer @ Jul 14 2006, 09:54 AM) I got Crap Cleaner and it has sped me up a lot. Should I still get Ad-Aware? Are they different and should be used in conjunction? Never hurts to use more than one. I use Spybot and Ad Aware. Spybot is free, and Ad Aware I get through my work. Both these combos I find work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I need to delete a large amount of duplicate files and have tried to use Easy Clean. It finds them, but when I try to delete them, it just lays there and then freezes. I have to bring up Task Manager to shut it down. Does anyone know of another free program that finds and deletes duplicate files the way Easy Clean is supposed to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchpad67a Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 (edited) Doesn't CCleaner do it? Edited December 12, 2006 by launchpad67a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 (edited) QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Dec 11 2006, 11:25 PM)Doesn't CCleaner do it? Ccleaner doesn't have a feature that locates and deletes duplicate program files like Easy Clean does. Unless I'm missing something. I have a program I update about once a year from CD and don't un-install the old program to install the new one. It's supposed to install over the old one but duplicates some of the old files. My hard drive is small and the files are starting to add up. If there's something in Ccleaner that I missed, let me know. Thanks. The program file is 3.36 GB (3,613,003,776 bytes), something is wrong with this picture. I e-mailed them to see what I can delete or if I should just un-install and re-install. It contains quite a few Demo movies I think I can dump. Edited December 12, 2006 by Drumnut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchpad67a Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 QUOTE (Drumnut @ Dec 12 2006, 12:43 AM) The program file is 3.36 GB (3,613,003,776 bytes), something is wrong with this picture. I e-mailed them to see what I can delete or if I should just un-install and re-install. It contains quite a few Demo movies I think I can dump. Can I ask what single program is taking up 3GB+ of space on your drive? I can tell you why easyclean is stalling out when you try to remove the duplicates. It's because any computer will stall out when trying to delete GB's of space. Try just deleting a few at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Dec 12 2006, 08:54 AM)QUOTE (Drumnut @ Dec 12 2006, 12:43 AM) The program file is 3.36 GB (3,613,003,776 bytes), something is wrong with this picture. I e-mailed them to see what I can delete or if I should just un-install and re-install. It contains quite a few Demo movies I think I can dump. Can I ask what single program is taking up 3GB+ of space on your drive? I can tell you why easyclean is stalling out when you try to remove the duplicates. It's because any computer will stall out when trying to delete GB's of space. Try just deleting a few at a time. Thanks for getting back to this Mike, I found the 3GB gorilla sitting in the room. I downloaded all the files from their site and forgot to delete them after I installed them. It's normally supposed to install from a CD. They are sending me the CD later, but I wanted to download it and use it now. They included several tutorial movies with it but didn't label them as such, they are seperate when you get the CD package. It was actually two programs, Band in a Box and Powertracks from PG music. The tutorial/movie files are really what took all of that space, delete those, and it's fine. I still need a bigger hard drive, but this will work for now. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) Question about Crap Cleaner: First off, I know it's officially CCleaner now, but I just love the name Crap Cleaner! Anywho, how do I make sure it doesn't remove any important files? Because when I used Audiograbber, one of the options was to select "Microsoft PCM Converter" under ripping format. This also allowed me to convert WAV to WAV if I needed a higher / lower sample rate. Well, after I downloaded and ran Crap Cleaner -- heard it sped you up -- this option is no longer available. Is Crap Cleaner removing other important files need for applications? (Edited for clarification.) Edited February 16, 2008 by Show Don't Tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 (edited) Advanced Windows Care is a pretty cool freeware program. There is also a paid version but pretty much the only difference is you have to do the scans manually with the freeware version. It has quite a lot of features and I have seen it make some PCs run a lot faster after a scan and repair but most of the time you don't really notice much of a difference. I have never seen it make any problems worse or create problems. You can also uninstall programs with this and it shows you all the processes running and you can stop or delete the processes you want.(Be careful with that.) It also shows you a list of all the start up programs which you can disable or delete whichever ones you like. It's scan searches for adware/spyware, checks your registry, looks for system problems and a bunch of other things. It may not be the best program like this on the market but I find it a very useful tool for your pc and recommend it. Advanced Windows Care Edited April 4, 2008 by snowdogged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlamit Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 (edited) For cleaning up duplicate files, try DoubleKiller. Search for it on google. Link added (not so tough): http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/ Edited June 4, 2008 by launchpad67a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Newsflash for anyone who didn't know: AVG 8.0 is now out. http://free.avg.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 QUOTE (Show Don't Tell @ Jul 5 2008, 05:48 PM)Newsflash for anyone who didn't know: AVG 8.0 is now out. http://free.avg.com/ Set it for automatic updates, then you never need to worry about updating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mojo Risin' Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 QUOTE (Show Don't Tell @ Jul 5 2008, 02:48 PM) Newsflash for anyone who didn't know: AVG 8.0 is now out. http://free.avg.com/ http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/03/1411254 *cough*useAvira*cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcaressed Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 QUOTE (Drumnut @ Jun 14 2006, 06:42 PM) Surprised this has not been posted yet: Crap Cleaner Great little program. Piriform also features a free defragmentation program. It's called "Defraggler." My standard defragmenter under windows "system tools" would just not work. This free one did. There is another free program listed on the site called "Recuva" but I have not needed nor investigated that one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 QUOTE (steelcaressed @ Aug 29 2008, 09:26 PM)QUOTE (Drumnut @ Jun 14 2006, 06:42 PM) Surprised this has not been posted yet: Crap Cleaner Great little program. Piriform also features a free defragmentation program. It's called "Defraggler." My standard defragmenter under windows "system tools" would just not work. This free one did. There is another free program listed on the site called "Recuva" but I have not needed nor investigated that one yet. Thanks for this one, the one I'm on right now is fine, but I have an older one sitting around this might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushringleader Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Teamviewer View another persons screen and have remote access to their computer. With consent of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Autoplay Repair A tool designed to manage your Autoplay Handler collection Actually this tool has been written to remove corrupted entries from Windows XP's autoplay. The background is that after an uninstallation of several applications like media players, some invalid entries still may remain in Windows XP's autoplay sections. These are visible every time a CD or DVD is put into the drive and the autoplay selection dialog appears. Now with Autoplay Repair it is possible to remove these invalid entries and even create new or modify existing so called autoplay handlers quickly and easily. But Autoplay Repair can also be used to remove unwanted entries or just to tidy up the Windows autoplay sections for a better overview. In addition to that Autoplay Repair has some other necessary features to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkus406 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 QUOTE (Drumnut @ Jun 14 2006, 06:42 PM) Surprised this has not been posted yet: Crap Cleaner Great little program. Crap Cleanerrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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