Do it yourself: Clean up your computer

By Adam Schoof

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Is your computer running slowly? Then it’s time for some spring cleaning.

Ccleaner, formerly Crap Cleaner, is a program for Windows that deletes unneeded (crap) files from your computer. You can choose which files you would like to remove so you don’t delete important data.

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Clean sweep: Ccleaner deletes unneeded files several times over to speed up your computer’s performance.

For the paranoid, there are settings that allow you to delete your data to Department of Defense or National Security Agency specifications. This might take a long time, though, because the program has to delete your files several times over.

Ccleaner also cleans out your computer’s registry, which is where Windows stores its settings for programs. Many of these settings are unneeded or redundant, so cleaning your registry can help your computer’s performance.

Ccleaner also allows you to uninstall programs, some of which you cannot see in Windows’ uninstall utility.

You can download Ccleaner at www.ccleaner.com/download.

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