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I've heard you (and others) recommend CCleaner as a maintenance tool for Windows, but I'm not really sure what to do with it. Should I just clean everything? Will that really make my computer faster?

Registry cleaners basically clean, repair and optimize Windows system’s registry.When you see signs of stability problems like freezes, crashes and errors continually popping-up, or an application ...

Over time, uninstalling applications, altering system settings, removing hardware and making other changes to Windows Vista can damage the integrity of the registry, leaving behind abandoned keys ...