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== See Also ==
== See Also ==
Use [http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner CCleaner] to clean up startup programs. Use [http://www.wireshark.org/ Wireshark] to analyze network. (Both are available for [[Mac OS X]].)


[http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-ways-to-clean-up-your-pc-294189.php Tools for cleaning up Windows installations.]
[http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-ways-to-clean-up-your-pc-294189.php Tools for cleaning up Windows installations.]

Revision as of 06:29, 25 November 2012

Hard Disk Churn

Vista has an annoying habit of constantly churning the hard disk. To address this:

  • Turn off disk indexing
  • Turn off system restore points

See this article for more.

Some other services you may want to disable.

See Also

Use CCleaner to clean up startup programs. Use Wireshark to analyze network. (Both are available for Mac OS X.)

Tools for cleaning up Windows installations.