PC Maintenance Software Recommendations please

[cguil_uk]

Can anyone recommend any good PC Maintenance Software software please?

My PC (Win XP Professional needs) cleaning up

I have been looking at the software provided by http://www.pcpitstop.com/

i.e.
http://www.pcpitstop.com/store/default.asp

• PC Pitstop Optimize 3.0
• PC Pitstop Driver Alert 2.0
• PC Pitstop Exterminate
• PC Pitstop Disk MD's
• PC Pitstop Erase

Comments welcome.

 

[V_R]

Meh forget buying 'tools' like that.

What do you need to do?

Ccleaner would be a good start to remove all the temp crap.

https://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-2697599.php

 

[floppybootstomp]

It's rubbish.

Use a defrag program, use Crap Cleaner (freebie software) and scan for viruses and Malware with free software programs such as Antivir and SuperAntiSpyware.

Beware most everything else, it's all a con and much of that software causes more harm than good.

Or you could, of course, backup important stuff then do a fresh install, all versions of Windows - with the possible exception of Vista - benefit greatly from that.

 

[Ian]

I'm with V_R (edit: and flops!), skip any software like that and just sort out the system manually (although CCleaner is probably the only cleaner tool I use, and that's handy).

What is it you are trying to maintain/clean?

 

[cguil_uk]

I'm with V_R, skip any software like that and just sort out the system manually (although CCleaner is probably the only cleaner tool I use, and that's handy).

What is it you are trying to maintain/clean?

PC keeps crashing whilst playing Total War games on my PC. MS diagnostics suggested altering the graphics hardware acceleration to zero & clear 'enable write conditioning' ????

Also, pcpitstop recommends updating the graphics software BUT not according to Windows Update???

I have a lot of crap in start up but a bit nervous about mucking around with msconfig.

I already have diskeeper & kaspersky installed.

 

[V_R]

Regarding the Graphics drivers, dont worry about windows update...

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

Get the latest drivers from there, then follow the steps below....

(Make sure you have Driver Sweeper installed before you start)

1. Uninstall the drivers as normal.
2. Reboot in to safe mode. (F8)
3. Run Driver Sweeper and remove all traces of Nvidia's leftovers.
4. Reboot as normal and run Ccleaner.
5. Reboot as normal and install the new dirvers.
6. Reboot when asked to and your done.

Some may say this is overkill, and hey it maybe. But i've never had any issues with conflicts etc doing it this way and i've always done it like this.

 

[cguil_uk]

Regarding the Graphics drivers, dont worry about windows update...

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

Get the latest drivers from there, then follow the steps below....

(Make sure you have Driver Sweeper installed before you start)

1. Uninstall the drivers as normal.
2. Reboot in to safe mode. (F8)
3. Run Driver Sweeper and remove all traces of Nvidia's leftovers.
4. Reboot as normal and run Ccleaner.
5. Reboot as normal and install the new dirvers.
6. Reboot when asked to and your done.

Some may say this is overkill, and hey it maybe. But i've never had any issues with conflicts etc doing it this way and i've always done it like this.

According to nvidia -

ASUS X1950 Series 0.0 Your PC currently has the latest driver installed for your GPU. No driver update is necessary at this time.

ASUS X1950 Series Secondary 0.0 Your PC currently has the latest driver installed for your GPU. No driver update is necessary at this time.

 

[V_R]

OMG.... I dont know why but i just assumed you had an NV card, but your signature says its an ATI! lmao. Sorry, in that case NV wont be able to help!

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

will have more luck there. What version of Catalyst do you have atm?

 

[Abarbarian]

OMG.... I dont know why but i just assumed you had an NV card, but your signature says its an ATI! lmao. Sorry, in that case NV wont be able to help!

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

will have more luck there. What version of Catalyst do you have atm?

You would still need Driver Cleaner with a ATI Catalyst update.

 

[V_R]

Yes. That is what i said.

 

[cguil_uk]

OMG.... I dont know why but i just assumed you had an NV card, but your signature says its an ATI! lmao. Sorry, in that case NV wont be able to help!

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

will have more luck there. What version of Catalyst do you have atm?

I thought the ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ULTIMATE & ASUS X1950 Series 0.0 were one and the same?? I think ATI is on my PC.

Catalyst??

 

[cguil_uk]

This is my system


Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)

Processor a
2.13 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Main Circuit Board b
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5B-Deluxe Rev 1.xx
Bus Clock: 266 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0910 12/27/2006

Memory Modules c,d
3008 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' has 1024 MB

Drives
DVDRW IDE H16X [CD-ROM drive]
HUAWEI Mass Storage USB Device [CD-ROM drive]
SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616E [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
SAMSUNG HD160HJ [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0 c:
SAMSUNG HD501LJ [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1 d:

Display
ASUS X1950 Series [Display adapter]
ASUS X1950 Series Secondary [Display adapter]
CMO CMC 19AW [Monitor] (19.1"vis, November 2006)

Controllers
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) ICH8 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2825
Intel(R) ICH8 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2820
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (3x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (3x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

Bus Adapters
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2831
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 283A

Communications
HUAWEI Mobile Connect - 3G Modem (T-Mobile)
PCI SoftV92 Modem
1394 Net Adapter
Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Networking Dns Servers: