For all PC Windows users, CCCleaner

One good thing of PC is the ability to install and uninstall software. Install, try we like, use it and sometime later we remove.

All applications are not disciplined enough to clean back the registry entries, during uninstall. They leave out a lot of unwanted stuff. The average user may not not what rubbish is left. A simple and decent software is CCCleaner. It is free. You can download the software from here.  Once you download and install it.

Part 1: Run it.

Click on Analyze.

Your list will look different. (Close all browsers before running)

Click Run Cleaner. (It might ask if entries listed needs to be deleted, Confirm it if asked).

Click on Analyze again. And you should see a clean screen.

 

Part 2: Click on Registry on the left. Select “Scan for Issues”.

Select “Fix Selected Issues”, and If asked, select to delete entries.

Part 3: Select Tools and you can uninstall unneeded programs.

 

Part 4: Now for this you need to be CAREFUL. Certain times lots of programs like to start automatically when the machine starts. Some of the programs like to keep their updater to run all the time. These programs un-necessarily occupy RAM and slow down your PC.

Click on Startup and disable the entries. If you see something you are not very sure then do a quick search on google.

 

So that is the end of the post. Keep your desktops and laptops within your control.

Welcoming 2012

It is a Happy New Year for 2012. Mood is feel good.

There are some things I too would like in this year.

1. I would wish that SSD intake increases on the major storage boxes.

2. This would change the game in the storage industry, the way OS are written, the way file system drivers are written, and ultimately how we see applications.

3. SSD’s can be a role changer at all levels. The most effect in the storage industry would be seen around best practices. Best practices seem to be a decade behind current technology.

 

The second change I would like to see, basically in Singapore where I live now is, adoption of cloud computing at the enterprise, SME as well as the home model. The Community Centres can become data centers. Computing as well storage can be centralized here. Home laptops or desktops can harness this power. But this looks something that might materialize only in 2013 or later.

 

By the way, at the personal level I would like to do some basic video editing this year. I have hundreds of video clips taken using my mobile. I wanted some discipline to come in this direction.

 

Happy New Year again.