software questions/help

hi all...what i have>xp(home),aol,dial-up....what is the best quality/top rated/best working software in these categories>....registry cleaner/optimiser/etc.....internet optimiser(for dial-up/aol)....disk cleaner......i want to clean my hard drive and just try to get the best software for each category and not have doubles of software(i have been trying all kinds to see what is good now im lost so im asking you people the experts=))..i found a defrag prog that looks good havnt tried it yet but its called perfect disk7....anyways can you people help me out,please.

 

this is a question that is often asked and varies from person to person and what OS you are using try lookng at these threads and if your still unsure let me/usknowhttp://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49711

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=358970#post358970

 

thanks for the reply...my os=windows xp/home...what is the best hard drive disk cleaner? what program will best optimise my internet experiance,considering i have basic dial-up/aol=(?

 

most of us here use firefox as a IE browser as its more secure and faster than IE
here
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2248.html
it comes as a basic browser but has numerous plug-ins so you can modify it to your liking
here
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox

take some time to read through the help menus try it out its free

drive cleaner the best drive cleaner is a hammer as no program can safely erase all data safely i wont go in to why and how for know but a popular one is
eraser http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

 

thanks for the reply..i use aol and i dont think ill be trying mozilla or anything like that..i just would like to optimise what i got now(which isnt much,aol/dial-up,hehe)..so im looking for 2 kinds of software now....xp/aol/dial-up optimiser(one that really works) and a hd cleaner that removes junk/duplicate/etc.files and stuff....so can anyone help me out?

 

speed bump..cmon doods..i have searched the web for top quality/highest rated/etc.software and i get too many options,hehe i dont want to download and try all of it(i have doing that for years)...so what works best for registry,hd cleaner(junk files/etc.),aol/dial-up optimiser and anything else important for top notch performance(*_*)..let me know,please.

 

One idea could be just first delete everything you don't need, which is what you said you wanted to do, , and get a startup manager, which tells you what is loading onto your system at startup, or a process manager, ( its getting late )

Go to the download page and look for downloads that have the word hot next to them, or really big numbers, those are really popular programs. For dial up optimization,go to connections and look for a tcp/ip optimizer

Leechget - http://majorgeeks.com/download1821.html for downloads is great

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quote/Sounds like you may want to experiment with your modem settings.

First of all download and install Dr Tcp. Not in MG unfortunately so try

Dr Tcp http://www.dslreports.com/drtcp

Next write down EVERY current setting it displays so you go can back to your original settings. Don't skip this step.

An MG alternative to Dr Tcp. (Haven't used so can't comment).

TCPOptimizer.exe http://majorgeeks.com/download2104.html

TCP Optimizer Description: The TCP Optimizer is a free Windows program designed to help optimize your Internet connection. Just download and run, no installaion required. The program makes it easy to find the best MaxMTU value, test latency and tweak all the important broadband related registry parameters. The Optimizer can be helpful with tuning any Internet connection type, from dialup to Gigabit+ If you need help with the program, read our broadband tweaking articles, the Optimizer FAQ, and/or visit our Forums. As an alternative, you can try one of our generic Registry patches instead.
OS: Windows 9x/ME/2K/XP | version: 1.0 | date: 04/25/02 | filesize: 425 KB

A Modem tweak tutorial http://www.pengbo.dsl.pipex.com/ppages/tweaks.shtml that will help determine what settings to use.

2 google searches that will also help.

Modem settings http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&...ch=&safe=images

Dr Tcp http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&...ch=&safe=images

Lots of reading but worth it for us still on dialup. Bazza
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