What is CCleaner Cleaning?
Ccleaner removes unwanted, extraneous or sensitive information from your hard drive in order to help you maintain your security and privacy as well as to help you keep your computer in the best working order possible. To do this, Ccleaner software 'cleans' a number of different locations and types of files on your computer.
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Internet Traces
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CCleaner will, upon your command, remove as much of your recorded Internet usage as you would like including your browsing history, temporary Internet files, cookies, saved password and username information, and recently-entered URLs. Additionally, CCleaner removes Internet usage records for all of your browsers, not just for Internet Explorer.
System Clutter
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Over time your computer's processing power can get bogged down by the left over traces of what files and programs you've opened, looked at, moved, or deleted. CCleaner removes records of errors, log files, deleted files in the recycle bin, and temporary files, helping your computer to continue operating at high performance.
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Registry Integrity
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Whenever you install a program on your computer the computer makes an entry into the registry. The registry file contains all of the commands and instructions the computer needs to operate itself, but sometimes when programs are changed, upgraded, uninstalled, or deleted the registry entries pertaining to it get left behind and clutter up file, which reduces system performance. CCleaner can analyze your registry for issues and then repair them.
Start Up Programs
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Every time Windows loads and you sign in to your desktop your computer has a list of programs that it will attempt to run before it does anything else. The longer this list gets the longer and slower your computer start-up process will become. Some of these programs, like virus sweepers and firewalls, are helpful and desirable, but a lot of programs such as instant messengers and word processors don't really need to load until you need to use them. CCleaner allows you to look at the list and decide which programs you want to load when Windows starts and which programs you do not want loading until you need them.
System Restore
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If you set up your computer to create a 'restore point' every so often that you can go back to in the event of computer crash or operating system errors you may feel that Windows often creates many more restore points than you need. Each restore point takes up a bit of disk space and so slows down your computer performance. CCleaner allows you to remove restore points that you do not think you need in order to free up disk space and hopefully improve computer performance.
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