Sunday, February 15, 2009

Essential PC Repair & Tune Utilities

Files and Directory

There is an Australian software Company Technibble that has put together a free PC Repair and Tune Kit. The Computer Repair Utility Kit is a combination of computer repair tools in one easy to use pack. The Computer Repair Utility Kit allows you to run all of the repair tools from your portable drive (eg. USB Flash Drive, External Hard Drive, IPod etc.) and comes with an easy to use, right-click menu. A must in any computer technicians kit. Some of my favourite routines are indexed below.

CCleaner

CCleaner gives your PC a tune-up by removing unnecessary files and registry information, freeing up valuable disk space and making your machine run faster.

Installation required: No - Level: Beginner

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DriveimageXML

DriveimageXML allows you to backup your entire PC contents, so it can used in emergencies or for recovery of individual files.

Level: Expert - Installation required: No

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Double Killer

Double Killer helps you find and easily remove duplicate files which are using unnecessary disk space.

Level: Beginner - Installation required: No

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Deep Burner

Deep Burner makes it easy to backup information to a CD or DVD

Level: Intermediate - Installation required: No

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JkDefragGUI

JkDefrag reorganizes files on your PC to improve performance.

Level: Intermediate - Installation required: No

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PC-Decrapifier

The PC Decrapifier uninstalls many of the common trialware and annoyances found on PCs when you bring them home from the store. A list of software that it can detect and remove can be found here. PC Decrapifier displays a list of software it detects and then lets you choose what you want removed.

Level: Basic - Installation required: No

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Restoration

Restoration recovers files which have been deleted from your PC, memory cards or MP3 players. It also works with FAT and NTFS as well as digital cameras cards.

Level: Intermediate - Installation required: No

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Diagnosis

Autoruns

Autoruns provides information about all applications which are automatically started by Windows at boot time or when you log in.

Level: Expert - Installation required: No

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Dial-a-Fix

Dial-a-fix is an advanced utility for 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows that repairs Windows files and registries; fixing common problems easily.

Level: Expert - Installation required: No

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Game Key Revealer

Game Key Revealer retrieves the CD-Key and serial numbers for all installed games on your computer allowing you to easily.

Level: Beginner - Installation required: No

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GPU-Z

GPU-Z lets you view information about the graphics component of your PC.

Level: Intermediate - Installation required: No

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HWMonitor

HWMonitor lets you easily see temperatures of the main components of your PC.

Level: Beginner - Installation required: No

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LSPFix

LSPFix restores Internet access caused by faulty Layered Service Provider software.

Level: Expert - Installation required: No

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ProduKey

ProduKey is a small utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of MS-Office, Windows, Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer. This utility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office, and you want to reinstall it on your computer.

Level: Beginner - Installation required: Yes

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System Information

System Information gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings, and then displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner.

Level: Beginner - Installation required: No

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TreeSize Free

TreeSize Free allows you to view the amount of disk space used by any folder on your PC. Because scanning is done in a thread, you can see results as the application is running.

Level: Intermediate - Installation required: No

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Unknown Devices

Unknown Devices helps you determine what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are if Windows can't figure it out by itself.

Level: Expert - Installation required: No

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WirelessKeyView

WirelessKeyView retrieves the type and value of previously used wireless network keys/passwords stored in your computer, then lets you easily save all the information to a text/html/xml file.

Level: Beginner - Installation required: No

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Miscellaneous

Double Driver

Double Driver allows the device drivers that came with your PC when you bought it to be backed up. Useful when the Windows Operating System has to be reinstalled which in turn requires the device drivers to be reinstalled.

Level: Expert - Installation required: No

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HijackThis

HijackThis scans your computer to find settings that may have been changed by spyware, malware or other unwanted programs.

A separate application called HijackReader reads the log files create by HijackThis and provides advice on what to do.

Level: Expert - Installation required: No

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JavaRa

JavaRa removes old and redundant versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Level: Expert - Installation required: No

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Revo Uninstaller

Revo Uninstaller helps you easily remove unwanted programs installed on your computer even if you have had problems uninstalling them from "Windows Add/ Remove Programs."

Level: Intermediate - Installation required: No

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VistaTweaker

VistaTweaker is a complete tweaking utility designed for Windows Vista allowing you to change settings that can not be changed by using Control Panel.

Level: Intermediate - Installation required: No

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