| Enable as few applications as possible in the auto startup
program list, so that your computer boots faster, has maximum system resources,
is protected from harmful programs, and the applications run faster. Don't
forget to allow virus scanners to run if one is there. You can identify the apps
in the list by clicking 'verify', and see if Ace can recognize any trojan/spyware/virus
in the list using its internal database of known entries. A very good web
site to identify the apps is
http://www.spywareinfo.com/startup_pages/startup_full.htm |
Some entries in the startup program list may be invalid. There
should be a
 icon
next to it. Verify the path and remove the entry using the popup menu. |
| Clean your registry at least once in a week. |
| Windows XP users should empty the prefetch folder at least
once in a month, using the history eraser tool.
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| Some entries in the uninstall program list may be invalid.
There should be a
icon
next to it. Verify the path and remove the entry using the popup menu (for
experts only) . |
| You can schedule to run Ace's unneeded file remover, registry
cleaner, or/and history eraser at a particular time/day using the Microsoft Task
Scheduler. The Task Scheduler can be accessed from the control
panel\Scheduled Tasks\Add tasks. Before clicking finish, check mark 'open
advanced properties' option. From the dialog box shown, modify the 'Run'
field by adding arguments. See command line support
for more details. You must have scheduler enabled however. Use the 'Advanced'
menu of scheduler to enable scheduler. |
| Using
command line arguments, you can create
shortcuts in the start menu or desktop and perform tasks like registry
cleaning, unneeded file removal or/and history erasing with a single click.
Create a shortcut to the executable file aceutils.exe. Then take the
shortcut's properties, and modify the 'target' field by adding the
arguments. |
| It is always a good idea to backup the
registry, if you are cleaning registry for the first time.
Read more details on
how to backup and restore registry |
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If you have WinXP/2000, then run NTbackup
to back up system state once a week and keep System
Restore running. Together with the Recovery Console, this will help you to boot
to XP/2000, if windows won't boot at all due to a corrupt registry. Read
this to learn how to recover from a
corrupted registry that prevents windows from starting.
Install Recovery Console, to start Windows XP/2000, in case
windows won't load at all.
To install the Recovery Console as a startup option, insert the Setup CD into
your CD-ROM drive.
Click Start and select Run. Type the following where D: is the
CD-ROM drive letter: "D:\i386\winnt32.exe
/cmdcons"
Test System Restore from time to time by creating a restore point and
restoring that restore point to make sure your System Restore is working.
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(XP/ME) From My Computer, right click on
any drive. Open Disk Cleanup/More Options tab and click
Clean up System Restore, that will remove all but the
most recent restore point and free up a lot of memory. |