Your computer stores several temporary files as you work. Most of these are removed automatically by the application that created it. However, sometimes they are left behind. Whenever you open a MSWORD document, you must have seen a .tmp file with the same name. This is an example of applications that create temporary files.
When you log on to the Internet, the information regarding the websites is stored so that you can check out the history of your Internet browsing and use a previous link when required. The websites also store information in files called cookies. Often, these cookies contain your login information and other information that helps you access the special features of the website. Internet Explorer, too, stores the most accessed pages of the websites you visit so that you can access the website much faster next time.
Computer utilities such as CHKDSK, backup software, and software create log files whenever they run. These files contain information that is useful for troubleshooting in case anything goes wrong. Apart from this, there are error reports that are created when something goes wrong with the operating system, Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, and other applications. These are .log files that are often visible in the C drive and the Windows directory.
Though the above may be useful on a single-user computer, it can reveal your activities when someone else logs on to the computer. This is why people use computer cleaners. The computer cleaner should efficiently remove all the traces of your activities on any computer. In addition, if you do not clean your computer from time to time, all these files take up significant space on your disk, thereby slowing down your computer.
Additionally, some computer cleaners also take care of your system registry that too needs to be cleaned of null pointers and duplicate entries.
Even as the Windows Operating System stores the temporary files and other information in predefined places, most cleaners are not able to clean the traces on Windows Vista owing to some minor changes. Let us take a look at three Vista error cleaners selected based on their popularity (criteria set by the number of downloads through CNET and freedownloadcenter).
Speaking of Windows Vista Error Cleaners, it is necessary to mention about the free Fixit from Microsoft. This is a free tool available for download that fixes the errors in your system registry which cause problems that make some drive letters disappear in Windows Vista.
For full cleaning of the system, I picked out three Windows Vista error cleaners that claim not only to get rid of above mentioned files but also to enhance your computing experience by offering additional functionalities. Let us check out these applications on the next page.