I learned my lesson about 5 years ago.

That lesson was “don’t be stupid when tweaking your computer”.

5 years ago was the last time I made some changes to a laptop that really screwed it up.

The next laptop I bought I decided to also buy a warranty to protect my laptop from myself.

What happened instead was I stopped all the tweaks and have stuck with a couple of programs to keep my computers clean.

CCleaner is a free program that i have used for years and installed on all of our computers.

I run it 6 or 7 times a week on my computer and about once a week on my wife’s laptop.

Kim Komando recently promoted it again in her weekend newsletter.

Here’s the link on FileHippo that I recommend.

Oh and what does the “C” in CCleaner stand for?

It could stand for Computer.

But in the early days, the program was called CrapCleaner.