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If Windows starts slower and some applications have stopped working, you may need a little cleaning with a tool like Acebyte Utilities.

The goal of Utilities is Acebyte, clean useless Windows components, and improve the performance of the system to work better and faster.

Acebyte Utilities has emptied the Trash, deleted history, cache, temporary improvements disk cache and file system and Internet optimization, among others. In addition there is also a process manager, an uninstaller application and a boot loader.

Interesting web page where you can make a kind of virtual tour of hidden directories and folders of your operating system and learn little-known files whose real purpose and use is discussed.

The course is facilitated by opening and visually simultaneously using HTA page, which has links that will open directly in our browser the location of the directories listed. This application only works if you use Internet Explorer, the only format supported HTA (Internet applications).

In each folder or directory discussed in the article provides the path and location, but some can not be accessed using our browser, due to restrictions imposed by Windows, in these cases will only be possible to show using the HTA application that mentioned above.

All these hidden folders from which the page is explaining its features, functions and their location, some examples are:

The Temporary Internet Files folder (Temporary Internet Files)
Content.IE5 Folder
The History folder.
The Cookies folder.
Index.dat files
Flash Cookies.

Regarding some of these files its actual use has been questioned and debated, there is disagreement as to what Microsoft officially published and what they believe and think several people on the internet.

You have the option to download batch applications that let you view, list and optionally remove more of the files whose purpose as revealed here is only to record data and personal information private and the user, are also likely to be tracked by spyware or by anyone who accesses the network through to our PC.

Since I press the start button until Windows PC is ready for use takes a certain amount of time.

The start of any computer is divided into three main stages

1 – Load BIOS and initialization of the main hardware devices connected

This is the stage that usually takes less time, falls from the source powers the motherboard, the BIOS activates a series of subroutines perform testing and initialization of devices, even if no error is found not hand over to the sequence of operating system boot.

To reduce the time spent at this stage must enter the setup or motherboard setup, that in most cases is done by pushing the delete key during POST, but varies according to the manufacturer, however in The first message displayed is shown in the key information necessary for it.

After you gain access to the setup in the following search options.

In the configuration of the boot sequence or boot device set as the primary hard drive and optical drive as it has in most modern computers, in case you have future need to reinstall the operating system we will have to back This step can begin an installation disk.

Enable cases to be possible to copy the BIOS to the RAM, it greatly speeds this time.

2 – The second stage is to load the Windows kernel and all operating system processes.

This stage is critical, it is necessary to implement the following measures.

Periodically defragment the C drive or where they are system files. If you have one disk partition and be great which is very common today, you do not defragment completely defragmented only essential to maintain the directories where the system files are Windows Users.

To facilitate the task of isolated petition defragment directories, creating a menu option on the right mouse click and read the next page.

Create the context menu option to defragment folders

Defragment the paging file, greatly increases performance but can not do through Windows defragmenter, read how to do it on the next page:

Defragment your paging files and registry.

Ensure that we have no device conflicts

Check Device Manager (Start> devmgmt.msc) to make sure that you do not have any device conflicts, so if you see a question mark, then look for the necessary driver, uninstall the device and replace it.

3 – Start the browser and load all the applications that start with Windows.

To optimize this stage do the following:

Check the list of programs and applications that start with Windows.

For that accesses the System Configuration window, writing in Start or Run: MSCONFIG and press Enter, the Home tab of Windows will see a list with information from the start up item, the manufacturer location, etc.. None of the applications you find here is unique to Windows. Retain only the truly necessary, remove those who use occasionally and you can manually start, virus protection is essential to keep it logically.

Avoid excessive and unnecessary accumulation of files and folders on the desktop and everything that is in that directory will be loaded into memory.

When Windows starts opening other programs such as download manager, Java updater or antivirus. With Oolauncher to manage in what order they are opened.

Oolauncher to add programs to startup list start and sort already have configured. You decide whether they will immediately or delayed to prevent the later start than expected.

With Oolauncher also has the ability to change the priority of each program and resize the window or start minimized

If you think you deleted files from your hard drive by emptying the Recycle Bin can not recover you mess up, it is possible and it is not difficult to restore any file or document you have deleted either accidentally or intentionally not matter if he was using the Shift + suppress or even by MS DOS.

I’m not talking of course remove the hard drive and take it to a data recovery lab, only question is to use a simple application that makes this possible.

When we delete a file in Windows recorded data remains intact in our record, it is deleted there is reference to that location in the MFT.

What is MFT?
MFT (master file table) is an area covered by the first hard disk sectors, is similar to a gigantic index of a book that contains exactly the number of the page you need and how to get there, or by removing the file did not start the book page just delete its reference in the index.

The data recovery programs are just looking for loose leaves in the book appear not referenced in the index, and allow us to join its restoration.

It is imperative to perform a data recovery?
Immediately after we realize the loss in that file can not write anything at all in the hard disk where the file was deleted because of being so over write the file (sheet) and it would be impossible to recover.

hard drive destruction

If you want a very secure operating system and high information security the option is and perhaps will remain Windows.

And so it should be: Windows has the obligation to be the most secure operating systems that are not free, obviously there must be more secure only by the large number of hackers who create viruses and malware for Windows.

If windows will not work in security so hard, fast windows could go bankrupt.

The phenomenon that is very safe windows is very similar to what happens with the social networks Facebook and twitter.

Hackers are more interested in attacks and distribute malware on sites like Facebook and Twitter, just because there’s more chance of success that anyone can fall victim to malware, a much greater chance of successful visits to hackers.

Hackers then are not interested in attacking lower ranking sites simply because they are worth.

The same goes for Windows, hackers are absolutely convinced that Windows is the most popular operating system and therefore is where most chances of success will have a hacker attack.

Perhaps taking into account the above, windows works harder to constantly improve their safety, releasing patches, updates, bulletins, alerts, giving support forums, providing help and support, etc..

Perhaps all this is a marketing strategy, but the truth is that all marketing aids or windows are not very helpful.

To end this post just a quote from pcworl.com.mx downright corroborates what we have said, the cited source says

“Marc Maiffret, who in his day (when I was 17) faced FBI agents head pointing a gun after having been accused of hacking, work at the moment trying to find holes in Microsoft applications and facing the malicious code, ”

According to the hacker, Apple is just beginning to take security seriously. “It’s a little frustrating, because they are sold as safer than a PC and the user has to worry about viruses, etc.. And any time you make a contest of hackers, and within hours, found a new vulnerability in Apple, “said Maiffret, who recommends both Apple and its users to take security more seriously.

“If they did not declare to be safer than Microsoft because they are not. The Apple community is somewhat ignorant about the risks to Apple. The only reason we do not see more attacks against Apple is because the number of users approaches the one with Microsoft “