[Free Software List 2009 - 2014]

Registry Recycler Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 (32-bit and 64-bit)

which does a good job and also will do a registry back-up as well..

thanks for sharing Registry Recycler, !! yes, it did a good job on my system as well. Seems quite quick and Easy to use, fast action. Din't saw any improvments with defrag tool but startup managment feature has , i think effectively reduced the time it takes to startup Windows.

[Windows 8 suddenly takes a long time to boot]

Clean Boot to Windows 8 and disable all unnecessary startup services . .. Open Run, type MsConfig and hit enter to open System Configuration box, On the General tab, uncheck the Load Startup Itmes, and then move to the Services tab, check Hide All Microsfot Services, and then click Disable All.

Restart Your PC. Hope it Helps !!

[Software worth paying for ?]

Never had to buy a software as most of my problems have been solved using freeware, but once i had to buy a Data Recovery Tool to recover my lost date and the program name is Stellarinfo ...

[Poll and Discuss Defragmentation Software]

I voted for the Default Windows Defragmentation tool. I think it works equally good than others and is commonly used !!