TOOLS on demand, I leave none running in the background, no automatic anything, I carefully inspect any proposed change or deletion before allowing it, and use many other tools aside from this.
I undo any auto insertion into auto start, scheduler, devices, drivers, and so on using FREE Microsoft SysInternals [ AutoRuns ], and I “disallow” tray and background programs from even running using FREE BitSum Process Lasso.
Folks suggest NOT to deep clean the registry.
My FAVORITE go-to tools in this suite are:
— System Control
— Program Deactivator ( even to kill it’s own babies ! )
— IE Helper ( for Windows File Explorer context menu cleanup )
— Default Program ( NOT as complete as it needs to be )
— Startup Manager ( again, even to kill it’s own babies ! )
Make system restore points before installing and running anything!
Enjoy, and be safe!
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