Captain Optimizer has been reviewed by the editors of Software Informer and got the “100% Clean Award”
About Software Informer:
Software Informer – one of the projects by Informer Technologies Inc. It is designed to keep users informed about the latest trends and developments of software, while providing them with a base for opinion exchanges and a place to belong as part of the social network.
If you’re like many computer users, you’ve probably heard of defragmentations, commonly shortened to defrags, before. You may even have delved into the depths of your computer’s settings and options and figured out how to perform one yourself. Yet even if you’re one of those people, chances are you don’t really know what a defrag does, and how it accomplishes that feat.
To understand defragmenting, you should probably know what fragmenting means. After all, you can’t defrag something if it hasn’t already been fragged. Well as the name would suggest, fragmenting is when certain files or installed programs are broken up into smaller chunks and stored in separate areas on your hard drive.
Some programs will do this automatically, while for other programs or files, this occurs unintentionally, as a result of there not being enough contiguous space available to write the entire file to. This is bound to happen after someone has been writing and deleting files and programs to their hard drive over a moderate length of time. When a file is fragmented all over the hard drive like this, it makes it more difficult for the hard drive to access the file, as it must scan all over the drive to find and read all of the different chunks.
What a defrag does is simply reorganize the hard drive, so that any extra chunks of data are all moved to one area, rather than being scattered throughout the drive, freeing up large chunks for other programs and files to be written to in sequential order. This saves your hard drive some extra work, and you, some loss in performance.
One of our Captain Optimizer’s great features is an affective and simple to use defragmentation tool called “Optimize Hard Drive”.
Judy
Softarama team
Many of us have trouble discarding items that are of limited use to us, and this leads to clutter in our homes. This same hoarding mentality is also prevalent on our hard drives, where we continually install programs on a whim, only to rarely use them, if at all. These programs are then left to idle and rot on our hard drives.
It used to be that our hard drives were quite limited in capacity, which gave us greater incentive to remove those useless programs. But with hard drives pushing the terabyte barrier now cheaper and more affordable than ever, the space alone isn’t enough to convince most people to delete.
Space isn’t the only reason to remove unused programs though. Programs can cause conflicts with other programs, which may be difficult to diagnose. Excess programs also clutter your registry with data, which can lead to further conflicts and a slowdown in performance.
You have two main methods of deleting programs. You can go into the program’s folder and find the uninstaller, and run that. An easier way is to go into your control panel and access the add/remove programs function. This will bring up a list of all of your installed programs, making it easy to see them all at a glance, and get rid of them with the press of a button.
So go ahead and delete some of those unused programs. Your computer and hard drive will thank you, and in the event you ever decide you need that program again, you can always simply go ahead and re-install it.
Dave,
Softarama team
Hey everyone,
If there’s one flaw I think many of us fall prey to, it’s the notion that nothing bad will ever happen to us. We can be told time and time again to take certain actions or precautions, and we shrug it off, believing the risks of it actually occurring are low. And though low they may be, the risk is always there, ever present. This is very true of data loss. Everything you’ve built up in your time online, all the files, photos, work documents, music, and everything else could be lost in the blink of an eye, or more literally, the crash of a computer.
There’s really no excuse not to backup your files now. External storage devices are cheap and can store wads of data. There are several cloud services, and many more on the way, which allow you to upload your files to a private storage area for safe keeping. These cloud services also offer the convenience of being able to access your files from anywhere, and on any device that can handle them. Lastly, there are software programs like our own Captain Optimizer that allow you to make backups of all your files.
So though the risks may be low, is it really worth it not to backup your files, especially when it’s so easy to do? Well, it was meant as a rhetorical question, but the answer, in case you’re wondering, is no.
So what are you waiting for? A giant thunderstorm to strike right above your house? The latest supervirus enjoying a grand buffet, with your files as the main course? Backup your most important files and rest easy.
Cheers,
Dave,
Softarama team.
Driver errors are bound to occur from time to time, and they can certainly cause a good deal of aggravation. But lo, it doesn’t have to be so. Check out these tips for correcting those pesky driver errors.
Update, Update, Update
The answer to many driver errors is to find the latest update patch, apply it, and watch the errors melt away. You see, many driver errors are caused by Windows Updates that are unavoidable. These updates can make key changes to code that end up affecting how drivers run. When this happens, developers are quick to hear word of it and update their drivers accordingly. Once you’ve done so yourself, everything should be back to pleasant web surfing and double rainbows.
Check for Malware
It could be that a file has been corrupted by malware, and this has led to your driver not working. Counter this by busting out the big guns, a powerful program that can find that nasty malware, quarantine it, and then smash it to little tiny pieces of mal.
Re-install the Driver
With certain device drivers, as with certain programs, re-installing seems to be the only course of action. All it can take is one file to get corrupted and it can render the driver or program useless. Instead of trying to diagnose the problem for hours on end, it’s often easier to just save yourself the trouble, delete the offending driver, and re-install it. Problem solved.
Driver errors can be a major annoyance, but hopefully some of these tips will help keep your hair in your head, and your drivers and devices in prime working order. Our Captain Optimizer can automatically update your drivers, saving you much of the work that comes with doing so manually.
If you’re a regular computer user, you’ve probably had to deal with device drivers in one form or another. Or maybe you simply saw some advice online to someone telling them to update their drivers.
You see, that’s a usual refrain when someone needs help, and it speaks to the importance of device drivers in ensuring all of your devices are running like they should.
But what exactly are device drivers? Well to put it simply, they tell your operating system what to do with the specified device. Just about any piece of hardware requires the installation of these drivers
to run properly, though some of these will already be installed along with your OS.
Unfortunately, getting the drivers installed is often not the end of the device driver saga.
You see, different devices and programs may conflict with each other, or otherwise unknown bugs
or other issues may come to light at a later date, and the only way for the device manufacturer
to improve the functionality of these devices is to update their drivers. That’s why it’s often suggested to check for updates to your drivers if you’re having an issue with one of your hardware components.
Device drivers can be updated manually by heading to the manufacturer’s website and downloading and installing any updates, or by going into your device manager, finding the appropriate device,
and then choosing the Update Driver option.
What Captain Optimizer does is automatically search for and update any and all devices
with their most recent drivers, which is a great way to keep all of your devices performing to their maximum capacity, and playing nice with each other.
It’s a feature that we’re very proud to have in Captain Optimizer.
We are happy to announce the arrival of the new Captain Optimizer.
This new version is more stable, faster and easier to use.
We’ve added some new features such as: Memory Optimizer, System Advisor, Common errors fixer and much more. This is to help you make the best decisions and tweaks all by yourself! no need to call a technician!
As always – we’re here to listen to what you have to say.
Softarama team.