I’ve been wanting to put a list of my favorite tools online for a long time…
System cleanup, tune-up and optimization:
Ccleaner – Piriform – Free – Cleans caches, temp files, application specific settings, cleans up the registry and much more.
Defraggler – Piriform – Free – An awesome disk defragmentation software.
Cleanup! 4.5.2 – Steven Gould – Free – Very very strong cleanup tool for Windows XP only.
Filesystem repair:
Data Recovery Wizard Pro – EaseUs – $69.95 – Best data recovery software I’ve ever used. Way more efficient than Ontrack EasyRecovery Pro. And cheaper. Saved my a** more than a couple of times.
ViVard – Copyrsoft – Free – HDD diagnostic and sector repair. Vendor independent.
Mac side:
Appcleaner – FreeMacSoft – Free – Application uninstaller for Mac OS. Like AppZapper but free.
OnyX – Titanium Software – Free – Like Ccleaner, for mac. Awesome.
Misc:
Mouse Jiggler.vbs, a small VBscript I use to prevent a computer from locking itself when I’m working on it without knowing the user’s password:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Do While 1
WshShell.SendKeys"{SCROLLLOCK}"
WshShell.SendKeys"{SCROLLLOCK}"
WScript.Sleep(300000)
Loop

More to come…

Namaste.