"Advanced System Care 8 free, IObit Malware Fighter, Uninstaller, Smart Defrag 3, and Driver Booster 2.1."
All those tend to create more trouble than fix issues. For a Windows 8/8.1 start button I use the FREE Classic Shell at http://www.classicshell.net/
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-8/1107908-win-8-native-defrag-tool.html is one of a thousand posts on defragging. The end comes where they admit they are going to move forward and ignore defragging.
Driver Booster sounds like a grand way to tank a PC. Drivers do not wear out.
Bob
Hi,
CNET has helped me several times in the past, and I hope you will again! I have a HP Pavilion 23 All-in-one computer running Windows 8, updated to 8.1.
I had a "tune-up" last October at Office Depot, which is where I got the IObit Start Menu 8 button. And I love it! But while using some of their programs Office Depot installed, I updated it to version 2.0.1, and probably shouldn't have.
Any advise on how I can go back to the version 2?
Office Depot also installed Advanced System Care 8 free, IObit Malware Fighter, Uninstaller, Smart Defrag 3, and Driver Booster 2.1. Is anyone familiar with these programs? Previously I just used CCleaner and it always seems to do an ok job.
Thanks in advance for any advise!!!

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