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You need to contact Microsoft. Some of the Win 8 copies are not activating easily Microsoft Support If it's a pirate copy of Win 8, you need to buy it to get a valid product key for activation.

Sorry to hear that at this very time, some politicians are still thinking about politics and turn aside from the suffering humanity. But good to hear that there are people like you, jimbo, care about them and try to help.

Typhoon Haiyan: Scenes of devastation, calls for help

Here is a article about all three cleaners. I'd say personal preference and experience really plays a role when choosing things. I should try out all three by myself and then decide which one is the best for me.

For 8.1 is released not for so long, anti-virus programs need to be updated to support 8.1. IMO, windows defender and firewall is okay.

Clean registry? Most people do not recommend to do that. How do you manage to avoid all problems?

Yeah,AVG Tuneup indeed caught my attention.

Why these apps have registry cleaning while most people don't recommend? They work in the same way. The big difference is that who provides more services to cover issues of those people who don't know much about computer and won't mess up with their PCs. the most I want is to speed up my pc and...

I followed my2cents' suggestion and used CCleaner for several days, it's OK. But for me, too much limitations. Big brand doesn't appeal to me if it does not cover my needs, but the one that gets my problem solved does.

As an average computer user, I don't want to mess up my PC just because of my ignorance on computer knowledge. And I always worry there would be something wrong if it runs slowly, then I will select all the clean items and results in a damaged pc. I think the problem is there are too much...

here is an article earlier about data recovery software comparison Data Recovery Software Review 2013 | Best File Recovery Software | Recover Deleted Files - TopTenREVIEWS

These Issues only happen to games or not?

Are they two progs or bond in one？

Thank you for the detail. I would like to give it a go.

Yeah. CCleaner is much lighter. Do I need other tools or only this will do the work? I find that there are a toolbox in Advanced SystemCare.