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Advanced SystemCare Free – Terrific suite of useful tools all put together into a one click solution. Includes; registry fix, immunization, junk files clean, privacy sweep and system optimization. Has a very good start-up manager too. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)

Auslogics Disk Defrag – Easy to use, very fast hard disk defragger. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)

Auslogics Registry Defrag – Defrags the registry quickly and easily. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)

CCleaner - System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. CCleaner removes unused files from your system allowing Windows to run faster while freeing up valuable hard disk space. Also cleans traces of online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. Also includes basic uninstall and startup managers. If you don’t already know about this one you must be very new to computers. An essential download. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)

Disk Cleaner - Open source drive and temp file cleaner. (XP)

Eusing Registry Cleaner – Free and safe registry cleaner compatible with all versions of Windows. (XP/Vista)

Free Internet Windows Washer - Securely erases internet tracks, computer activities and programs history information stored in many hidden files. Supports Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera and Firefox browsers. (XP/Vista)

FreeRam XP Pro - Frees and defragments system memory. Also displays available memory in the taskbar. (XP)

Glary Utilities - Glary Utilities offers numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to help speed up and maintain a PC. Clean common system junk files, invalid registry entries and internet traces. Manage and delete browser add-ons, analyze disk space usage and find duplicate files. View and manage installed shell extensions. Encrypt files and split/rejoin large files. Optimize memory, find, fix, or remove broken Windows shortcuts and locate empty folders. Also includes a government-standard file shredder plus basic start-up manager and uninstaller. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)

Iobit Smart Defrag - Along with quick analysis/scans, optimization and scheduler, SmartDefrag boasts an automated defragger which continually defrags the most used files. (XP/Vista)

JK Defrag – Slower but very good defragger/optimizer with a portable version available. Best when coupled with the free JKDefragGUI. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)

NTRegOpt – Registry defragmenter. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)

TweakUI - Free program from Microsoft that allows changing some hidden Windows settings. (XP)

Vista4Experts - Easily adjust hidden Vista settings. (Vista)