Originally Posted by timlover

Ccleaner is a general tool I use just to clean stuff up as well. I wouldn't fool with registery cleaners tho unless you know what you are doing. Those aren't really 100% accurate and if you just blindly delete everything in the box that comes up....you'll more than likely fuck up your system.

To Fix Windows Update issues here is a very nice step by step guide in order of how to run them.

https://www.winhelp.us/reinstall-windows-update.html

To fix Windows issues with drivers...etc..corrupt files...run the System File Checker

1.) type CMD in the start button area search
2.) right click and run as admin
3.) type sfc /scannow

That will go through and verify the integrity of the windows files against its dlcache folder

To remove peksy startup items and residuals that you can't find in the msconfig utility, use Autoruns to remove them.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/.../bb963902.aspx