ccleaner and ATF are both very good legit programs however you can over do things, and with ccleaner there is the possibility to mess with the registry which I never ever advise. As stated if you use it in the default setting and only use the cleaner feature you are ok but daily use is over kill for sure. ATF is not as big a risk since it does not have the registry cleaner feature so it is the one I more often suggest using. In the old versions of windows defrag and clean up were pretty important in the new versions much of that is automated and extra work is not nearly as essential. what I would suggest one spend more time on is making sure all the essentials are updated because these days so many infections are coming in through holes in some of these apps. So use the secuina tool every few weeks or so and make sure you stay fully updated. Secunia Online Software Inspector (OSI) and running a malwarebytes scan every few weeks (update it first) is a definite. Plus if you do not have spywareblaster in my book it is a must have, no scans to do just update it once a week then hit enable all protection so the shield is green and it sits there protecting you. SpywareBlaster

microsoft has finally put out several hotfixes for some of those problems that cropped up with sp3 so be absolutely sure you go to the actual windows update page let it scan your pc select custom so you only get the critical updates, install all the updates (except sp3 of course). One is the hotfix for the AMD processors issue, one is the hotfix for the conflict with some antivirus programs, etc, they say in the description they are to be installed prior to sp3. Do all the critical updates it gives you for your system prior to the sp3 install and you will have fewer problems. In case you need to remember and review the cautions and advice of what to do prior to install here is a link to Corrine's blog with the various links all in one spot. Before installing SP3

I have dial-up service and because of this, SP3 came into my computer during several sessions of being on-line. My copy of SP3 greatly fouled my computer. The installer stopped when near the end of the install and left a MESS. I tried to uninstall, but that did not work. I tried to use the 'file repair' option on my original Windows XP disc. It refused to do this - said that I was trying to load files from an older version to a newer one. LOL. Parts of my system barely worked. Much of it was trashed. A session with a MicroSoft IT person did not work (although he was very accomodating). I recovered by going to my favorite computer service & store and purchased an OEM disc of XP with SP3. This installed ok. (This fix cost me the purchase price of XP, but that was better than loosing all my old email files containing genealogical data.) After my computer was up and running with XP with SP3, I found that all the installed aoftware was no longer registered. All my applications had to be re-installed. I had to reinstall ThunderBird and all of its settings were lost. These had to be re-entered to get it working again. All the modem/internet connection settings had been lost. These had to be set up again. I was not happy, in fact, I was very preturbed before it was all over. Fortunatley, I did get back all my emails because I had a backup copy on an enternal hard drive. I have no idea what went wrong - I suppose the interrupted downloaded file had errors, or its installer was bad. Supposedly, this download was supposed to support interruptions.

Since this version is a new release you probably should research your concern at the below link, and if an appropriate answer is not located a post as complete as yours above should be posted on the live community. If their concept of "live" is proper you very might have an appropriate answer in far shorter than a week. DA Here is a link that might be useful: Quicken