What is a good PC cleaner which can replace Paretologic Health Advisor?

Recently, I cancelled my subscription to Paretologic Health Advisor who cleaned the PC of the potential problems that could cause system crashes. I have Vista Home Basic running on my Acer laptop. I don't feel knowledgeable enough to manually remove items that could harm my system. Is there a better program to keep my system works well, or I have to buy another type of PC cleaner? What can I do to speed my PC?

Most of the people on these forums think that tools like this are not necessary. Here is a test of some of them:

http://www.reghardware.com/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page6.html

Speed up your computer:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/ways-to-improve-your-computers-performance

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/get-maximum-performance-from-Windows-Vista-from-Windows-Vista-inside-out

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