Clean out library

I preparation for dropping another 2GB of RAM into my iMac and upgrading to Lion, I want to do some serious maintenance on my Mac. I've installed and deleted countless applications since 2006 and suspect there are lots of old preference files and other detritus all over my library. I'm willing to spend some money, but not a lot of time on this problem, so what's the best program to search my hard drive,  find remnants of old programs long deleted, get rid of them, and monitor the system to make sure it stays nice and clean?
Thanks in advance,
Andy

Any remnants and detritus will be mostly tiny - even cumulatively they will take up hardly any space at all on any modern hard drive. Also, they will almost certainly have zero impact on the performance of your system.
On the other hand, if you remove something important from a /library or /system location by mistake, you could cause a problem, perhaps even something severe enough to cripple your system and requiring a reinstall of the OS. I've had to repair more problems on client machines caused by Spring Cleaning and other junkware than I care to think about.
Just don't worry about the little ancient bits sitting here and there. They really won't hurt anything. Throw away anything in your /Applications and similar folders; leave the rest alone unless they're really bothering you and you're sure you know it's safe to delete them.

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