HP Support Assistant indicates low disk space on primary station C:

Hi,
My system is a HP Pavilion 500-130ed with Windows 8.1, 64 bits. I'm running version 7.4.45.4 of the HP Support Assistant, currently the most recent version according to same. 
I get the message 'low disk space on primary station C:'  (my translation, in Dutch it literally says 'Weinig schijfruimte op primair station C:').
Now I know Windows is resource hungry, but I've 250 GB available on C:! What's happening and how can I make it disappear?
Cheers,
Sando

Uninstall any programs you are no longer using.
Perform a Disk Cleanup as advised via this site:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-files-using-disk-cleanup#delete-files-using-disk-c...
Download and run CCleaner Free from this site and perform a cleanup and registry cleanup:
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
Please mark my post as SOLVED if it has resolved your problem. It helps others with similar situations.

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