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Looking at speeding up my computer and even after cleaning out the malware, spyware, virus, etc., the computer still runs kind of slow. My next step is to clean out the registry file. Any recommendations out there for a good, safe program to use for this. Retail or Freeware, it doesn't matter.

Thanks.


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CCleaner


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reinstall XP


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qcumber98 said:reinstall XP

It is a bit of a PITA, but sometimes this truly is your best option.


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JorgeBurrito said:qcumber98 said:reinstall XP

It is a bit of a PITA, but sometimes this truly is your best option.

Reinstall and be done with it.`


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Windows 7


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MS has a scanner already, Run: MRT

For the registry TuneUp utilities.

Funny, I'm pretty sure a recent MS update slowed down my computer but after 2 days it seemed alright.


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Whenever someone thinks he needs to "clean his registry," that scares me.

That said, I've had good luck w/ CCleaner.

Message edited by: Xnarg on 2009-11-03 18:19:11 CST
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CCleaner rocks!


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Comodo Registry Cleaner. I use it along with CCleaner. Each program finds issues the other misses.


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Good info. Thanks everyone. I realize reinstalling is the best option but I have alot of friends who ask me to help speed up their computers so I'm looking for a quick fix until they decide to take the plunge into reinstalling.


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There is no cure all for speeding up a computer and repairing or cleaning the registry is the least effective.


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MajorDarkside said:There is no cure all for speeding up a computer and repairing or cleaning the registry is the least effective.ITA. That's why I said earlier that it scares me when someone says he needs to clean the registry.

That's sort of like saying, "My car is getting poor mileage, I'd better power-wash the engine compartment."

Usually a system is running slowly because there are too many programs running in the background. Or it might be due to malware, or there being too little free disk space, or disk corruption. Cleaning the registry won't fix any of those things and it may make things a LOT worse.

Sometimes it can be something simple, like disabling a few stupid resource-hogs like the MS Office program OSA.EXE which runs in the background but is not necessary.

Message edited by: Xnarg on 2009-11-03 21:17:34 CST
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Reinstalled Windows XP Pro and formatted the 2nd hard drive this spring on my Dell P4 3.2GHz built in 2003, runs very snappy again, best cleanup you can do. Only thing I didn't do was to backup iTunes correctly and almost lost 25GB of music; Pod to PC app fixed that.


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OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard


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MadAnthony said:OSX 10.6 Snow Leopardand it begins... /eyeroll/


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Once you clean your registry you also need to defrag it.


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handyguy said:Once you clean your registry you also need to defrag it.Why not just delete it and let Windows create a new one?

Or, copy one from another good, clean machine?

 

j/k

Message edited by: Xnarg on 2009-11-04 10:27:52 CST
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Xnarg said:handyguy said:Once you clean your registry you also need to defrag it.Why not just delete it and let Windows create a new one?

Or, copy one from another good, clean machine?

 

j/k

I didn't see the j/k at first!


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