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Answer» I found the resident guru's suggesting it best not to purchase and run a registry cleaner. How then do we know what items should - could - or even - MIGHT be something we should get rid of without doing irreparable damage? Spyboy S&D should do the job. Spybot is not a registry cleaner and he probably doesn't need one. However you could DLoad and run CCleaner which is fairly safe. Cleaning the registry for a system speedup is nothing but a myth. Quote Then of course they wanted me to purchase a program...... Here is a clue... Usaually run Spybot, and Adware about once every 10 days or so, but that doesn't seem to make much difference. That's why I thought about clearing the registry.Do the regular system maintenence... Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools ...run disk cleanup. Re-boot and from the same location run defrag. Check your FREE space on that drive...how much is left ? Remove a side panel and see if the insides need housekeeping...if so get a can of conpressed air. DO NOT use a vacuum. As always when working inside the case take anti-static precautions and remove all power sources. Check to see all fans operate properly after cleaning. Any better ?Nealf, Learn something from me. I have only been employed as a programmer for 43 years, took care of major critical systems and seen many crashes due to someones "improvement", and I am not gun shy. If you post yourself as a "Rookie" and you are looking at 1200 suspicious items, if I were you, I would not touch them with a ten foot pole. I have run so called "registry cleaner" a few times and seen a load of weird looking things, but would not purge them, because I would not know what the outcome is. If it does not hurt, leave it alone. Don't search for imaginary problems! A few years ago, a so called "Registry Cleaner" would check my system "free". So tested this on a PC I hardly use. Then 3/4 on the way the "Cleaner" stopped and asked if I wanted to subscribe. My answer was "No". Then this "Cleaner" let me bail out. My reward was a screwed Registry, and a System Restore. The Motto is: "If it ain't broken, don't fix it", AND don't believe those "Cleaners". To fix a slow PC, is to -delete those "Temporary Internet Files" IMMEDIATELY, especially after visiting "Dubious" Sites, and after those Quazillions dumb "Downloads". - de-fragment your C -drive "OFTEN". -run a "DISK CHECK" ("Error Check") on your C-drive "OFTEN". Not doing this really scatters the Disk contents around, with a horrendence "chaining" effect and slows the system down. Hope this helps. One thing I would mention - if you decide for whatever reason to risk some registry ''housework'' - at very least utilize ERUNT - and thus have a repair option if things go south! I made some small changes to my networking some weeks ago and could not find where my erroneous info was sitting - so I went back a day THRU ERNDT and got out of trouble. A screwed registry is a potential nightmare and can on occasion be disasterous.patio said it all: Quote Cleaning the registry for a system speedup is nothing but a myth.Period.Thannks fellas...I've run both the disk cleaner and defrag several times in the last month, but didn't see much difference. Will try again....and WON'T try the registry cleaner.....Don't forget these steps as well... Quote Check your free space on that drive...how much is left ? |
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