"Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message news:u5IyqKFRJHA.1144@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:274A120F-5102-4763-8745-A4237D8AD9BA@microsoft.com...
>> John, first off: DON'T use Registry Cleaners.
>> They do more harm than good.
>> Only way to work in the Registry is manually: if you don't know, don't
>> touch
>> it.
>>
>> Norton is bloatware, and is a resource-hungry Anti-virus Program.
>> My advice:
>> Remove Norton; and install Avast Anti-virus, along with the other Programs
>> listed below: Spybot Search & Destroy, and Malwarebytes, SpywareBlaster.
>> Slowness is often caused by Spyware/Malware, so do a scan with the
>> Programs,
>> Spybot S & D and Malwarebytes.
>>
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>>
>> Avast Anti-Virus is XP and Vista compatible (32bit and 64bit Versions),
>> FREE, auto-updating, and a low resources user of your computer.
>> And, only have 1(one) Anti-Virus installed / running on your computer at
>> any
>> one time..
>> Conflicts may occur if you have more than 1(one).
>>
>> http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html
>>
>> Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 is a very good, FREE Anti-Spyware Program.
>> Download, install, update, and immunize your System with it.
>> Then SCAN with it.
>> Update it, and scan your System once a fortnight.
>
> DO NOT RUN INNOCULATION. You will end up with site access issues.
>
>
Also do not install Spybot Tea Timer. It will really slow down the startup.
johnrudgett wrote:
> Wow, thanks a TON, guys. I'll ask Austin to come over and take a look
> at all these fantastic responses, and then do what he should.
>
> I'm also extremely grateful to you for pointing out how unnecessary a
> registry cleaner is - I was given to understand that would solve the
> trouble!
>
> Thanks again for all your help, I deeply appreciate it. And so will
> Austin
>
> Best regards
>
> John
>
>
I bet he's also got Limewire installed. Every computer I've ever seen it
installed on is slow and it's on just about every computer that a 12-25
year old has access to.
I also accidentally installed a registry cleaner from a Cnet banner ad
once, from clicking too fast, and then a cancel button that seemed to
install it. Removing it was worst than removing a virus. They are like
the plague stay far far away.
Registry cleaners are the last thing you would want to do, you might as well
hammer a screwdriver through the hard drive. If your car is not running
well, do you open the hood and yank out wires? Two things: a) there are
redundant entries for a reason, and b) dead entries do NOT inhibit
performance, they do NOTHING.
A slow system is normally the result of bloatware and crap loading as part
of the startup axis. The solution is to limit that which loads at boot to
only what's really necessary.
"jwillnov09" <jwillnov09.412b45@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
message news:jwillnov09.412b45@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>
> Hello,
>
> Most probably your nephew's system will be having registry
> problems.You should try
>
> out with a registry cleaner because the registry cleaner is a type of
> software utility
>
> designed for the MS Windows operating system whose purpose is to remove
> redundant
>
> or unwanted items from the Windows registry.
>
>
> --
> jwillnov09
>
> 'Windows Vista Registry Cleaner'
> (http://www.registrycleanergeeks.com/vista/)
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:02:52 +0000, jwillnov09
<jwillnov09.412b45@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>Most probably your nephew's system will be having registry
>problems.You should try
>
>out with a registry cleaner because the registry cleaner is a type of
>software utility
>
>designed for the MS Windows operating system whose purpose is to remove
>redundant
>
>or unwanted items from the Windows registry.
>
> Hello,
>
> Most probably your nephew's system will be having registry
> problems.You should try
>
> out with a registry cleaner because the registry cleaner is a type of
> software utility
>
> designed for the MS Windows operating system whose purpose is to remove
> redundant
>
> or unwanted items from the Windows registry.
>
>
> --
> jwillnov09
>
> 'Windows Vista Registry Cleaner'
> (http://www.registrycleanergeeks.com/vista/)
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
> .
>
So called registry cleaners that claim to be automatic are simply
dangerous, if a specific issue in the registry occurs there's usually a
Microsoft KB article on the subject and that is the only safe way to go,
one thing at a time.
Running ScanDisk can help and Mark Russinovich wrote the "Engine" behind
PowerDefragmenter which also seems to help and that's the only two
"Automated" methods I ever use.
Ǝиçεl wrote:
> The only real way to clean the registяy is to reinstall the OS.
>
> <http://www.whatthetech.com/2007/11/25/do-i-need-a-registry-cleaner/>
>
> <http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html>
>
>
> Ǝиçεl
>
>
> "jwillnov09" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Most probably your nephew's system will be having registry
>> problems.You should try
>>
>> out with a registry cleaner because the registry cleaner is a type of
>> software utility
>>
>> designed for the MS Windows operating system whose purpose is to remove
>> redundant
>>
>> or unwanted items from the Windows registry.
>>
>>
>> --
>> jwillnov09
>>
>> 'Windows Vista Registry Cleaner'
>> (http://www.registrycleanergeeks.com/vista/)
>> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>>
>> .
>>
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