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ShadowEyez wrote:I agree with people here, registry cleaners are by and large a waste of time.
Make sure nothing strange is in startup (via msconfig or accessories -> system tools) and make sure you don't have any unneeded services (via mmc) starting up. This should keep you in mostly good shape on a win7 machine.
Jigar wrote:auto defraging HDD
Flying Fox wrote:Jigar wrote:auto defraging HDD
Still using XP?
skialex25 wrote:Thanks for the input. No I'm not the kind of guy that alphabetizes his fridge, nor do I install every piece of crap that pops up online. I've been around long enough to know better... and besides what's the point. My comp has just been slowing down lately (mainly from lack of maintenance and cleaning), and I had nothing better to do. I've heard about reg cleaners before and was just curious. Thanks again.
Flying Fox wrote:I wonder how much of that is placebo. Sure, when my Firefox session has visited hundreds of sites with multiple flash applets running, plus a ton of tabs, it is slower. However it is more of the App than the OS?
Not saying that I don't trust you, but I wonder how significant this really is. In a steady state there should not be a lot of writes to the registry that requires a cleaner?
skialex25 wrote:Ever since I installed Linux on my laptop, I've been in love with it. Alas however, the world still runs on Windows and so does my primary PC. I've been looking however for a good registry/PC cleaner (preferebly a free download but I understand that that's not always possible) to help fix all the little problems that are starting to slow down my computer. I do regularly clean/maintain it, but I've been without a registry cleaner for some time, and I know far too little to mess around with that. Whay say you, mighty gerbils?
TuneUp features from Newegg wrote:Boost your Internet speed
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Internet Optimizer
Eliminate freezing and crashing
Fix cluttered and corrupted registries that consume memory, slow applications down, and cause overall stability problems.
Registry Cleaner
Optimize disk speeds
Optimize your file system to get the most out of your hard drive, ensuring faster disk speeds and improved PC performance.
Disk Defragmenter
Windows Registry Defragmenter
Protect your privacy
Remove all records of your online and offline PC activities to preserve your privacy.
Track Eraser
Recover accidentally deleted files
Recover important files that have been damaged or accidentally deleted.
File Recovery
Permanently delete files and wipe disks
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File Shredder
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Monitor hard drive health and space
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How does it maximize your speed? You either have a connection, or you don't. Snake oil, plain and simple.Boost your Internet speed
Fine tune your PC's Internet settings to maximize your speed online.
Internet Optimizer
How does a third party program know what registry entries on your computer are valid or not?Eliminate freezing and crashing
Fix cluttered and corrupted registries that consume memory, slow applications down, and cause overall stability problems.
Registry Cleaner
Windows 7 has a pretty good defragmenter built-in.Optimize disk speeds
Optimize your file system to get the most out of your hard drive, ensuring faster disk speeds and improved PC performance.
Disk Defragmenter
Windows Registry Defragmenter
So...this deletes cookies and temporary files? Both of which you can delete yourself without the need of third-party software.Protect your privacy
Remove all records of your online and offline PC activities to preserve your privacy.
Track Eraser
Again, this functionality is built into Windows 7. Backups people....learn to use them.Recover accidentally deleted files
Recover important files that have been damaged or accidentally deleted.
File Recovery
Snake oil strikes again.Permanently delete files and wipe disks
Prevent your personal data from getting into the wrong hands by permanently deleting files and ensuring they can't be restored or accessed without your permission.
File Shredder
Disk Wiper
S.M.A.R.T.?Monitor hard drive health and space
Keep your data organized and safe from accidental loss or hard drive failure.
Disk Doctor
Dizik wrote:Probably the good old MTU trick, plus TCP/IP settings refresh (I remember there's like a netsh command that does that).How does it maximize your speed? You either have a connection, or you don't. Snake oil, plain and simple.Boost your Internet speed
Fine tune your PC's Internet settings to maximize your speed online.
Internet Optimizer
Dizik wrote:For one, COM objects that refer to non-existent files (most likely due to unclean install). But again, the performance impact there is the extra few bytes of loading the registration data from disk and memory. If the COM objects are not initialized the entries will not be accessed. So very minimal.How does a third party program know what registry entries on your computer are valid or not?Eliminate freezing and crashing
Fix cluttered and corrupted registries that consume memory, slow applications down, and cause overall stability problems.
Registry Cleaner
Dizik wrote:They probably call the defrag API themselves.Windows 7 has a pretty good defragmenter built-in.Optimize disk speeds
Optimize your file system to get the most out of your hard drive, ensuring faster disk speeds and improved PC performance.
Disk Defragmenter
Windows Registry Defragmenter
Dizik wrote:Not everyone knows where the settings are, so one centralized app may be of some (however small) value to people. There may be other temp file locations that the app hits as well.So...this deletes cookies and temporary files? Both of which you can delete yourself without the need of third-party software.Protect your privacy
Remove all records of your online and offline PC activities to preserve your privacy.
Track Eraser
Dizik wrote:Not sure how they deal with files that got emptied out of recycle bin. May be they are tapping into the Shadow Copy (Previous versions) feature of Windows. To recover deleted files using that from Windows alone is a bit clunky (since the deleted file is not readily showing up in Explorer).Again, this functionality is built into Windows 7. Backups people....learn to use them.Recover accidentally deleted files
Recover important files that have been damaged or accidentally deleted.
File Recovery
Dizik wrote:Try sdelete, and there are other tools.Snake oil strikes again.Permanently delete files and wipe disks
Prevent your personal data from getting into the wrong hands by permanently deleting files and ensuring they can't be restored or accessed without your permission.
File Shredder
Disk Wiper
Dizik wrote:Need an app to read the SMART data anyways.S.M.A.R.T.?Monitor hard drive health and space
Keep your data organized and safe from accidental loss or hard drive failure.
Disk Doctor