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Fix Slow Running Computer Problems, Registry Fixes
Need tips on how to fix a slow running computer? I understand completely. To improve your PC’s speed, check out the article here. It provides information and several tricks that will help. Also, be sure to watch the video on improving sluggish PCs too. You’ll find it just below.
Get Rid Of Unnecessary Files And Improve Your Computer’s Performance
When it comes to maintaining your computer, you’ve probably heard it before. "Run Defrag!" "Scan Your Disk for Errors!" Although these two are important, there is more that you can do to prolong the life of your computer. In fact, by following the simple advice below, you can enjoy the use of your computer to up to five years or more – reserving expenses to simple software upgrades rather then complete and expensive hardware upgrades.
Windows Defrag
One of the easiest and least expensive things you can do to extend the life of your pc and fix slow running computer problems is to get rid of unnecessary programs, folders, and files. A disk drive that’s clogged with unnecessary and unused files is a disk drive that works harder than needed. This is also known as a corrupted registry. Windows defrag can help, a little.
Although Window’s defrag system can ease some of the stress that these files place onto the drive, it doesn’t do much to get rid of the problem in the first place. This is because the defrag program simply organizes the files in a system that makes it easier for the computer to access. Thus cutting down on the work required to find and load them. However, this method merely relieves the symptoms that these files induce – it does not address the cause. These files need to be deleted – not organized.
Be Careful
Of course, deleting files can be a scary prospect to most users. Why? Well, many computer users don’t know which files are safe to delete and which aren’t.
The worst thing anyone could do, without intimate knowledge, is snoop around crucial Window directories, haphazardly deleting files that don’t look familiar. This could render important programs non-functioning, a corrupt registry in the Windows operating system, and possibly prevent the computer from even booting up. That’s why using special deletion or registry clean up software is so important. Registry cleaners and programs will analyze a computer’s operating system and installed programs to determine which files are crucial to computer function versus which files are safe to delete. An excellent registry cleanup software will also eliminate errors that you may see popping up on your screen.
On Your PC Now: Windows Add-Remove Program
You already have a program on your computer and it’s Windows’ Add-Remove Programs It is available from the Control Panel. This software will assist you with deleting programs that you not only no longer want and additional files that these program use as well – dynamic link libraries, database files, registry references, shortcut icons and so forth.
However, sometimes the Add-Remove Programs isn’t enough. Although this software does a decent job of removing unwanted programs, it can leave some files behind even after a complete uninstall; files which become orphan files. It is these orphan files that can really clutter up a hard drive / registry system and shorten the life of an otherwise, new and healthy computer.
Orphans are usually files that contain temporary data created by a program, files created by the user, partial files left over from a computer crash, or any other kind of miscellaneous files created for almost any other reason. The problem is that an uninstall program doesn’t delete the orphan files it leaves behind because they were never part of the program when it was first installed. An uninstall program can remove only the files it placed onto a hard drive during its install routine.
Registry Fixes And A Corrupt Registry
So while Windows’ Add-Remove Programs can remove an entire program, you’ll need to get rid of those pesky little things with a more advanced registry cleaner like Registry Defense for example. RegDefense© is a unique program that will specifically seek out files that are no longer associated with a program, then ask if you want to delete them. And a whole lot more. Thereby helping you to speed up your pc’s performance. Learn more about the best cleanup software.
The only time that you wouldn’t want to delete an orphan file is if the file were an actual document that you created before deleting a program. If you were to say, uninstall MS Word, all the documents that you created with MS Word would then be turned into orphan files. Or if you were to uninstall a graphics editing program, all the photos you made with the program would become orphan files.
The smart thing to do when you don’t want to lose the data that you created with an unwanted program is to:
- Save or convert your documents to a format that will work with different program first. That is, a program that you intend to keep
- Archive them onto an external hard drive, flash drive, or CD-ROM
- Delete the proper files yourself or use a good cleaner like RegDefense© or ErrorFix©
Here is just a snippet of what a complete registry cleaner will do:
- Clean your Windows registry and fix the problems that cause errors
- Increase your computer’s boot-up speed by up to 70%
- Fix "Item Cannot Be Found" errors and file path errors
- Cleanup junk data, orphans, redundant files and outdated help files
Any other similar type of Windows registry utility could delete anywhere from less than a megabyte of hard drive space to over five megabytes and up. That may seem like a small amount of clog material to you but to your computer, it’s a lot less to process!
Of course, more tips are available online. Try Microsoft’s website article working to answer the question: Speed up my computer
Hope this has been helpful…
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You can also watch this video by Computer expert, Charles Stewart Jr. on: How to speed up and fix slow running computer problems by freeing up disk space in a few key areas.

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