Slow Running Computer?--fix it the Easy Way

By: John Mowatt
Most of us get slower with age and computers do the same but for different reasons. When you start up your brand new computer it gallops along at top speed. You move easily between websites. Then you begin to notice after a while--it could take a year or two-- that the computer is a lot slower than it used to be. It takes quite a while for it to start up and moving from one website to another is pretty slow now. As time progresses it gets even slower.

What is wrong? Why is that once fast computer now crawling along at a snails pace? Well in most cases the answer is quite simple-- your registry is bloated and loaded with unecessary junk. What is your registry? To put it very simply it is a databank of information which the operating system uses to run the computer and perform the tasks you ask it to do. All Windows computers since Windows 95 have a registry.

The registry becomes bloated with thousands of pieces of junk as time goes by. There are pieces of programs which were not completely uninstalled, pieces of programs which were never completely installed,useless drivers and shortcuts and a host of other items. You very likely have some spyware in there also,which has been installed unknown to you and which is carrying on anonymous business behind the scenes. In short your registry is full of pieces of junk data which the operating system must pick its way through to carry out its work of running the computer.

The presence of all these fragments of junk can slow down your computer hugely and may lead to freezing problems also. The solution to this problem is to remove the junk from your registry. How are you going to accomplish this? Regedit is a function which is installed in all Windows computers for this purpose. So long as you know which items you cannot remove and which items should be removed you will have no problems. Just delete the items you want to remove and thats it. Its really simple. Or is it? Do you know which items must remain in the registry. If you remove them you may put your computer completely out of action. They are essential for its operation. Other registry items are needed to run programs on your computer. Do you know which is which? If not it would be very unwise to try to do a registry cleanup manually.

There is help at hand however. A number of companies offer registry cleaning applications on the intenet. We have tried most of them and found that they all do a reasonable job but some are better than others in performance and ease of use. All of these programs will do a fair job of cleaning your registry but they are good,better and best. You can surf the internet to see what is available in registry cleaners or check with us to see what we found best. You can have a free scan from some of the applications on the internet to tell you what your problems are,then you can decide what you want to do about it.
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