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Hi,

 

Just want to say, if you have some third party software to cleanup your hard

drive, don't bother reading this. But, if you don't want to pay a company to

do the hard work of cleaning your drive for you, consider reading this.

 

A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and

type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots (and

I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at all.

Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

 

Now, right click on the Taskbar and click on 'Show the Desktop'. Right click

on the Recycle Bin and click on 'Empty the Recycle Bin'.

 

* Some files such as 'cmdline.dll' do not delete. Best to just leave them

alone and skip the file/folder.

 

Okay, thats a start.

 

Next, open Internet Explorer or your default web browser.

 

In Internet Explorer, click on Tools, Options and click on Delete.

Now click on Delete All. Clear the 'Also delete settings stored by add-ons'

check box and click Yes.

 

This deletes, Cookies, Temporary Internet Files, Form Data etc.

 

So you have deleted IE's cache. Open Disk Cleanup on your computer.

Select anything you want to delete and click 'OK'. Click Yes.

 

Just 2 more steps to go, and you are finished speeding up Windows.

Don't worry, this will only take a few minutes.

 

The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down your

startup time.

 

A good registry cleaner can be downloaded here:

http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

 

Always, repeat, ALWAYS backup your registry before you clean it.

If one thing goes wrong with the Windows registry, possibly everything does.

Thats why you backup your registry and documents. Not enough proof? Well

what happens when you accidently burn down your house, and you remember that

you didn't buy insurance?

 

Instructions for Wise Registry Cleaner are located here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgTkXAvtnCA

 

5 - Remove programs you don't use.

You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

 

And the final step - Defrag your system!

Click on start (Logo in Vista), point to All Programs, point to Accessories,

point to System Tools and click on Disk Defragmenter.

And then, click on Defragment!

 

And there you have it!

 

6 Ways to speed up Windows!

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Guest Ron Badour

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Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:

> A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

> The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

 

I don't believe this is true.

> Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and

> type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots

> (and

> I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at

> all.

> Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

> deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

 

I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can cause

problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as a

performance issue.

> * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave

> them

> alone and skip the file/folder.

 

Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google search,

I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if so,

that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the

trash bin.

> The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

> registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down your

> startup time.

 

Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it

make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of

thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make a

reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they

quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow down

the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs

at boot and having them run in the background.

> 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

> You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

 

I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't

see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running in

the background.

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

Guest Curt Christianson

Guest Curt Christianson

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Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

Sic 'em Ron! I knew if you were around we'd hear something. Thank you.

 

--

HTH,

Curt

 

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"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message

news:e5Kczyc8HHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

| I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:

|

| > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

| > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

|

| I don't believe this is true.

|

| > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and

| > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots

| > (and

| > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at

| > all.

| > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

| > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

|

| I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can

cause

| problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

| temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as

a

| performance issue.

|

| > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave

| > them

| > alone and skip the file/folder.

|

| Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google

search,

| I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if

so,

| that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the

| trash bin.

|

| > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

| > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down

your

| > startup time.

|

| Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it

| make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of

| thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make

a

| reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they

| quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow

down

| the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs

| at boot and having them run in the background.

|

| > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

| > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

|

| I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't

| see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running

in

| the background.

| --

| Regards

|

| Ron Badour

| MS MVP 1997 - 2007

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

Guest Curt Christianson

Guest Curt Christianson

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

Sic 'em Ron! I knew if you were around we'd hear something. Thank you.

 

--

HTH,

Curt

 

Windows Support Center

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Practically Nerded,...

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"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message

news:e5Kczyc8HHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

| I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:

|

| > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

| > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

|

| I don't believe this is true.

|

| > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and

| > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots

| > (and

| > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at

| > all.

| > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

| > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

|

| I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can

cause

| problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

| temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as

a

| performance issue.

|

| > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave

| > them

| > alone and skip the file/folder.

|

| Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google

search,

| I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if

so,

| that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the

| trash bin.

|

| > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

| > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down

your

| > startup time.

|

| Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it

| make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of

| thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make

a

| reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they

| quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow

down

| the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs

| at boot and having them run in the background.

|

| > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

| > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

|

| I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't

| see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running

in

| the background.

| --

| Regards

|

| Ron Badour

| MS MVP 1997 - 2007

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

Guest John

Guest John

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

Yeah, but I pointed out a DIFFERENT registry cleaner.

 

And it cleaned my registry - I made sure that it did.

 

Didn't you test other programs before you said that everything in my post

was wrong?

--

A story of success always has a beginning.

 

 

"Curt Christianson" wrote:

> Discussion of Registry "Cleaners"

> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

>

> --

> HTH,

> Curt

>

> Windows Support Center

> http://www.aumha.org

> Practically Nerded,...

> http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

>

>

>

Guest John

Guest John

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Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

> I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can cause

> problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

> temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as a

> performance issue.

 

I disk defragmenter defragments your ENTIRE system. Didn't you think about

that?

When did I say only to defragment the TEMP folder?

--

A story of success always has a beginning.

 

 

"Ron Badour" wrote:

> I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:

>

> > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

> > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

>

> I don't believe this is true.

>

> > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and

> > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots

> > (and

> > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at

> > all.

> > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

> > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

>

> I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can cause

> problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

> temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as a

> performance issue.

>

> > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave

> > them

> > alone and skip the file/folder.

>

> Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google search,

> I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if so,

> that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the

> trash bin.

>

> > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

> > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down your

> > startup time.

>

> Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it

> make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of

> thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make a

> reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they

> quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow down

> the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs

> at boot and having them run in the background.

>

> > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

> > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

>

> I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't

> see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running in

> the background.

> --

> Regards

>

> Ron Badour

> MS MVP 1997 - 2007

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

Guest John

Guest John

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

Ah, so you just want to rant about my post do you?

--

A story of success always has a beginning.

 

 

"Curt Christianson" wrote:

> Sic 'em Ron! I knew if you were around we'd hear something. Thank you.

>

> --

> HTH,

> Curt

>

> Windows Support Center

> http://www.aumha.org

> Practically Nerded,...

> http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

>

> "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message

> news:e5Kczyc8HHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> | I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible evidence:

> |

> | > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

> | > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

> |

> | I don't believe this is true.

> |

> | > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and

> | > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots

> | > (and

> | > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at

> | > all.

> | > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

> | > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

> |

> | I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can

> cause

> | problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

> | temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this as

> a

> | performance issue.

> |

> | > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave

> | > them

> | > alone and skip the file/folder.

> |

> | Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google

> search,

> | I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if

> so,

> | that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the

> | trash bin.

> |

> | > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

> | > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down

> your

> | > startup time.

> |

> | Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does it

> | make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of

> | thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to make

> a

> | reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they

> | quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow

> down

> | the start up time and general performance is loading **needless** programs

> | at boot and having them run in the background.

> |

> | > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

> | > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

> |

> | I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't

> | see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running

> in

> | the background.

> | --

> | Regards

> |

> | Ron Badour

> | MS MVP 1997 - 2007

> |

> |

> |

> |

> |

> |

> |

>

>

>

Guest Curt Christianson

Guest Curt Christianson

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

Where did I say *everything* in your post was wrong?? *Nowhere* I ONLY

posted a link to a discussion of Registry Cleaners.

 

--

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Curt

 

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"John" <chicken989-chickens@yahoo.com.au.myyahoodisposableaddress> wrote in

message news:2DD47207-ABB4-4D65-9AA5-328D13130D3E@microsoft.com...

| Yeah, but I pointed out a DIFFERENT registry cleaner.

|

| And it cleaned my registry - I made sure that it did.

|

| Didn't you test other programs before you said that everything in my post

| was wrong?

| --

| A story of success always has a beginning.

|

|

| "Curt Christianson" wrote:

|

| > Discussion of Registry "Cleaners"

| > http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

| >

| > --

| > HTH,

| > Curt

| >

| > Windows Support Center

| > http://www.aumha.org

| > Practically Nerded,...

| > http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

| >

| >

| >

Guest Curt Christianson

Guest Curt Christianson

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

You are right, a disk defragmenter defrags the entire system,but Ron never

accused you of saying "only the Temp folder".

 

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"John" <chicken989-chickens@yahoo.com.au.myyahoodisposableaddress> wrote in

message news:8E2070A1-DB55-45F8-B51F-FDBFCD83CCD0@microsoft.com...

|> I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can

cause

| > problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

| > temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this

as a

| > performance issue.

|

| I disk defragmenter defragments your ENTIRE system. Didn't you think about

| that?

| When did I say only to defragment the TEMP folder?

| --

| A story of success always has a beginning.

|

|

| "Ron Badour" wrote:

|

| > I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible

evidence:

| >

| > > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

| > > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

| >

| > I don't believe this is true.

| >

| > > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run

and

| > > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see

lots

| > > (and

| > > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at

| > > all.

| > > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

| > > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

| >

| > I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can

cause

| > problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

| > temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this

as a

| > performance issue.

| >

| > > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave

| > > them

| > > alone and skip the file/folder.

| >

| > Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google

search,

| > I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if

so,

| > that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in

the

| > trash bin.

| >

| > > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

| > > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down

your

| > > startup time.

| >

| > Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does

it

| > make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds

of

| > thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to

make a

| > reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they

| > quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow

down

| > the start up time and general performance is loading **needless**

programs

| > at boot and having them run in the background.

| >

| > > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

| > > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

| >

| > I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I

don't

| > see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running

in

| > the background.

| > --

| > Regards

| >

| > Ron Badour

| > MS MVP 1997 - 2007

| >

| >

| >

| >

| >

| >

| >

| >

Guest Ron Badour

Guest Ron Badour

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

I didn't say that--I said I agree with deleting the junk in the temp folder

because it makes no sense to have to defrag useless data that should have

been deleted. However, from a performance stand point, deleting the junk in

the temp folder makes no difference to a computer's speed.

 

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"John" <chicken989-chickens@yahoo.com.au.myyahoodisposableaddress> wrote in

message news:8E2070A1-DB55-45F8-B51F-FDBFCD83CCD0@microsoft.com...

>> I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can

>> cause

>> problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

>> temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this

>> as a

>> performance issue.

>

> I disk defragmenter defragments your ENTIRE system. Didn't you think about

> that?

> When did I say only to defragment the TEMP folder?

> --

> A story of success always has a beginning.

>

>

> "Ron Badour" wrote:

>

>> I'm afraid that some of your ideas are not supported by credible

>> evidence:

>>

>> > A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

>> > The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

>>

>> I don't believe this is true.

>>

>> > Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run

>> > and

>> > type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see

>> > lots

>> > (and

>> > I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at

>> > all.

>> > Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

>> > deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

>>

>> I agree but only because that some of the crap in the temp folder can

>> cause

>> problems, it does waste disk space and there is no sense in defraging

>> temporary data that should have already been deleted. I don't see this

>> as a

>> performance issue.

>>

>> > * Some files such as ' cmdline.dll ' do not delete. Best to just leave

>> > them

>> > alone and skip the file/folder.

>>

>> Anything that is in the recyle bin should delete. In a quick Google

>> search,

>> I found speculation that cmdline.dll may be malware of some sort and if

>> so,

>> that would explain why it is hard to get rid of but not how it got in the

>> trash bin.

>>

>> > The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

>> > registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down

>> > your

>> > startup time.

>>

>> Registry cleaners are all hype for the most part. What difference does

>> it

>> make if there are a hundred extraneous entries when there are hundreds of

>> thousands of entries overall? Microsoft finally gave up on trying to

>> make a

>> reg cleaner. They apparently found out it was too destructive and they

>> quietly removed it from the download section years ago. What will slow

>> down

>> the start up time and general performance is loading **needless**

>> programs

>> at boot and having them run in the background.

>>

>> > 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

>> > You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

>>

>> I don't see any reason to have unneeded programs on the drive but I don't

>> see that removing them will increase performance unless they are running

>> in

>> the background.

>> --

>> Regards

>>

>> Ron Badour

>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

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John wrote:

> Ah, so you just want to rant about my post do you?

 

 

Considering that your so-called "advice" was mostly nonsense, what did

you expect?

 

 

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John wrote:

> Yeah, but I pointed out a DIFFERENT registry cleaner.

>

> And it cleaned my registry - I made sure that it did.

>

> Didn't you test other programs before you said that everything in my post

> was wrong?

 

 

Having repeatedly seen the results of inexperienced people using

automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most

experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all.

Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands

of the inexperienced user. If you lack the knowledge and experience to

maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and

experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner,

no matter how safe they claim to be.

 

More importantly, no one has *ever* demonstrated that the use of an

automated registry cleaner, particularly by an untrained, inexperienced

computer user, does _any_ real good, whatsoever. There's certainly been

no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use of such

products to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's performance

or stability. Given the potential for harm, it's just not worth the risk.

 

Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and

every time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there.

And, since no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any

good (think of them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no

real medicinal value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo

effect), I always tell people that the risks far out-weigh the

non-existent benefits.

 

I will concede that a good registry scanning tool, in the hands of

an experienced and knowledgeable technician or hobbyist can be a useful

time-saving diagnostic tool, as long as it's not allowed to make any

changes automatically. But I really don't think that there are any

registry cleaners that are truly safe for the general public to use.

Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe

in the hands of the inexperienced user.

 

 

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Guest Doug W.

Guest Doug W.

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

"Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are

not safe

in the hands of the inexperienced user."

-

I agree Bruce.

-

Perhaps "John" should just take a good "colon"

cleaner...probably do as much go.

-

Doug W.

-

 

 

"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message

news:ujklqIj8HHA.5504@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> John wrote:

>> Yeah, but I pointed out a DIFFERENT registry cleaner.

>>

>> And it cleaned my registry - I made sure that it did.

>>

>> Didn't you test other programs before you said that

>> everything in my post was wrong?

>

>

> Having repeatedly seen the results of inexperienced people

> using automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all

> but the most experienced computer technicians (and/or

> hobbyists) to avoid them all. Experience has shown me that

> such tools simply are not safe in the hands of the

> inexperienced user. If you lack the knowledge and experience

> to maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the

> knowledge and experience to safely configure and use any

> automated registry cleaner, no matter how safe they claim to

> be.

>

> More importantly, no one has *ever* demonstrated that the

> use of an automated registry cleaner, particularly by an

> untrained, inexperienced computer user, does _any_ real good,

> whatsoever. There's certainly been no empirical evidence

> offered to demonstrate that the use of such products to

> "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's performance or

> stability. Given the potential for harm, it's just not worth

> the risk.

>

> Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems

> each and every time they're used, but the potential for harm

> is always there. And, since no registry "cleaner" has ever

> been demonstrated to do any good (think of them like treating

> the flu with chicken soup - there's no real medicinal value,

> but it sometimes provides a warming placebo effect), I always

> tell people that the risks far out-weigh the non-existent

> benefits.

>

> I will concede that a good registry scanning tool, in the

> hands of an experienced and knowledgeable technician or

> hobbyist can be a useful time-saving diagnostic tool, as long

> as it's not allowed to make any changes automatically. But I

> really don't think that there are any registry cleaners that

> are truly safe for the general public to use. Experience has

> proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe in

> the hands of the inexperienced user.

>

>

> --

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> Bruce Chambers

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> temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin

> Franklin

>

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> do. -Bertrand Russell

Guest Ken Blake, MVP

Guest Ken Blake, MVP

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 20:00:00 -0700, John

<chicken989-chickens@yahoo.com.au.myyahoodisposableaddress> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> Just want to say, if you have some third party software to cleanup your hard

> drive, don't bother reading this. But, if you don't want to pay a company to

> do the hard work of cleaning your drive for you, consider reading this.

 

 

You've already gotten other responses that said the same things I say

below, but they are worth repeating.

 

> A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

> The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

 

 

Completely false. Deleting unneeded files is often a good thing to do

(if you know what you are doing), because it makes more room for files

you do need, but it has no effect on performance.

 

> Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and

> type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots (and

> I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at all.

> Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

> deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

 

 

Deleting temp files is certainly good to do, but it has *no* effect on

performance.

 

> Now, right click on the Taskbar and click on 'Show the Desktop'. Right click

> on the Recycle Bin and click on 'Empty the Recycle Bin'.

 

 

The purpose of the recycle bin is to enable you to easily recover

files accidentally deleted. If you delete what's there, you lose that

ability. If you don't want that ability, simply turn off the use of

the Recycle Bin. Although I do *not* recommend that, it provides the

same effect as your recommendation much more easily.

 

Certainly the Recycle Bin contents should be deleted periodically, but

only after assuring yourself that you don't need anything there.

 

And this recommendation, too, has *no* effect on performance.

 

> * Some files such as 'cmdline.dll' do not delete.

 

 

Why not?

 

> Best to just leave them

> alone and skip the file/folder.

 

 

Why?

 

> Okay, thats a start.

>

> Next, open Internet Explorer or your default web browser.

>

> In Internet Explorer, click on Tools, Options and click on Delete.

> Now click on Delete All. Clear the 'Also delete settings stored by add-ons'

> check box and click Yes.

>

> This deletes, Cookies, Temporary Internet Files, Form Data etc.

>

> So you have deleted IE's cache. Open Disk Cleanup on your computer.

> Select anything you want to delete and click 'OK'. Click Yes.

>

> Just 2 more steps to go, and you are finished speeding up Windows.

> Don't worry, this will only take a few minutes.

>

> The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

> registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down your

> startup time.

 

 

This is the worst advice of all. I strongly suggest you avoid

using any registry cleaning program. Cleaning of the registry isn't

needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any

registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of

registry cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused

registry entries doesn't really hurt

you.

 

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously

removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit

it may have.

 

> A good registry cleaner can be downloaded here:

> http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

>

> Always, repeat, ALWAYS backup your registry before you clean it.

 

 

Yes, if you must do this, that is of course excellent advice. But

better advice is not to use the registry cleaner at all. If the

result of using the registry cleaner is an unbootable computer (and

that unfortunately does sometimes happen) the backup won't help you at

all.

 

> If one thing goes wrong with the Windows registry, possibly everything does.

> Thats why you backup your registry and documents. Not enough proof? Well

> what happens when you accidently burn down your house, and you remember that

> you didn't buy insurance?

 

 

 

 

 

> Instructions for Wise Registry Cleaner are located here:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgTkXAvtnCA

>

> 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

> You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

 

 

 

That's certainly not bad advice, but again, it will have *no* effect

on performance.

 

 

All in all, a poor collection of recommendations.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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Guest HeyBub

Guest HeyBub

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

John wrote:

> The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

 

Not true.

> This deletes, Cookies, Temporary Internet Files, Form Data etc.

 

Which have no effect on computer speed.

>

> The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

> registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down

> your startup time.

 

Windows loads the registry, true. This takes about 5 milliseconds.

> A good registry cleaner can be downloaded here:

> http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

 

There is no such thing as a "good registry cleaner."

> 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

 

Superfluous programs do not slow down a computer.

> And the final step - Defrag your system!

 

This does help with computer efficiency. Marginally.

>

> 6 Ways to speed up Windows!

 

1 Ways to speed up Windows!

Guest Lil' Dave

Guest Lil' Dave

Posted
Posted

Re: 6 Ways to speed up Windows.

 

Speed up?

More like cleanup unused stuff and make some filespace for the most part.

 

"John" <chicken989-chickens@yahoo.com.au.myyahoodisposableaddress> wrote in

message news:477E9989-85BA-4172-8BA4-2E8BBDEA4E9E@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> Just want to say, if you have some third party software to cleanup your

> hard

> drive, don't bother reading this. But, if you don't want to pay a company

> to

> do the hard work of cleaning your drive for you, consider reading this.

>

> A good way to start, is to clean up your disk.

> The more disk space you have, the faster your computer will run.

> Click on Start (Vista users click on the Windows Logo), click on run and

> type in "%temp%" without quotation marks. Click on OK. You will see lots

> (and

> I mean lots) of rubbish, just sitting there, with probably no point at

> all.

> Click on Edit, click on Select All, and hit 'DEL' on your keyboard. It

> deletes everything*. Why should you do this? IT'S ALL RUBBISH!

>

 

Vast majority is just that. Doesn't speed up anything by its elimination.

> Now, right click on the Taskbar and click on 'Show the Desktop'. Right

> click

> on the Recycle Bin and click on 'Empty the Recycle Bin'.

>

 

Okay. Same as above.

> * Some files such as 'cmdline.dll' do not delete. Best to just leave them

> alone and skip the file/folder.

>

> Okay, thats a start.

>

> Next, open Internet Explorer or your default web browser.

>

> In Internet Explorer, click on Tools, Options and click on Delete.

> Now click on Delete All. Clear the 'Also delete settings stored by

> add-ons'

> check box and click Yes.

>

 

Here we go again...

> This deletes, Cookies, Temporary Internet Files, Form Data etc.

>

> So you have deleted IE's cache. Open Disk Cleanup on your computer.

> Select anything you want to delete and click 'OK'. Click Yes.

 

You want to do this for many reasons, but not to speed up the PC.

>

> Just 2 more steps to go, and you are finished speeding up Windows.

> Don't worry, this will only take a few minutes.

>

> The 4th step - Cleanup your registry. Windows processes your *ENTIRE*

> registry, whether there are several errors or not. This can slow down your

> startup time.

>

> A good registry cleaner can be downloaded here:

> http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

>

> Always, repeat, ALWAYS backup your registry before you clean it.

> If one thing goes wrong with the Windows registry, possibly everything

> does.

> Thats why you backup your registry and documents. Not enough proof? Well

> what happens when you accidently burn down your house, and you remember

> that

> you didn't buy insurance?

>

> Instructions for Wise Registry Cleaner are located here:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgTkXAvtnCA

>

 

Okay, I've backed up the registry, used the registry cleaner. Rebooted.

Now can't get windows to open.

> 5 - Remove programs you don't use.

> You can do this in Add or Remove Programs.

>

 

Just removing files from the hard drive. And possibly some boot items in

the startup group. The latter could help a little.

> And the final step - Defrag your system!

> Click on start (Logo in Vista), point to All Programs, point to

> Accessories,

> point to System Tools and click on Disk Defragmenter.

> And then, click on Defragment!

>

 

Windows does this automatically in the background as long as you don't turn

off the PC. Good descriptor of most users.

> And there you have it!

>

> 6 Ways to speed up Windows!

> --

> A story of success always has a beginning.

 

Not a Vista newsgroup. Thanks.

Dave

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