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> Many of the common complaints, such as "my computer is slow," have known solutions: registry cleaners for Windows Registry cleaners are rarely, if ever, the
by bmurray7jhu 7y ago
> Many of the common complaints, such as "my computer is slow," have known solutions: registry cleaners for Windows
Registry cleaners are rarely, if ever, the solution for a slow PC.
- merlincorey 7y agoOne of the main use of every registry cleaner is to remove start up programs, especially otherwise hidden ones. This process, even when undertaken by a non-expert removing things at random, will cause the computer to start less software when turning on and logging in, which will make it seem to be much faster. If one of those programs was something with a large resident memory set or CPU usage then it really is objectively faster.
- sp332 7y agoHit Ctrl-Shift-Escape, click the Startup tab, disable things to your heart's content. This is not a good reason to install a registry cleaner.
- sp332 7y agoMicrosoft warns against them. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2563254/microsoft-support-policy-for-the-use-of-registry-cleaning-utilities https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2563254/microsoft-s... “Registry cleaners” will offer to damage a brand-new installation of Windows just to make it look like they are useful. Imagine being told your brand-new car with 50 miles on it needs the “headlight fluid” replaced. It’s the same scam. https://decentsecurity.com/registry-cleaners/ https://decentsecurity.com/registry-cleaners/
- blackearl 7y agoIs it because they're not a Windows company that they would suggest this? If anything registry cleaners are more likely to bork your PC.
- WorldMaker 7y agoYeah, in my experience they are more likely Registry Hive destroyers. The Registry is intended to be read-heavy, and by vastly increasing the number of writes/deletions by regularly running a "Registry Cleaner" seems mostly to be a great way to corrupt Hive files.
- nineumbrellas 7y agoI was surprised that this was included in the post. More often than not, it has broken installs for my relatives (which in turn I had to fix over the holiday).