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| Thread ID: 80127 | 2007-06-12 17:02:00 | Registry cleaners/PC boosters,optimizers/DL managers | rob_on_guitar (4196) | Press F1 |
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| 558598 | 2007-06-14 04:30:00 | I agree with pctek here. Registry cleaners are mostly snake oil. See the link below. www.edbott.com In 99% of cases, simply not required. Mind you some repair techs get a living from reinstalling etc where the non savvy owner has used them. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 558599 | 2007-06-14 05:09:00 | I'm impressed when people say that an optimizer has reported hundreds of things wrong with a system. Windows must be really robust to work when there is so much wrong with it. :horrified Or perhaps the "optimiser" is a load of rubbish.:thumbs: | Graham L (2) | ||
| 558600 | 2007-06-14 05:36:00 | They're all rubbish. I have Ccleaner too, I do install it for people but I find its nowhere near as good as manual registry editing. It never gets everything, none of them do, I think they make them to err on the side of caution. pctek has a point but some of us don't have the skills or knowledge to mess about with dynamite like the registry. I use CCleaner too. Find it pretty good. I also have Registry Mechanic (yes it costs money and I paid for it - wonders will never cease). But I find Registy Mechanic does a good job and more importantly stops me from fiddling with things I don't understand. I have never regretted getting and using it. A good technician, working manually, can do better of course but even they are liable to make mistakes. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 558601 | 2007-06-14 21:10:00 | God point Tom, but I think they are saying it isnt nessecary. Like a couple of hundred 'mistakes' yet your pc is running fine? Personally I think it's companies cashing in on people like myself who don't truely understand what they are doing. But I have been learning.... the more I learn the more ripped off I feel.:2cents: |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 558602 | 2007-06-14 21:44:00 | I'd agree that most registry cleaners & other optimisers are total rubbish. There are a few good reg cleaners about, but you don't really need to run them often unless you're installing & uninstalling a lot of things. If you do use one, make sure you can export all the changes to a .reg file so they can be undone! I cleaned out 4000+ entries from my registry not too long ago, didn't make a scrap of difference to XP :) As for memory defraggers & suchlike, i've not read anything postitive about them, so avoid. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 558603 | 2007-06-14 23:25:00 | I've found the download manager in Firefox/Mozilla to be of no real use at all other than listing everything you've downloaded which slows things down once it gets too large :) I can't queue up a bunch of downloads at once, use multiple servers to download the file (if it's supported), use more than one download stream so the file will come down quicker . As far as I know, you can't pause the download, shut down your PC, and resume it when it starts back up . Wow . . . . . I get just the opposite effect from FF download manager . I CAN pause, restart, run multiple downloads at one time and every one of them allows me to find the folder in which it is placed and run a scan on it once I receive it . . but before I execute the whatever it is . If I pause the download and reboot, it's there still in the manager waiting for me to go further or delete it . Mind you, I am in the US with a fairly fast DSL though . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 558604 | 2007-06-15 22:18:00 | I had a peak at most manual tweaks you can do. Think I have them sorted. If I switched to Opera browser full time, can I erase IE and all updates? |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 558605 | 2007-06-15 23:25:00 | I had a peak at most manual tweaks you can do. Think I have them sorted. If I switched to Opera browser full time, can I erase IE and all updates? No. Well you could actually, it's more of a choice I suppose. Thing is, you do need IE if you need to update windows itself or MS software & auto-updates don't work for any reason (it happens). Or any other active-x stuff when you're feeling brave. The other way to look at it I guess is you don't need the updates since you're less vulnerable. I keep IE installed & updated. I don't think it can do any harm just sitting there. Or can it.................. |
mmmork (6822) | ||
| 558606 | 2007-06-16 00:08:00 | Just my thoughts.Registry cleaners can be dangerous. Download managers. Needless..I can download 100mb in four minutes, so I guess I can manage it myself, without being managed Pc Cleaners and tuners. Why you can do all they do,without any help. Modem Boosters. absolute rubbish. Optomizers. You can probably do a better job than them without their help. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 558607 | 2007-06-16 00:21:00 | Theyre all crap. Besides some DL Managers. Most ram booster programs wouldn't do anything. Get more ram. People have to use common sense. If its too good to be true, it probably is. Before u get anything like this, look it up and see if it installs malware or whether it'll do anything at all (I doubt any of these programs would ). Some of these programs can make things worse, and even install malware on your system. Then you'll have something to worry about. Dont just download a program coz it says it can do and this. Think of the consequences, if you're WRONG. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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