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Cleaning Registry Files

squelly · 2010-03-26 18:55:42

My PC is gone painfully slow and crashes regularly. I have been searching for freeware to clean the registry files. Anyone come across or have experience of this as a tool http://www.freeregistryfix.com Thanks

26-03-2010 6:55pm

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squelly

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My PC is gone painfully slow and crashes regularly. I have been searching for freeware to clean the registry files. Anyone come across or have experience of this as a tool http://www.freeregistryfix.com

Thanks

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#2 26-03-2010 7:00pm

dun79

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Hi squelly

registry cleaning is one of the last things to do.

1. Do you have any anti virus installed.(if you have do a full system scan)
2. Do you have any anti spyware installed.(if you have do a scan)

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#3 26-03-2010 7:01pm

slowlydownwards

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Don't know much about the above, but ccleaner does a fairly good job.

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#4 26-03-2010 7:06pm

squelly

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Hi there I have AVG free version installed. I scan regularly and it comes up clean. not sure about anti spyware.

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#5 26-03-2010 7:10pm

dun79

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Hi

not sure about anti spyware

I use spybot

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#6 26-03-2010 7:18pm

tricky D

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As slowlydownwards says, use ccleaner to clear out dead/junk files and then clean the registry.

If that doesn't improve, head over to the Virus and Malware forum, read the "I think I have a virus" - Please Read & Try BEFORE Posting (Updated 12/02/2010) sticky and try as much of that as you can, then start a new thread having followed the sticky instructions. ASJ112 will help you as required.

As for anti-virus/spyware/maware etc tips read Malware Prevention Tips for the definitive Boards recommendations.

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#7 26-03-2010 9:56pm

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What do ppl think of Glary Utilities ...... I've been using this lately and its removed a lot of junk from the Registry.....much more so than the Registry cleaner in ccleaner....and I've had no problems.

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#8 27-03-2010 6:25pm

squelly

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cheers danjo, downloaded this and it found over 400 problems. PC showing big improvements already

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#9 27-03-2010 6:27pm

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ccleaner

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#10 27-03-2010 7:42pm

Philistine

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+1 for ccleaner

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#11 27-03-2010 8:59pm

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Aye, I'd use Ccleaner and Spybot S&D as a first step.

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