Wednesday, June 2, 2010

End the misery of a slow computer

If the speed or rather lack of it is making your life miserable and frustrated, and your computer freezes whilst you are working on that important document, read on, The main reason for your computer running so slow is that the computer database, called the computer registry is too full, it has become very cluttered and unorganised as a result of poor maintenance and the lack of a clean computer registry. The computer registry is where all information connected to the everyday running of your computer, along with all actions you have carried out using your computer and data relating to the operation of the software programs on your computer. Every action, it doesn’t matter how small, for example, moving your mouse will cause some data to be stored in the computers registry.


Every time you ask your computer to perform a task, for example, open a software program, the registry has to go through every file, this includes old the old redundant file, to get to the one it really needs, it is all this wasted time that slows down your computer, so to speed your computer up, you need to get rid of all the unwanted, unused files. To rid your computer of all these unwanted files you will have to perform a registry clean, you can either do this manually, which is a very risky option as the registry is so complex and if you make an error, if can be disastrous for the life of your computer. Or you can use free software that can be downloaded from the internet, or to make sure the job is carried out more precisely you could purchase registry clean software. The difference between free and purchased software is usually the power the package has to completely clean computer registry, whereas free software is usually good at finding the errors and unwanted files, you usually have to upgrade to be able to get a deep clean for your computer registry.


It is also a very good idea to regularly run anti virus scan through your computer, this will also help to clear up space as the computer registry also stores data relating to viruses and spyware that can slow down and corrupt your computer. Running an anti virus scan will help to protect your computer against viruses and spyware lurking in your computer.


It is recommend that you perform a scan in order to achieve clean computer registry on a regular basis, this will clear up any space in your computers registry that is being used for trash, it will prevent your computer from slowing down, becoming corrupt, possibly freezing or worse still facing the blue wall of death and everything on your computer being wiped.