![]() ![]() ![]() Good advice bitflipper, everyone interested in doing something with the registry and in tuning his PC should certainly try to understand it first by doing his homework. I know what I'm doing and have never had any problem that I could somehow relate to deleted registry entries, but others might want to stay away from that. I do however understand that many people are afraid that registry cleaners might do more harm than good. ![]() You can see exactly what will be deleted before you execute CCleaner, so its easy to see what you want to keep and what is absolutely safe to delete. Many unused items are left behind that have no function so I like to get rid of them. However, I personally do use it for many years also for cleaning the registry. I guess with the latest Windows and new PCs these problems will be much less thanks to improved software and hardware developments. There appeared to be many files spread over the HD that could have been deleted a long time ago. My experience with very slow running older computers from others that regularly ask for PC help is that after some Windows tweaking and especially running several tasks of CCleaner these systems were suddenly usable again. Next to that CCleaner can take away a lot of junk files and you can tell it where it has to look for junk and check what will be deleted and what not (see it as a significantly enhanced Recycle Bin). The good thing of CCleaner is that everything you do you can fully tailor to your needs so you can be sure nothing that you want to keep will be deleted.ĬCleaner is handy to switch of processes that otherwise automatically start with Windows, but that you don't need in the background. CCleaner is in that respect very transparent (in contrast to many other tools like that). There is no substitute for doing your homework. Newer utilities have become more sophisticated, but I still won't relinquish my authority to make such decisions myself, based on research and understanding. This has been my policy since the first time I used a so-called "registry cleaner" 30 years ago that hosed my system. Personally, I would never use any software tool that isn't crystal-clear as to exactly what it's doing and why, and (most important) logs what changes it has made and offers a convenient way to undo them. If your serious using this program you will need to check for updates after each windows update and run that latest version again: Windows regularly switches back on settings that were switched of and keeps adding new features that run in the background.Īnother program useful for eliminating background tasks and processes (and also for deleting junk files etc.) that I run regularly is CCleaner: under Tools-> startup you can find several tabs with options to prevent software from running automatically in the background. O&O ShutUp10 is a program that I use to stop as many MS processes as possible the only things I leave are the Windows Update settings where they state Recommended: "limited"or "no" However, I like to have as much power available for my DAW so I eliminate every possible process that I don't really need. Today's PCs are fast enough to handle many background processes, so I wonder if stopping them makes a lot of difference (never took the time to measure possible differences). Logically every additional process that runs on your computer will consume a tiny bit or more of your processing power. Computerworld also gives directions how to get rid of bloatware. According to Computerworld (article is from 2015 so slightly dated), Signature PCs from Microsoft are free of third-party software and supposedly start up 104% faster, shut down 35% faster and have 28 minutes more battery life than the same laptops with bloatware. ![]() I would never use bloatware (if you refer to pre-installed software that comes from third parties without you asking for it). ![]()
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