Many people look back with nostalgia at the first day they used
their brand-new computer. It worked like a charm. The boot process
only took about ten seconds. The Start menu and Windows dialogs
appeared instantly. However, after about a year of heavy use,
people often discover that their computer shows serious performance
degradation. The boot process takes longer and longer. All the
Windows dialogs also take longer to appear. The computer emits
prolonged grinding noises as if it were contemplating if it’s worth
its while to carry out the task you requested.

The modern computer is an intricately-constructed system, much like
the human organism. If you consume large amounts of products from
questionable sources, you increase your fat intake, and quickly
become overweight. You can’t run as fast as you used to. The
computer likewise slows down with time. Actually, there is no such
thing as a certified software product for computers. The software
“certificates” really only guarantee that the software product is
authentic and not that it is of high quality. There are no medical
organizations for computers which can certify that programs are
harmless. Even the large and reputable software companies can
produce software that is harmful to your system and that place
“fat” on your computer. So if even the large companies are guilty
of making your computer “fat”, there’s no telling the harm that
could be caused by software downloaded from the Internet from
dubious sources!

Computers, unlike humans, can be saved from their grim fate simply
by formatting the hard drive and reinstalling the operating system.
Though this is an option, it is far from ideal. Formatting the
disks will cause you to lose all the programs installed on the
computer, as well as preference settings and system integrity. But
what are the alternatives? Something analogous to a private doctor
for your computer, which can administer help without killing the
computer can be found in PC Fix programs aka Registry Cleaners.

If we return to the body fat analogy, what should be considered as
excess fat for the computer system and how does it enter the
system? The computer’s Registry is analogous to our blood system,
upon which all the other system parts (or organs) are dependant.
This unified database stores crucial system information, which all
the Windows applications poll from. There is, however, a
disadvantage in this system. Usually, users log into their systems
with full administrator privileges. These administrator privileges
are imperative in order to configure system and network settings,
as well as installing new software programs. This means that the
applications that are run on the computer also receive full
administrator privileges. So each program you run can actually
change virtually any section of the Windows Registry, such as the
settings of other applications. These privileges are abused by
certain malicious scripts from the Web in order to change the
Homepage or Search page of your Internet browser. As time goes by,
the computer Registry can even be affected by normal applications
from well-known vendors, which leave traces in the Registry, that
can make your computer “overweight”. This is also true when it come
to uninstalling programs, as most software never uninstalls
completely and removes all its components. Since most users are
unaware of this issue, they rarely complain about it, so program
developers don’t have to worry about doing a tidy job with the
un-installation process. They are just oblivious to the issue.

If there are no complaints, then everything must be ok. However,
things are not quite ok. A year of heavy use will make your
Registry considerably overweight. The Registry takes up more space
and the access of the programs to the Registry becomes lengthy and
cumbersome. This is what slows down the performance of the
applications and increases the time it takes for them to start up.
Even more adverse to your system is the fact that some of the bits
and pieces left in the Registry refer to damaged or nonexistent
objects. For example, right-clicking a file in Windows Explorer
will cause a contextual menu to appear. Contextual means that the
menu displays actions which are specific to the type of file you
selected.

When a program is installed, sometimes its handlers are added to
the systems menus of Windows. For example, image viewer programs
will add handlers enabling you to open a file with that
program(”Open with…”), archive programs will enable you to
manipulate files (”Send to..”, “Compress with…”), printer drivers
have their own handlers, etc. If, in the process, Registry entries
will point to non-existing objects, Windows will search for these
entries all the time. Some sections of the Registry indicate to
Windows which programs to run during startup. You may not see them
and so not be able to remove them manually, but Windows will try to
load them every time it starts up.

What is the remedy? Try a Registry Cleaner. The program is easy to
understand and to use. Click the “fix” button and two options will
appear. Begin with cleaning the Registry. The tool will fix the
problems mentioned earlier and more. It will check broken links,
device drivers, fonts, ActiveX components, analyze them and fix or
delete them if necessary. This will ensure your database is
unfragmented, compact, and that all links are correct, which will
improve your system performance.

However, the Registry is not the cause of all evils. A shortcut is
a special file type in Windows. The Desktop and Start menu are
mostly composed of shortcuts. When the Desktop is loading, or when
the Start menu is accessed, Windows will check the shortcuts and
look for the target they are referencing. If a shortcut has a
broken link, or if it’s referencing an object which is no longer on
your system, then Windows will spend time looking for the object,
finding its icon, etc. The Registry Cleaner’s second option is to enable you
to scan and fix broken shortcuts on your system.

The “Clean” section of a Registry Cleaner helps you clean all the junk
files which are left on your disks. Some applications leave
temporary files on the system instead of deleting them. The Registry Cleaner
goes over the directories of temporary files and deletes the files
they contain, or it can search for temporary files on the computer
by scanning the files for certain extensions. Cleaning temporary
Internet files is recommended if you are worried about security,
because it deletes cookies such as autofill data, etc.

The “Optimize” section has some tools which are useful to improve
system performance and enable you to fine-tune hidden settings.
These settings are actually not available through standard Windows
dialog or from the Control Panel. For example, it’s possible to
select if you want the Windows account to boot without your having
to input your password, or if you want Windows to display the login
screen with or without a password prompt. Some more advanced
features are available in the Uninstall and Startup Entries
Editors, which are otherwise not accessible using the standard
Windows configuration applets.

Another tool “Boost Windows” provides continuous monitoring of the
computer memory, eliminates unusable blocks and de-fragments
blocks, in order to enable quicker access. If you enable this tool,
it runs in the background and performs system memory optimization.
This tool also prioritizes the processor to give maximum priority
to the active window. This means that your computer won’t pause a
movie you’re watching in order to perform all kinds of background
tasks. As a rule, processor time is distributed equally between all
the active applications, but in order to enjoy multimedia
applications you will want to give these applications prioritized
access to the processor.

So is your computer too “fat”?
Has it had it’s fill of junk files, irrelevant Registry values or broken shortcuts?

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