Need a boost after 5 months

Hi folks,

I`ve got Vista Business running for almost half a year now, and am still
lovin` it.
But I did slow down a little in the last 2 weeks.

Did anyone make *positive experiences* with speed-up-tools for Vista so far?
You know the stuff, registry cleaners and all... :-)

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magoo

Hi,

> You know the stuff, registry cleaners and all... :-)

Danger Danger Danger - don't go there. Registry cleaners do nothing for
system performance and may actually be detrimental. They frequently
misidentify and remove needed entries. Dead-end entries do not inhibit
performance and removing them serves no purpose, and some that appear to be
dead entries may not be such.

If your system has slowed down, check for spyware, look at recently
installed updates (from Windows, your antivirus provider, and your
antispyware vendor), and check for programs that have become unnecessarily
enabled in the startup axis.

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"magoo" <> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
>
> I`ve got Vista Business running for almost half a year now, and am still
> lovin` it.
> But I did slow down a little in the last 2 weeks.
>
> Did anyone make *positive experiences* with speed-up-tools for Vista so
> far?
> You know the stuff, registry cleaners and all... :-)
>
> --
> Regards
> magoo

Do NOT use any registry cleaning tools. You can only have trouble from using any one of them

Install more RAM and use Disk Cleaner and defragment and take out unnecessary programs from Start Up using MSConfig

Do a search for *.tmp *.old *.bak and delete them. Delete the temp internet files,cookies,history . I do it daily

And in general remove programs that you have added that you do not use from add\remove. Less is more


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"magoo" <> wrote in message news:gfbfrj$j92$00$...
> Hi folks,
>
> I`ve got Vista Business running for almost half a year now, and am still
> lovin` it.
> But I did slow down a little in the last 2 weeks.
>
> Did anyone make *positive experiences* with speed-up-tools for Vista so far?
> You know the stuff, registry cleaners and all... :-)
>
> --
> Regards
> magoo
>

"magoo" <> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
>
> I`ve got Vista Business running for almost half a year now, and am still
> lovin` it.
> But I did slow down a little in the last 2 weeks.
>
> Did anyone make *positive experiences* with speed-up-tools for Vista so
> far?


Stay away from so-called "speedup tools." Almost all of them are fake and at
least useless--sometimes dangerous.


> You know the stuff, registry cleaners and all... :-)


Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the registry
isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any
registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of
registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit it may
have.

The most likely problem is malware infection. What anti-virus and
anti-spyware software do you run, and are they kept up to date?

"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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> Do NOT use any registry cleaning tools. You can only have trouble
> from using any one of them


Right!


> Install more RAM

It's highly unlikely that that's his problem (unless he's suddenly running
more demanding software), since the slowdown is a new occurrence


> and use Disk Cleaner and defragment


It certainly doesn't hurt to do those, but I doubt very much if they will
improve his performance.

> and take out unnecessary programs from Start Up using MSConfig

Again, it doesn't hurt, but programs that are installedbut not running don't
affect his performance.


> Do a search for *.tmp *.old *.bak and delete them. Delete
> the temp internet files,cookies,history . I do it daily


Good to do, but gighly unlikely that his performance problem is realted to
these.


>And in general remove programs that you have added
> that you do not use from add\remove. Less is more


Once again, I don't object to doing what you suggest, but it won't improve
performance.



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"magoo" <> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
>
> I`ve got Vista Business running for almost half a year now, and am still
> lovin` it.
> But I did slow down a little in the last 2 weeks.
>
> Did anyone make *positive experiences* with speed-up-tools for Vista so
> far?
> You know the stuff, registry cleaners and all... :-)
>
> --
> Regards
> magoo
>

Isn't the best thing to do:

1. Keep it clean (I use CCleaner)

2. Keep it defraged (I use perfectdisk)

3. Keep it backed up (I use Vista backup image weekly and Titan data
backup daily)?

I am also very very picky on what I download and install on my machine.


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Registry cleaners are certainly not going to increase the performance of
your machine; they are useless and cause more harm than good.

Check for spyware, Viruses etc to see if these are causing a general slow
down.


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"magoo" <> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
>
> I`ve got Vista Business running for almost half a year now, and am still
> lovin` it.
> But I did slow down a little in the last 2 weeks.
>
> Did anyone make *positive experiences* with speed-up-tools for Vista so
> far?
> You know the stuff, registry cleaners and all... :-)
>
> --
> Regards
> magoo

roraniel you have the same regime as I do. I to use CCleaner, but don't use
the registry cleaner, even though it is less aggressive than other registry
cleaners.

The only change in my plan to yours is that I use Acronis True Image 2009
for backup purposes.

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"roraniel" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Isn't the best thing to do:
>
> 1. Keep it clean (I use CCleaner)
>
> 2. Keep it defraged (I use perfectdisk)
>
> 3. Keep it backed up (I use Vista backup image weekly and Titan data
> backup daily)?
>
> I am also very very picky on what I download and install on my machine.
>
>
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> roraniel
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> View this thread: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26092
>

John Barnett MVP wrote:
> Registry cleaners are certainly not going to increase the performance
> of your machine; they are useless and cause more harm than good.
>
> Check for spyware, Viruses etc to see if these are causing a general
> slow down.

Hey guys, thanks for the detailed responses.

I did check on startup applications, and there is nothing really that would
not be in use frequently.
Is defragmenting really a good thing? I mean: Yes, the thought behind is
good anyways, but since I made disappointing experiences back in Win98 times
I kept away from that.

I am running Vista Business with Avira Personal. Currently not running any
spyware detection.
What would you recommend? I have used Spybot S&D in the past. Is that still
appropriate for Vista?

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magoo

"magoo" <> wrote in message
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> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>> Registry cleaners are certainly not going to increase the performance
>> of your machine; they are useless and cause more harm than good.
>>
>> Check for spyware, Viruses etc to see if these are causing a general
>> slow down.
>
> Hey guys, thanks for the detailed responses.
>
> I did check on startup applications, and there is nothing really that
> would not be in use frequently.
> Is defragmenting really a good thing? I mean: Yes, the thought behind is
> good anyways, but since I made disappointing experiences back in Win98
> times I kept away from that.
>
> I am running Vista Business with Avira Personal. Currently not running any
> spyware detection.
> What would you recommend? I have used Spybot S&D in the past. Is that
> still appropriate for Vista?
>
> --
> Regards
> magoo


Best around presently is Malwarebytes.. run it in safe mode first, then
again in normal mode..


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