Showing posts with label Registry Editor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Registry Editor. Show all posts

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Registry Optimizer 2008: Prevent Errors and Repair PC Problems!


Is your computer moving too slowly? Do you receive strange messages about errors and want to stop this from happening again? Too much sudden computer crashing is affecting you too? Registry Optimizer will scan the Windows Registry for any obsolete or incorrect data and will let you know how to fix them. By fixing these errors your computer will work better and will have a higher speed. :)
Author: Robert Thomson
Imagine yourself being dropped at some city you have never been to before but you are required to be at a spot inside the city in the quickest possible time... You would make it to the spot a lot tired and exhausted than you would have, if only you had a map.So you understand the importance of some kind of a reference or a guide that could help you around unknown places, showing you shorter and quicker routes and making your journey much easier, right?
Thats exactly how a registry works for a computer, as a map. There are numerous processes that take place in the background and the registry keeps a log of everything thats happening in and around, thus showing the easiest of the paths available. Else its what happens when you are caught in traffic, delayed!
Not just that, but a registry keeps track of everything, literally, be it a software installation, file destruction, new hardware connection, or an application configuration. Ever time one of the above processes happens, entries are made in the registry, thus providing constant support and reference.


The smaller and crispier your registry is, the faster your computer functions. But this does not mean you can go and delete entries making it smaller straight away. That would most certainly create errors because the registry folders, though are split up and stored in separate :( places by the processor , are interlinked and would create as much chaos a broken bridge would.
Your registry should not have too many entries as the "so called" roadways or paths taken would be too long. One way to ensure this is to uninstall softwares that you dont use. This uninstallation process would automatically delete the software's registry entry making it less cluttered.
It may be surprising to know that clever registry edits could tweak up your system's performance, giving you access to a faster and a better work station. I know few people who could read through the registry log like they read a story book and produce interesting cuts here and there. But if you are a newbie, I would certainly not recommend this as one faulty move could lead to a system crash and you will have to reinstall everything from the scratch right from a new operating system.
But if you still want to optimize your registry, we have smart softwares that could do just this. A registry optimizer is one such smartware that reads through your registry, finds points of possible optimisation, backs up your old registry and optimises on your command.
All locks and knots in the registry are broken, all unrelated entries are removed and a new defragmented registry is produced giving you just what you wanted!
About Author
Dennis Semenov is the owner of LongsDigital website. You can find more information about Registry Optimizer 2008 at the Product Features Page.
Article Source: http://www.1888articles.com/author-robert-thomson-5539.html

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Monday, 15 September 2008

3 Finger Salute

3 Finger Salute in Windows XP
By: Scott Hendison

In Windows XP, hitting CTRL–ALT-DEL brings up a window similar to the one in Windows 98, but it is much more functional now. It’s called the “Task Manager” and for good reason. From here, you can usually figure out what’s slowing down your computer.
Upon opening it with the 3 finger salute, you’ll see five tabs to choose from. These tabs are Applications, Processes, Performance, Networking and Users. This article deals with the Applications and Processes tabs. :(
The first tab; Applications; is similar to Windows 98. It shows a list of software that is open, and if anything is not responding, you can highlight it, and choose to “end task”. :)
This area is limited to software that you’ve opened.
The next tab; Processes; is the important tab. From here, you’ll see every process that is running at any given time, as well as how it started, and how much memory it is using.:$
While in the Processes tab, you can see four columns, Image name, User name, CPU and Mem usage. Clicking on any of these names will sort the information by that column in ascending or descending order.
The image name column just shows the name of the application or file that is running.
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When looking at the names of all these processes most people will not recognize what is running. Names like lsass.exe and svchost.exe are cryptic to even the most seasoned computer user. If you care, go look it up on http://www.google.com, which will probably take you here http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/
The “user name” column shows the name of user that has started the process. These user names will usually be either “system”, “service”, or the actual name of a user. The ones showing your name came from programs that you’ve knowingly (or unknowingly) installed, whereas the others are usually just a part of Windows.
The CPU column shows how much of a load these programs are putting on your CPU at that time. Usually though, this load is minimal, and this column will usually just show all zeros.
The last column though is the money column. This is where you can find the offending culprit that is dragging down your performance. Look at the “mem usage” column. By sorting this way, you can see which of these programs are taking up the most memory on your system.
If my computer is being sluggish, I go to the processes tab, and sort by mem usage.
At a glance, I can see which offending application is sucking up all of my memory and slowing me to a crawl. Usually, at bootup with nothing open, only explorer.exe and svchost.exe should taking up much memory, at about 15,000k each. Everything else is pretty minor. Therefore, if a program is showing as taking up 25,000k, 45,000k, or even over 100,000k of memory, I can highlight it, and choose “end process” generally returning my computer to a more useable state.
If one of these processes appears that I don’t recognize, I make it a point to look it up and see what it is, then I am able to better control what is happening on my computer, making sure it is a process that came with Windows. Usually, it turns out to be spyware from a “free” download somewhere.
The Task Manager will help you manage the operation of your computer, and keep it running much faster. I guarantee it.
Scott Hendison

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Sunday, 31 August 2008

How to Customize Your Computer

How to Customize Your Computer
By Jason Baker
First off like building a car you need to pick out the chasis in the IT industry this is your case. Some may come with more fans a power supply or nothing at all.If you go to some sites you may see them selling cases with cathode ray tubes for lights and power supplies, that is all good. Just find something that you like and that you ard. There are many different brands of boards out there so I will not even begin to go into that. One of the main factors you will want to consider when getting a board is the type of processor you want to put in it. Intel or AMD. They are both reliable producers of processors though you once again can not stick an Intel processor in the slot for an AMD board. A popular type of processor that is from intel is a socket775 processor. The processor will usually come with instructions to properly install your processor and fan. Make sure that before you put the fan on that you put a smalldab of heat compound on the fan and install it properly. The other factor you will want to consider is the type of slot for the video card and other cards you will add. With the latest boards there typically will not be an on board video card so you will have to purchase one. So depending on the board you have your new board wil either have an agp slot or pci-e e is short for express. These are just different technologies for your graphics cards. Now if in the absolute worst case scenario you cant purchase either card appropriate for your board there may be some computer shops that you could get a pci video
card for. NOT RECOMMENDED. Also note once again that you CAN NOT mix and match slots and cards. agp to agp and pci-e to pci-e. PCI-E cards are more popular now days than agp. You will be more likely to get a pci-e card as opposed to agp. Each cards price will depend on the size of its memory. You will pay more for a 512 mb card than a 128 mb card and so on.
Now that we have the case the motherboard, processor and video card you will need to focus on the hard drive and optical drives. TYpically on modern computers you will not see a floppy drive. We will not even worry about this piece..
So for the hard drive you will need to look at a few key factors. Its rpm or revolutions per minute, its size and how it is connected to the motherboard.


You will more likely see hard drives with an rpm of either 5400 or 7200. The more rpm themore it will cost. The same goes for the size of the hard drive. The more space will generally cost you more money. You will want to select your hard drive and video card as well as processor based on what you want to use the system for. This means do not use a budget system with minimal hardware to play graphically intense games or to install windows vista on.
For a general use computer for school work downloading music and online games that are not graphically intense your best bet may be with a 128 mb video card and a 160 GB hard drive. But for those that are more into graphics games and processor intense programs you will want more memory for your graphics card , ram and more space for your hard drive. After I go over the ways to connect the hard drive to the motherboard i will go over the specifics in ram.
Now there are two ways to connect a hard drive to a motherboard. You can determine the type by the way the back end of the drive. If you see a set of two rows of pins that are either 16 or 18 pins long then you have an IDE hard drive. If you just see two small flat areas one being slightly larger than the other you have a SATA or Serial ATA Drive. SATA drives are better since their cables are able to move data much faster than the ribbon cable used for
the IDE drives. The same types of connections that are used for a hard drive are also used for the optical drives.
For ram or random access memory is a semi long flat board with several chips on it. Your most common types of memory are sdram, ddr, and ddr2. There is also an opsolite technology for ram called rambus. Take a look on the net for it if you wish.
Sdram is for older motherboards ranging from socketA on down. These are more expensive and hard to find. Now you will need to consult your motherboard manual on the type and speed of the memory needed. DDR is used for socket 478. DDR2 is for socket 478 on up.The speed of the memory will depend on the requirements of the processor and motherboard. So now we have the case, motherboard, memory or ram, processor, video card and hard drive.
We still need the sound card and optical drives. As far as sound cards go you may have an option or two. Some boards do still come with either a 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound-sound card, but if you want something better then you will have to go with a pci card. Now depending on how much you want to spend you can get just a basic sound card for fairly little money though if you want more out of it then you will be looking at more of an expensive model.
There are even cards out there that will ship with a front panel that will slip in the 5.25 bay under your optical drive.
To cap the system off you will need some sort of an optical drive to be able to read and burn discs. You can go from a basic cd burner all the way to a blueray burner. Though I have no experience working with blueray burners I do know that a dvd DL or dual layer burner will
allow you to read and write cds and dvd/s Note that if you get discs that have a -R those are readable. This means that once they have been burnt and finalized thats it no more data
can be put on the disc. The exception to this is if you were to create what is called a multi-session disc. So if you have a file on a cd that takes up 450mb of the disc you can save it to where the next time you run your burning program you can fit a file or more to take up the remaining 150mb. If you get discs with a-RW that means that of course they are
rewritable. Need I say more.Oh and one last part I forgot to tell you about is the power supply. This is where of course
all those parts will get power from. You will see one large trunk that has a clip on it along with several smaller connectors and maybe even a semi thin black flat connector for
your sata drives. Take the trunk and plug it into the mounted board. Make sure not to force anything otherwise the traces on your board will break and your board will be dead. Make sure that the clip is facing the notch on the power connector. This means that the clip should be firmly over that little overhang and the pins should fit tightly into that connector. There will be a smaller 4 pin connector that needs to be inserted also onto the
board. locate it and make sure the clip is on the same side as the notch on the connector when inserted into the board. There are different wattages for power supplies This all depends on the amount of power needed for your drives and pci agp and pci-e cards.Well I hope that this article has been helpful. Know that the information outlined above is all dependent on your budget and what you are wanting to use the system for. I would suggest
more memory, hard drive space and a bigger size memory for your video card if you are a gamer or have programs that use up alot of your systems resources. If you are wanting something for the average user that downloads music, plays online games and browses the net then a system with less ram hard drive and video card can be put to good use. Just do your
research and if you are not comfortable with taking on the task of putting together your system you can always have someone here at Baker IT Services put it together for you. So take your time to take a look at our site at www.bitsonline.us and have a wonderful day!

Jason Baker
Baker IT Services
916.752.0205

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Registry Cleaner

Free Registry Cleaner and Fix to Improve Your PC Performance
By Ryan Clover Platinum Quality Author

If your PC is running slower than how you first used it, then you need a free registry cleaner and fix to help you out. You should utilize one if you feel that your laptop or desktop is really slowing down. Your PC's slow speed is the result of a registry that's no longer efficient.

You may wish to discover how these things function. Basically your computer is a combination of physical machinery, the hardware and another component, the software or the programs. The software or program component is what you should pay attention to, since this is the portion which tells your hardware what to do. Without programs your PC is an expensive junk.

The programs installed in your Personal Computer do what they are supposed to do. These programs may enable you to create beautiful office presentations or may allow you to edit your home movies and post them on Youtube. You can even then download these special videos and transfer them to your cellphone.


All of these programs embed some instructions into your laptop or desktop. These are what your computer uses to execute the tasks outlined by the specific programs installed. These items are kept in your PC's registry where it is always referred to for basic program commands and functions.

The registry of your Personal Computer is the storage of the individual software's registry keys and program instructions. These specific instructions allow your computer to execute the software correctly. Each program on your program files makes a special key that performs a specific function related to the program. Due to the sheer number of the registry keys of your accumulated programs problems arise.

When the accumulation of these keys become too much for your desktop or laptop to handle, then your computer does the only thing it can do, freeze up. It may be a good idea then to find a free registry cleaner and fix. Like a person, your computer is growing old. It may even have problems like old people do. Like a person, it too is capable of regaining its former glory; but much quicker. A free registry cleaner and fix will improve your PC's performance and make it work as though it were new.

A free registry cleaner and fix is the best solution to your problem of a very slow personal computer. Your problem will be solved and the best thing, it's free. You only need to download it, install the software and then execute the program. These are easy steps in regaining your personal computer's former speed.

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