Computer Tips & Tricks

Have you or anyone heard of  Registry Repair and is it any good to get
to clean the computer up? 

My  o1  xp computer desktop  is running very slow  its a celeron  and
they say  those  are slow  anyways.

Just wondering what anyone knows of them.

I am trying to  get rid of stuff  I dont  want in this computer, I am not
so sure how to do it and thought maybe this disk  will clean it out for me

Thanks for any info

Wren

 
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The registry is a scary place unless you really know what you are doing. And I have heard many people say not to use a registry cleaner.

You are right that a celeron is maybe slower....but the computer is getting old too.

Try looking in the Control Panel and see if there is anything in there that you don't use anymore. Like an old game or something that you can remove.

Also on the right hand side it says remove Windows components..... I have done that a long time ago so I don't remember what I had unchecked.....I know one was MSN messenger......I don't use it so I dumped it. I use OE and IE so those were checked.....

And then there is adding more memory. My Dell laptop only had 512 MB of memory and I upped it to 2 GB and it made a lot of difference...

My 2001 desktop had only 256MB I went to Crucial to see if I could add more to it and they said probably not.....so I got a new desktop.....lol

http://www.crucial.com/    it is very easy to scan your computer to see what it says.

It is nice being right-once in a while.

Thanks  it says I have 384 in it and it wants me to add more but
I am not sure how to do that  if  I buy more .

I will see what I can delete  from the control panel

Its a older computer but I really hate to get rid of the old girl she sure
has been my friend for so long...

I think I will keep it as long as it runs  even if its slow...

Wren

 
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You could always check with puter shops around you and ask prices for adding ram.   I did attempt it years ago and was not able to get it set right in the CPU unit, but then I hauled it to sisters and between us we DID get it in.

I will say that when my puter died and it had to go in to get them to get it running I did have them add 1 Gig of Ram and I can sure tell the difference. It had 512 in it to start and for many apps that is a bare minimum so if you have less you are significantly "under RAMMed"/  not sure that is a proper term, but I think you get the idea.

If you have installed any programs you might want to look on the box because they very well may say the minimum you need is at least 512.

thanks  a bunch

I have had this old  * my first computer and I really dread getting rid of it!

It still runs  a bit slower but its something I know I will need to do soon.

Thanks so much for  your insight..

Wren

 
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