OT: registry cleaner recommendations?

Question

hey everyone! my computer is very slow, as are most of the
other
computers i have to maintain at work. aside from my own
computer, these
are machines that are used for email and web browsing, and
have very few
programs installed and more than enough free space. the only
reason i
can see for their slowness is that they're old. but we can't
buy 15 new
computers right now. so.....
rather than buying more RAM for all these computers that
shouldn't need
it, i wanted to try a registry cleaner first. but there are
so many out
there, and it can apparently go either way when it comes to
results
(seems they either do the job or make it a lot worse, from
the reviews
i've read), so i'm just having a really hard time deciding on
one,
especially since they don't offer free trials (no, just
showing me a
list of files it can delete does not constitute a "trial" in
my eyes).
so, i was hoping some people here might have recommendations
for
products they've used. i know i can read buyer reviews, but
i'd like to
get the opinions of people i know i can trust.
i just need a good program that will clean and speed up a
computer,
preferably one that can be installed on more than one
computer.
thanks in advance for any advice!

Answer 1

courtney (n h c) wrote:
> hey everyone! my computer is very slow, as are most of
the other
> computers i have to maintain at work. aside from my own
computer, these
> are machines that are used for email and web browsing,
and have very few
> programs installed and more than enough free space. the
only reason i
> can see for their slowness is that they're old. but we
can't buy 15 new
> computers right now. so.....
>
> rather than buying more RAM for all these computers that
shouldn't need
> it, i wanted to try a registry cleaner first. but there
are so many out
> there, and it can apparently go either way when it comes
to results
> (seems they either do the job or make it a lot worse,
from the reviews
> i've read), so i'm just having a really hard time
deciding on one,
> especially since they don't offer free trials (no, just
showing me a
> list of files it can delete does not constitute a
"trial" in my eyes).
>
> so, i was hoping some people here might have
recommendations for
> products they've used. i know i can read buyer reviews,
but i'd like to
> get the opinions of people i know i can trust.
>
> i just need a good program that will clean and speed up
a computer,
> preferably one that can be installed on more than one
computer.
>
> thanks in advance for any advice!
I have never used one myself, I never trusted them to do it
right. My
only recommendation is to reformat and reinstall. Its amazing
how slow
Windows can get over the years, even without random stuff
being installed.
I recently did it with my Dell laptop, it hadn't been
formatted since I
bought it 5 years ago. It has made such a difference, I wish
I had done
it sooner.
Dooza
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