Ed note: Given that, in July 2011, 29.31% of Windows Guides readers accessed the site using Windows XP, I felt I should update the old “10 Ways to Improve Performance in Windows XP” guide.
Jul 142011
Aperture 3.1.3 updates Apple’s photo manager to address general compatibility issues and overall stability and performance.
At a MIX11 “Windows Phone Architecture: Deep Dive” session yesterday, Microsoft’s Istvan Cseri revealed a number of interesting tidbits around the Windows Phone 7 platform that I found notably interesting.
The first was the scope of input & output performance discrepancy for SD cards inside Windows Phone 7s. As I understood it, this affects even “approved” cards that ship with the device. Although it wasn’t clear if these synthetic benchmarks translate to much real-world performance, I assume this explains some of the minor performance inconsistencies between devices.
Next was a break-down of the battery usage by component on the device. Even though it wasn’t a secret video decoding, 3G and WiFi are some of the biggest consumers of battery power, the numbers reveals exactly how much difference there is between the each of them. As a surprise to me, neither the GPS or display consumed as much power as I thought they did.
Finally, just as foreground applications on Windows Phone 7 have resource budgets limited by the operating system, background agents do too. It turns out in normal situations, live agents have a maximum allocation of 10% CPU and 5MB of memory which may be a conservative limit that I’m not sure if developers will hit if they try to do anything more than simple web requests. We’ll have to see I guess.
One of the most important and least understood program database on a Windows computer is the registry. It stores information about all programs, users, files, folders, passwords, and anything else on the computer on a cryptic and hard to read database. When you add a program to the computer, the registry is modified. When you delete a file or folder the registry is modified. It affects how the computer performs. And like any other database on the computer, it can be filled with old entries that no longer function, but manage to tie up the performance of the computer. Here are some registry cleaners that you can look at to improve your computer’s performance.
RegZooka
Start with error messages. Do you get some that say runtime errors, invalid file, empty registry keys, dll error, missing files, startup errors, sound problems, missing fonts, application errors, invalid ActiveX keys, or computer crashes? RegZooka registry cleaner fixes these problems and all other error codes so your computer runs like new. Cost 29.95
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Registry Easy
On a slightly different format, Registry Easy also does the registry cleaner but it uses a high-performance detection algorithm that will quickly identify missing and invalid references in your Windows registry. In this way it will scan your entire Windows registry and look for any invalid or obsolete entries; it will also provide a list of the registry errors that it found. It’s your call after that so you can choose to clean list items with selection or automatically repair them all. Cost 39.95
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Reg Cure
A third registry cleaner is Reg Cure. Here are some of the items that make it a good tool to have. It can fix Com/AxtiveX, Unintstall Entries, Fix Font Entries, Fix and remove shared DLL’s. It also fixes application paths, help files, windows startup items, and file and path references. Sometime problems occur with program shortcuts or shell extensions, or custom scans so RegCure fixes those as well. You can perform automatic scheduling and selection and removal. You can also create an ignore list and do automatic repair. Cost 29.95
Download Link
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One of the most important and least understood program database on a Windows computer is the registry. It stores information about all programs, users, files, folders, passwords, and anything else on the computer on a cryptic and hard to read database. When you add a program to the computer, the registry is modified. When you delete a file or folder the registry is modified. It affects how the computer performs. And like any other database on the computer, it can be filled with old entries that no longer function, but manage to tie up the performance of the computer. Here are some registry cleaners that you can look at to improve your computer’s performance.
RegZooka
Start with error messages. Do you get some that say runtime errors, invalid file, empty registry keys, dll error, missing files, startup errors, sound problems, missing fonts, application errors, invalid ActiveX keys, or computer crashes? RegZooka registry cleaner fixes these problems and all other error codes so your computer runs like new. Cost 29.95
Download Link
Registry Easy
On a slightly different format, Registry Easy also does the registry cleaner but it uses a high-performance detection algorithm that will quickly identify missing and invalid references in your Windows registry. In this way it will scan your entire Windows registry and look for any invalid or obsolete entries; it will also provide a list of the registry errors that it found. It’s your call after that so you can choose to clean list items with selection or automatically repair them all. Cost 39.95
Download Link
Reg Cure
A third registry cleaner is Reg Cure. Here are some of the items that make it a good tool to have. It can fix Com/AxtiveX, Unintstall Entries, Fix Font Entries, Fix and remove shared DLL’s. It also fixes application paths, help files, windows startup items, and file and path references. Sometime problems occur with program shortcuts or shell extensions, or custom scans so RegCure fixes those as well. You can perform automatic scheduling and selection and removal. You can also create an ignore list and do automatic repair. Cost 29.95
Download Link
Related posts:
- How To Clear Recent Jumplist Items
- Top Defraggers to Look At
- Microsoft Releases Windows 7 RC Upgrade
- Windows 7 Beta Release Postponed
- Remove Those Stubborn Files From Windows 7
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