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

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Most file defraggers base their defragmentation program on an API run by Microsoft, so it is a system library that is included in Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 2008, and Win7.  Here are some defraggers that are handy to use.

 

Auslogics Disk Defrag supports both FAT 16/32 and NTFS File systems and is a compact and defragmenter. It comes with an advanced optimization engine that lets you improve system performance and prevents errors caused by file fragmentation.

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What it does

It Can merge or defrag empty free space,which can affect fragmentation. It also, most importantly, can defrag your files.  This will optimize yor file system It also has a flexible scheduler making the defragmentation easier to accomplish since a repeated defragging is important. In addition it can defrag a single file or folder and at the other end it can support multi-terabyte volumes. Cost Free

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A second defragger worth look at is MyDefrag. It performs two main functions; it is a disk defragmenter and optimizer  for several  Windows operating systems, including 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 2008, Win7, and for X64.

MyDefrag is based on the standard defragmentation API run by Microsoft, so it is a system library that is included in Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 2008, and Win7.

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What does it Do?

MyDefrag operates on a command to  ”moves this file to that location” . The API is part of the operating system and can safely move almost any file on the disk, without risk and while the computer is in full use. Cost free

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PerfectDisk

Unlike the other defraggers which a point and shoot operation, Perfect disk has a different defragmentation approach.

What it Does

It organizes files according to usage patterns and this eliminates most fragmentation even before it happens. With this approach the result is faster defrag passes, and quicker boot times. There is slower refragmentation, plus reduced resource power consumption and overall performance. Cost 29.99

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Defraggler

This disk defragger works like the others but it starts with a drive map to show you blocks that are empty, not fragmented, or needing defragmentation.

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What it Does

While many defraggers operate on the entire hard drive, Defraggler lets you specify what file or folder you want to defrag. This allows you to do a quick operation, or a complete one that may be an hour in the offing. Cost Free

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IE 9 looks set to roll out to users via the Windows Update in late June and for many that could see improvements in their laptop battery life performance, at least that’s if the latest tests from Microsoft are true. Some may consider this a biased study since Microsoft carried out the tests, and inevitably IE came out on top.

However, I’m going to be the middle man in this case, and assume that the test was carried out fairly. Microsoft compared Internet Explorer 9, their latest browser with Opera 11, Firefox 4, Chrome 10 and Safari 5 on an Intel powered laptop. They then measure just how many watts the machine consumed with the browser idling, showing a news site and then running some graphic intensive web tasks.

The results? Well Internet Explorer came out as the most efficient web browser.

20110328 bpcltiwie image17 610x289 600x284 IE9 Best Browser For Laptop Battery LifeObviously Microsoft were proud of this achievement, as IE 9 is said to be a big change from it’s predecessors, and that it is.

However there is plenty of factors which could affect the result. The tests were carried out on a Windows 7 machine with an Intel chip, both of which Internet Explorer is designed to run best on. If you we’re to try Safari on the Mac, a platform which Safari is optimised to run on, I think you could find some different results.

Also the test sites that Microsoft used may not be ones anyone else would care to use and all laptops have different rates of power consumption, in fact there is an awful lot of variables in this test which aren’t factored in.

In fairness to Microsoft though, we appreciate you for caring about power consumption and the environment, and I’m sure we’d all love to have a bit of extra battery life from our laptops

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When your computer isn’t running as fast as you want it to you may have a few choice words to say to it.

Although it sounds more like a ray gun in a videogame, ReadyBoost is an often overlooked performance feature within Windows Vista and 7. It’s designed to improve PCs’ speed and responsiveness.

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