I've been having quite a few computer problems lately. Slow start-ups/shutdowns, and 2 bluescreen crashes. I typed the error codes into Google which led me to a website offering free registry scans. It found over 200 registry errors. It fixed 15 for free, but wants $29.95 to fix the rest. It's claiming to be Microsoft gold-certified. Does anyone on here know anything about this? Is it worth it? Or is it just a better idea to take it to a computer shop?
Usually you can keep running free registry check programs over and over until all is fixed. I got a full version of something off a cover DVD from a computer magazine so I don't need to do that.
I went ahead and bought some system mechanic software. It found and fixed the registry errors, defragged the registry and hard drive, repaired some hard drive errors, removed some junk that was slowing down start-up and optimized the internet connection. It seems to be running ok now. I don't know how all that shit happened. I've had the computer less than 2 months. However, this site is still running slow. Other websites seem ok, though.
This site is always slow, comparatively -- lots of traffic. It might help if you linked to the website you were talking about. Was it a downloadable program, or did it claim to fix it on the site itself? If it was the latter, it sounds like bullshit to me. It probably didn't fix 15 errors at all. $29.95 is a steep price for something that any decent system tech can do in ten minutes. But again, I'd need to see the website. I know the issue is resolved, I'm just providing additional info because I feel like it
It's called Registry Booster. Like I said, I just went ahead and bought some PC Mechanic software. I'm still getting registry fragmentation, but the software automatically defrags it every time I start up. There is one strange issue, though. When I used the memory defragmenter, it told me I only had 59% of my memory available, or slightly over 2GB. I ran the defrag program 3 times, and only got it up to 64%. Weird. I'm going to get rid of IE8. It's just too vulnerable on the internet.
Heh. IE is dead. Firefox is the only respectable browser these days, except maybe Opera. Even Safari is terrible.
I downloaded Firefox earlier. I tried to make it my default browser, but it wouldn't let me. I got a window that files were being extracted, then up pops another window saying that the extraction couldn't take place because "the file is corrupt." So, I've got IE8 as the default browser, and a desktop icon for Firefox that I have to double-click to use Firefox. What the hell, as long as I can use it.
I've used a registry cleaner before and it fixed a lot on my computer. It made it a lot faster. Great money spent. Registry Smart. I don't remember what the price was. That's how I use my firefox. I just double click the icon.
Ha, I haven't had one problem since I switched to Firefox. Every scan only finds tracking cookies. I've noticed that page loading is a little slower, but it's still worth it. Oh yeah, I also replaced McAfee with Norton. I couldn't even get McAfee to perform a complete scan. It would make it about halfway through and freeze the computer up. I know that Norton doesn't stop everything, though. I used to use Trend Micro's House Call on my old computer, which ran XP. I tried it for this computer, and apparently House Call doesn't work for Vista.
