A good PC optimiser

Warpy · Dec 25, 2003, 02:50 PM

Hey everyone,

Hope you all had a safe Christmas. I have a question about software that keeps your PC in good health - an example of what i mean is Norton Win doctor. I am after a product that is up to date though--- that fixes problems with your PC.

At pressent I use Advanced Registry optimser by SYS TWEAk and it’s excellent for REG stuff. Is PCMEDIK any good, as I have seen this around?

Ta
Funky Monkey

zerodamage · Dec 26, 2003, 05:19 PM

I've never seen any of those programs being worth the money. Keep your registry cleaned with that prog you have. Keep your system free of junk temp files and etc. Keep your Hard drive defragged. And everything should be fine. Also keep your windows up to date as well.

Warpy · Dec 26, 2003, 11:08 PM

Okies ty

rogeld · Dec 26, 2003, 11:14 PM

I am going to have to disagree with zerodamage on this one, but only partially. One I have had good luck with was PC Accelerator by SmartAlec. It did seem to give noticeable speed ups, an example being XP being loaded before the little blue loading bar can finish even once which is, sufficed to say, quite an improvement. It is one to be careful with as you should know what you are doing, make a fresh backup of your system settings, etc etc. Give it a try.

dorkz · Dec 28, 2003, 08:19 PM

ZD how do I keep my registry clean?

dipstick · Dec 28, 2003, 08:50 PM

I use all these products regularly and they all work great! I have never heard of PCMEDIK, but if you keep your PC clean you'll be fine.

Norton SystemWorks 2004
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/sysworks/basic/

Ad-Aware 6
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

jv16 PowerTools
http://www.jv16.org/

WindowWasher 5
http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/w...sher/index.php

Tweak XP Pro 3
http://www.totalidea.com/frameset-tweakxp.htm

zerodamage · Dec 28, 2003, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by d4rkz
ZD how do I keep my registry clean?

I use the regsupreme program here: http://www.jv16.org

It is shareware but works great. It removes all of the dead values and etc. Do the deepscan.

WHen you are done, just uninstall it and then reinstall again in a few months if you want to do it again.

Dec 25, 2003, 02:50 PM	#1
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	A good PC optimiser Hey everyone, Hope you all had a safe Christmas. I have a question about software that keeps your PC in good health - an example of what i mean is Norton Win doctor. I am after a product that is up to date though--- that fixes problems with your PC. At pressent I use Advanced Registry optimser by SYS TWEAk and it’s excellent for REG stuff. Is PCMEDIK any good, as I have seen this around? Ta Funky Monkey __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Dec 26, 2003, 11:08 PM	Thread Starter #3
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	Okies ty __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Dec 26, 2003, 05:19 PM	#2
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I've never seen any of those programs being worth the money. Keep your registry cleaned with that prog you have. Keep your system free of junk temp files and etc. Keep your Hard drive defragged. And everything should be fine. Also keep your windows up to date as well.

Dec 26, 2003, 11:14 PM	#4
rogeld DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 259 Rep Power: 0	I am going to have to disagree with zerodamage on this one, but only partially. One I have had good luck with was PC Accelerator by SmartAlec. It did seem to give noticeable speed ups, an example being XP being loaded before the little blue loading bar can finish even once which is, sufficed to say, quite an improvement. It is one to be careful with as you should know what you are doing, make a fresh backup of your system settings, etc etc. Give it a try.

Dec 28, 2003, 08:19 PM	#5
dorkz Striving to overcome Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 100 Rep Power: 0	ZD how do I keep my registry clean?

Dec 28, 2003, 08:50 PM	#6
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	I use all these products regularly and they all work great! I have never heard of PCMEDIK, but if you keep your PC clean you'll be fine. Norton SystemWorks 2004 http://www.symantec.com/sabu/sysworks/basic/ Ad-Aware 6 http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ jv16 PowerTools http://www.jv16.org/ WindowWasher 5 http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/w...sher/index.php Tweak XP Pro 3 http://www.totalidea.com/frameset-tweakxp.htm