A Free Registry Scan ” Could One Be Helpful in Finding out Why Your Computer is Slow?
I got a call from a disgruntled computer owner who told me her computer had become unbearably slow. Of course, the first question I had for her was to find out if she was using a virus scan program periodically.
Sometimes people will have one installed and use it but not know they have one at all. The reason for this is both Windows XP and Vista will keep annoying you until you activate the antivirus program that came with the computer when it was new. Then after you do, the program works on autopilot.
In this womans case she was protected against viruses. Also, her virus program was the best one I know of and it protects her computer against malicious types of spyware as well. Spyware will also slow down computer speed.
So, I told her where to go online to get a free registry scan. Unbelievably, she said her friend, who was actually a customer of mine, had recommended a registry scan with my personal favorite registry scanner and it turned up 838 incidents of registry corruption. However, she didnt purchase the license to repair the registry corruption because it was too expensive.
This conversation took place several weeks ago and I have no idea whether or not this woman has cleaned her registry yet. I do know cleaning out that much corruption would have been an excellent choice because even a small amount of corruption can slow down a computer quite a bit. On top of that, buying the license to activate the cleaning function comes with a very reasonable price tag.
For certain, I know registry corruption, if left to build for a long period, has the ability to cripple a computer to the point the hard drive will need to be reformatted and Ive seen it happen.
I told her my recommendation would be to buy the license and get the registry cleaned. Then, I cordially said goodbye and hung up.
Anyway, I had made my recommendation to this woman and it really is up to her what she wants to do with her money and her computer. So, I politely wished her the best and then hung up the phone.
Still, I cant help thinking about the fact registry corruption tends to multiply itself. So, it is a great idea not to operate a computer while it has a very corrupt registry, because all of a sudden and without warning that computer could go down for the count!
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