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IronLionZion

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2. PCs run slowly mostly because of malware/spyware/adware

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 02:45 PM

Dec 2017

Registry cleaning is not only unnecessary, it can also cause more problems that you can't fix. It's best to not mess with the registry at all.

Be wary of extra addons like free browser toolbars and other stuff bundled with many software installers. These can often slow things down considerably while the developer might honestly believe they are helping you somehow.

A good practice is to go through everything installed on a PC, google it if you don't know what something is, and uninstall stuff you don't need. That can speed up things a lot, especially if they are set to start at boot time and run in the background.

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Windows PCs used to practically obsolesce themselves. forgotmylogin Dec 2017 #1

PCs run slowly mostly because of malware/spyware/adware IronLionZion Dec 2017 #2