Computer freezes and very slow

Discussion in 'Software' started by Lisa171, Sep 29, 2011.

  1. Lisa171

    Lisa171 Private E-2

    Hi all,

    As of late, my computer (Windows Vista Home Edition) is far too slow and freezes quite a bit. I'm assuming I need a registry fix because Malware Bites, Spybot, CCleaner and my up to date AVG AV and Spyware Blaster haven't changed anything. Can anyone recommend a registry cleaner that safely fixes the registry on auto (Since I know diddly squat about anything in the registry aand wouldn't know what to check and uncheck)? I know Ccleaner has a regisry fix in it...is it safe and good?

    Thank you in advance,
    Lisa
     
  2. yukon98

    yukon98 Specialist

  3. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I run CCleaner on all my computers. Yes, it is safe. Be sure when it asks if you want to save the registry before it does the cleaning, you say YES. Also put the saved registry into a folder where you can easily find it. The reg file will be labeled with the year, followed by the month and day and then an underscore and some other numbers. If you do the cleaning today, your file would be "cc_20110929_####" where the # symbols are replaced by numbers.

    I'd suggest replacing AVG with something lighter on your resources.
    Check the programs under AntiVirus here
    http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=44525
     
  4. Lisa171

    Lisa171 Private E-2

    Thank you both for your replies. Two quesrions - if I use CCleaner and make that backup, how do I restore it if something gets messed up on mu computer? Also, regarding gettin rid of AVG, is Antivir a good one? I'm assuming AVG is a resource hog?
     
  5. silas

    silas MajorGeek

    I also suggest to be careful and use ccleaner. Other ccleaners can be better for the people that know more about registry and know what they are doing. And for the many of the normal computer users they really shouldn't be messing with registry program because they can mess up important files and corrupt things and make the computer not start up/work right. There fore going to computer shop or someone else to reformat the computer and pay a fee.
     
  6. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    After you have the CCleaner saved file, if you determine something isn't working, simply double click on the 20110929 file. You will get a popup asking you if you want to merge this file into the registry. You click yes and the registry is the same as before you started cleaning.

    On a computer that has never had the registry cleaned, you might see hundreds of items. Rather than selecting all of them at once, I select 30 or 40 and clean those up. I may use the computer for a day then go back in and run CCleaner again and cleanup 30 or 40 more items. I keep doing this until CCleaner doesn't find any other registry problems.
     
  7. Lisa171

    Lisa171 Private E-2

    I want to thank you all! I changed my free AV from AVG to Antivir, and used the Ccleaner registry clean/fix, and all is running smoothly now. I wanted to wait 24 hours tto make sure there were no problems before reporting back. :)
     
  8. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    :clap
    sounds like it is working the way it is supposed to.
     

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