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Monday, February 11, 2002
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Registry First Aid

Registry is one of the most important and critical part of the Windows operating system. It is the registry, where all necessary information pertaining to all installed programs on your system is being recorded. Thus the management of registry is critical and is detrimental to the overall performance of your system. If there's any problem with the registry, then it is surely going to be reflected in the performance of the computer. Therefore, it is most essential for every computer user to maintain the registry properly. Though it is not all that easy as it is said to maintain and troubleshoot, the registry as any error in editing registry can bring down your system. But, with programs like Registry First Aid, the task of maintaining and troubleshooting the registry could be fun. As the names suggests Registry First Aid is a tool for cleaning and repairing the registry of the computer, which specifically targets "orphan" references to files and folders that probably don't exist anymore. Since, this represents one of the major problems for the computer users as these orphans, enlarge the size of the registry and thus slows down the computer. These orphans are created due to frequent installation and uninstallation of programs over a period of time as the UnInstaller of the program removes the basic files from your system but it leaves some key files in your Registry, which later becomes orphans. This software targets all such orphans and remove them safely from the registry and make it clean and trim. As mentioned earlier, the task of registry editing is though very technical, but this software makes it easy for anybody to maintain and troubleshoot registry. Since it is pre-configured to cover fixed drives on the computer, so, it does not require any expertise on the part of user to do the job. It's a good software for all computer users and can be downloaded from http://www.rosecitysoftware.com

 


MemoryBoost Pro

Talking about the performance of the computer, the one most critical thing after the processor is the memory. Memory is though a small chip but can really work as a catalyst for the computer. No matter, how advanced processor you have put in your system, the overall performance can only be magnified if you have large memory. Unfortunately, just like hard disk space no matter how much large block you have you will eventually end up running short of it. However, with the programs like MemoryBoost Pro, you can get extra from your precious resources i.e. memory. MemoryBoost Pro, is an excellent software, which can give your computer an added boost of memory. This is basically a memory management software for Windows and it boosts the performance of the computer by managing several components under this program to use the memory to its optimal level, which in turn serves as a catalyst and help the applications run faster and smoother. It is worth mentioning here that the majority of the computer errors are related to the memory problem. Thus, if the memory can be managed well, then majority of these errors could be avoided. You can use this software to give the extra dose of memory, whenever you feel that your system is slowing down. Further, you can also create shortcuts that boost memory whenever certain applications are loaded. Therefore, it can come handy for those who are fond of playing games on their computer systems. It is thus very good software, which not only boosts the performance of the system but also makes it more stable by managing the memory properly. The software can be downloaded from www.tenebril.com

System mechanic

Like normal machinery, your computer too requires regular upkeep and grooming. Normally, continuous and long usage of computer makes it slow as loads of data is written and erased over a period of time. Thus for regular maintenance of the computer you can use system mechanic. This software is an excellent utility and helps keep your computer error free and clean, which in turn makes the PC run faster. This software also boosts up the Internet connection and in certain cases even doubles the speed by fine tuning the system. It comes with a full suite of 15 powerful tools, which allow you to find and fix problems with your system, ensure reliability and speed. Some of the major features of this software are speeding up the Internet connection, clean and optimise the system registry, removing junk and unnecessary files, folders and drivers from the system that eats up a lot of hard disk space and makes the computer slow and removing invalid uninstaller information among several others. This is a useful utility and can be downloaded from www.iolo.com

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