my PC takes so long to start up. What's the best and safest windows registry clean up I can download for free
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it's probably your startup\nall these programs starting at once is what causes slow startup.\nalso an antivirus could be running at startup, that really slows it down.\ntry this before u mess with the registry
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You must have a lot of things at the startup menu then.Try installing a software called ccleaner.Run the cleaner first.THen go to the tools tab and clean up your startup you get a lot of junk there.\n\nIts a free software and is very effective.\n\nAll the best tuning your pc.\n\nHope i was of some help.
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Add CCleaner and use it to clear both the system and registry.\nThen check for spyware using AdAware and Spybot S&D to catch ALL the spyware. One doesn't catch all.\nThen run a free ROOTKIT detector. This is different from the other solutions.\nIf you have a rootkit, you need a professional to remove it.
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Find out what programs are running in the background and kill them. There are some you want to keep. Most of the Windows processes you want to keep, and your anti-virus program (you do have one, right?). Some other programs you have installed may start a process when you boot up. \n\nCheck what is in your Startup folder (Start|Programs|Startup). If you are comfortable with editting the registry, there are a couple of places in there you can check. Look at HKLM &#92; Software &#92; Microsoft &#92; Windows &#92; CurrentVersion &#92; Run and HKCU &#92; Software &#92; Microsoft &#92; Windows &#92; CurrentVersion &#92; Run (remove spaces before and after the &#92; ). These have a list of files that start up when you boot your computer and login. Just be careful you don't remove something you actually need.
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Try Windows's own. Its called 'regclean.exe'\nSearch for it at www.downloads.com or simply download it from www.evidence-eliminator.com/regclean.exe
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Well, cleaning registry is something that is recommended to be done regularly, but be warned though that cleaning registry incorrectly may lead to system being damaged.\n\nThe rule of thumb is to only clean the things that is marked as safe to delete, and never touch the maybe safe or unnknown ones. Usually registry cleaner have several level of safetyness, you should only delete the ones that is marked as the safest to be deleted.\n\nThe one that says about warranty department must be a person who don't  know that registry is something that gets very dirty especially after installing and uninstalling a lot of programs, yes it's crucial, but not sacred.
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Try using a software to remove all registry... Files..\n\nThen Install it again...\n\nok..\n\n\nbye..
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Try cleaning out your registry with http://ccleaner.com\nits free
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Don't use that it's totally rubbish!\nI've been using Advanced windowscare 2. Download and try it it's free!\n\nIt removes scanware and adware and prevents them being installed\nFixes invalid and incorrect registry entries.\nOptimizes system configuration.\nScans and cleans up temporary files.\nErases history and surfing traces.\nDetects and manages windows start up items.\n\nIt boosted my computers performance immediately and i've never had a problem with it...download it from here. \n\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/download4991.html
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Get hold of CrapCleaner from FileHippo. Its free and it will tidy things its safe to tidy.\n\nYou can also delete restore points and change restore settings to save fewer restore points (or turn off system restore).\n\nIf you don't mind the risk, you can also delete all Windows update uninstallation folders - but do this the right way - they take up 800MB on my PC.
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The best freeware registry cleaning software is RegCleaner 4.3.0.780 \n\nget it here:\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html\n\ngood luck
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Try a program called CCleaner (Crap Cleaner). It gets rid of alot of junk your system accumulates and also cleans your Registry. It's free and you can find it at ccleaner.com.\n\nI have used it for about a week on my work computer and also on my home computer. The first time I used it, I got rid of almost a GIG of worthless junk. It looks thru your cookies, temp files.... well, just say it looks over your entire hard drive. AND it's free!
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Over time Windows operating systems become unnecessarily bloated and often times corrupted because various programs fail to update or they delete needed and unneeded settings. This leads to longer startup times, slower performance and eventual failure of different hardware components, software or the Windows operating system. \n\nNot only is this frustrating but you also lose valuable time everyday thanks to an inadequate Windows registry. Plus, hiring a computer technician to ' work out the bugs' can also be costly.\n\nDownload Registry Repair Pro the free trial.\n\nAlso don't forget to run scandisk and degrag.\n\nOther softwares are available @ www.downloads.com
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you can go to regedit and do it urself  or go to tucows.com and download a free registry cleaner and go that way with it
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Regardless of how you go about cleaning your registry you should always back it up, first. \n\nRegarding tools - as a programmer of 25 years plus experience, I could not recommend any 'automatic' tool that purports to be effective. The primary reason for this is the rapid pace of evolution that is the current nature of the computing world. In other words - how could any program truly be aware of all the items within your registry that may or may not be beneficial? How could it possibly know all of the requirements of your particular software installations? It can't.\n\nWith qualified knowledge though, there are a number of things you can use to help find items that might be ill-advised within your registry as well as plain old branch by branch inspection.\n\nIf you do not FULLY understand the consequences of any action you may take - do not take it.\n\nIf you think you are going to greatly enhance the performance of your system by tweaking the registry - you likely are not going to without an extensive background regarding the specific area you are hoping to improve.\n\nUsing quality spyware removers and anti-virus products AND researching your start up list will yield the most significant improvements. Searching Yahoo for 'start-up list, windows' may yield some very informative articles.
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You can go to Start-Run and type in MSCONFIG and go to the Startup tab and remove some of the stuff from starting when you first boot up your computer.  Then restart and it shoudl go a little quicker...
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1) Remove the program from startup \n\nhttp://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/pc-running-slow.html\n2) Run ccleaner to remove its entry from registry.\n\nhttp://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-use-ccleaner.html