Anybody got any recommendations...
Nov. 9th, 2008 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thismaz... for a good, free registry fixer?
I am running WindowXP on my laptop. The machine is only two and a half years old, but lately it has been freezing, especially when I'm in Word. It is also generally slower to do anything.
I have done a defrag, although the defrag analyser said I didn't need one. I have run a thorough virus scan. I did have a Trojan a couple of weeks ago, but I got rid of that. But I'm thinking it might have left some damage.
Googling "registry repair" gave me a number of choices, but also the warning that they are a major source of malware. Obviously, I don't want that, so I don't want to just download one, no matter how 'respectable' the website looks.
I use Avast virus protection, but they don't do anything except anti-virus.
A search of the Microsoft site (I figured they were a reliable source, even if I find their programmes tend to be heavy to operate) led me to Registry Fixer and I downloaded that, but the demo version will only fix a couple of things and a review I read of it (yes, on one of those sites I am not sure I can trust) said that it was not very effective anyway. It's not that I am unwilling to pay the $37 for RF, I just wondered if any of you, oh my knowledgeable flist, have experience of a programme that you have used and found to be effective?
ETA: I also don't want to reinstall XP from disc, particularly, since from what I've read, that would result in me losing everything else and having to do a mass reinstall. I can do that. I might do that. But if I do, it won't be until I have some time off, at Christmas.
In the meantime, I'm hoping for an easier solution.
Getting rid of the laptop and buying a Mac is also, unfortunately, not an option. *g*
Has anybody more got any practical advice? Please?
I am running WindowXP on my laptop. The machine is only two and a half years old, but lately it has been freezing, especially when I'm in Word. It is also generally slower to do anything.
I have done a defrag, although the defrag analyser said I didn't need one. I have run a thorough virus scan. I did have a Trojan a couple of weeks ago, but I got rid of that. But I'm thinking it might have left some damage.
Googling "registry repair" gave me a number of choices, but also the warning that they are a major source of malware. Obviously, I don't want that, so I don't want to just download one, no matter how 'respectable' the website looks.
I use Avast virus protection, but they don't do anything except anti-virus.
A search of the Microsoft site (I figured they were a reliable source, even if I find their programmes tend to be heavy to operate) led me to Registry Fixer and I downloaded that, but the demo version will only fix a couple of things and a review I read of it (yes, on one of those sites I am not sure I can trust) said that it was not very effective anyway. It's not that I am unwilling to pay the $37 for RF, I just wondered if any of you, oh my knowledgeable flist, have experience of a programme that you have used and found to be effective?
ETA: I also don't want to reinstall XP from disc, particularly, since from what I've read, that would result in me losing everything else and having to do a mass reinstall. I can do that. I might do that. But if I do, it won't be until I have some time off, at Christmas.
In the meantime, I'm hoping for an easier solution.
Getting rid of the laptop and buying a Mac is also, unfortunately, not an option. *g*
Has anybody more got any practical advice? Please?
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Date: 2008-11-13 06:24 am (UTC)Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I am so grateful to you for the trouble you've taken here.
I'll try that. And your beautifully clear instructions give me confidence that I won't do anything stupid or dangerous.
*hugs you again*