Re: Reg Clean or Reformat
- From: shawn modersohn <smmodersohn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:12:21 -0600
Jack Bruss wrote:
My computer has been acting up a bit for several months, slow to boot and shut down, sluggish overall, Outlook errors and shutdowns, strange error messages from time to time, etc. It has been almost 3 years since I reformated, and I was wondering whether I ought to bite the bullet and do that, or whether it's worth taking a chance that a $30 or so registry cleaner would solve the problems.If you have a valid install disk, I would just reformat rather than spend $30. I have no faith in registry cleaners and I think you would be wasting your money. In a pure cost benefit scenario, you could spend hours hunting down every problem and still miss a few, spend $30 on snake oil, or spend three hours including patch download wait time with a clean install. A clean install ensures you have a virus free machine. I would back up all my data, reformat/reinstall, make sure your computer is behind a firewall or router before going on the Internet, and then update all patches from Microsoft. Further, assuming you are using XP Pro, I would use proper user accounts, only use the Administrator account for Administrative purposes, and only install the software you actually need. In other words, stay away from free screen savers. As I like to say, even if the free software isn't evil, the less moving parts the better.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Jack
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