Re: To format or not to format??

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someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(Ray) wrote:
I read in here from time to time, I learn some and laugh some!(sorry about the laughing part)
I was wondering though....someone had said a good tech doesn't need to format that all problems can be overcome. I personally format maybe once a year....maybe longer but the reason I do is because I install ad uninstall alot of stuff. This lead's to my question. I have built lot's of computers
and repaired even more but am self taught. How do the pro's deal with the registry getting so clogged
up?


I've never, ever seen a "clogged" registry.


99% of uninstall routines leave all kinds of registry entries.


Many do leave some residue, yes, but you haven't been using properly designed programs if you're seeing that high a percentage.


I know you all curse registry cleaner's.
(as do I) But does the registry getting so bloated slow the computer down?


No one has ever provided any evidence that this is the case, and years of experience certainly don't support such a claim.


I have 25 processes running
which is very few but over time thing's do get sluggish.After a format and trimming down what's running
I do get some of the freshness back. Any thought's from the educated?


Immediately after a format you haven't yet reinstalled all of the programs that you had running beforehand. How could you expect anything other than what you're seeing?


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