Over time, Windows operating systems can become sluggish and slow to boot and load programs, even though the hard disk has plenty of disk space and has been defragged -- and there's plenty of memory. The culprit? A bloated Windows Registry, due to installs and uninstalls of software, hardware, and drivers, and repeated changes in Registry settings. A slow computer isn't the only symptom of a sick Windows Registry. Occasionally, something goes wrong and errors are saved in the Registry, which may result in applications to not responding, or the computer freezing, or even system crashes.
The old-fashioned remedy was to format the hard drive and reinstall the operating system and software applications, a time-consuming chore. A better method to is to clean up the Windows Registry by removing the unwanted junk and correcting any Registry errors. Many products that clean up and optimize the Windows Registry are on the market, and some are free, like RegCure, which is available for a free download for a limited time only.
Update (19 Feb. '07): The free download will scan your computer for all problems, but it only offers to fix two limited areas, fonts and file associations. For a price of US$29.95, the rest of the problems will be fixed. Therefore, for being so bogus in its meaning of the term "free download and scan," RegCure's link has been removed from this blog. There are other products out there that don't try to pull a "bait and switch" scam, so one would be better off spending money on those products, not RegCure's. Sorry for my misguidance.
Update (2 Mar. '07): It seems RegCure is a scam by many accounts and user reviews. People have reported RegCure finds as many as 1,100 errors, RegCure cleans them, yet subsequent RegCure scans still find errors! RegCure has picked up on its unpopularity and the power of search engines to draw its customers. If you Google for "RegCure scam," many of the links (and especially the sponsored links!) redirect you straight to RegCure's "free" download page!
If you've been scammed by RegCure, try contacting ClickBank customer service if you purchased the product online through them. If that doesn't work, ask your credit card company for a charge-back.
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While the download may be free, the product only offers to fix scanned problems in two of the many areas where problems were detected, until you register. It turns out that they want $29.95 to register. So, I would hardly call this "free".
And why does this blog site require one to register for a Google account to simply post a comment? Sheeze.
Thanks for the heads-up. I've edited this blog post to explain the disguised deception of the company and removed the link to their Web site.
To post a comment, one must register because the spammers have scripts that post spam in blog comments automatically, but if they have to sign in first with their Google Account, they can't post zillions of spam links to their spam Web sites and spam blogs nearly as fast, so they don't bother with the "you must sign in first" blogs, such as this one. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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