Comments on: Don’t Clean Your Windows http://www.sciencetext.com/sqt-clean-your-windows.html Sciencetext Tech Talk, PC tips, blog hacks, browsing, blogging, social media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/sqt-clean-your-windows.html/comment-page-1#comment-106869 David Bradley Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:56:01 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=663#comment-106869 Yeah, it could be that the "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" maxim works best. That said, programs like iSysCleanerPro and CrapCleaner can be very useful for retrieving space wasted by undeleted temporary files. One thing that certainly speeds up booting is to not have any icons on one's desktop, or at least no more than is absolutely necessary. Yeah, it could be that the “if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it” maxim works best. That said, programs like iSysCleanerPro and CrapCleaner can be very useful for retrieving space wasted by undeleted temporary files. One thing that certainly speeds up booting is to not have any icons on one’s desktop, or at least no more than is absolutely necessary.

]]> By: Jon http://www.sciencetext.com/sqt-clean-your-windows.html/comment-page-1#comment-106856 Jon Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:15:28 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=663#comment-106856 The issue of PC "optimisation" is apparently a complex one... I've been searching for years for the optimum setup of background services and resource-hogging features, to no avail - I don't even know if there is one. Many websites will give you a long list of services which are safe to disable, providing you don't use the features they provide. This supposedly frees up RAM and maybe even a few cycles of processing, but apart from a slightly increased startup time I've never seen any differences. A few friends of mine who know about this sort of thing also say disabling services is a complete waste of time anyway, as they are designed to sit quietly when not being used and the resources gained by disabling them are insignificant. Clearing my XP/Prefetch once in a while seems like a good idea, though, as software habits and disk organisation change. In Vista, Superfetch (Prefetch: the next generation) is somewhat more advanced and feels it; my commonly-used apps such as Firefox and Outlook start up instantly. So what to do? (apart from buy a Mac ;)) It seems that registry cleaners, service disablers and PC optimisers are all pretty much a waste of time. My computers run fastest when I leave them the hell alone, as even M$ designers know how to make their software run better than Joe Bloggs. The issue of PC “optimisation” is apparently a complex one… I’ve been searching for years for the optimum setup of background services and resource-hogging features, to no avail – I don’t even know if there is one.

Many websites will give you a long list of services which are safe to disable, providing you don’t use the features they provide. This supposedly frees up RAM and maybe even a few cycles of processing, but apart from a slightly increased startup time I’ve never seen any differences.

A few friends of mine who know about this sort of thing also say disabling services is a complete waste of time anyway, as they are designed to sit quietly when not being used and the resources gained by disabling them are insignificant.

Clearing my XP/Prefetch once in a while seems like a good idea, though, as software habits and disk organisation change. In Vista, Superfetch (Prefetch: the next generation) is somewhat more advanced and feels it; my commonly-used apps such as Firefox and Outlook start up instantly.

So what to do? (apart from buy a Mac ;) ) It seems that registry cleaners, service disablers and PC optimisers are all pretty much a waste of time. My computers run fastest when I leave them the hell alone, as even M$ designers know how to make their software run better than Joe Bloggs.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/sqt-clean-your-windows.html/comment-page-1#comment-69723 David Bradley Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:51:08 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=663#comment-69723 Couple of additional things to check: remaining hard disk space. If that's low it can slow your machine, also hard disk fragmentation levels. And, spyware/malware if you've got any serious malware it could slow the fastest machine to a grinding halt. Couple of additional things to check: remaining hard disk space. If that’s low it can slow your machine, also hard disk fragmentation levels. And, spyware/malware if you’ve got any serious malware it could slow the fastest machine to a grinding halt.

]]> By: Goran Website Design http://www.sciencetext.com/sqt-clean-your-windows.html/comment-page-1#comment-69578 Goran Website Design Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:11:17 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=663#comment-69578 My machine is getting really slow and it's been irritating. I checked this folder and there are only 4mb, it seems too little amount of files to delete. What do you say? My machine is getting really slow and it’s been irritating. I checked this folder and there are only 4mb, it seems too little amount of files to delete. What do you say?

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