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A Perfectly Complete Uninstall

September 16th, 2009 Admin No comments

Uninstalling a Windows program leaves multiple traces like abandoned registry keys, setting files and shared subroutine libraries that are no longer used by any program. When you are seeking for a perfect solution to your problem, you are typically downloading and trying out lots of different applications distributed on the trial base. After you finish your explore, you’ll determine on just one application, and will want to get rid of the previous application you’ve tested. But do you realize how many garbage they leave behind even after being ‘completely’ uninstalled?

If you install a large suite made by a big-name company, you’re having the best quality software that certainly experiences how to behave and how to clean up by itself, right? Wrong! Many of them leave behind multiple traces that are probably getting your computer behave odd, or even lead to troubles that are impossible to predict and difficult to resolve.

Need an examples? How about a firewall that forgets to move out a system-level driver that filters IP packets? After uninstalling the product, the driver just sits there, performing nothing except slowing down the performance of your PC. Try another one of those firewalls and stack an extra system-level driver on top, and you’ll get connectivity problems that are very difficult to resolve if you’re not an experienced network administrator.

Did you use any tools to create backups of your CDs and DVDs? There’s a lot of tools on the market that shamelessly leave behind the drivers they use to access the discs directly. Each of these drivers slows down access to optical discs and makes reads and writes less stable.

Simple utilities produced by small companies and independent software sellers are very prospective to leave traces behind in many places on your computer. Simply because they are free trial and time limited, they try to hide info about their installation date and usage in obscure places, making it on purpose difficult to trace and clean up. There’s nothing wrong with protecting intellectual property, but what happens if you try out a lot of applications, and decide on a single application to do the job? Do you actually have to bring all the garbage in “the house” in order to buy just one tool?

If you start thinking that the only way to keep on your computer clean is by not installing anything on it, think twice! There’s a great solution to these kind of problems made by some trusty vendors. One of them, which i have personally tried, is Registry Mechanic.
Developed by PCTools, this a strong tools to optimize windows registry.
You can try out by downloading the trial version from the official web site, only there are limited features with the trial version.

Downloading Free Screensavers

September 9th, 2009 Admin No comments

There are tons of Screensavers that can be download for free on the Internet, and nearly all of these can be installed easily. These are usually categorized and related to themes. Nature lovers can pick picturesque locations. Fish lovers can pick out from other kinds of aquariums with multi-colored fish that are lapping through colored water. Those who actually like adventure sports or aircraft can select from a wide array of animated images and clips of death-defying stunts. Screensavers can as well be slide displays from different photographs of movie celebrities, sportspersons and politicians.

Yet, several precautions need to be taken before downloading Screensavers. The most fundamental one is that Screensavers must be downloaded from trusted web sites. It’s also always a good idea to scan Screensavers for computer viruses and some other potentially dangerous elements, like spyware and adware. If an anti-virus is already installed on the computer, a right click enables a menu which provides for a ‘scan with…’ option. The option can be chosen and left-clicked to check the picked out download before double-clicking it and performing installation.

Sometimes Screensavers are extremely graphic-intensive. This means that they contain so many computer graphics that are huge files. Tremendous files need lots of space on the computer when they run, and affect the computer performance. Your computer might operate so much harder and so much faster than regular, this can cause the computer freezes. Then the computer needs to be reboot and all the unsaved data on the computer such as open files that were being worked on before the Screensaver was activated will be lost.

Numerous Screensavers also make the hard drive of the computer collapse, causing unretrievable data. So, it is essential for users to download Screensavers that are compatible with the configuration of their computers. This means that the speed of the CPU in the computer, and the available space on it, should be sufficient for the Screensaver to be downloaded, installed and operated.

Many users like to create their own Screensavers, frequently with the visuals and audio of their choice. Several software applications facilitate this. Out of these, several can be freely downloaded from the Internet. Nevertheless, these should be downloaded just from trusted websites, and should be supported by the configuration of the user’s computer. Once downloaded, these should also need to be scan for viruses and other common infections. When installed, these programs enable the user to combine pictures, video clips and audio clips to create a personalized Screensaver, sometimes even for circulation amongst best friends and family.