How often do you install a program on your Windows computer, and then remove it a few days, weeks, months or years later after you no longer have any use for it? If you do this quite regularly, you may that find your computer becomes quite slow, unresponsive, or simply just sluggish. The reason for that is because Windows has what is called a registry, which holds information about particular applications and settings to ensure that your computer works properly.
However, when you install programs and remove them, some of these registry keys may not be removed. So when you perform an action on your computer, it’s trying to execute the key, but is delayed, as it cannot find what it’s referring to.
To speed up your computer, you could always format it and start from scratch, but this is quite a lot of work, as you have to backup your files, reinstall the operating system and then reinstall all your programs. It can take many days to do this, especially if you have a lot of files and programs to put back.
Alternatively, you can take the simpler approach and just use a register cleaner, or a registry fixer like the one we are giving away this week: Auslogics Registry Fixer. We have 10 copies of the brand new software from Auslogics, worth $300 in total. So let’s dive in to see what this program can do.
Installation
I would say most programs are pretty easy to install, but I found Auslogics Registry Fixer one of the easiest I’ve ever come across. With only a few screens, it was incredibly easy and quick to install.
First Launch
When you first launch the registry fixer, you will see the following screen, which provides a simple walkthrough of what the software is and why you need it. I recommend having a read through it, as it’s only four screens.
The Dashboard
After reading (or skipping) the tutorial, you are presented with the software’s Dashboard. It doesn’t take a genius to work out how to use it – it’s very simple.
The free and paid versions of Auslogics Registry Fixer are exactly the same, although, with the free version, you can only fix the first 13 items, and I had 79 errors on an operating system that only has about 5 programs installed. The first thing you should do is click on the Register button on the bottom right and enter your product key. Once confirmed, you need to restart Auslogics Registry Fixer to enable the changes.
Scanning The Registry
To start your scan, click the Start Scan button, or go to the Scan tab. One thing I didn’t quite like is that when you click on the Scan tab, it automatically starts scanning, but other people might like that feature.
The scan happened amazingly quickly. I was expecting it to take at least 10 minutes, but it was done in around 1 minute, which is very nice.
Checking Your Results
Once the registry scan is completed, you can fix your errors, or view the log of what will be fixed. As you can see, there are quite a lot of errors to be fixed – much more than I first anticipated.
Once all the problems have been repaired, you can check your log again to ensure they have in fact, been fixed.
There’s Defragmentation As Well!
In the Optimize tab, you can also schedule your computer to perform a defragmentation run on next boot. You could always access this through the Start menu, but it’s a nice touch to add.
You Can Restore Repairs
Cleaning the Windows Registry is a tricky thing. Deleting one incorrect registry key could leave your entire operating system inaccessible, or programs to malfunction. If you find the software has done this (didn’t happen to me when I was testing it), you can always restore what it has fixed, so you can rest assure your computer is safe.
Finally, The Settings
Not much too it here, but there are a few settings you can adjust.
This week, we’re giving away 10 free copies of Auslogic Registry Fixer worth $29.95 each!
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