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Yuppers @DSTM knows his stuff. We agree on most things;)It's a great program. Do you know that it will find files on a external drive if you have it plugged in to a USB port?? Now that's one smart program! I have used it for a long time and I have recommended it several times. :clap:

PS ! I would use Search Everything to find all left over files that REVO left behind after uninstalling SpeedFan. That's what I call a clean uninstall my friends. If any thing remains after this, it can stay on my PC:):)

I lied;);) . I have one last reply!!There are 68 Speedfan registry entries. Even REVO uninstaller will miss some of them. If I decided to uninstalled the program. I would not leave one of them on my PC . I do know a little about the registry and I would never recommend a software program that would cause anyone here grief on Free PC Help Forum. I'm no stranger to the registry. I do not use this program to clean my registry. I use it to search for left over registry entries after a uninstall. I'm not recommending RegSeeker. You need to know what your doing to use this program. Thanks everyone for your contribution to this thread.

Yuppers! Registry cleaners are not needed these days and once again. I'm sure that ERUNT would not create any software program that would cause me grief. There's only one that might know more about the registry than Microsoft and that would be ERUNT IMHO! They have been around for ever. I really have no more to say, but all replies are always welcome on my threads. That's the way I learn!! I do not recommend any registry clearners Period!

I'm sticking with IE and Firefox!!

Nope Me too!! I'm thinking it was because of the server being changed!!

I'm very conformable in the registry. I respect it and I know what I'm doing there. The registry is very complicated and very few understand how it works. Do I know how it works? Nope! Am I a pro. No I'm not. I'm self taught. Do I understand and know every little corner of my Toshiba lap top. Yes I do! I have said that I do not believe in registry cleaners and I would never advise any one to use them. This is not a registry cleaner. ERUNT has bee around for ever and has earned my trust. This program is merely closing holes left from uninstalling software!! Great discussion everyone. Thank you!

Hi I guess we can all agree to disagree here on Free PC Help Forum.;)Here's my humble opinion! Taken from a web page! Does ERUTgui do the job safely? I guess you will have to decide that for your self. Will you need to use this software?? That's up to you. I think it's very safe to use. Windows doesn't know a thing about kludge- it just reads it all in whether it's needed or not. This not only wastes memory but adds to the boot time as well. In a worst-case scenario it can even cause some problems due to conflict within the registry itself. On a fast machine, this won't be noticeable, unless, of course, there is a true conflict. In any case, continual installation & uninstallation of software will leave 'holes' in the registry that take up unnecessary space and cause the registry to grow to huge proportions. Enter defragmentaion utilities. What they're supposed to do is find the unnecessary entries and close up those 'holes' thereby creating a smaller more efficient registry.

ERUNTgui will back up your registry before you defrag it. I have always trusted ERUNT. If your not comfortable with this, please do not use it. I have been using it for a long time. This program is just rearranging the registry and moving things around just like when you defrag your C drive! I can't see where any thing could go wrong. Can I guarantee that 100%. No I can't! Will it speed up you PC?? Probably not. I'm a clean freak and I like to keep my PC in the best maintenance shape that I can.

Hi Cindy! I agree that you shouldn't mess with the registry if your not comfortable there. I have been cleaning my own register for several years. I believe I know what I'm doing and I always have a back up image of my OS ready to install. This program is just defraging the registry like you defrag your C drive. It doesn't delete any thing. I believe it to be very safe or I would never recommend it here on the forum, but I respect your decision not to use it.;);)

Hi Cindy you will need ERUNTgui. You can down load it from here! Give it a try. You might want to uninstall the older version. Don't think it will install over the top, but it might???? http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/eruntgui.html

Hi I like to keep the forum active. Who wants to join a forum with no action??:(:( Should you optimize your register or other wise defrag your registry?? I say yes and here's why! I use ERUNTgui. This doesn't need to be often, but IMHO it needs to be done if you are removing and installing a lot of programs. You can see that my registry didn't need to be defraged and it's been several months sense I last defraged it!!. ERUNT isn't a snake oil program and has been around for ever and it will get the job done. Please add your opinions! http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/eruntgui.html Causes for Registry Fragmentation The registry is one of the most used components of your Windows system because it comprises configuration data of all hardware devices and software programs installed on your PC. Therefore, each and every operation that occurs on your system adds or removes information from the registry. Most of the time, when these entries are no longer required, they are removed from the registry. However, in reality, a lot of information gets left behind causing the registry to bloat up. This registry bloating eventually fragments and damages the registry files. Registry files also get fragmented due to the accumulation of several empty registry keys within it. These keys are generated when the registry entries that are removed from the registry fail to remove their placeholders. In due course, the number of these empty registry keys increases in the registry and causes registry fragmentation.

Good! Let me know what you think. I wouldn't mess with changing fan speeds unless you really know what you're doing. I don't recommend doing that>;)

Hi! Here a online analysis of my HD created and ran by speedfan! Some good things to know about my HD!! My PC is going on 4 years old. I'll take a 95% rating ;) http://www.hddstatus.com/hdrepanalysis.php

Great !! Thanks @AWS

Hi friend! Just don't use the registry cleaner. I don't use registry cleaners either. They cause more harm than any good they can do. CCleaner has some great tools. Been around for a very long time. Just don't use that feature in CCleaner;);) I clean my own registry. I don't trust any snake oil programs to clean it. Thanks for your reply!!

IMHO you need this extra layer of protection from MBAM. It is fairly new and it works. MBAM has been around for a very longtime and can be trusted. You won't even know it's around. It works great with any Anti-Virus software. http://www.malwarebytes.org/antiexploit/?utm_source=engaged&utm_medium=email-internal-b2c&utm_campaign=EM-january2015newsletter&utm_content=mbae

Hi I was wondering if there is a special section where we can suggest our favorite freeware, that we use to maintain our computers. I don't have a lot of them, but the ones I use really help me keep a healthy PC. Some of my favorites . Here's 10. I haven't added any for a long time. I think I have all I need. Do you have some favorites to share?? Speedfan Who Crashed Search Everything REVO uninstaller Slim Drivers Macrium Reflect Sea tools for windows Belarc Advisior Erunt gui

Hi! Not sure where to post this. Please move if needed! Here's a great freeware tool that every PC user should have IMHO. I sure most of you geeks have heard of it, but are you aware of all it can do. It can tell you the condition of your HD as well as give you temps of your hardware. Give it a look. It's free. I just tested my HD. http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Hi I'm new to the forum. Well actually I was a member before , but left for awhile. It's true that Linux loads from RAM and doesn't need a working HD. If the HD is not completely toasted, you should be able to boot with a Linux OS, but that does not mean that your HD is not going bad. You could have bad sectors that are causing you grief and a HD that is getting ready to fail. IMHO you should try a chkdsk. If you can't do that, then I suggest seagate dos to check your HD. These are my opinions and they might not be shared here on the forum. Linux is great for recovering data on a HD that won't boot into windows. I realize that this is a old thread, but this is my 2 cents on this subject! http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/201271en

Hi @Rich-M Here's a link that might help you understand it a little better. https://www.winhelp.us/reliability-monitor-in-windows.html

I believe the tool was created by Microsoft so a person could use PSR to record the steps and have them analyzed by a tech or a help forum like this to see where the OP was having a problem. I will see if I can authenticate that!!;) Yuppers! I found it!! It's in the link I attached!! I knew I seen it some where! You can use Problem Steps Recorder to automatically capture the steps you take on a computer, including a text description of where you clicked and a picture of the screen during each click (called a screen shot). Once you capture these steps, you can save them to a file that can be used by a support professional or someone else helping you with a computer problem.

I will leave that decision up to the staff. You can make them a lot more fancier that the one I attached. I'm thinking even audio can be added and other things!!

I would need to clean it up. I really didn't think I could attach it. It was more or less a test to see if I could attach it. I suppose you could use PSR to create tutorials. I never thought about doing that! Some good tutorials would be a good feature for our forum!;) Lets wait and see what our boss thinks!!

I have found Reliability Monitor to be a big help while working on seniors computers. It's like the event viewer, but has a cool graft and other features that Event viewer doesn't have.