Now I'm here to tell you how I feel about it. When I first learned about this game a few weeks ago, I was estatic! My hopes were high, and when it released today I only lasted a couple hours before I bought it. I've bee waiting and hoping for a new version of it for at least 12 years now, but obviously at this point it's not gonna happen. Everything has a price.Ok, so I'm a huge fan of Gearhead Garage. Windows 8.1 did do some streamlining in the way of backups that I wasn't crazy about but, there are always "work arounds" for those who have the time to fiddle. Third party software can bring these tools to the forefront and make them more easily accessible but in truth the software was already there for the most part. What many people don't know is the tools for keeping your Windows system clean and running efficiently already come with the o/s in most cases and one simply needs to do a little research to locate them. Alas, I'm terrible at following this rule as I'm always "experimenting" with things. I guess what I'm trying to say is there another rule that applies here that might take precedence at times: If ain't broke don't fix it. Personally, I like to leave most services running on my work station so I don't run into the "where is that service when you need it?" conundrum but then I also do regular maintenance and upkeep that most people simply don't have time for, as you so prudently pointed out. Servers need constant maintenance because they're always running and in fact, always in use to a greater or lesser extent. There are also some exceptions to the 'shut down' rule. There is a solid element of truth to this. Can you imagine what it would look like if they didn't purge the old, out of date, listings from it every year? The phone company has a registry,, , it's called a Phone Book. A clean and efficient Registry is just one little aspect of the bigger picture. There's just a lot more to properly and efficiently running a computer, Server, Desktop, Laptop or Tablet, than most users are up to. That's less load on the PSU too, so hopefully it will run cooler and last longer. I only have one CPU with one heat sink and one fan, so I try to keep their work load as low as possible. I even go through the "Services" list and disable every one that I don't need running all the time, or ever, and those that only need to run on demand, I put in Manual Start mode. Like, how hard are you making your PC work? My own PC's, all of them, run on the KISS method. So every hour that a PC is ON, brings it closer to it's EOL (End of life). (a pet peeve of mine)Įvery component of any computer has a definite life expectancy (time before death) Many don't even have the good sense to turn off their "appliance" when they're not using it. Most users, even those self proclaimed Experts, know very little about what goes on behind that Graphical user Interface. I'll stop,, , I didn't mean for this to run so long. Without fail, the first steps of any PC Tune-Up is to get rid of all the CRAP on the HD, including old, unused and possibly bad registry entries. When I would finish a Tune-Up, the typical response from my customer would be, "Dang, it didn't run that fast when it was new!"Īll I could say, is, "I know. Over the decades that I worked as a computer tech, I've performed my own Computer Tune Up on hundreds and possibly thousands of PC's. It's always been an interest of mine, so I've worked it down to a Science. Just like very few people can properly tune up their cars, even fewer people can tune up their PC. Sorry Charlie, keeping the Crap out of your registry or HD is not Snake Oil. Just like I've always liked to keep my cars in tip top tune, I likewise like to keep all my computers in tip top condition. It surely doesn't require a Rocket Scientist, to conclude that in time, a bloated and possibly fragmented registry is going to take its toll on system performance. And, very few program removal tools, remove all those now useless registry entries.Īs we run our PC's daily, the OS is constantly referring to the registry for information on just how a program should run. Every program installed into Windows, adds a ton of stuff to the registry. lolĮnter Windows and the windows registry. Back in the DOS days, we didn't have to worry about registry cleaning, because there wasn't one. Well, it's almost two months later, since the last entry here.
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