HI Dark, Yeah, I have heard some good things about AVG's PC Tuneup. That said, any tool that can maintain the registry, remove temperary files, delete expired cookies, make sure the hard drive is properly defragged, and so on will dramatically speed up the system and improve over all performance because you eliminate all the trash causing it to run poorly.
An improperly maintained Windows PC is kind of like a clogged drain. Over time the drain fills up, bits of food and other garbage builds up in the drain pipe, and water begins to back up in the drain, go down slowly, and it doesn't do what it is suppose to do. If you get a bottle of Liquid Plumber or Draino, pore it down the drain, it will clean out the garbage and the drain will work again. Installing a tool like CCleaner or PC Tuneup is the Draino of Windows as it unclogs the garbage effecting Windows, and more or or less restores things back to factory specifications which is what you want. As far as my earlier point, my argument wasn't that anyone should switch to Mac or Linux. I merely wanted to address how other operating systems handle global settings, and that they don't have a registry. Microsoft's registry is a technical problem they will not address, and the main reason is it is because of security reasons. Since Microsoft and other companies are in it for the money the registry is intentionally created to be not very user friendly, they do not share much information about it to non-programmers, and for security reasons product keys and other sensitive information is stored there. Since sensitive information is usually stored in the registry obviously they don't want the average Joe poking around in there. While I understand their reasons it still doesn't excuse the fact other operating systems, who have chosen not to use a registry, don't have half the issues/problems as Microsoft has with the registry. As for your point about capitalism you are absolutely right. Rarely do the best products and services become the most popular or the most well known. I think most of that is do to misdirection, negative advertising campaigns, and the ability of the rich to spin their own version of the truth. For example, you said you don't want to do all the compiling and looking through system files that Linux needs. Let me just say this is a classic case of misinformation and someone is obviously playing on your ignorance because it simply isn't true. Yes, there are the technical gurus who like to compile everything from scratch, manually edit settings files from hand, but what you haven't been told that this is completely optional. If you select a name brand distribution such as Ubuntu, for example, they compile and package all or most of the Linux applications you need and all you have to do is download and install them just like any other application. No compiling involved on your part. They also have graphical tools to configure and setup your Linux operating system meaning you don't have to look through system files and edit them by hand. Most of the time Linux is just as easy as Windows to use if you use a graphical environment like Gnome that is very like Windows. My point here is that somebody has obviously told you something,and you are now convinced you need a hire education and some expert technical skills to use Linux. If you don't want to use it for personal reasons I certainly understand that. However, I will say is that you shouldn't believe everything you here because Microsoft would like nothing more than to convince you that Linux is too hard to use, that it is too complicated, and their OS is the easiest, the best, whatever. Misdirection and misinformation is their best friend. I guess I just find it a bit ironic you are aware of how comercial companies discredit their competition, and turn right around and say the very thing they want you to say to discredit their competition. Unfortunately, most customers do the same thing, and are holy unaware of their own ignorance on the subject and can't tell what is true or not. In that way Microsoft is able to hold onto their software monopoly simply by preying on their customers ignorance of the issues at hand. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
