In regards to a slow working computer. Could the registry cause problems in this area.We are looking at a machine thats hardly ever been maintained, scandisk,defrag,etc. Just used. since 1998

Hi eham, hi everyone, The Registry contains settings that can usually been found elsewhere in MSconfig, in Control Panel, etc. so, no, we couldn't say the Registry causes the problem... I mean it's not necessary to change things in the Registry itself! oodles of other tools, roughly: - clean the disk (CleanMgr, Temp, TIF, cookies, Recycled Bin, etc.) that can be replaced by Delindex plus empty Recycled Bin - use a thorough disk cleaner such as EZ-Cleaner or JV16PowerTools - use a Registry cleaner such as EZ-Cleaner or JV16PowerTools or RegSeeker - ScanDisk - Defrag for Win-ME Have a good day, Gérard from Paris, France

Thanks Frenchie, This computer stuff gets really complicated at times......... By the way I,m going to your way in Sept....Paris, Normandy... :-)

Hi eham, hi everyone, Thank you for visiting my country! You're welcome here! ;-) Have a good day, Gérard from Paris, France -----

See this post: http://computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/155279.html I think my #2 there covers most of the slow-down things. D

Hi All, Additionally, a clogged registry can slow you down. Restart in DOS mode and at the C:\> prompt type: scanreg /fix Hit enter and let it run and then scanreg /opt Hit enter and let it run it's course too. Bryan

Bryan I feel sure I read somewhere that scanreg /fix does optimizing too. I "think" WhitPhil was the one who said it. D