Registry Repair

ReImage for Windows XP

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I received a question from Adam, a Terry’s Computer Tips web site visitor recently, who was having problems with two of his computers:

Hey Terry, just read your XP SP3 woes, got another one two for you. i have a small home network running with shared internet connection. When SP3 came out both computers immidiately downloaded the update. on PC1 the same happen to as did to your previous writer with the dvd-rom issue (gave up and bought another) on PC2 my onboard network adaptor, uh, mulfunctioned and my computer no longer registers any outside computers from my network port. i do not want to use system restore point. is there a way of repairing online? SP2 cd does not work

I wrote back to Adam to tell that there is a new online service about which I have been reading, that might be what he was looking for. InformationWeek, NetworkWorld and eWeek had very interesting articles about it. I also advised him that I have not tried ReImage yet.

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Filed Under: Registry Repair, System Control, System Repair, Terry's Computer Tips, Troubleshooting, Windows Repair, Windows XP

Optimize 2.0 Review – Five Months Later Review

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Optimize 2.0 Review Number 2

Back in February, 2008, I bought a license for Optimize 2.0 and was very impressed with its cleanup and speedup changes it made on my computer.

Now, five months later, is it still a worthwhile tool?

As I ran the program on Friday night, it had been several weeks since I had used it to check the optimization and for cleanup.

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Filed Under: Free Trials, Optimize, Other, PC Repairs, Registry Repair, Software, Speed-up, Stability, System Control, Terry's Computer Tips, Troubleshooting, Vista, Windows XP

Slow-loading Web Browser Links

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One of my forum readers in my Windows XP /2000/etc forum (which are now shut down thanks to too many spam posts) wrote about a problem he was having.

He wrote:

IE6 SP1 browser..links take long time to download

My computer contains: Athlon 3200gb, 1 gig Ram, I have WinXP SP2 Home, and IE 6 SP1. When I click on a link in my OE e-mail, I am immediately taken to the web-site. When on a web-site, and I click on a link within the site, it takes “forever” to download the page….I watch the green progress bar, not much happens. It says “done”, but I still have to wait a long time for the page to download. I click the F5 key to refresh and still it takes a long time for the page to download.

I’ve checked for malware (AdAware, SpyBot, MS anti spyware, CCleaner….none), I ran a system scan for viruses (AVG and then TrendMicro Housecall….no viruses), I cleaned out cache, Temp files and cookies. Nothing helps.

I also ran Start/Run/ sfc /scannow with my original Win XP CD and this didn’t help. I also ran IE Fix…didn’t help.

This problem occurs on e-mails with Links from e.g. PCMag.com; Lockergnome.com; AllExperts.com, etc.

What suggestions can U offer??

I would hate to format/reinstall.

_________________

Irving S.

I wrote back to Irving with a list of suggestions — and his problem was solved.

Read how in Slow-loading Web Browser Links

Filed Under: Firefox, Firewalls, Internet Explorer, Opera, Registry Repair, Speed-up, Stability, System Control, Terry's Computer Tips, Usability, Web Browsers, Windows Repair, Windows XP

Windows Blue Screen of Death

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On a mailing list, a member who is also a Terry’s Computer Tips subscriber, wrote that his Windows XP computer had craahed with the infamous blue screen of death. In his case, he had an error message that said “Driver_Power_State_Failure”.

I’ve seen that error message before on my own computers, not often and not repeated.

That’s the real issue. If you have a repeatable problem, you have something that you need to fix. If it happens once, it just might be the particular combination of programs you ran that day, in the particular order, that set up the problem. Or, it might have been one of those stray cosmic rays…

I did some research on Microsoft’s site and turned up Microsoft’s answer at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246243

Read more in my article Windows Blue Screen of Death

Filed Under: Registry Repair, System Control, Windows XP

Windows Registry Repairs with XP Repair Pro

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I use XP Repair Pro 2006 to scan and repair the Windows Registry on all my family’s computers. I use it regularly and believe that it does a good job of registry scanning and repairs. The license is surprisingly friendly to home users – one purchase covers all your home computers!

Whenever I uninstall a program, my next step is to reboot. I always do this before any kind of reinstallation or repair, since some changes won’t be made until the next time Windows boots. Then, I run XP Repair Pro to take all the remaining junk out of the registry.

Ever delete a program to stop it from starting automatically – and then find that you get an error message every time you reboot? XP Repair Pro finds those kinds of errors, too.

You can download and scan for free with XP Repair Pro 2006 for Windows XP (Home, Pro, Media Center Edition, 32-bit and 64-bit) and XP Repair Pro 2.5 for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP (one license covers both versions, too).

Read my review at www.TerrysComputerTips.com

Filed Under: Registry Repair, System Control, Windows Repair, Windows XP

XP Repair Pro 2006

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I found the Windows registry repair tool for which I had been looking…XP Repair Pro 2006 has been a great tool for me.

My very first evaluations of it were awesome. It knocked the block off the version of Norton WinDoctor that I had been using, as it found and fixed many, many more errors.

Since then, it has been a regular tool in my arsenal. When I uninstall software, I run XP Repair Pro to do another cleanup behind the usually-incomplete removals

I also run it about every two weeks just as a general preventive.

Although there is an Advanced Scan level, this is recommended for experts. I have yet to try the Advanced, since the basic mode has been so useful.

XP Repair Pro 2006 offers a free download and free scan. It will disclose its findings from the free scan, and requires registration in order to have the program perform the fixes. The license is surprisingly user-friendly and allows use on multiple home computers.