[beerman2469]

to be straight foreward i dont know much about pc's but my computer seems to keep getting slower and slower running avg and eusing registry cleaner but dosent seem to help when i look at task manager seems to be a whole lot of .EXE things running is this normal?

[1002richards]

Hi and Welcome to TSG,

You might like to see what's running at start up via msconfig:
Go to Start->Run->Type msconfig. The System Configuration Utility window will popup. From here click on the Startup tab and uncheck any unneeded program listed in the box (If you don’t know what a certain program does due to the sometimes weird names ask back here or just do a Google search for the exe and you should find out what the program does). This prevents the unchecked programs from loading up when you start Windows, allowing you to access faster boot speeds and less waiting for it to load.
Don't change anything you're not sure about, check here first.


There's not much support for reg cleaners here at TSG 'cos of the problems they can cause.
Below is an extract of a posting from the fall of 2007 by two well qualified respondents here at TSG. Another member (redoak) put the comments into this file for questions like this.
Advice and Info re Registry 'cleaners'- excerpts from TSG, 10-07
The main reason they are apt to cause problems is because the cleaners do NOT just clean up stuff left over from uninstalls. They also "guess" that other items need to be deleted, many times incorrectly. They also attempt to "fix" references to files that no longer exist.
As a result, you can end up with programs that no longer work, functions that no longer work and in some cases a PC that will no longer boot.
There is no performance gains to be had by running these things. Windows does not read the entire registry when it is looking for something. It uses the keys which allow them to go straight to the item that they are looking for.
References:
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643
http://www.computerhope.com/registry.htm

Richard