http://disqus.com/people/507549b95616be1d87a0f626c4f5e988/enTue, 12 Aug 2008 00:13:19 -0000http://sbspalding.disqus.com/19_ways_to_speed_up_windows_xp/#comment-1165006Registry cleaners will do more harm then good. People take for granted that the software must know what its doing but I've seen a couple of programs that will tell the user "oh look we found something, not going to tell you what it is or what it does or where its located but you should delete it 'cause it'll speed up your computer uh-huh so just go ahead and click the OK " and the next thing you know the computer is righteously fubar'd. If you don't know what a registry is just leave it alone. Please. A lot of these are obvious, some don't work and running disk cleaner or defragging isn't going to make noticeable improvements for the average user and is really only helpful if done maybe twice a year. Ever meet users who insist on defragging weekly in a futile attempt to keep system performance up? If you want to replace your drive inside of 18 months be my guest.YoohooTue, 12 Aug 2008 00:13:19 -0000