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Registry Cleaners are they Scams? A Look at how they can Improve Computer Performance
I'm a pretty skeptical guy. I avoid fads and new things like a passion and don't believe there are quick fixes for anything. This is the reason I couldn't believe all the buzz about registry utilities improving PC performance and fixing all your computer problems.
Most websites I found while researching these programs only hyped them up. None presented any of the cons to these computer programs or what they were actually capable of doing to improve PC performance. If I wanted to learn about how these programs could improve performance I was going to have to test it myself. That is exactly what I did I setup a Registry Repair Comparison on my own test computer to decide if these programs really worked. My results? The programs were actually pretty surprising.
Speed of a Full Scan Was Pointless
I timed all of the registry cleaners I tested to see how long they took to do a complete scan. Times for the full scan were all between one and ten minutes long. With most programs a second scan, which I performed each time to double check the number of errors found, seemed to be faster then the first scan.
The faster the full scan took meant nothing about the performance. Based on all the tests I ran the speed of a scan had no bearing on how well a registry cleaner actually performed.
Repairs and Errors Weren't Equal
This really surprised me. The actual changes to my registry, or repairs completed was not the same as the number of items found during the scan of my PC. The top performing program made about 60% of the changes found in the full scan. I'd assume that to create more panic in users registry cleaners look to find as many potential errors as possible then only repair the key critical ones affecting performance.
Performance Came from Add-on Features
This was the test that really started to make me more of a believer in registry repair software. Up to this point there had been small improvements in the performance of my test PC from the scans and repairs down by each utility. After running a few of the added features such as file cleaners, evidence erasers and start-up managers I got some pretty good speed improvements.
My boot time of Windows was reduced, as well as the startup time for many of my programs. I measured the performance improvement by timing the start up with a computer start up timer so everything was equal.
In the End
While my test PC wasn't that infected with junk files and registry errors I was able to squeeze out some performance. It wasn't really caused from the registry repair part of the software. The improvement came from running the additional programs that came with the software.
My result suggest that you can see improvement using registry cleaners, but be sure to get one with a refund policy in case you don't see big changes.
Repair double layer firewall?
I live in a townhome in Los Angeles. The lower corner of a common wall was damaged by water and needs to be replaced. I fixed the water penetration issue, but need advice on repairing the drywall on the common wall.
The wall is standard 2x4, 16" oc, with double layer drywall. I haven't cut it out to see if it's 5/8" type X or 1/2" type C.
I assume I'll need to do some overlapping of the inner and outter patch, but how much?
Do you apply any adhesive between layers or just tape/mud the inner layer before applying the outer?
How do you screw these layers into the stud wall? Same screws for both layers or different? What is the required screwing pattern?
Thanks for your help.
It's definitely double layer on my side so the patch has to match. I'm not sure if it also has a wall in between mine and the neighbors so I'm being conservative in assuming my wall has the 2 hr rating. It's 1974 construction. The damage is about 1.5' x 3'.
there may be another wall between your wall and the neighbors wall....this middle wall is the fire wall....your wall should be 5/8 inch drywall ....how much of the wall are u replacing....if just cutting out the wet section towards the bottom of the wall ( maybe a few inches up ) then nothing special to do. no screw pattern needed... cut out bad section and replace that section ....screw or nail....tape and mud....thers nothing special about a fire wall except its thickness
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