The Windows Registry is a book with seven seals for many users. Many know that one can change Registry settings to apply tweaks or change system settings in Windows but most do not know what their applications are writing in the Registry. Not all applications make use of the Registry, especially portable applications do not [...]

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The Auslogics Disk Defrag software is a popular hard disk defragmentation tool and many users who like it will probably also find the Registry defragmentation tool useful. The Windows Registry is not defragmented during hard disk defragmentation because it is not possible to defragment files that are open for exclusive access.
Auslogics Registry Defrag reduces the [...]

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Since this is a subject we have touched on a couple of times recently I decided to share a a few useful registry tweaks. These apply to Windows Vista.
1) Stop UAC being so annoying
Yes, I leave User Account Control on. I find it bearable with time and its just one extra security caution. However the [...]

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The Windows Registry is not defragmented if you defragment your hard drive. This can be quite a problem for users who regularly install and uninstall applications on their system because uninstallers tend to “forget” to remove entries in the Registry during the uninstallation process. It’s astonishing that even the Registry of my brand new system [...]

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I remember that several tweaking programs that emerged after the release of Windows XP changed the EnablePrefetcher in the Registry which supposedly should speed up application load time. I also read about that tip in many forums and just recently in a computer magazine that published the tip to change the EnablePrefetcher value to 4-6 to speed up the system.

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