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Answer» Coworker came to me telling me that he went to a A+ training and the instructor was promoting use of the defrag tool that is free from Auslogics http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/
I checked it out last night on a spare computer and yes it runs a defrag, but it also wanted to load a performance booster and this performance booster when allowed wanted to defrag my registry Really? There is a registry defragmenter...
All registry performance enhancement tools I have ever used have always came with problems going back to Norton System Works 2003 which screwed up systems years ago.
The A+ Training was a training that is similar to the actual A+ Cert, but its a private A+ cert that the business has that is more focused on key areas that the employer has, as well as they use to give A+, Network+, Cisco, and all other real certifications and PEOPLE were using the employer as a free ride to these actual certs and then leaving to go elsewhere for more money in which the certs are personal so they travel with you, so the employer now gives customized certs which are worthless outside of the company but give the employees trained by it the necessary skills to perform the job duties etc.
The instructor that was SUGGESTING the software from Auslogics as being a must have tool is a hired contractor that instructs for the company, and he isnt an employee or have any beneficial ties to Auslogics, but was just promoting it as his suggestion of must have admin tools for systems. He also made claim that the Auslogics defrag is way BETTER than any Microsoft Defrag utilities.
Figured I'd share this here to see if anyone has ever used their tools or specific tools such as defrag to say whether its junk, ok, or a must have etc.
What I found odd was that they promote the software on their website as if its a clean tool without adware etc, but yet the free tools have advertising in them for their own products that they are trying to push you into the trials and purchase of etc. I've been using Auslogics defrag for many many years now...
I never installed any of the other addons they offer.
But the defrag tool is excellent, quick...and efficient.AusLogics is reputable as far as I'm aware.
While the entire idea of "Registry fragmentation" (and "Dirty" registries) is effectively an invented problem in order for less scrupulous individuals to sell software to "fix" it, I think it is possible that reputable companies will see all these other companies making this software and assume those other companies must be on to something.
On the one hand, the people behind the software are generally far more ethical; whereas many of those behind commercial "registry cleaner" type software are often scumbags or completely insane. On the other hand, the entire domain is questionable and often based on false technical premises.
For Defragmentation I don't recall using one for some time. I believe the last Defragmentation program I ran explicitly- including the built-in defrag tool- was Smart Defrag when it was posted here. Call me paranoid but when you defragment and then the very next reboot you find all your boot files corrupted and destroyed... Also Windows Vista and later have idle disk defragmentation, and since I leave my PC on all the time it seems to take care of that on it's own.
Quote He also made claim that the Auslogics defrag is way better than any Microsoft Defrag utilities.
I think this is an interesting claim to make. One might call it a bit pedantic, but the defrag tools included in Windows have not been written by Microsoft. At least through to Windows 7 (perhaps even 8 and 10) The defragmentation UTILITY is actually a light version of Diskeeper. The issue it illustrates in my mind with the claim is that he didn't do a lot of research and likely doesn't have much to back it up beyond the anecdotal. A person truly interested in knowing which is better would have discovered that there is no "Microsoft Defrag" (even the DOS tools in DOS 6.22 were versions of Symantec Optimize), which would lead me to suspect the claim was made with the purpose of justifying their own purchasing decisions.
In terms of 'admin tools' I tend to keep it light. software like malwarebytes as well as the sysinternals suite.
I remember several years ago I ate up these sorts of "Tune-up" and "Utility" programs. I still have a System Mechanic 8 Disc somewhere, as well as Tune-up utilities. The fact that I gave either company any money sort of sickens me still but it cannot be helped.
I suspect a lot of the draw is just to give the illusion of more control. Most of them use pretty silly overly fancy skinned GUIs that practically emulate a "control center" feel, often with knobs and switches. Perhaps part of the draw is that illusion of control over the PC such software provides.
But I'm going off-topic. AusLogics is fine for a defrag tool as far as I can tell, though I'd be hard pressed to ever recommend any defragmentation tool at all.The tools mentioned are found also on Major Geeks web site.
In general, Major Geeks only recommend tools that are truly helpful.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/auslogics_registry_cleaner.html
QuoteCauses of Registry Errors:
Windows Registry is a database that stores crucial settings and options of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Registry entries are created for each application and driver installed on your computer. When running, a program may access the Registry thousands of times per second.
Just like any other database, the Registry becomes a real mess without proper maintenance. When you uninstall programs, invalid entries can be left behind and cause various errors. As a result your computer slows down, starts freezing, and crashing. That's why it's very important to clean the Registry regularly.
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Microsoft does not support use of Registry Cleaners in Windows. Major Geeks is far less reputable than in years PAST...
Go do a search for a freeware app...the 1st banner link is usually crapware...and many Users clik it by mistake.
I've lost a lot of respect for them IMHO.A little research shows that Windows XP and earlier versions of the Microsoft OS needed some clean-up of the registry. From Vista onward MS has not promoted any. They company claims that such tools can either make bad mistakes or do no good. It is also claimed that newest versions of Windows take c are of the registry very well by themselves.
Disk Drive fragmentation and Registry fragmentation a very different things. The Hard drive is a mechanical device with latency orders of magnitude greater than RAM. Once the registry is read into memory, any item can be found very quickly.
No version of Windows ever needed registry cleanup...Period.
And we are aware that defragmenting and reg cleanups are 2 different things...
Quote from: patio on April 04, 2015, 06:00:17 PMNo version of Windows ever needed registry cleanup...Period.
And we are aware that defragmenting and reg cleanups are 2 different things...
Agreed.
In some advertisement it said -
'just as your drive needs defrag, so can the registry need defrag'.
Or something like that. The advertisement was trying to draw a comparison where there is non.
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