Definitions
Following is a list of keywords and terms you would likely come across when dealing with a slow PC and looking for speed up your computer products.
Blue Screen
Often called the Blue Screen of Death (or stop error, BSOD or bluescreen), this is when your monitor displays a blue screen, which actually means a fatal system error has occurred. If your computer is slow, one reason for this is that there are many conflicts within your system and if they are not resolved, a blue screen may appear. Windows XP will generate a minidump file to allow analysis of the cause of the error.
Computer Freeze
A computer freezes when an application or tool installed on your PC or indeed the computer itself stops to respond to whatever mouse or keyboard input you do. This is better known as a hanging computer.
Downloaded Program Files
This is a list of everything you download from the Internet, including ActiveX and Java Applets from the Web. You can use Registry Easy to scan this folder and, if you want, erase the contents of this folder.
Junk File Cleaner
File Clean-Up is important to free disk space and keep optimal computer performance. Junk File Cleaner is a feature in Registry Easy which identifies and lets you remove Junk and Temporary Files on your PC.
File Shredder
This is a feature in Registry Easy which deletes unwanted files permanently. You see, when you delete a file on your PC, it’s still really there waiting for you to ‘undelete’ or restore it. These files just occupy a lot of space on your PC (slowing down your PC!) and worse, they can be accessed by anyone using your PC or a hacker (thereby exposing information in these documents to others).
Internet Cookies
Certain website use these to keep track of your online activities. You can use Registry Easy to scan, detect and delete these from your system.
Internet History
A link to each page visited during a predefined period leading up to the current day is stored under Internet history. This list can be permanently removed using Registry Easy so that no one can keep tabs on you.
Privacy Clean-Up
Your privacy is important, and privacy clean-up can help you protect your privacy online. Registry Easy has a feature called Evidence Eraser that let’s you remove private information.
Temporary Files and Folders
These are files and folders that are used during application installs. It can easily accumulate and occupy a lot of PC disk space, slowing your computer down. You can use Registry Easy to scan these files and folders and delete the ones you don’t need from your system.
Uninstall Manager
This is a feature in Registry Easy which removes applications you do not like anymore the RIGHT way. Normally, your system does not always remove all remnants of programs you uninstall, but leaves fragments behind. These can cause problems of system slowdown, freeze and, in extreme cases even a crash.
