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TuneUp Utilities 2006 67
TuneUp RegistryDefrag
Every new program and every new hardware component enters itself in the
registry, creating keys and values. Over time, the central Windows database gets
larger and larger. The larger the registry becomes, the longer the system needs to
find specific information, and this makes Windows slower.
When you remove the software or the hardware component, these keys and
values are usually deleted, but the registry doesn’t get any smaller. Why? The
space that was occupied by a deleted key is still in the registry, even if it is no
longer used. Sooner or later, your registry looks like Swiss cheese with lots of
holes. It can be 13 MB in size, but only contain 9 MB of information. This slows
your system down and wastes space, both on your hard drive and in the memory.
TuneUp RegistryDefrag can consolidate your registry and make it considerably
smaller – a trick that can make your system faster again. To do this, the module
analyzes the old registry and then creates an entirely new version that only
contains the correct entries in the proper order. The old registry is then deleted
and is replaced with the new one after a restart.
Registry Analysis
First, TuneUp RegistryDefrag must determine how fragmented your registry is.
Click Next to begin.
Before the analysis starts, you will be informed that all other applications must
be closed. Please follow these instructions and close all other applications before
you continue.
Swiss cheese bogs
the system down
An introductory
screen is displayed.