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Posted - May 14 2010 : 11:34:59
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Question: David asks, "Is there a particular registry cleaner you recommend?"
Answer: Hi David, good name and better question! I'm personally not too fond of registry cleaners in general. You could use the one built into CCleaner, but make sure it makes a backup first. You don't want to get into a situation where the cleaner has broken your registry so that Windows won’t even boot. That's the reason I really am not fond of them. The registry is the database that holds Windows together. As such, its proper operation is very important. It's better to have entries in there you no longer need than to accidentally remove some that you do. A potentially more important factor is whether or not the files that make up the registry are fragmented. If so, there will definitely be a drag on system performance, because the registry is constantly being accessed. Your regular defragmenter won't defragment the registry, though, because its files are going to be in use. Check the show notes for links to CCleaner, and a Registry defragmenter.
Cool Site: TowerWatch: Here's a site for anyone who's ever wanted to be a better witness. It is geared toward reaching those in the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, but since many cults deny essential doctrines of Christianity, the information could be useful with more than just this one belief system. Articles presented here speak on subjects such as defending the Deity of Jesus; proper interpretation of certain key verses, Hebrews 1:8's application to Jesus of a verse in Psalms that there referred to the Father, failed prophecies, and others. This site also is helpful because the goal is not to simply win a debate, but a soul, and done wrong, it is quite possible to win the debate but not the soul. In fact, since this is one topic of study I find interesting, I've found that when people leave a cultic belief system, they are just as likely to leave it as Christians as they are to leave it as atheists.
Cool Gadget: IDAPT Charger: From gearlog.com comes the IDAPT Innovative Solutions charging station. If you've got more than one cell phone in the house, you've got more than one charger. If your kids have portable game machines, portable DVD players, portable gadgets of any kind, really, chances are you have a tangle of wires all over. Enter the i2 and i3 charging stations from IDAPT. The i2 simultaneously charges 2 devices, while the i3 charges 3. The chargers are universal, because they feature interchangeable adapters to plug into your devices. The adapters, called "tips" are labeled as to which device they are intended to charge so you don’t ruin your phone trying to plug it into the wrong tip. The tips themselves plug into the charger base using a common modular connection. To interchange them, simply push the buttons on either side of the tip and it pops out. Snap another tip in, and you're ready to go. The company even makes a tip that can recharge a single AAA and a single AA battery together. The i2 comes in 6 colors, the i3 in 9. The chargers run around $40 (give or take) and the tips start at about $10 each.
It's All "Geek" To Me: Screenshot: This week's term is screenshot. Sometimes an error message comes up on your screen and you don't want to write it down, but you do want to show it to someone who might be able to help. Take a screenshot. A screenshot is nothing more than a picture of all or part of your computer screen. Pressing the Print Screen key on your keyboard will take a picture of that screen and put it on your Windows clipboard.
Links
CCleaner:
http://www.ccleaner.com
PageDefrag at Sysinternals (defragment your registry, and other files):
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx
TowerWatch:
http://www.towerwatch.com
IDAPT at Gearlog:
http://www.gearlog.com/2010/05/idapt_charges_all_comes_in_ran.php
IDAPT Innovative Solutions (My Daddy day!):
http://www.idaptweb.com/index.html
Screenshot at TechTerms:
http://www.techterms.com/definition/screenshot |
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