Usually the first port of call for any inexperienced computer user who is having problems with their PCs is to purchase a registry cleaner. They say they will fix errors, speed up your PC and clean up unwanted files that clutter and slow down your PC’s performance, and all this with just a click of a button!

Let me explain. Over time computers suffer from the same thing as we humans do… old age! I know it sounds a bit crazy but what happens is the older your PC becomes, the slower and more unstable your beloved PC becomes. This is because as time goes by your PC’s internal files become more and more corrupt the more times you use it.

Well this is where the registry cleaners come into their own. There are designed to go into your PC’s registry and restore these corrupt files like new again. All these corrupt files and build up of cookies and so can be easily dealt with in a swift manner with your average registry cleaner.

But this is what they don’t tell you in the small print…

While I would hole heartily recommend using a registry cleaner for cleaning your PC’s registry but just don’t expect anything else from them.

This is because fixing your registry is actually a very small portion to tuning up your PC for faster performance. There is literally hundreds of other factors to consider and these are things that registry cleaners could never fix in a million years.

So what are the other ways of speeding up your PC?

Well basically it’s all about getting your hands dirty. You’ll have to manually do it yourself within the Windows operating system. It will take time to know how to manually tune up your PC but once you’ve mastered this art of manually tuning up your PC yourself, you will have a faster, more stable PC and it would give you a damn site more stability and performance than any registry cleaner could ever offer.

Conclusion

I’m not saying never use registry cleaners because they do have their place when optimising your PC for better performance. Even I’m guilty of owning one myself but they only play a very small part in fixing, cleaning and speeding up your PC.

End of the day the stuff that’s really going yield impressive results is the hacks, tricks and secrets that you’ll have to discover for yourself. Yes it’s going to take time to learn them but trust me.. I’ll pay off in the long term.