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Old 06-03-2006, 09:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default SpeedUpMyPC Terrible Software!

"I decided I was only going to give it one chance but apparently it had different plans for itself."..

I hope no one wastes $30 on this piece of crap!

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Old 06-03-2006, 09:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Anyone who would think that software will speed up their computer (other than overclocking software) deserves what happens to them.
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Old 06-03-2006, 11:35 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Well a program like that is just meant to tweak various registry settings and such, but nothing you can't yourself.

http://www.tweakxp.com/performance_tweaks.aspx
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the only software you need is ccleaner and cleanup! to clean up those files
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And tweaknow registry cleaner, or similar
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And tweaknow registry cleaner, or similar

CCleaner does an awesome job of cleaning the registry.
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