[kat555lady]

Dear experts,
I recently used my HP Pavilion recover disk that came with my computer. It is 5 years old. I thought this was doing a reformat but evidently not. It restored my computer to the way it was the day I got it. What I need to know is should I use a registry cleaner such as jv16 or ashampoo before I install my programs and saved files back on here or should I install everything first and then use one? The reason I'm asking this is because I did install jv16 and had a look around. I did the clean reg scan and it tells me I have over 400 entries that are useless. Since I haven't put anything back on my computer except the system files from the HP cd I was wondering if this is why I'm getting the message that I have all these useless files. I don't want to delete them if it means I won't be able to reinstall my software and saved items. So should I reinstall the things I want first and then do the jv16 scan or do the scan first, clean out the useless items in green and then reinstall the things I want? Sorry but this is very confusing.

Kat.

[argeldeggy]

Be sure you install all windows updates. Here's the site below
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp


Major stuff to install is the crucial updates. The other updates you make the decision if you want it or not.

Also download Eplorer 6 service pack

After you are done install all programs that you have at home

I would recommend that you install ( spybot s&d, adware, and bazooka scanner. Once you are finish with all of this, now its time to run each program, one at a time. When you are finished running all these programs, I would also recommend that you do  diskcleanup, scandisk, and defrag. In this same order.
     

[kat555lady]

Thank you once again for your advice. I've already gotten all my critical updates and had to get IE6 before I could get reconnected with my ISP. I have both adaware and spybot but haven't reinstalled them yet. I've never heard of bazooka. Thanks very much for the help.

Kat.

[argeldeggy]

Just to let you know bazooka scanner does not removal anything for you. However it shows you how to remove the spyware, adware, and viruses manually. This is a great tool to learn your registry.

Thanks and have a great night

[kat555lady]

Thank you very much for the info. Have a wonderful day.
:)