Baku 4.3

Free Baku allows you to search for system registry errors and unneeded files
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A computer system requires proper maintenance both in hardware and software parts. We do hardware maintenance when the computer is not working. Now, it can happen that the computer system may slow down due to problems in software or operating system. One main problem with Windows OS is that the registry (which is actually like a database that stores important data for software and the OS settings) can become corrupted or occupy a lot of space on the disk.

Baku is a free program that can clean up the registry and also compact it. The registry compaction is actually done by defragging the registry file, the thing that programs like the Windows defrag cannot do, as it cannot defrag most system files. Anyway, to reduce the registry errors and slowdowns, do not install unnecessary software, as this can severely slow down the system.

Another one problem may be caused by temporary files. These files are just created to store data temporarily. For example, a program installation will keep important files in c:\windows\temp folder before starting the installation, to make sure that in case it fails, enough data is available to reverse the changes made to the system. Software installations like Nero, doesn’t clean up the temp folder and thus can use about 1 GB of space or even more. It is a good idea to clean up this folder once in a month or so. This program can scan for the temporary files in other places, using the file extension conventions used by Windows and other programs. *.tmp, for example, in most cases is safe to delete wherever it is encountered. more

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Pros

  • Can reduce the size of the registry
  • Wizard Interface
  • Small program
  • Heuristic analysis
  • 64 bit support

Cons

  • Registry operations take a lot of time
  • Only for Advanced users

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One has to be careful changing file options, but the default settings have been no trouble. This program is great when space becomes critical. It finds junk that no other program I have tried knows about. Even when space is not critical, my computer seems to work faster after I have run Baku. It even found a program I thought deleted, but was stuck in the registry and had disk memory reserved for 4.5 Gigabytes! It was the whole reason I could not install a new program, and I almost took it back to the store. Once that 4.5 was cleared (it was an old game) I was able to install the program which was critical for my college coursework.

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This appears to be an excellent program, which I must admit to having not explored fully at this time.

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