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Everyone advises me not to mess with the registry on my windows xp home edition. I figure I should do something as it slows my computer over and over.

I am having a lot of trouble with my computer running every slowly while using the internet and playing any type of game. I need simple details (not alot of computer knowledge here) please.

Or any suggestions on how to get my computer to run faster would help. I have windows xp.

Is there a free registry cleaner that doesn’t just scan but actually removes the errors at no cost. Yeah I’m being cheap, but I can’t afford the software and my computer is running very bad. Any help would very helpful to myself and my family. ty
i'm looking for a free registry cleaner that will correct the errors found after scanned can't afford the software. does anyone have any answers. ty, broke and computer illiterate.