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Top 3 Registry Cleaner tools and why you need them

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Registry is the heart of your Windows system. It is a place where the Windows Operating System stores the computers configuration information. IT experts advise against tampering with the Registry as incorrect changes in the Registry can severely affect the stability of your Windows system, leading to frequent crashes, BSOD’s (Blue Screen of Death if you are fortunate enough not to be familiar with this one!) and other critical system errors.

Over a period of time, the Registry gets bloated due to the bulk of Registry entries that accumulate over time. This, in turn, makes the system slow and unresponsive and can lead to computer errors. Registry-related errors can be easily solved and future ones prevented with the help of Registry Cleaning Software.

Why do I need a Registry Cleaner?

A Registry Cleaner is an application that removes unwanted and unnecessary entries in the Windows Registry. There are several free and premium Registry Cleaner tools available. Here we will take a look at the top 5 Registry Cleaners (the first three in the list are free software tools while the last two are paid) that you can use.

1. Auslogics Registry Cleaner

This is one of the easiest Registry Cleaners to use. The program scans the Registry for unwanted entries and rates them at three severity levels—Low, Medium, and High. It gives a user full control on the type of entries that he/she wants to clear to improve the performance of the system. The program also gives the option to create backups and restore points before cleaning the Registry. Auslogics Registry Cleaner also provides you with tools to check other issues affecting system performance, such as Defragmentation, Junk files and privacy threats.

2. RegCure Pro

This is one of the best premium Registry Cleaners you can buy. RegCure Pro has received a gold rating from Microsoft, a clear indication about its efficiency in cleaning the Registry. The program automatically creates a backup before every registry cleaning and also defragments files to improve performance of the computer.

3. RegClean Pro

This Registry Cleaner registered the highest marks in Dhrystone, Whetstone and RAMPerf improvement tests that are conducted to test the efficiency of an application. RegClean Pro is extremely quick and safe for Registry cleaning. Besides creating backups before Registry cleaning, the program also offers tools to defrag registry hive after cleaning. This further improves the stability and performance of your computer.

How to remove Bing Bar Toolbar

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Are you unhappy with the presence of the Bing Bar toolbar? Is it occupying a lot of browser screen space? Do you want to remove it because you find it annoying?

Well, whatever your reasons for removing Bing Bar toolbar, it can actually be removed very easily. Here are the steps you need to perform to remove Bing Bar toolbar from Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Remove Bing Bar toolbar from Internet Explorer

To remove Bing Bar toolbar from IE browser, perform these steps:

  • Open Internet Explorer by clicking its icon on the desktop or the taskbar
  • Click Tools, located on the right-hand side, and then click Manage Add-ons
  • Browse through the options in the right pane to locate Bing Bar
  • Select Bing Bar by clicking it, and then click the Disable button at the bottom of the window
  • Select the box before Bing Bar BHO under the heading Bing Bar in the Disable Add-on window
  • Click the Disable button

Remove Bing Bar from Firefox

To remove Bing Bar from Firefox, perform the following steps:

  • Open Firefox by clicking its icon in the desktop or the taskbar
  • Click Tools, and then Add-ons
  • Locate and select Bing Bar in the Add-ons window, and then click the Disable button

How to uninstall Bing Bar completely

If you want to uninstall Bing Bar completely from your computer, perform these steps:

  • Close any open browser window
  • Click the Windows icon in the taskbar, and then click Control Panel
  • Click Add or Remove programs
  • Locate and select Bing Bar
  • Click the Uninstall button

Removing Bing Bar toolbar may have a positive effect on your computer’s performance. However, the effect is not expected to be significant. If, in addition to removing Bing Bar, you want to improve your computer’s performance, you must do the following:

Run Disk Cleanup regularly

A built-in utility, Disk Cleanup does two things: (1) it tells you the type of files you can safely delete and (2) permanently delete the selected files. You should run this utility once every 15 days.

Run Disk Defragmenter regularly

This built-in utility not only speeds up your computer’s performance, but it also prevents hard disk errors. You should run this utility once every 30 days.

Fix Atheros AR5009 Wi-Fi Adapter Errors

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Atheros AR5009 Wi-Fi Adapter is a built-in component whose Drivers come pre-installed on your laptop. Sometimes the Network Drivers may become corrupted in which case your laptop may not be able to connect to a Wireless Network. To help you with issues related to this Adapter, we have set out a  few common errors and their solutions.

Solution for connectivity issues related to Atheros AR5009 Wi-Fi Adapter

An inability to connect to a specific Wi-Fi Network is one of the more common issues you may experience with internal Wi-Fi Adapters. The most common reason for this error is corrupted, missing, or out of date Drivers. Before proceeding to updating Drivers, you need to ensure the problem is not with your Router. If you have more than one Wireless Network available, you need to change the Broadcast Frequency of your Router.

Steps to change Broadcast frequency of your Router:

  1. Type Router IP Address in the address bar of  browser(Note: Every router has a specific IP address which is used to access its settings page. For example, the IP address for Belkin routers is 192.168.2.1 while TP-Link routers have 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. Every router manufacturer specifies an IP address(S) to access the router settings page. You will find this information in the router’s manual)
  2. Enter  username and password and go to Wireless Settings
  3. Look for Channel/Standard Channel in Wireless settings and select 1 or 11 from the drop down list. Don’t select 6 as majority of the router manufacturers use it as the default broadcast channel.
  4. Click Save and try connecting to the Wi-Fi network.

Next step is to confirm if there is some problem with your Wi-Fi adapter. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Start -> Control Panel
  2. Go to Hardware and Sound
  3. Under Device and Printers, click Device Manager.
  4. In Device Manager, click “+” to expand Network Adapters. You will see an entry for Atheros AR5009 Wi-Fi adapter.
  5. Right-click “Atheros AR5009 Wi-Fi adapter” to view its Properties

If you see a yellow exclamation mark near the device name, it means the problem is related to Drivers. To resolve the issue, you will be required to update and install compatible Wi-Fi Adapter Drivers for your Windows system.

Many users can get latest Drivers for Atheros AR5009 from their manufacturer website, if you prefer an automatic install and automatic Driver updates, click here to go to our Download Network Drivers page, from there you can download the Driver Update Tool.

Steps to update Wi-Fi Adapter Drivers

  1. In Device Manger window, click  “+” sign to expand Network Adapters
  2. Right-click  Atheros AR5009 entry in the list
  3. Click  Update Drivers
  4. On the first Driver Update Wizard screen, select “Browse my computer for driver software”
  5. On next screen, click “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”
  6. On next screen, you will see Atheros AR5009 WiFi Adapter listed. Select “Have Disk”
  7. In Install from Disk window, click “Browse” button and select the drive/folder where the Drivers are located.
  8. Select the Driver file in the folder  and click “Open”
  9. The Driver Update Wizard brings you back to the Install from Disk window
  10. Click “Ok” to start the Driver installation process.

If you find manual downloading and installing Drivers a difficult process, use a driver update tool

Updating Drivers Automatically

Automatic driver update tools offer many benefits, the most important ones being:

  • You can update device drivers automatically
  • The software scans and updates all outdated or missing drivers at one go
  • The tool picks the right drivers for your device and operating system, so you won’t have to worry about installing an incorrect driver by mistake
  • Automatic driver updates are 100% safe

Driver Updater is one of the best driver update tools out there. Outbyte Driver Updater will give you access to a database of over 1 million drivers. It will regularly scan your PC, suggesting new driver versions to install. Driver Updater contains drivers for a variety of Windows devices. With just one click, you can update drivers in your system.

Step 1
Click here to Install and launch the app

Step 2
Scan all devices

Step 3
Install or update drivers automatically

 

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