As a result of the recession, more and more PC users are sticking with their Windows XP machines rather than upgrade. The downside is an increasing need for XP support services/solutions. This Reimage review details one solution provider’s approach that manages to automate computer repair and maintenance.

Windows XP was still managing to maintain a fan base even before the recession hit.
-    XP service packs made it secure and stable.
-    Computers from the year 2000 onward where already fast enough for the majority of applications people generally use.
-    Vista was a poor follow-up that was panned critically which put off many from upgrading.

So with the recession biting many users are recycling their XP machines, but still need to keep them maintained. Reimage PC maintenance software were one vendor doing the right thing at the right time. They focused on providing an online repair application (running from a browser) that scans and repairs XP machine using their repository of 20 million files and a massive knowledge base of configuration and registry settings.

The application takes the approach that a fault (blue screen error, slow PC, corrupt registry, virus damage, etc) can be due to a combination of issues with the operating system, third party applications and the registry so each needs to be scanned.

The repairs involve resetting registry keys appropriately or creating missing keys based on their data of thousands of healthy system configurations. Repairing the file system (OS/3rd party software) is made all the more easy by downloading from their online repository.

Ultimately, XP machines will be used less and less as software vendors (including Microsoft) stop supporting it and providing updates. For those of us still using XP, whether as media servers/back-up machines/family computers/etc., it should still be possible to keep these computers running like new using applications like Reimage.