Can anyone suggest a good registry cleaner?

Thanks,
Robert

Hi!

Try http://www.ccleaner.com/download its free also....

Regards,
Deepak

"Navyguy" <magineeer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone suggest a good registry cleaner?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
Here we go again! Please don't bite and trot out the 'boilerplate' we have
all seen so often. This is clearly a troll.

On Jul 18, 10:14*pm, "Edward W. Thompson" <thomed...@btopenworld.com>
wrote:
> "Navyguy" <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:bac7508d-87e8-47b5-b7eb-acfc3e45e008@p31g2000prf.googlegroups.com...> Can anyone suggest a good registry cleaner?
>
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thanks,
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Robert
>
> Here we go again! *Please don't bite and trot out the 'boilerplate' we have
> all seen so often. *This is clearly a troll.


If your referring to me, clearly you're mistaken, I'm simply asking
for some help.

Robert

On Jul 18, 11:35*pm, Navyguy <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 18, 10:14*pm, "Edward W. Thompson" <thomed...@btopenworld.com>
> wrote:
>
> > "Navyguy" <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:bac7508d-87e8-47b5-b7eb-acfc3e45e008@p31g2000prf.googlegroups.com....> Can anyone suggest a good registry cleaner?
>
> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thanks,
> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Robert
>
> > Here we go again! *Please don't bite and trot out the 'boilerplate' we have
> > all seen so often. *This is clearly a troll.
>
> If your referring to me, clearly you're mistaken, I'm simply asking
> for some help.
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Robert

Ah, I get it now. I apoligize, since I'm aware that using the
registry in CCleaner is not advised.
What do you think of RegCure?

Robert

Think your Registry needs "cleaning"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

You decide.

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"Navyguy" <magineeer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 18, 11:35 pm, Navyguy <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 18, 10:14 pm, "Edward W. Thompson" <thomed...@btopenworld.com>
> wrote:
>
> > "Navyguy" <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:bac7508d-87e8-47b5-b7eb-acfc3e45e008@p31g2000prf.googlegroups.com...> Can anyone
> >suggest a good registry cleaner?
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > Robert
>
> > Here we go again! Please don't bite and trot out the 'boilerplate' we have
> > all seen so often. This is clearly a troll.
>
> If your referring to me, clearly you're mistaken, I'm simply asking
> for some help.
>
> Robert

Ah, I get it now. I apoligize, since I'm aware that using the
registry in CCleaner is not advised.
What do you think of RegCure?

Robert

Navyguy wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a good registry cleaner?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert

Don't do it!

You're still young, you've got a lot to live for!

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:42:46 -0700 (PDT), Navyguy
<magineeer@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone suggest a good registry cleaner?


There is no such thing as a good registry cleaner. Registry cleaning
programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed
and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry
cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry
cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry
entries doesn't really hurt you.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.

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There is no such thing as a good registry cleaner.
"Navyguy" <magineeer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone suggest a good registry cleaner?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
>

Navyguy wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a good registry cleaner?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
>


There's no such thing, free or otherwise.

A registry cleaner - even a safe one, should such ever be developed
- is an exercise in, at best, futility. There is no real need for
registry cleaners, other than to provide a profit to their
manufacturers. On rare occasions, registry cleaners can be, in the
hands of a skilled technician, useful, time-saving diagnostic tools.
Otherwise, they're nothing but snake oil.

Why do you even think you'd ever need to clean your registry? What
specific *problems* are you actually experiencing (not some program's
bogus listing of imaginary problems) that you think can be fixed by
using a registry cleaner?

If you do have a problem that is rooted in the registry, it would
be far better to simply edit (after backing up, of course) only the
specific key(s) and/or value(s) that are causing the problem. After
all, why use a chainsaw when a scalpel will do the job? Additionally,
the manually changing of one or two registry entries is far less likely
to have the dire consequences of allowing an automated product to make
multiple changes simultaneously. The only thing needed to safely clean
your registry is knowledge and Regedit.exe.

The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of
the computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the
device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the
registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning
loose a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully
confident that he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of
each and every change.

Having repeatedly seen the results of inexperienced people using
automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most
experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all.
Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands
of the inexperienced user. If you lack the knowledge and experience to
maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and
experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner,
no matter how safe they claim to be.

More importantly, no one has ever demonstrated that the use of an
automated registry cleaner, particularly by an untrained, inexperienced
computer user, does any real good, whatsoever. There's certainly been
no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use of such
products to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's performance
or stability. Given the potential for harm, it's just not worth the risk.

Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and
every time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there.
And, since no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any
good (think of them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no
real medicinal value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo
effect), I always tell people that the risks far out-weigh the
non-existent benefits.

I will concede that a good registry *scanning* tool, in the hands
of an experienced and knowledgeable technician or hobbyist can be a
useful time-saving diagnostic tool, as long as it's not allowed to make
any changes automatically. But I really don't think that there are any
registry cleaners that are truly safe for the general public to use.
Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe
in the hands of the inexperienced user.



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