I'm sure this has been asked and answered here, but I've been away from the
group for a very long time...

Is there a "best" freeware registry cleaner for XP?

TIA

>Thierry Gerbault <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm sure this has been asked and answered here, but I've been away from the
>group for a very long time...
>
>Is there a "best" freeware registry cleaner for XP?

Regseeker seems to work well and has a default option to back up keys
removed. The Excludes list took a while to figure out, although
instructions are clear.

Speaking of backups, everyone should have a secondary backup for XP,
so I'll take this opportunity to mention erunt.zip, freeware
(naturally). It's one thing to have a tidy registry and sometimes
something else to have one that works well.
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt

"Maureen Goldman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >Thierry Gerbault <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I'm sure this has been asked and answered here, but I've been away from
the
> >group for a very long time...
> >
> >Is there a "best" freeware registry cleaner for XP?
>
> Regseeker seems to work well and has a default option to back up keys
> removed. The Excludes list took a while to figure out, although
> instructions are clear.
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

Maureen Goldman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> >Thierry Gerbault <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I'm sure this has been asked and answered here, but I've been away from the
> >group for a very long time...
> >
> >Is there a "best" freeware registry cleaner for XP?
>
> Regseeker seems to work well and has a default option to back up keys
> removed. The Excludes list took a while to figure out, although
> instructions are clear.
>
> Speaking of backups, everyone should have a secondary backup for XP,
> so I'll take this opportunity to mention erunt.zip, freeware
> (naturally). It's one thing to have a tidy registry and sometimes
> something else to have one that works well.
> http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt

Yeah I've used erunt as well--never needed it, but it was highly rated
at the freeware site I found it at (nonags, I believe). I have had
excellent success with RegScrupXP, made by lexunfreeware. Their old
URL is no longer working; I tried others, and I would notice my comp
doing little quirky things that it never did before; or i would notice
plenty of legitimate registry entries. But with RegScrupXP, I have had
neither problem. I will use this until I decide to upgrade from XP,
however far into teh future that point in time is. Highly
recommended.

(E-Mail Removed) (Paul) wrote in
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> Maureen Goldman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
>> >Thierry Gerbault <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm sure this has been asked and answered here, but I've been away
>> >from the group for a very long time...
>> >
>> >Is there a "best" freeware registry cleaner for XP?
>>
>> Regseeker seems to work well and has a default option to back up keys
>> removed. The Excludes list took a while to figure out, although
>> instructions are clear.
>>
>> Speaking of backups, everyone should have a secondary backup for XP,
>> so I'll take this opportunity to mention erunt.zip, freeware
>> (naturally). It's one thing to have a tidy registry and sometimes
>> something else to have one that works well.
>> http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt
>
> Yeah I've used erunt as well--never needed it, but it was highly rated
> at the freeware site I found it at (nonags, I believe). I have had
> excellent success with RegScrupXP, made by lexunfreeware. Their old
> URL is no longer working; I tried others, and I would notice my comp
> doing little quirky things that it never did before; or i would notice
> plenty of legitimate registry entries. But with RegScrupXP, I have had
> neither problem. I will use this until I decide to upgrade from XP,
> however far into teh future that point in time is. Highly
> recommended.
>

Thanks to all of you for your recommendations. I will give them a try.

--
Thierry Gerbault

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