Free Registry Cleaner

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FredW

J

John Barnett MVP

Oh yes, of course, I forgot, we have to treat all staff with respect -
except they don't treat the customer with similar respect. I've never been
to the Coventry PC World, but I did get my last PC from Wednesbury PC World.
I had to take it back the next day with hard drive problems. I spent 2 hours
being treated like an idiot while their tech staff assured me that I didn't
know what I was talking about and that there was absolutely nothing wrong
with the hard drive - even though I had to keep re-installing Vista 'every'
single day to get it to even boot:) Well after waiting around all that time
and getting nowhere I decided it was time PC World knew this idiots
credentials. So after calmly explaining who I was and what I did I asked
'what part of that conversation makes you think I am incapable of diagnosing
what is wrong with the computer in front of you?' Well he scurried away,
tail between his legs, and re-appeared with some manager or other who
apologised profusely, exchanged the PC and sent me on my merry way:)

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H

HeyBub

kandinsky63 said:
Hi

Can anyone recommend a good free registry cleaner.
Thanks
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There are no good, free, registry cleaners. There are no good, commercial,
registry cleaners. There are several nogood registry cleaners, both free and
for a fee.
 
P

Peter Foldes

You took that whole write up out of context. Please do not post erroneous
information. You are causing more harm than good. David Lipman also told you the
same as did others earlier today .
Go away before you cause major problems for some unsuspecting reader.

If you really want to learn then send me your email address and I will send you a
nice write up in a small file called I Love You (poem)which was going around in the
mid to late 90's. You will learn much from that. Guaranteed
--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

~BD~ said:
Perhaps I should have mentioned that this response was in connection to my enquiry
earlies in other newsgroups, viz:-

Should anyone here have ever read this thread:

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=28099&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=registry+cleaners

they will be aware that the gurus at Aumha do *not* support the use of
Registry cleaners - period!

You can therefore imagine my surprise when I read here .........

http://www.aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=37253 ......

*this* instruction being given by Mr Bill Castner:-

***********************************************
Quote:
1) Click on the following link and download the AntiVir Registry Cleaner to
your desktop
http://dl.antivir.de/down/windows/registrycleaner.zip
2) Create a folder on your desktop called Antivir and Unzip the file to your
desktop
3) Double-click on the file called RegCleaner.exe to run it
4) Since the program is German, you'll have to click on the button called
"keys asulesen" to search the registry for any issues. Then place checkmarks
next to the registry entries you wish to delete.
5) Finally, click on the button called "loschen" to delete the keys
6) Restart your computer.

***********************************************

Someone reading here may know of some reason(s) why, in this specific
instance, the use of this particular cleaner *has* been advocated.

I'd be very interested to know such reason(s) - if you'll share! ;)

Dave

~BD~ said:
PA Bear said:
[Here we go again...]

Think your Registry needs "cleaning" or "repairing"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
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*********************************************

Should we believe this then?

Dave

_____________________


It is contraindicated to use /* generic*/ Registry Cleaners!
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B

~BD~

If you really want to learn then send me your email address and I will
send you a nice write up in a small file called I Love You (poem)which was
going around in the mid to late 90's. You will learn much from that.
Guaranteed
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Let us start with your post today in the 'test' group -
microsoft.public.test.here

"The idiots son is teaching the Yanks to fly. Was sent over from the British
isle to
do this. Bunch of bushtit.

End Test"

Your English is apalling Mr Foldes. Your understanding is worse. My
surviving son spent four years in the USA teaching US pilots how to fly
helicopters safely in a combat zone - so that they were/are better prepared
to carry out the rescue missions which they are so often called upon to
perform. He returned to the UK in July 2008. He retires from the Royal Air
Force at the end of this month. FACT!

My email address has been available to you at Annexcafe and here on the
Microsoft groups for nearly three years. FACT!

I would not be at all surprised to learn that you had a hand in propergating
the 'I love you' virus http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/736080.stm

That cannot be, though, the matter to which you refer as you say "going
around in the mid to late 90's" - unless you have your dates confused.
Please send me any information that will confirm that you in no way support
those around the world whose aim is to kill us. Thanks.

Dave
 
B

Bruce Chambers

Randem said:
Any tool in the hand of an idiot can be dangerous. This is just a tool like
many others. You need to know how to use the tool for it to be of any use...
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And the "tool" must also be appropriate for the task at hand. Using a
registry cleaner to address a computer problem is akin to trying to
perform surgery with a chainsaw.


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Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
 
R

Randem

Not so, that is why the good registry cleaners provide Syatem Restore Points
as well as the ability to allow one to select the items that will be
removed. They are just taking educated guesses, it's up to the operator to
confirm. If one doesn't know what to confirm the removals or how to operate
it, it is possible that they should not be using it. The same goes for the
scapel or chainsaw...

Don't blame the chainsaw because you attempted to perform surgery and things
went wrong... It's the operator...

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B

Bill in Co.

Randem said:
Not so, that is why the good registry cleaners provide Syatem Restore
Points
as well as the ability to allow one to select the items that will be
removed. They are just taking educated guesses, it's up to the operator to
confirm. If one doesn't know what to confirm the removals or how to
operate
it, it is possible that they should not be using it.
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Truth be told, it is often impossible to know *for a certainty* which things
flagged by a registry cleaner are 100% safe to remove (except for the
innoculous ones, like items in the windows history list). And the problems
often show up later. Even the old MS Regclean had a few issues (and I've
actually walked that walk)
 
M

M.I.5¾

thanks for the advice. It just goes against advice offered by PC shops
like
PC world, web sites and such like.









- Show quoted text -
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Avoid registry cleaner like the "plague." They tend to cause more
problems than they fix.
 
B

Bob I

BIG difference! Chainsaws are not sold as tool to make your home more
valuable, expand your living room, make women want to have you baby, and
be a hero to children.
 
T

Twayne

BIG difference! Chainsaws are not sold as tool to make your home more
valuable, expand your living room, make women want to have you baby,
and be a hero to children.
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Really? I've used a chainsaw for all those things, proposed to my wife
during the job, and she's since had two of my children, who think I'm a
hero and know everything (for now at least!).
 
B

Bob I

Twayne said:
Really? I've used a chainsaw for all those things, proposed to my wife
during the job, and she's since had two of my children, who think I'm a
hero and know everything (for now at least!).
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Perhaps you have. And was it sold as a tool specifically to do those
things? Nope, and pretty sure the company wouldn't dream of advertising
as such, simply because they can't say that would happen. Unfortunately
the reg-clean purveyors don't have any such scruples. But then they are
only selling wishfull thinking.
 
H

HeyBub

Randem said:
Any tool in the hand of an idiot can be dangerous. This is just a
tool like many others. You need to know how to use the tool for it to
be of any use...
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I can dig it. And any person who promotes a registry cleaner is, by
definition, an idiot. Therefore registry cleaners used by advocates of
registry cleaners are dangerous.

In a similar fashion, any tool used by someone who doesn't know how to use
the tool, usually results in a disaster. So, then, a registry cleaner in the
hands of someone who doesn't know how to use it is likewise problematic.

Registry cleaners belong to a class of software known as "spherical crap."
That is, any way you look at them, they are evil.
 
B

~BD~

You are correct, Gord - 'My Bad' as I've learnt to say on these groups!

I'm sorry. :)

Dave
 
F

Frank-FL

HeyBub said:
I can dig it. And any person who promotes a registry cleaner is, by
definition, an idiot. Therefore registry cleaners used by advocates
of registry cleaners are dangerous.

In a similar fashion, any tool used by someone who doesn't know how
to use the tool, usually results in a disaster. So, then, a registry
cleaner in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to use it is
likewise problematic.

Registry cleaners belong to a class of software known as "spherical
crap." That is, any way you look at them, they are evil.
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You are using a lot of absolute and derogatory language in your post.
I have been using, adaware, malwarebytes, acronis system cleanup,
ccleaner, ntregopt, pagedfrag, ntfs for dos-defrag &chkdsk, I have not
had any ill effects in the last few years.
 
B

~BD~

Peter Foldes said:
If you really want to learn then send me your email address and I will
send you a nice write up in a small file called I Love You (poem)which was
going around in the mid to late 90's. You will learn much from that.
Guaranteed
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--


I've paid rapt attention to my 'inbox', Mr Foldes, but it appears that you
have not yet kept your promise! :(

There is still so much to learn.

Dave

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U

Unknown

But, can you hazard a guess as to how many PC users HAVE had problems with
that trash? You'll be amazed.
 

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