Does Microsoft supply registry cleaner?

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jcusiter said:
Does Microsoft come or supply through download a registry cleaner that will
be able to boost PC performance?
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No, for the very simple reason that there is no such thing. And,
anyway, why would you even think you need to clean your registry?

What specific problem are you experiencing that you *know* beyond
all reasonable doubt will 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. Why use a shotgun
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 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 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.

Further, no one has ever demonstrated, to my satisfaction, that the
use of an automated registry "cleaner," particularly by an untrained,
inexperienced computer user, does any real good. 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.

The only thing needed to safely maintain your registry is knowledge
and Regedit.exe. 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.


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Well Microsoft did once - Regclean. While cleaning the registry for the sake
of it is absurd it may need repairing and there are a few good third party
tools for this.
Bruce's polemic is like saying you do not need to back up because you have
got System Restore enabled!
 
If you have .NET assemblies that need to be registered for COM interop,
then you end up with problems when you delete those DLLs and replace
with older versions. I can explain the reasons in terms of
assembly/COM versioning if you wish, but trust me its boring.

Admitedly the average user won't delete DLLs in this way, but as a
developer I need to do this frequently as I switch between versions
often, and the registry needs to be cleaned.

At the moment I can unregister the assembly and that usually works, but
if you delete the assembly before unregistering then you end up with
entries that can't be easily removed. And for what I'm working on at
the moment, I'm talking thousands of entries, and the all need to be
removed if I revert to an earlier version of the assembly.

Boz
 
Hi, if still there, reviewing posting, and was curious which brand of
registry cleaner is your registry suite: see mulitple choices on a web
search. thanks.
 
oiy, hot topic? good to have other opinions, don't have to condemn them.
"point-of-reference" as seen described, is always a good thing.

anyways, am not, but will claim to be somewhat novice, (all right, peck some
area's) from observation of issue from
Virus-Keyloggers-Adware-Malware-Bloatware-Greyware-Spyware-Browser Hijackers
& oh yeah: otherwise thieves, embedding, I believe that is what AV/AS scans
are doing to registries, cleaning them. If-Then acceptable? If a Registry
is like a set of commands to operating your computer (like autoexec / config)
then yes cleaning registry, and well re-installing from scratch? is
required,,,... Then, if you disagree, are you the one sicking that stuff on
us? ;)
 
oiy, hot topic? good to have other opinions, don't have to condemn them.
"point-of-reference" as seen described, is always a good thing.

anyways, am not, but will claim to be somewhat novice, (all right, peck
some
area's) from observation of issue from
Virus-Keyloggers-Adware-Malware-Bloatware-Greyware-Spyware-Browser
Hijackers
& oh yeah: otherwise thieves, embedding, I believe that is what AV/AS
scans
are doing to registries, cleaning them. If-Then acceptable? If a
Registry is like a set of commands to operating your computer (like
autoexec / config)
then yes cleaning registry, and well re-installing from scratch? is
required,,,... Then, if you disagree, are you the one sicking that stuff
on
us? ;)
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Pete,

I suppose you do not change the oil in your vehicle or the air filter in
your home's mechanical system?

Scot6501
 
Scot6501 said:
Pete,

I suppose you do not change the oil in your vehicle or the air filter in
your home's mechanical system?
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That's not a good analogy because the old needs to be changed for regular
maintenance, but the registry doesn't need that.
 
Scot6501 said:
Pete,

I suppose you do not change the oil in your vehicle or the air filter in
your home's mechanical system?

Scot6501
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Sure, but what does that have to do with the completely different
subject of registry "cleaners?" Anyone who thinks they're analogous is
delusional, and anyone who says so is flat-out lying.


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Rock said:
That's not a good analogy because the old needs to be changed for regular
maintenance, but the registry doesn't need that.
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Jeez, that should be "oil" not "old". Spell check doesn't correct brain
fade.
 
Bruce said:
Sure, but what does that have to do with the completely different
subject of registry "cleaners?" Anyone who thinks they're analogous is
delusional, and anyone who says so is flat-out lying.
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I change the bytes in my computer on a regular basis.
 
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