Need to clean up registry

[Tony]

Hi,

Does anyone know any good tool used to clean up registry such as bad entry,
or bad link in registry?

Thanks in advance.

Tony

 

[Rock]

Hi,

Does anyone know any good tool used to clean up registry such as bad entry,
or bad link in registry?

Thanks in advance.

Tony

Stay away from registry cleaners. They can cause more problems than
they fix especially if you are not knowledgeable about the registry to
begin with.

 

[Richie]

Yes, go do a search for Tuneup Utilities Trial version
2004. It has a great number of utilities including a
registry cleaner and registry defragmentor. It is safe to
use as it cleans many orphan and unecessary registry
information. Defragmenting the registry trees also helps
performance within the registry.

I utilize this utility package tril on many PC's I
perform repairs on, it has some great optimizing tools as
well, you'll see a smoother response and overall
improvement in your PC functionality. And no I'm not a
sales rep for them, lol!!

Good luck.

 

[xfile]

Hi,

Just for your reference, I have been thinking about using one for a while
and read many reviews for long time.

I have not seen one without people crying out loud for some terrible things
have been done. So, I'm still watching and watching and watching

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,

Does anyone know any good tool used to clean up registry such as bad entry,
or bad link in registry?

Thanks in advance.

Tony

Start > Run > Regedit.

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 consider
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.

The only thing needed to safely clean 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.

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.

What specific problem are you experiencing that you *know* beyond
all reasonable doubt will be fixed by using an automated 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.

I always use Regedit.exe. I trust my own experience and judgment
far more than I would any automated registry cleaner. I strongly
encourage others to acquire the knowledge, as well.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Yes, go do a search for Tuneup Utilities Trial version
2004. It has a great number of utilities including a
registry cleaner and registry defragmentor. It is safe to
use

*NO* registry "cleaner" is safe when used by the uninformed and
inexperienced user.

Defragmenting the registry trees also helps
performance within the registry.

Please provide some documented evidence (other than the software
manufacturer's marketing literature) that supports this claim. Hint:
No one else has ever been able to support this claim with hard evidence.





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[R. McCarty]

In previous versions of Windows, the Registry size was limited.
Windows XP does not have that limitation. Also, even with allot
of Registry key/value removals, the actual fragmentation or white
space within the Registry is quite small. (3-7%). I've tested some
of these Registry Compactors & never seen any qualified results
that indicate it helped performance.
Worst case, several years of usage and numerous application
uninstalls, you might have 800-1200 "Disjointed/Orphaned" keys
in the Registry. A marginal percentage of the total key count.
You wouldn't let the neighborhood "PC Know-It-All" twiddle
with your machine - why is a Registry cleaner any different.