Registry Booster

[P Fruin]

I'm trying to scan my registry and installed Uniblue Registry Booster per
Microsoft suggestion. When I try and install it, I get this error message:
"Unble to execute file: C:\Program Files\Uniblue\RegistryBooster
2\RegistryBooster.exe
CreateProcess failed; code 740
The requested operation requires elevation."

Can anyone help me fix this? Thanks!

 

[Dwarf]

Hi P Fruin,

As far as I am aware, Microsoft does not recommend the use of so-called
registry boosters. I refer you to a couple of other posts in this newsgroup
on this subject. In the first post by JerzyMarian entitled 'Uniblue
RegistryBooster2' (dated 10/31/2007) I refer you to the replies by Jupiter
Jones [MVP] and Rick Rogers. In the second post by RockySquirrel entitled
'unwanted program still listed in msconfig' (dated 11/4/2007) see the reply
by Rick Rogers. The direct links for these posts are given below.
Dwarf

'Uniblue RegistryBooster2'
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...8829&mid=e1125bc1-1b53-474c-aa31-83d107b48829

'unwanted program still listed in msconfig'
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...38f6&mid=958e5abb-139b-49d3-90f8-a8cac23638f6

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I'm trying to scan my registry and installed Uniblue Registry Booster per
Microsoft suggestion.

Where did you see this "Microsoft suggestion"?

I strongly suggest you avoid using any registry cleaning program. They
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.

 

[David]

I use CCleaner to clean my computer of the accumulated debris, and I
particularly like how it allows one to selectively remove cookies.

However, I rarely use the registry portion of Ccleaner, and only then quite
carefully. I only remove those entries to programs that I know I've
uninstalled. Still, I don't notice any improvement in performance so I
think that keeping the registry "clean" is a concern that is greatly
overblown.

 

[AlexB]

Of course it is. You are right on the money.

The size of the registry matters little in things like this. Vista does not
go thru items one by one, sequentially. It know addresses of all key nodes
it is supposed to check.

Cleaning the registry may potentially shorten the boot time perhaps by 1.5%
or so and maybe not even that.