registry cleaner and back up

[Unknown]

If you correctly think of how the registry works, its purpose etc. you will
absolutely KNOW that
cleaning it (deleting orphan entries etc.) will result in absolutely no
increase in performance whatsoever.
Ask any intelligent knowledgeable programmer.

That's DSH, kind sir.

CCleaner works for me and provides performance increases.

I also regularly use and recommend NTREGOPT.EXE.

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

yes, DHS, I do use CCleaner and, as I have stated in my original post,
regularly recommend it but, unlike you, I haven't seen any speed increase
through its use. Once again I have to quote Bruce Chambers in as much as
"CCleaner's sole strength lies in its usefulness for cleaning up unused
temporary files from the hard drive." If there is any performance, and
without testing it rigourously solely for the purpose of ascertaining any
increase in performance I would have to say that any such claim to fame
regarding current increase in performance, if indeed there is any, is
negligible.

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There you have it.

Even this MVP uses it.

So do I.

It's a very useful tool.

DSH


I have to say that I recommend CCleaner and use I [sic] regularly
myself...

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Chambers seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding.

No, I know the user base quite well, actually.

The smart user of CCleaner makes sure he checks each and every Registry
Entry Deletion BEFORE deleting it.

But will the average home consumer know what to check for? Of course
not! That's why they shouldn't use a registry "cleaner."

I certainly do.

That has no bearing on others, though, does it? And you've still not
offered any evidence, whatsoever, that the use of a registry "cleaner"
does anything at all useful, even after others have asked you to do so.
Why is that?


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[Unknown]

And of course you KNOW each and every one?

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

The Proof Is In The Pudding...

Try CCleaner and NTREGOPT.exe.

I use both and see performance increases aplenty.

Plus -- this is MUCH safer than trying to make MANUAL changes to the
Registry.

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

 

[Enkidu]

The Proof Is In The Pudding...

Try CCleaner and NTREGOPT.exe.

I use both and see performance increases aplenty.

Plus -- this is MUCH safer than trying to make MANUAL changes to the
Registry.

Sigh! Some people will believe this rubbish and hose their systems.
CCleaner is fine as a temporary file remover and system cleaner, just
keep it away from the Registry, is all.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Far too timid.

Not manly...

Use all the features in CCleaner...

Use Perfect Disk, Disk Cleanup and Acronis True Image too, of course.

Don't be a girly man.

DSH

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Apologies for getting your initial wrong' I'm beginning to think my keyboard
has a will of its own

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That's DSH, kind sir.

CCleaner works for me and provides performance increases.

I also regularly use and recommend NTREGOPT.EXE.

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

yes, DHS, I do use CCleaner and, as I have stated in my original post,
regularly recommend it but, unlike you, I haven't seen any speed increase
through its use. Once again I have to quote Bruce Chambers in as much as
"CCleaner's sole strength lies in its usefulness for cleaning up unused
temporary files from the hard drive." If there is any performance, and
without testing it rigourously solely for the purpose of ascertaining any
increase in performance I would have to say that any such claim to fame
regarding current increase in performance, if indeed there is any, is
negligible.

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There you have it.

Even this MVP uses it.

So do I.

It's a very useful tool.

DSH


I have to say that I recommend CCleaner and use I [sic] regularly
myself...

 

[Unknown]

Why don't you teach people to be cautious instead of reckless?

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Nyet problema.

What do you think of NTREGOPT.EXE?

DSH

Apologies for getting your initial wrong' I'm beginning to think my
keyboard has a will of its own

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That's DSH, kind sir.

CCleaner works for me and provides performance increases.

I also regularly use and recommend NTREGOPT.EXE.

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

yes, DHS, I do use CCleaner and, as I have stated in my original post,
regularly recommend it but, unlike you, I haven't seen any speed
increase through its use. Once again I have to quote Bruce Chambers in
as much as "CCleaner's sole strength lies in its usefulness for cleaning
up unused temporary files from the hard drive." If there is any
performance, and without testing it rigourously solely for the purpose
of ascertaining any increase in performance I would have to say that any
such claim to fame regarding current increase in performance, if indeed
there is any, is negligible.

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expressed in this mail/post..

news:[email protected]...

There you have it.

Even this MVP uses it.

So do I.

It's a very useful tool.

DSH


I have to say that I recommend CCleaner and use I [sic] regularly
myself...

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Life is about intelligent risk-taking and reward...

Not girly-man timidity.

DSH

 

[Enkidu]

The best advice you could give would be to have a good backup regime and
to avoid anything that touches the registry.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Enkidu]

Life is about avoiding risk taking if you want to keep your job.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Unknown]

Intelligence is avoiding registry cleaners.

Life is about intelligent risk-taking and reward...

Not girly-man timidity.

DSH

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

From a girly man no doubt.

DSH

Life is about avoiding risk taking if you want to keep your job.

Cheers,

Cliff

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

 

[Unknown]

You appear to be the girly man----taking unnecessary and ridiculous risks.
No common sense.

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Nope...

I know what I'm doing.

You obviously don't.

DSH

 

[Edward W. Thompson]

From a girly man no doubt.

snip

What is this 'girly man' you keep on about. Are you some sort of pervert?

 

[Unknown]

You only THINK you do.

Nope...

I know what I'm doing.

You obviously don't.

DSH

 

[Poprivet`]

The best advice you could give would be to have a good backup regime
and to avoid anything that touches the registry.

Ouch. How do you install most programs then? The vast majority of them
make registry changes, some make very huge numbers of changes. A few
make no changes, but it's a limited set.

 

[Enkidu]

Ouch. How do you install most programs then? The vast majority of them
make registry changes, some make very huge numbers of changes. A few
make no changes, but it's a limited set.

Good point. I meant anything that supposedly touches the registry with
the intent of tidying or improving things or that does bulk changes
(even with backups!). And the registry patches that supposedly make the
system run faster or something.

Cheers,

Cliff