Registry entries

[Doug]

Many users poopoo/despise the use of so-called registry
cleaners. Just for the helluvit, I downloaded "RegSeeker" and
ran it to see what was up with it. Using the 'Clean the
registry" tab, I was very surprised to find
over 700 questionable entries, most of which were "File or Path
does not exist" and " Invalid ActiveX/Com entry (CLSID)". I just
bought this computer so expected SOME residual trash, but this
is ridiculous.

Has anyone else come across so many superfluous Registry
entries?

Should I delete any or all of these entries?

Does the Registry "self-clean" in time?

Does WindowsXP run appreciably slower/faster no matter what size
the registry balloons too?

I am not a newbie but am seeking more opinions.

Thanks, in advance.

Doug

 

[Alias]

I like SystemSuite 5's Registery Fixer (v-com.com). It groups the results
grouped as green, yellow and red. The greenies are probably OK to delete,
although some may just pop back. The yellow ones should be looked at
carefully but most of them can be deleted. The red ones should be looked at
very carefully and most of them should be left alone. It has an "undo"
feature in case you deleted or changed something you shouldn't have.

Alias

 

[Ken Blake]

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Many users poopoo/despise the use of so-called registry
cleaners.

I'm one of them. The risk of their causing a problem is greater
than any potential benefit they may provide.

Just for the helluvit, I downloaded "RegSeeker" and
ran it to see what was up with it. Using the 'Clean the
registry" tab, I was very surprised to find
over 700 questionable entries, most of which were "File or Path
does not exist" and " Invalid ActiveX/Com entry (CLSID)". I
just
bought this computer so expected SOME residual trash, but this
is ridiculous.

Has anyone else come across so many superfluous Registry
entries?

Many people have.

Should I delete any or all of these entries?

I wouldn't delete anything automatically. If you are savvy enough
to clearly understand what you are doing and know exactly what
each entry you are deleting is, then fine.

Does the Registry "self-clean" in time?

No.


Does WindowsXP run appreciably slower/faster no matter what
size
the registry balloons too?

Registry size makes little or no measurable difference.

 

[Bob I]

There is no problem caused by a registry cleaner that cannot be
corrected by a clean install.

 

[Someone]

I was using Registry Mechanic and I became unable to boot up and unable to
access my A drive for a startup disk. I was using ME and finally had a
technician repair the puter. He installed XP pro. Anyway, I don't know if
Registry Mechanic was at fault, but I won't use any such gizmo now. I had
Norton AV and had no viruses. I now use the free version of AVG. I don't
know what caused my problem, but I'm not taking any chances with any
registry cleaner or with Norton.

 

[SeaMaid]

RegSeeker is definitely not one of the better cleaners out there. I will
never use it because there are better, safer alternatives.
- CCleaner (freeware)
- Advanced Uninstaller Pro (shareware)
- jv16 PowerTools (shareware)
- RegSupreme Pro (shareware)

 

[-rwxrw-r--]

Many users poopoo/despise the use of so-called registry
cleaners. Just for the helluvit, I downloaded "RegSeeker" and
ran it to see what was up with it. Using the 'Clean the
registry" tab, I was very surprised to find
over 700 questionable entries, most of which were "File or Path
does not exist" and " Invalid ActiveX/Com entry (CLSID)". I just
bought this computer so expected SOME residual trash, but this
is ridiculous.

Has anyone else come across so many superfluous Registry
entries?

The Windoze registry grows and grows over time. It depends on application
developers to remove crap left in the registry whenever the application is
uninstalled. In too many cases, this isn't done thoroughly and hence this
constant growth over time.

Should I delete any or all of these entries?

Does the Registry "self-clean" in time?

No, it doesn't. That's one of the problems with the whole registry thing
that M$ has developed.

Does WindowsXP run appreciably slower/faster no matter what size
the registry balloons too?

The system can only run slower as the registry grows. The kernel just has
all that much more data to deal with, either when it's doing its periodic
backups to allow you to go to a "Last Known Good". XP's registry, unlike
previous Windoze versions, doesn't use kernel memory space for the registry
(that's a blessing as one would very quickly run out of memory), but caches
this memory. The more it's got to cache, obviously the more stress on the
system when it needs to retrieve information.

Everyone knows that the longer a particular Windoze system has been running
since it's original installation date, the more it slows down in
responsiveness. An ever growing registry must be contributing to this. How
else would one explain it?

I am not a newbie but am seeking more opinions.

Anyway, the above is my opinion having used XP since it first came out.

 

[Plato]

registry" tab, I was very surprised to find
over 700 questionable entries, most of which were "File or Path
does not exist" and " Invalid ActiveX/Com entry (CLSID)". I just
bought this computer so expected SOME residual trash, but this
is ridiculous.

If you delete the calls to files which no longer exist then window wont
try to load them every time it boots up. And no, windows wont fix that
by itself.

 

[treewolf]

Try 875 entries. down to thirteen stubborn entries that are related to
unused extensions. I have no I dea as yet how to remove them. I made
backups along the way and had no problems whatsoever with RegSeeker.
It is pitifully short on documentation however and leaves you guessing
as to what the function of several of the tools are. Despite that, I
am quite happy with my results on my Win ME box. Any suggestions about
those stubborn file extensions would be appreciated