Vista Manager

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I downloaded Vista Manager as a free trial to give it a spin. It found a
large number of registry errors in a new install of Vista. Could this be
true? Has anyone else tried this program? Is there any value to it of is it
just best not to tweek.

Jim
 
* Jim:
I downloaded Vista Manager as a free trial to give it a spin. It found a
large number of registry errors in a new install of Vista. Could this be
true? Has anyone else tried this program? Is there any value to it of is it
just best not to tweek.
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I haven't used Vista Manager, but if you are not experiencing any major
problems with Vista- leave the registry alone. Use a registry cleaner as
a last resort and understand what it wants to delete and/or "fix" before
allowing it to do so. If the program offers to make a backup, allow it to.
Crap Cleaner does this and can be very useful if it messes something up.
Also, make sure you have a recent System Restore point just in case the
program really forks up Vista. Better yet, have an image backup ready.
Seriously. There's not a lot to be gained from "cleaning" the registry,
but there sure is a lot of risk involved.


-Michael
 
Thanks. I used Tune-Up a lot with XP and it was always satifying/fun to see
if find "problems" and "fix them" but I wondered if I was really getting any
benefit in performance. Never any that I could tell. On the plus side it
never messed anything up. I wonder if these things are like the miracle
gadgets for your car that are supposed to increase gas milage.
 
Your last sentence basically sums it up.

Of course, there are going to be users who swear
by them and how the registry cleaner made their
computers so much better. Highly doubtful.
There may be a time or two where such a program
may be useful. But, for most of the time and for
most users, I'd suggest to leave the registry alone.

Many of those that swear by registry cleaners are also
the same ones who think they have to defrag their hard
drives every day, too... and then swear their computers
are 100% faster afterwards.

Take care,

Michael

* Jim:
 
brink said:
Keeping your registry cleaned & defraged helps the same way as keeping
your hard drive cleaned & defraged. The registry defragging is the one
that really helps. It can improve performance, you just need to be
extra careful that's all. Most of the time you only need to do a
registry clean & defrag once a month for maintenance. Just depends on
how often you install & uninstall stuff.

Try this free defragger to see if you notice any difference :

'_http://www.auslogics.com/registry-defrag/_'
(http://www.auslogics.com/registry-defrag/)
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I downloaded and tried this on my 5 year old Win2k machine. The result was a
compaction of only 1% (and supposedly a 2% improvement in speed), so at
least on this machine, defragging the registry may not be really required.
 
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