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From: Shadow on 2 Feb 2010 18:31
I couldn't resist announcing the latest update from Eusing:

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.6

Platform: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a free registry repair software that
allows you to safely clean and repair registry problems with a few
simple mouse clicks. ..........

Freeware, via ollydbg or email registration from site.
:)

(I use several registry cleaners, never had a problem with them)
PS --- The sysinternals guy DOES recommend reg-cleaners. He wrote a
more recent article praising them. Google it.
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From: Max Wachtel on 2 Feb 2010 19:57
On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:13:04 +0100, FredW wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:31:14 -0200, Shadow <Sh(a)dow> wrote:
>
>>I couldn't resist announcing the latest update from Eusing:
>>
>> Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.6
>>
>>Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a free registry repair software that
>>allows you to safely clean and repair registry problems with a few
>>simple mouse clicks. ..........
>
> If you believe in fairy tales, this will certainly help.
> :-))
>
>>(I use several registry cleaners, never had a problem with them)
>>PS --- The sysinternals guy DOES recommend reg-cleaners. He wrote a
>>more recent article praising them. Google it.
>
> No, he does not!
> That is another urban legend.
> :-P
>
> . registry cleaners only remove a very small number of unused keys,
> which won't help performance when you consider the hundreds of thousands
> of keys in the registry.
>
> See "Cleaning the Registry Improves Performance"
> http://lifehacker.com/5033518/debunking-common-windows-performance-tweaking-myths
>
> ;-)

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From: jzk on 3 Feb 2010 08:37
On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:13:04 +0100, FredW <fredw(a)blackholespam.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:31:14 -0200, Shadow <Sh(a)dow> wrote:
>
>>I couldn't resist announcing the latest update from Eusing:
>>
>> Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.6
>>
>>Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a free registry repair software that
>>allows you to safely clean and repair registry problems with a few
>>simple mouse clicks. ..........
>
>If you believe in fairy tales, this will certainly help.
> :-))
>
>
>>(I use several registry cleaners, never had a problem with them)
>>PS --- The sysinternals guy DOES recommend reg-cleaners. He wrote a
>>more recent article praising them. Google it.
>
>No, he does not!
>That is another urban legend.
> :-P
>
>
>. registry cleaners only remove a very small number of unused keys,
>which won't help performance when you consider the hundreds of thousands
>of keys in the registry.
>
>See "Cleaning the Registry Improves Performance"
>http://lifehacker.com/5033518/debunking-common-windows-performance-tweaking-myths
>
> ;-)

http://www.whatthetech.com/2007/11/25/do-i-need-a-registry-cleaner/

OK, so is it safe to use a registry cleaner? Or, are they a no-no?
Thank you.

Note: This question comes from our forums, and the response below is
used with permission of the forum member (Bill Castner � MS MVP).

Mark Russinovich (Author of the �Bible�, Windows Internals, co-founder
of Winternals and Sysinternals, and since both companies were bought
by Microsoft, now a senior Microsoft employee) was asked:

Hi Mark, do you really think that Registry junk left by
uninstalled programs could severely slow down the computer? I would
like to �hear� your opinion.

His reply fairly captures my own view (quoting Mark Russinovich):

No, even if the registry was massively bloated there would be
little impact on the performance of anything other than exhaustive
searches (ed. of the registry itself).
On Win2K Terminal Server systems, however, there is a limit on the
total amount of Registry data that can be loaded and so large profile
hives can limit the number of users that can be logged on
simultaneously.
I haven�t and never will implement a Registry cleaner since it�s
of little practical use on anything other than Win2K terminal servers
and developing one that�s both safe and effective requires a huge
amount of application-specific knowledge.
From: Oldphart on 3 Feb 2010 15:09
On 2/3/2010 7:37 AM, jzk(a)ewq23.com wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:13:04 +0100, FredW<fredw(a)blackholespam.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:31:14 -0200, Shadow<Sh(a)dow> wrote:
>>
>>> I couldn't resist announcing the latest update from Eusing:
>>>
>>> Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.6
>>>
>>> Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a free registry repair software that
>>> allows you to safely clean and repair registry problems with a few
>>> simple mouse clicks. ..........
>>
>> If you believe in fairy tales, this will certainly help.
>> :-))
>>
>>
>>> (I use several registry cleaners, never had a problem with them)
>>> PS --- The sysinternals guy DOES recommend reg-cleaners. He wrote a
>>> more recent article praising them. Google it.
>>
>> No, he does not!
>> That is another urban legend.
>> :-P
>>
>>
>> . registry cleaners only remove a very small number of unused keys,
>> which won't help performance when you consider the hundreds of thousands
>> of keys in the registry.
>>
>> See "Cleaning the Registry Improves Performance"
>> http://lifehacker.com/5033518/debunking-common-windows-performance-tweaking-myths
>>
>> ;-)
>
> http://www.whatthetech.com/2007/11/25/do-i-need-a-registry-cleaner/
>
> OK, so is it safe to use a registry cleaner? Or, are they a no-no?
> Thank you.
>
> Note: This question comes from our forums, and the response below is
> used with permission of the forum member (Bill Castner � MS MVP).
>
> Mark Russinovich (Author of the �Bible�, Windows Internals, co-founder
> of Winternals and Sysinternals, and since both companies were bought
> by Microsoft, now a senior Microsoft employee) was asked:
>
> Hi Mark, do you really think that Registry junk left by
> uninstalled programs could severely slow down the computer? I would
> like to �hear� your opinion.
>
> His reply fairly captures my own view (quoting Mark Russinovich):
>
> No, even if the registry was massively bloated there would be
> little impact on the performance of anything other than exhaustive
> searches (ed. of the registry itself).
> On Win2K Terminal Server systems, however, there is a limit on the
> total amount of Registry data that can be loaded and so large profile
> hives can limit the number of users that can be logged on
> simultaneously.
> I haven�t and never will implement a Registry cleaner since it�s
> of little practical use on anything other than Win2K terminal servers
> and developing one that�s both safe and effective requires a huge
> amount of application-specific knowledge.
+1 Thank you for the quote from Mark.
From: Hank Scorpio on 4 Feb 2010 07:39
Possible a naive question, but here goes: registry cleaners, it seems, don't
do anything useful or significant; that seems to be the consensus. But most
tech writers also seem to agree that from time to time a reinstall of
Windows is a good thing. I'd assumed that was because such a reinstall would
free your computer of accumulated detritus. If that detritus isn't in the
registry, where is it and can it be got rid of other than by reinstalling
Windows? Or is my assumption wrong? Thanks in advance.


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