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From: PhilD on 14 Mar 2010 23:01 <carl(a)where33.org> wrote in message news:5rgqp55qo6tsfa3dvpcv3fkd1675nmremv(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:01:22 -0700, Boris Badenov > <boris(a)plotsylvanian.invalid> wrote: > >>Peter Foldes wrote: >>> Registry Cleaners does nothing to speed up your system. All it will do >>> is mess it up and at times to the point where you cannot boot. >> >>That is mostly true but the reg cleaner in CCleaner is quite safe and >>does not remove all invalid entries. I've used it many times and it has >>never 'effed things up on me yet. I use it to erase history info which >>is stored in the registry so it does have it's uses. Speeding up the PC >>is not my reason for using it. > > CCleaner screwed my registry the very first time I ever tried it. > Luckily, I believe in backing up my registry with Erunt before ever > screwing with it. After another 'adventure' or two with registry > cleaners, I gave up on them. Their dangerous. I use the registry > optimizer here, > http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ > along with Erunt. The only work I do on my registry is to manually > remove entries after I uninstall a program. Even this can get you > into trouble if you aren't very careful. > > ALWAYS backup your registry with Erunt BEFORE modifying it in any way. > (Don't even bring up that joke of a Windows program, Windows Restore > Point.) Why not just export the Registry from within itself, save to Desktop, and if things go wrong just run the saved file to re-enter previous settings?
From: David Kaye on 15 Mar 2010 02:04 ASCII <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote: >None of that will prevent big brother from kicking the door, screwing a pistol >in my ear and taking the computer, but it won't have anything interesting. So, you're saying that it has nothing to do with running a fast machine and everything to do with hiding under a bed and waiting for the commies to come and take over? Sorry to be disagreeable here, but your post does appear to be a bit paranoic.
From: Boris Badenov on 15 Mar 2010 08:47 smurf wrote: > that must be an automated bot response My PC is finally fast, FINALLY FAST!
From: Boris Badenov on 15 Mar 2010 08:49 ~BD~ wrote: > Indeed, I have always been amazed that posters a prolific as you, Peter > Foldes, Tom Willett, PABear, Siljaline (to name just a few) are still > using Outlook Express as their newsreaders. It just strikes me as odd. > Why? It gets the job done and does have a spell-checker.
From: Boris Badenov on 15 Mar 2010 08:53
David Kaye wrote: > Oh? I have done benchmarks that prove defragging speeds up a PC. I have also > done two benchmarks that show that even the best registry cleaner, CCleaner, > doesn't do anything measurable to speed. Yeah, there was about a 1% speedup > but that could have been attributable to a prefetch or pagesys I forgot to > remove. Post your benchmarks and testing method. The benchmark probably measures in nano-seconds which may look like a huge difference on paper but is neglible in the real world. |