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From: Shenan Stanley on 7 Jan 2010 09:35 Jackson wrote: > Kim Komando's tip of the day (07 Jan) has good words for > Microcraft's jv Power tools for cleaning the registry. I > believe it's freeware. > > Has anyone used this program? Do you have any remarks or > recomendations? Would you clean your registry manually? Would you use such a cleaning tool and verify each entry it found and wanted to remove manually before removing it? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: Twayne on 7 Jan 2010 18:11 In news:%23o9an94jKHA.5568(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> typed: > From: "Jackson" <jackdinsss(a)hotXmail.com> > >> Kim Komando's tip of the day (07 Jan) has good words for >> Microcraft's jv Power tools for cleaning the registry. I >> believe it's freeware. > >> Has anyone used this program? Do you have any remarks or >> recomendations? >> Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL > > Rulle of thumb... > > Do NOT use so-called Registry Cleaners ! Never used the Komando program. So-called maybe bad, but legitimate, known reliable registry cleaners are a godsend sometimes and worst case do nothing to help the user. If you need free, although I've never heard of it, MS's tool might be worth trying but remember how MS puts out buggy software<g>. Ccleaner is one that's good for newbies to use; user friendly and so on. Only other ones I use are pay-for but excellent programs. Beware unknown cleaners; some are nothing but malware. Research or ask as you've done here before using them. One thing to keep in mind is the reason for running a cleaner and expecting results you won't get. Most problems are not a result of the registry; depends on a lot of things. Twayne -- -- Often you'll find excellent advice on a newsgroup. Before you use that advice though, consider the ramifications of it being wrong or even dangerous; how important IS that to you? ALWAYS verify and confirm ANY advice from a newsgroup!
From: thanatoid on 7 Jan 2010 18:11 "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:uaFJ6a6jKHA.2188(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > Jackson wrote: >> Kim Komando's tip of the day (07 Jan) has good words for >> Microcraft's jv Power tools for cleaning the registry. I >> believe it's freeware. >> >> Has anyone used this program? Do you have any remarks or >> recomendations? > > Would you clean your registry manually? I do and have many times. > Would you use such a cleaning tool and verify each entry it > found and wanted to remove manually before removing it? That is SOME sentence ;-) JV16 does an amazing job and tells you exactly WHY something "can go" and it's up to you, It also makes backups - which I have NEVER needed to use. Generally, after using my 4 reg cleaners (I only do it once in a while, like before making an image of C:) I DO manually clean stuff because NOTHING will do EVERYTHING. The reg cleaners just make the job faster and more thorough since they will look through everything, like the entire HKCR tree, something I have NO patience for.
From: thanatoid on 7 Jan 2010 18:11 John John - MVP <audetweld(a)nbnot.nb.ca> wrote in news:#voSfK6jKHA.340(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > Don't bother with these utterly useless registry cleaners, > they cause more harm than good. Don't top post. WHAT, pray tell, has one done to any of YOUR systems that you could not undo with the backup files (which all the ones I have used offer to create - and NONE of which I have ever had to use myself)?
From: thanatoid on 7 Jan 2010 18:11
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in news:#o9an94jKHA.5568(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > From: "Jackson" <jackdinsss(a)hotXmail.com> > >| Kim Komando's tip of the day (07 Jan) has good words for >| Microcraft's jv Power tools for cleaning the registry. I >| believe it's freeware. > >| Has anyone used this program? Do you have any remarks or >| recomendations? >| Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL > > Rulle of thumb... > > Do NOT use so-called Registry Cleaners ! You "rulle" of thumb is as good as its spelling. |