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From: sandy58 on 9 Jan 2010 05:34 On Jan 8, 5:28 am, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> wrote: > From: "Steve Hayes" <hayes...(a)telkomsa.net> > > | On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 06:48:54 -0500, "David H. Lipman" > > | <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> wrote: > >>From: "Jackson" <jackdin...(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 ! > > | So how should you clean the registry, then? > > You don't. There is no need to clean the Registry. It is a myth to sell snake oil. Very > often these so-called Registry Cleaners are malware. > > -- > Davehttp://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV -http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp "Very often these so-called Registry Cleaners are malware. " As are some AV programs....and your point is? It's a personal choice whether or not to use a reg program. You believe in the "snake oil" theory (and that's all it is, a THEORY.) no-one here has yet mentioned specifics. Name of program/what it did wrong/resulting chaos etc. It's all very well slagging away but, like politicians, smoke & mirrors/hot air. A great percentage of negative posters here have been persuaded by the other negative posters. Not one of them has a positive example of damage inflicted on a system. NOW we should see loads of 2nd- & 3rd-hand examples of how PC's have been totalled through using Registry Cleaners. :-)
From: Etaoin Shrdlu on 9 Jan 2010 12:26 thanatoid wrote: > "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in > news:OHvLoBAkKHA.5020(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > > <SNIP> > >>>>>> Rulle of thumb... >>>>>> Do NOT use so-called Registry Cleaners ! >>>> | You "rulle" of thumb is as good as its spelling. >>>> Forget the BS spelling faux pas... >>>> It is contraindicated to use so-called Registry Cleaners >>>> ! >> | OK, I'll bite... Why? >> >> Because the need for one is a myth > > I just LOVE specific replies! Bravo! > >> Use can cause MORE problems than they purport to solve. >> Problems that can be catastrophic. > > I /could/ ask for an example but judging by your "reply" to my > first question, I don't see much point. > What you haven't done, for all of your posturing, is tell why you think registry cleaning is a good idea. We know that there's always a chance that a neophyte will "clean" something that will result in trouble, and even if the chance is remote, there must be something that makes the risk worthwhile. If you just want to clean out orphaned entries because their presence bothers you, that's a personal neurosis and not evidence of efficacy. Do you believe that large numbers of orphaned entries cause a problem (such as significantly slowing down the system) other than their mere presence? If so, what objective evidence do you have? Note that "I know my system's faster after registry cleaning" isn't objective evidence.
From: Unknown on 9 Jan 2010 12:33 You don't see much of anything. "thanatoid" <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns9CFAD2A23AF44thanexit(a)188.40.43.245... > "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in > news:OHvLoBAkKHA.5020(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > > <SNIP> > >>>>>> Rulle of thumb... >> >>>>>> Do NOT use so-called Registry Cleaners ! >> >>>>| You "rulle" of thumb is as good as its spelling. >> >>>> Forget the BS spelling faux pas... >> >>>> It is contraindicated to use so-called Registry Cleaners >>>> ! >> >>| OK, I'll bite... Why? >> >> Because the need for one is a myth > > I just LOVE specific replies! Bravo! > >> Use can cause MORE problems than they purport to solve. >> Problems that can be catastrophic. > > I /could/ ask for an example but judging by your "reply" to my > first question, I don't see much point. >
From: thanatoid on 9 Jan 2010 17:29 "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in news:Oi2MfHVkKHA.1824(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > You don't see much of anything. What are you talking about? I am not going to read 50 lines of text I have already read previously just to find out. <SNIP>
From: Peter Foldes on 9 Jan 2010 18:34
> What are you talking about? I am not going to read 50 lines of > text I have already read previously just to find out. And there you go. You said it. One reason to Top post so as others do not have to re-read all 50 chapters over and over as you said above. Unfortunately bottom posters and almost all of them do not know what a snipping tool is and as such everything gets reprinted over and over. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "thanatoid" <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns9CFBA7E897E6Bthanexit(a)188.40.43.245... |