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From: R_W_B on 15 Mar 2010 23:22 Hello I searched the xp forums and found some 2 yr old dated stuff and wanted to get a more recent update of opinions and information about registry cleaning software. From the search I found this was a highly emotional subject back when. Anyhow, all I want it your honest opinions and experience with these things. And bottom line, are there any dependable ones that actually do any good. To start with I will give you my story. In 2006 I bought my first registry product called Regcure, it crashed my machine and had to do a restore. I got a refund and then tried MaxRegistry cleaner (yea I'm a sucker for punishment) it seemed to run ok (i.e. no machine crashes) and I kept it (and used it) until the year's subscription ran out and then tried RegistryFix, it broke one of my old Cad apps but I did not find out until it was too late to get a refund. A friend of mine used RegistryEasy and it broke his XP start->help&support, but he found a vbs script that fixed that. So at present I am thinking of just giving up on Registry apps and excluding myself from the "sucker born every minute" group that P.T. Barnum spoke of. But I just wanted an outside opinion just to make sure of the current status of these things. They seem to be selling faster than Win7. Appreciate any input.
From: LD55ZRA on 15 Mar 2010 23:40 The technology has moved since 2006. Nowadays everybody uses CCleaner that is highly recommended by non other than Ken Blake, MVP and Pig-Bear MVP. They are in their 80s but they still know something about computers They are authorised to recommend non-Microsoft tools on these websites. The link is here: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/standard hth "R_W_B" <RWB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8BAC07AA-3DED-4747-8FD4-B6041023F695(a)microsoft.com... > Hello I searched the xp forums and found some 2 yr old dated stuff and > wanted > to get a more recent update of opinions and information about registry > cleaning software. From the search I found this was a highly emotional > subject back when. Anyhow, all I want it your honest opinions and > experience > with these things. And bottom line, are there any dependable ones that > actually do any good. > To start with I will give you my story. In 2006 I bought my first > registry > product called Regcure, it crashed my machine and had to do a restore. I > got > a refund and then tried MaxRegistry cleaner (yea I'm a sucker for > punishment) > it seemed to run ok (i.e. no machine crashes) and I kept it (and used it) > until the year's subscription ran out and then tried RegistryFix, it broke > one of my old Cad apps but I did not find out until it was too late to get > a > refund. A friend of mine used RegistryEasy and it broke his XP > start->help&support, but he found a vbs script that fixed that. > So at present I am thinking of just giving up on Registry apps and > excluding myself from the "sucker born every minute" group that P.T. > Barnum > spoke of. But I just wanted an outside opinion just to make sure of the > current status of these things. They seem to be selling faster than Win7. > Appreciate any input.
From: LVTravel on 15 Mar 2010 23:46 "R_W_B" <RWB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8BAC07AA-3DED-4747-8FD4-B6041023F695(a)microsoft.com... > Hello I searched the xp forums and found some 2 yr old dated stuff and > wanted > to get a more recent update of opinions and information about registry > cleaning software. From the search I found this was a highly emotional > subject back when. Anyhow, all I want it your honest opinions and > experience > with these things. And bottom line, are there any dependable ones that > actually do any good. > To start with I will give you my story. In 2006 I bought my first > registry > product called Regcure, it crashed my machine and had to do a restore. I > got > a refund and then tried MaxRegistry cleaner (yea I'm a sucker for > punishment) > it seemed to run ok (i.e. no machine crashes) and I kept it (and used it) > until the year's subscription ran out and then tried RegistryFix, it broke > one of my old Cad apps but I did not find out until it was too late to get > a > refund. A friend of mine used RegistryEasy and it broke his XP > start->help&support, but he found a vbs script that fixed that. > So at present I am thinking of just giving up on Registry apps and > excluding myself from the "sucker born every minute" group that P.T. > Barnum > spoke of. But I just wanted an outside opinion just to make sure of the > current status of these things. They seem to be selling faster than Win7. > Appreciate any input. Most will still tell you to steer clear of registry cleaners. Those that do recommend them seem to like CCleaner. I have never used and never had to use a registry cleaner on any of my computers and my oldest currently has XP home upgraded from Windows ME (not a clean install) and has been merrily plugging away now since XP came out. It is current with all SP and updates and is loaded with software that almost never fails to function properly. If something crashes a simple reboot works wonders but that only has to be done about once a week. The machine is only turned off when I go away on vacation, otherwise it is on 24/7 and acts as a peer to peer file server as well as a production machine.
From: Peter Foldes on 16 Mar 2010 01:18 I would not use any of them. They are all snake oil remedies. Basically when you use any Reg Cleaning tool including the CCleaner one is playing Russian Roulette with your system. You might get away with any one of themfor a month a year or even a couple of years but in the end it will bite you as you very well know from experience -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "R_W_B" <RWB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8BAC07AA-3DED-4747-8FD4-B6041023F695(a)microsoft.com... > Hello I searched the xp forums and found some 2 yr old dated stuff and wanted > to get a more recent update of opinions and information about registry > cleaning software. From the search I found this was a highly emotional > subject back when. Anyhow, all I want it your honest opinions and experience > with these things. And bottom line, are there any dependable ones that > actually do any good. > To start with I will give you my story. In 2006 I bought my first registry > product called Regcure, it crashed my machine and had to do a restore. I got > a refund and then tried MaxRegistry cleaner (yea I'm a sucker for punishment) > it seemed to run ok (i.e. no machine crashes) and I kept it (and used it) > until the year's subscription ran out and then tried RegistryFix, it broke > one of my old Cad apps but I did not find out until it was too late to get a > refund. A friend of mine used RegistryEasy and it broke his XP > start->help&support, but he found a vbs script that fixed that. > So at present I am thinking of just giving up on Registry apps and > excluding myself from the "sucker born every minute" group that P.T. Barnum > spoke of. But I just wanted an outside opinion just to make sure of the > current status of these things. They seem to be selling faster than Win7. > Appreciate any input.
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 16 Mar 2010 10:52
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:22:01 -0700, R_W_B <RWB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hello I searched the xp forums and found some 2 yr old dated stuff and wanted > to get a more recent update of opinions and information about registry > cleaning software. From the search I found this was a highly emotional > subject back when. Anyhow, all I want it your honest opinions and experience > with these things. And bottom line, are there any dependable ones that > actually do any good. Yes, it's still "emotional" in the sense that you will get different opinions from different people. Here's my standard reply on this subject: Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you. The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit it may have. Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |