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From: Unknown on 8 Jul 2010 11:46 There is no such thing as a good reliable registry cleaner. "Barbara" <Barbara(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9DEDB1DF-4674-490B-AC0B-42774975B421(a)microsoft.com... > Unable to find any specific category for a registry question so am posting > the question here. The registry on the computer needs to be cleaned. > Most > of the errors I am getting are related to registry problems. I am not > computer knowledgeable to clean the registry manually. I wonder if > someone > could suggest a good, reliable and trustworthy registry cleaner software > and > that would not be too expensive. Thanks! > -- > Barbara
From: Spamlet on 8 Jul 2010 11:50 "Peter" <nospam(a)nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message news:i14qje$5f9$2(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On 07/08/2010 05:09 PM, Barbara wrote: >> Unable to find any specific category for a registry question so am >> posting >> the question here. The registry on the computer needs to be cleaned. >> Most >> of the errors I am getting are related to registry problems. I am not >> computer knowledgeable to clean the registry manually. I wonder if >> someone >> could suggest a good, reliable and trustworthy registry cleaner software >> and >> that would not be too expensive. Thanks! > > You can try CCleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com/ Be sure and make a back > up before fixing anything and run it THREE times to catch everything. > > -- > Peter Most of the 'errors' picked up in CCleaner's registry ap are just links to things like Google Earth, that only resolve when you are online at their site. You have to have a good knowledge of what is and has been on your computer, and how each prog works, before you can decide whether an 'error' is real. By and large it is better just to use this to help you find suspect entries than to try and 'clean' with it. There are oodles of warnings about registry cleaners in these columns. S
From: HeyBub on 8 Jul 2010 11:57 Barbara wrote: > Unable to find any specific category for a registry question so am > posting the question here. The registry on the computer needs to be > cleaned. Most of the errors I am getting are related to registry > problems. I am not computer knowledgeable to clean the registry > manually. I wonder if someone could suggest a good, reliable and > trustworthy registry cleaner software and that would not be too > expensive. Thanks! Nonsense. The errors you are getting most certainly point to problems, but the problems are NOT with the registry. The registry may be involved, but it is NOT the source of the problems. Forget about "registry cleaners" (otherwise known as "destroyers of all that is good and true - there won't BE a Shire!").
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 8 Jul 2010 18:58 If you ever think your Registry needs to be cleaned, repaired, boosted, tuned-up, cured, tweaked, fixed, or optimized (it doesn't), read http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions. Also see http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx Barbara wrote: > Unable to find any specific category for a registry question so am posting > the question here. The registry on the computer needs to be cleaned. > Most > of the errors I am getting are related to registry problems. I am not > computer knowledgeable to clean the registry manually. I wonder if > someone > could suggest a good, reliable and trustworthy registry cleaner software > and > that would not be too expensive. Thanks!
From: Bruce Chambers on 8 Jul 2010 21:33
Barbara wrote: > Unable to find any specific category for a registry question so am posting > the question here. The registry on the computer needs to be cleaned. What makes you think so? > Most > of the errors I am getting are related to registry problems. What makes you think so? > I am not > computer knowledgeable to clean the registry manually. Then you're certainly not knowledgeable enough to determine whether or not the registry has anything to with your unidentified problems, much less to safely use any sort of registry "cleaner." > I wonder if someone > could suggest a good, reliable and trustworthy registry cleaner software and > that would not be too expensive. Thanks! Simply put, there is no such thing. Why would you even think you'd ever need to clean your registry? What specific *problems* are you actually experiencing (not some program's bogus listing of imaginary problems) that you think can be fixed by using a registry "cleaner?" If you do have a problem that is rooted in the registry, it would be far better to simply edit (after backing up, of course) only the specific key(s) and/or value(s) that are causing the problem. After all, why use a chainsaw when a scalpel will do the job? Additionally, the manually changing of one or two registry entries is far less likely to have the dire consequences of allowing an automated product to make multiple changes simultaneously. The only thing needed to safely clean your registry is knowledge and Regedit.exe. The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of the computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning loose a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully confident that he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of each and every change. Having repeatedly seen the results of inexperienced people using automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all. Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands of the inexperienced user. If you lack the knowledge and experience to maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner, no matter how safe they claim to be. More importantly, no one has ever demonstrated that the use of an automated registry "cleaner," particularly by an untrained, inexperienced computer user, does any real good, whatsoever. There's certainly been no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use of such products to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's performance or stability. Given the potential for harm, it's just not worth the risk. Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and every time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there. And, since no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any good (think of them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no real medicinal value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo effect), I always tell people that the risks far out-weigh the non-existent benefits. I will concede that a good registry *scanning* tool, in the hands of an experienced and knowledgeable technician or hobbyist can be a useful time-saving diagnostic tool, as long as it's not allowed to make any changes automatically. But I really don't think that there are any registry "cleaners" that are truly safe for the general public to use. Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe in the hands of the inexperienced user. A little further reading on the subject: Why I don't use registry cleaners http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643 AumHa Forums • View topic - AUMHA Discussion: Should I Use a Registry Cleaner? http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |