Best Registry Cleaner for vista

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Spook said:
I use CCLEANER. Never had a problem
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I downloaded to see what it was all about. It marked entries with pathnames
using %SystemRoot% for deletion, even though the files do exist. The
entries pointed to some help files, so it's not a big deal in this case.
 
Spook said:
I use CCLEANER. Never had a problem
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There is no such thing as a "good" (meaning useful or beneficial)
registry cleaner, free or otherwise. Some are less harmful than others,
but because they're all nothing but snake oil, I won't recommend any.

Granted, CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as
long as you step through each detected "issue" (almost all of which will
be bogus) one at a time, to determine if it really is an "issue" or not,
and then decide whether or not to let the application "fix" it. In my
testing, though, most of the reported "issues" won't be issues, at all.
I tried the latest version on a brand-new OS installation with no
additional applications installed, and certainly none installed and then
uninstalled, and CCleaner still managed to "find" over a hundred
allegedly orphaned registry entries and dozens of purportedly
"suspicious" files. Its findings were utter nonsense, in plain terms.

CCleaner's only real strength, and the only reason I use it, lies
in its usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard
drive; as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly different from
any other snake oil product of the same type.


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Hipupchuck said:
Right, I have to reinstall Windows so often my registry never needs
cleaning.
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If you're serious, you're doing something gravely wrong.

1) You're screwing up your system in ways most people have yet to
imagine.

2) You don't know how to backup your system so that you always have a
good, working copy of it to fall back on.
 
Spook said:
I use CCLEANER. Never had a problem
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And you probably won't with that program. It uses a very light search
for areas to "clean" compared to most. To check that out, run a few
others in analyze-only mode after using CCleaner, just to see what it
didn't find.

Even the deepest of "cleaners" won't speed up your system, so neither
will CCleaner.

With any such "cleaner", you do stand the chance of critically messing
up your system. You could use one a hundred times with no problem
(and no performance boost) but maybe after the 101st time you'll be
using another computer to access these groups asking for help.

If you plan to continue using a "cleaner", I hope you have a good
backup strategy.
 
Gordon said:
Then you are either very lucky or quite knowledgeable.
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FWIW, I've also used CCleaner for a couple of years now with the same
results as the OP.....in fact, it's the only one I've used because it
has been so dependable.
 
What about "SpeedupMyPC Version 3" by Uniblue?


Manny Weisbord said:
And you probably won't with that program. It uses a very light search
for areas to "clean" compared to most. To check that out, run a few
others in analyze-only mode after using CCleaner, just to see what it
didn't find.

Even the deepest of "cleaners" won't speed up your system, so neither
will CCleaner.

With any such "cleaner", you do stand the chance of critically messing
up your system. You could use one a hundred times with no problem
(and no performance boost) but maybe after the 101st time you'll be
using another computer to access these groups asking for help.

If you plan to continue using a "cleaner", I hope you have a good
backup strategy.

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The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

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Dave said:
What about "SpeedupMyPC Version 3" by Uniblue?
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ALL - A L L - programs of that genre are worthless and using any of
them will increase the chances of you critically messing up your
system.

Do as many searches of the 'net as you like, you will not find a
SINGLE website that will provide empirical evidence that such programs
will speed up a modern-day computer (post-XP). You will find NUMEROUS
sites where users are weeping and gnashing their teeth because of
problems such programs have caused them.

Normal - and regular - system maintenance is all that is required.

To be on the safe side, a wise user would put spend the money to buy
an external hard drive and use if for holding full backups of their
system.

I currently have a half dozen full backups of mine - the most recent
not being older than a day - and I also have the first backup I made
the day I performed a clean install of Vista. Those backups are
stored on 1) an internal drive and 2) and external drive.

Heck, I still have the final backup I made of XP before I installed
Vista.
 
Manny Weisbord said:
Do as many searches of the 'net as you like, you will not find a
SINGLE website that will provide empirical evidence that such programs
will speed up a modern-day computer (post-XP).
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Make that XP or later. Actually, I'd think it would be safe to say
Win98 or later.

Today's systems have such fast processors/RAM/disks that any
"cleaning" of the registry would be imperceptible.

The hazards of using such "cleaners" or "optimizers" are too numerous
to list.
 
Every single one of these Registry Tools are all snake oil remedies. Do not touch
the registry. Using any Reg Tool will NOT make your system faster or save space.
What they can do is make your computer unusable
 
Dave said:
What about "SpeedupMyPC Version 3" by Uniblue?
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Like *ANY* and *ALL* so-called regiastry "cleaners," it's pure snake
oil. It cannot possibly provide any benefit, and carries the potential
for causing harm. As there's *NO* benefit to be derived from it's use,
it' simply not worth the risk, no matter how small that risk might be.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


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
 
Bruce said:
There is no such thing as a "good" (meaning useful or beneficial)
registry cleaner, free or otherwise. Some are less harmful than others,
but because they're all nothing but snake oil, I won't recommend any.

Granted, CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as
long as you step through each detected "issue" (almost all of which will
be bogus) one at a time, to determine if it really is an "issue" or not,
and then decide whether or not to let the application "fix" it. In my
testing, though, most of the reported "issues" won't be issues, at all.
I tried the latest version on a brand-new OS installation with no
additional applications installed, and certainly none installed and then
uninstalled, and CCleaner still managed to "find" over a hundred
allegedly orphaned registry entries and dozens of purportedly
"suspicious" files. Its findings were utter nonsense, in plain terms.

CCleaner's only real strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in
its usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard
drive; as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly different from
any other snake oil product of the same type.
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Too bad people aren't always as informed. Even if they don't do
anything these products have a market and that's why they exist.
 
Spook said:
I use CCLEANER. Never had a problem
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I use CCleaner also but not the registry portion of the program. I have
a problem when I use it though that it empties my recent programs list
on the start menu and after that it doesn't work anymore. I have to
apply a fix to get programs to show up on there again. I must have
something selected that I shouldn't. But that's no big deal, I only
run the program every 6 - 12 months.
 
Hello tech guys!

Many people have recommend me to use registry tool, mostly speed up my
Windows Vista performance which have really slow down lately. I've been
checking many sites, and most of them recommend Registry Easy to go
with. What do you guys say? I would only like to boost my Windows
speed.

Here is review I've read:
http://fixexe.com/best-5-registry-fix-and-repair-tools/

Thank you!
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Everyone here will say don't use any registry cleaner (I agree).

There are reasons. For one thing, it's not needed. For another, many
programs are not that accurate in their choices.
 
Vivid said:
Hello tech guys!

Many people have recommend me to use registry tool, mostly speed up my
Windows Vista performance which have really slow down lately. I've been
checking many sites, and most of them recommend Registry Easy to go
with. What do you guys say? I would only like to boost my Windows
speed.
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Get a faster computer? I doubt a reg cleaner will speed things up for you.
Myself I use 'CCleaner' (free).
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Gene said:
Everyone here will say don't use any registry cleaner (I agree).

There are reasons. For one thing, it's not needed. For another, many
programs are not that accurate in their choices.
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Agreed, avoid registry cleaners like the plague. They will nOT speed up
your system and they have a greater chance of messing up your computer
so it will not work.
 
The best registry cleaner for Vista is "None", as Gene correctly states
below and for the average user that is.
Tech guys will not look for advice on this subject here.
Therefore we can drop it completely.
Hopefully this will clear things up once and for all.

Harry.
 
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