Defragment the registry?

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Is defragmenting the registry something that needs to be done? I have
been told this by a computer tech friend. Any input would be
appreciated. Also, is there a freeware program that can do this?

Thank you!
 
Dan Rather said:
To Antoine:

Thank you for your reply. I am running WindowsMe as my operating
system. That program sounds good but it is for Windows NT, 2000,
and XP.
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I didn't know you were on Win98 (no MS partnership at cbs ? :p).
Seriously, I haven't used any other registry defragment tool except PageDefrag.

You may find some other registry utilities here :
http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/PL2003SYSTEMUTILITIES.htm#RegistryCleaner
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/system/fwregtools.html
 
Dan said:
Is defragmenting the registry something that needs to be done? I have
been told this by a computer tech friend. Any input would be
appreciated. Also, is there a freeware program that can do this?
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Here is some information about the registry, quoted from the readme of
RegCompact 1.0 which can be found at:
http://talismanic.net/codeworld/regcompact/

| About The Registry
| ==================
| The registry is a central part of the Windows operating systems. The data in
| the registry is stored in more than one file, each file called a hive,
| hence the beehive icon for RegCompact. On Windows95 and 98 there are two
| registry hives, System.dat and User.dat. On WindowsNT and 2000 there are
| System, Default, SAM, Security and Software hives. Most programs store
| their configuration data in the registry. Over time, as programs are
| installed and uninstalled, the registry becomes fragmented. Also, when data
| is removed from the registry it's space is not reclaimed until more data
| overwrites the empty space. This has a significant impact on the
| performance of Windows and programs that make heavy use of the registry. It
| is most evident at boot time and when running programs that use lots of COM
| classes (such as Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, any programs written
| in Visual Basic, and lots of commercial software). Whenever you install
| software data is written to the registry so the software can later be
| uninstalled.


| What RegCompact Does
| ====================
| RegCompact eliminates registry fragmentation by writing the data in the
| registry out into a temporary file. This data is written sequentially, so
| there are no holes from deleted data or fragmentation. RegCompact then
| reboots the system, and the compacted registry hives are replaced when the
| system starts up.

bye,

Onno
 
To Antoine:

Thank you for your reply. I am running WindowsMe as my operating
system. That program sounds good but it is for Windows NT, 2000, and
XP.

Thanks again!
 
Dan Rather said:
Is defragmenting the registry something that needs to be done? I have
been told this by a computer tech friend. Any input would be
appreciated. Also, is there a freeware program that can do this?
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Yes, it does. Your operating system should have a defragmentation
utility. Go to Find, look for defrag*
 
Malù said:
The page says:
License:
Shareware $10.00
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I know but I'm not the one who suggested the software. I simply pointed the
previous poster to a workable download location.
 
Is defragmenting the registry something that needs to be done? I have
been told this by a computer tech friend. Any input would be
appreciated. Also, is there a freeware program that can do this?
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Not really necessary. Improvements will be miniscule.

You can do it yourself by booting to DOS mode and typing the following:

SCANREG /OPT

This will work for Windows 9X/ME.
 
u could try Erunt - this is mainly for backing up your registery but also
has a utility for optimising it.
 
Fuzzy said:
You can do it yourself by booting to DOS mode and typing the following:

SCANREG /OPT

This will work for Windows 9X/ME.
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I have Win98SE and it didn't work for me.
 
Actually, you need to do plain "scanreg" first, then after it quits,
you can do scanreg /opt

Or instead of plain scanreg, you can do scanreg /fix, which takes care
of any problems it finds.

Be sure you are in DOS, not a DOS window.
I have Win98SE and it didn't work for me.
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I have Windows 98SE too, and it works all the time.
 
Thank you for everyones help. I used the scanreg and then scanreg /opt
commands. It seemed to have worked. I really don't see much of an
improvement though.

Thanks!
 
Not really necessary. Improvements will be miniscule.

You can do it yourself by booting to DOS mode and typing the following:

SCANREG /OPT

This will work for Windows 9X/ME.
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I don't know about Win ME but Win98 only has RESTORE, BACKUP or FIX as
options. /OPT has NEVER been an option in 98 according to Microsoft;
but then who believes Microsoft :)
 
(e-mail address removed) (ozzy) wrote in
I don't know about Win ME but Win98 only has RESTORE,
BACKUP or FIX as options. /OPT has NEVER been an option in
98 according to Microsoft; but then who believes Microsoft
:)
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Don't. it's just like fdisk /mbr.
Doesn't show with the /? parameter.
 
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I don't know about Win ME but Win98 only has RESTORE, BACKUP or FIX as
options. /OPT has NEVER been an option in 98 according to Microsoft;
but then who believes Microsoft :)
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That "scanreg /opt" will work with my Win98SE, but it's undocumented
feature since "scanreg /?" does not show it... :-)

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