Registry Cleaner

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Denise Ramirez

Is there a way for me to clean my registry using Win2K? I
don't want to download 3rd party software. Using the
trail version has certain limitations. Can I go to
Registry Edtior and do all the cleaning there??? I have
administrators right and using Win2k sp3.

Thanks.
 
Hi Denise - FWIW, here's my 2 cents on this. In my experience all of these
Reg cleaners, even the best, are fraught with danger. I advise against
using them except in one specific instance, that is when you have one that
is capable of doing specific Reg searches, and you NEED (not just WANT) to
remove the remaining traces of something that didn't get uninstalled
correctly. (and you didn't have foresight enough to install it using Total
Uninstall,
http://www.geocities.com/ggmartau/projects/projects.html, in the first
place.)

Lastly, if you must screw around with your Registry, then at least get
Erunt/Erdnt, and run it before you do the Reg clean. You'll then have a
true restore available to you. Read below to see why you might not just
using the Reg cleaner's restore:

Get Erunt here for all NT-based computers including XP:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/index.htm I've set it up to
take a scheduled backup each night at 12:01AM on a weekly round-robin basis,
and a Monthly on the 1st of each month. See here for how to set that up:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/erunt.txt, and for some
useful information about this subject.

This program is one of the best things around - saved my butt on many
occasions, and will also run very nicely from a DOS prompt (in case you've
done something that won't let you boot any more and need to revert to a
previous Registry) IF you're FAT32 OR have a DOS startup disk with NTFS
write drivers in an NTFS system. (There is also a way using the Recovery
Console to get back to being "bootable" even without separate DOS write NTFS
drivers, after which you can do a "normal" Erdnt restore.) (BTW, it also
includes a Registry defragger program). Free, and very, very highly
recommended.

FYI, quoting from the above document:

"Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) to make a
complete backup of the registry. Neither does it export the whole registry
(for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive is saved), nor can the
exported file be used later to replace the current registry with the old
one. Instead, if you re-import the file, it is
merged with the current registry, leaving you with an absolute mess of old
and new registry keys.


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Hi Denise - FWIW, here's my 2 cents on this. In my experience all of these
Reg cleaners, even the best, are fraught with danger. I advise against
using them except in one specific instance, that is when you have one that
is capable of doing specific Reg searches, and you NEED (not just WANT) to
remove the remaining traces of something that didn't get uninstalled
correctly. (and you didn't have foresight enough to install it using Total
Uninstall,
http://www.geocities.com/ggmartau/projects/projects.html, in the first
place.)

Lastly, if you must screw around with your Registry, then at least get
Erunt/Erdnt, and run it before you do the Reg clean. You'll then have a
true restore available to you. Read below to see why you might not just
using the Reg cleaner's restore:

Get Erunt here for all NT-based computers including XP:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/index.htm I've set it up to
take a scheduled backup each night at 12:01AM on a weekly round-robin basis,
and a Monthly on the 1st of each month. See here for how to set that up:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/erunt.txt, and for some
useful information about this subject.

This program is one of the best things around - saved my butt on many
occasions, and will also run very nicely from a DOS prompt (in case you've
done something that won't let you boot any more and need to revert to a
previous Registry) IF you're FAT32 OR have a DOS startup disk with NTFS
write drivers in an NTFS system. (There is also a way using the Recovery
Console to get back to being "bootable" even without separate DOS write NTFS
drivers, after which you can do a "normal" Erdnt restore.) (BTW, it also
includes a Registry defragger program). Free, and very, very highly
recommended.

FYI, quoting from the above document:

"Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) to make a
complete backup of the registry. Neither does it export the whole registry
(for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive is saved), nor can the
exported file be used later to replace the current registry with the old
one. Instead, if you re-import the file, it is
merged with the current registry, leaving you with an absolute mess of old
and new registry keys.


--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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Is there a way for me to clean my registry using Win2K? I
don't want to download 3rd party software. Using the
trail version has certain limitations. Can I go to
Registry Edtior and do all the cleaning there??? I have
administrators right and using Win2k sp3.

Thanks.
Click to expand...

Regclean from Microsoft will cleanup some things. Better off _NOT_
messing with the registry unless you have specific problems.

IF you do decide to dive in where few dare to swim, then please get a
registry back-up application and back-up before every change.

Lee
 
Is there a way for me to clean my registry using Win2K? I
don't want to download 3rd party software. Using the
trail version has certain limitations. Can I go to
Registry Edtior and do all the cleaning there??? I have
administrators right and using Win2k sp3.

Thanks.
Click to expand...

Regclean from Microsoft will cleanup some things. Better off _NOT_
messing with the registry unless you have specific problems.

IF you do decide to dive in where few dare to swim, then please get a
registry back-up application and back-up before every change.

Lee
 
Jim Byrd said:
"Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!)
to make a complete backup of the registry.
Click to expand...

I will wholeheartedly confirm that statement. I tried it! LOL It's
even sometimes almost useless in trying to restore some certain
keys too.
<g>

I have found a couple keys that I cannot get any access to at all.
Microsoft must be hiding something there.
 
Jim Byrd said:
"Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!)
to make a complete backup of the registry.
Click to expand...

I will wholeheartedly confirm that statement. I tried it! LOL It's
even sometimes almost useless in trying to restore some certain
keys too.
<g>

I have found a couple keys that I cannot get any access to at all.
Microsoft must be hiding something there.
 
Thanks so much for all the info. is there a email where i
contact you for any other information? Or to let you know
the status of your advice??


Thanks.

(e-mail address removed)
 
Thanks so much for all the info. is there a email where i
contact you for any other information? Or to let you know
the status of your advice??


Thanks.

(e-mail address removed)
 
YW, Denise - you can reach me at jrbyrd @ adelphia.net (remove the
spaces). :)

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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YW, Denise - you can reach me at jrbyrd @ adelphia.net (remove the
spaces). :)

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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