Registry Cleaner??

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Tim

My comp boots really slow....

Does anyone know if microsoft offers a registry cleaner
for Win XP Pro? If not, does anyone know of a
trustworthy, reliable 3rd party regclean tool??

Thanks
 
Tim;

NTREGOPT NT Registry Optimizer
ERUNT The Emergency Recovery Utility NT
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

ERUNT [[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.]]

NTREGOPT [The program works by recreating each registry hive "from
scratch",
thus removing any slack space that may be left from previously modified or
deleted keys.]
---
EasyCleaner is a small program which searches Windows' registry for entries
that are pointing
nowhere.
http://www.toniarts.com/ecleane.htm

[[EasyCleaner creates .REG-file from all entries deleted on the same
session, and by double-clicking
the *.REG-file you can add those previously deleted entries back to the
registry.] i.e. EasyCleaner
makes backup (Undo files) that you can use to replace something that you
deleted using EasyCleaner.]]
 
Of all the hundreds of dwnloads microsoft offers the only time a,"Warning-
Caution" notice appears is in the registry.To trust a third party utility to,"clean"
or should say, "corrupt" windows XP youre headed on the right road ! Leave the
registry alone,pick another area to screw with if you must....
 
How do you know that the registry is causing your computer to boot slowly?

Rocky
 
Rocket J. Squirrel said:
How do you know that the registry is causing your computer to boot slowly?

Rocky
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First off... as Rocket asked: How do you know the Registry is what's
causing the system to boot slowly? It's possible you have too many
things starting up automatically with your system.

I'd suggest doing this: Go to Start / Run... type in msconfig and
click Run. Click on the Startup tab and see how many items are listed
in the window (you may need to scroll down a bit to see them all). If
you have quite a few items there, any of them that are checked are
running all of the time. If you aren't sure what they are, you should
check them out and see if you need them running.

As Andrew said, altho I wouldn't necessarily have put it so blunt
<grin>, the Registry is a very important file... any changes can (and
frequently does) screw up something and causes your computer to have
problems. Be very careful with what you do or what program you use.

That said, I have used EasyCleaner in the past and can't say that I've
had any problems with it. I would make sure you read the instructions
/ Help system before using it tho... you have to make sure you use
backup files.

Hope this helps...

Fritz216
 
Wesley Vogel said:
Tim;
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Greetings Wesley,
ERUNT [[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.]]
Click to expand...
I remember reading something (but can't remember where) that you don't
Import the Registry file if you are trying to restore the whole
thing... you have to run it from a command-prompt (not in a DOS box
tho) and use a certain switch with the command. I can't remember for
sure, but I think it's /C for 'copy a new reg file with the import
file as source'.

Importing only adds what's missing... it doesn't do anything else
(basically it's a Merge).

Fritz216
 
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