Registry Defragger and Compacter

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I used ERUNT and NTREGOPT in XP. Nice little tool. But I can't get it to run
in Vista. Is there any program specific to this for Vista that anyone knows
of? Thanks.
 
Dave-UK said:
You have to run them as Administrator, (right-click run as administrator).
The daily registry backup option will only work if you have UAC turned
off.
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Thanks to everyone for the info! What is UAC. I know it's User Account
Control, but how much of a risk am I under if I turn it off?
 
A lot of risk is involved in turing it off. UAC prevents applications from
altering protected system folders, part of the protection mechanism employed
in Vista. Programs in Vista should be virtualized and run within the user
environment and not the system environment as it was with previous versions
of Windows. Older software often does not comply with virtualization,
causing the prompt for you to allow it to run. Disabling UAC will allow any
program to alter a system folder or file without the consent of the user,
including malware. Utilities like Erunt, by their very nature, manipulate
system folders and will always require elevated privileges to run properly.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
I used ERUNT and NTREGOPT in XP. Nice little tool. But I can't get it to run
in Vista. Is there any program specific to this for Vista that anyone knows
of? Thanks.
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ERUNT runs fine in Vista (I run it every day), but you have to run it
elevated.
 
Rick Rogers said:
A lot of risk is involved in turing it off. UAC prevents applications from
altering protected system folders, part of the protection mechanism
employed in Vista. Programs in Vista should be virtualized and run within
the user environment and not the system environment as it was with previous
versions of Windows. Older software often does not comply with
virtualization, causing the prompt for you to allow it to run. Disabling
UAC will allow any program to alter a system folder or file without the
consent of the user, including malware. Utilities like Erunt, by their very
nature, manipulate system folders and will always require elevated
privileges to run properly.
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Thanks Rick. This is what I suspected and I don't want to do this! I can't
tell you how many times I had to redo my XP because I'd been hijacked or
whatever. If I disable UAC I think I'll just be defeating the whole point of
having Vista!
 
Thanks Rick. This is what I suspected and I don't want to do this! I can't
tell you how many times I had to redo my XP because I'd been hijacked or
whatever. If I disable UAC I think I'll just be defeating the whole point of
having Vista!
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Sounds like you need to step back and examine your online activities.
If you've had a lot of problems as you say, you are definitely doing
something you shouldn't be doing.
 
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