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| Thread ID: 49735 | 2004-09-29 01:35:00 | opinions about registry cleaners | Hotkiwi (5870) | Press F1 |
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| 276625 | 2004-09-29 22:18:00 | gidday, I have used regscrubXP and has proved very reliable, as the name inplys though, it only works with XP www.majorgeeks.com cheers, Robby |
Robby (3123) | ||
| 276626 | 2004-09-30 01:04:00 | I am running the old (but stable) Win98se and I use RegClean from MS and works fine. *touch beige plastic* It's called RegClean but could be the same as RegCleaner. I'm still at the stage where I'm very cautious in the Registry. Like Metla says, you've got to be familiar with having a backup and bringing it into play if something goes wrong. And I'm not. M2CW:D |
mark c (247) | ||
| 276627 | 2004-09-30 01:38:00 | Check out: ACE UTILITIES at: www.acelogix.com I've been using it for some time without problems on XP Home |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 276628 | 2004-09-30 02:13:00 | I have used RegSeeker for quite a long time now without any problems. It finds heaps of "unnecessary" Windows stuff to delete but I suspect much of that gets recreated again after a reboot. After RegSeeker has done its thing there is seldom anything left for other registry cleaners to have a go at but not vice versa. Backups are created by default so if you do have a problem afterwards you can restore the files but I have never had to yet. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 276629 | 2005-04-14 21:53:00 | Has RegSeeker ever appeared on a NZPCW monthly disc? [ anything to avoid a download in my rural dialup situation! ] | Mike S (1766) | ||
| 276630 | 2005-04-14 22:45:00 | This thread has inspired me and I have just used MRU Blaster (found, horrors :horrified) , 828 entries. Then I used RegClean and it placed an undo file where I can see it; thus a bit of confidence in the product. Occasionally I will delete things from the Registry by hand. Very carefully and only stuff I know has no business being there. As the man says on the Speights ad "its a hard road finding the perfect registry". |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 276631 | 2005-04-15 01:29:00 | I find most of them are a bit too cautious. Best to get in there yourself and delete, delete, delete. Of course, you can stuff up if you aren't sure but I always have my handy Ghost image ready for over-enthusiastic deleting. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 276632 | 2005-04-15 03:05:00 | Has RegSeeker ever appeared on a NZPCW monthly disc? [ anything to avoid a download in my rural dialup situation! ] I think I remember seeing it on one of the PC World discs once but have no idea which one. It is only a 315KB download anyway so it won't take you long to grab it on dialup. Try here (www.snapfiles.com). Although I have been using RegSeeker for years and on dozens of PCs without any issues I did encounter a problem with a computer this week which I suspect was caused by RegSeeker. The HP Pavilion computer running Windows ME lost its settings in "Add/Remove Windows Components" after running RegSeeker. Even though I probably could have fixed it by restoring the backup it was just as easy to fix with a registry hack so I didn't bother with the restore. I am still not 100% sure whether RegSeeker did actually cause the problem because a number of utilities were run on that machine and this was the first time I have encountered that issue. It is worth reporting it though to make people aware of the importance of ensuring the registry is backed up before making changes. Oh... and there is nothing wrong with being cautious when it comes to the registry. ;) |
SusanB (6212) | ||
| 276633 | 2005-04-15 03:22:00 | . :@@: :@@: :@@: |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 276634 | 2005-04-15 04:03:00 | Thanks for the comments Susan B. I'll certainly bear your reservations in mind. Jedi Master you have the better of me. I never took Latin at school, much to my regret later in life. I suspect your quote means "if anything can go wrong, it will". Was Murphy around when Latin was 'in'? Please don't let this slide into a quotes session;I'm trying to stroke a computer here you know!! (Though Susan's last missive reminds me a little of "The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of the oncoming locomotive"). Enough methinks. |
Mike S (1766) | ||
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