-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Registry Mechanic and similar programs

  • From: RMB White <roguer@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:32:34 +1300

Good morning Mike,

If anyone IS thinking about lab-testing registry tools, they could
perhaps start with those listed in my following  post of 17 Nov 2007

> I need advice please on  Registry tools, which seem to be flavour of 
> the month.
> I have been offered three downloads (but used only their scan function 
> and NOT attempted any repair)
>
> a) Microsoft's .extension tracker, whose Uniblue Regiistry Booster 
> scanned and found 884 problems/errors
> b) Registry Mechanic (which I see referred to in posts to the list in 
> August whilst I was away) which found 1025 problems
> c) Regcure (recommended by Google at the top of Freelists Techtalk 
> Archives) which found 1727 problems
> I am scared of tinkering with the registry, since it is beyond my 
> knowledge competence, however I know my Toshiba notebook is slow to 
> boot, slow to open programs and files and generally slow to operate
>
> BUT, I would like to  buy ONE  to learn cautiously and carefully, 
> without corrupting my registry.

N.B. The three scans I did were consecutive on the same day

Roger W


Mike the mod wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> a year or so ago someone on another group asked us 
> about a registry cleaning program highly ranked on 
> Google they had tried.
> It found 512 (I can't remember the exact #) problems.
> But it wanted money to remove them.
>
> So 4 of the mods tried the program.
> We all had exactly the same number of problems.
>
> Mike the mod
>
>   

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