-=PCTechTalk=- Re: registry cleaner
- From: John Lehn <johnelehn2002@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:36:21 -0700 (PDT)
Hi ML,
If you believe the Gurus, yes you do need a program to
occasionally clean up the registry and to compact the
registry hives. Having said that, I know many users
who have been stung by letting "registry cleaners"
loose on their systems, and who swear that they will
never use them again!
I personally believe that registry cleaners are useful
to help keep a system running at peak performance, but
that's only my opinion.
I use REGISTRY MECHANIC (version 5.2.0.310 retail)
which has NEVER trashed my system. In fact it is a
little conservative in my opinion, and will not remove
any key etc that has an inkling of validity.
It also creates a system restore point before taking
any action (if you have set it to do that).
I also occasionally use REGISTRY FIRST AID (version
4.1.0 retail) which is much more aggressive, but so
far it has not done any perceibable damage to my
registry.
I am using Windows XP PRO SP2 fully patched.
Perhaps some members might like to chip in and tell
you their experiences with registry cleaners.
Cheers,
John Lehn (Sydney Australia)
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--- 4catznme <my2punkin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have just gone thru another recovery computer
> wise. I have a registry
> cleaner but at this point I am feeling rather
> unsettled about using it. I
> have used reg cleaners that have removed files that
> I needed. and I wasn't
> able to get them back and then certain parts of
> programs refused to
> work....do I really NEED a reg cleaner?
> ml
>
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