-=PCTechTalk=- Re: registry cleaner
- From: "Joyce McClure" <jmcclure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:39:11 -0500
I have Easy Cleaner which is free and has come highly recommended by several
people but when I ran it I had to pretty quickly do a restore (comes with
the program) as it removed something that Norton AntiVirus needed. Then I
purchased Registry Mechanic, also highly recommended, and had to restore the
things I cleaned out the first time I ran it. Very happy that both had a
restore function. Registry Mechanic also does a system restore before
running but I did not need to use that. So---as much as I would like to
clean out that Registry ;-), I am a bit shy about trying it again. I do
swear by CleanUp for cleaning out temp files and other trash but I use an
older version that I know has worked for me for a long time.
Joyce
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lehn" <johnelehn2002@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 6:36 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: registry cleaner
> 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)
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> --- 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
>>
>><SNIP
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