Registry Programs - Windows XP

I think having a clean registry does help the performance of your computer.
I want one to clean up the registry, but one that is safe. Was looking for
suggestions.
Thanks.

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick.RemoveThis@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Registry program for what? Generally speaking none are required.
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> Regards,
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> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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> "PattiChati" wrote:
> |I cannot find a newsgroup for registry under windows xp, so thought I
> would
> | start here. I want a registry program and was told Registry Mechanic
> was
> a
> | good, safe one.
> | Any opinions on this or opinions on what a good one would be.
> | Thanks.
> |
> |
>
>

Cleaners usually do more harm than good. Unless you have some compelling
reason to do so it's best to leave the registry intact.

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"PattiChati" wrote:
|I think having a clean registry does help the performance of your computer.
| I want one to clean up the registry, but one that is safe. Was looking
for
| suggestions.
| Thanks.

I know that is the general consensus, but I have a person who is very
knowlegeable in this area, so I am looking for some recommendations.
Thanks.
"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick.RemoveThis@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Cleaners usually do more harm than good. Unless you have some compelling
> reason to do so it's best to leave the registry intact.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "PattiChati" wrote:
> |I think having a clean registry does help the performance of your
> computer.
> | I want one to clean up the registry, but one that is safe. Was looking
> for
> | suggestions.
> | Thanks.
>
>

Anyone knowledgeable in the registry would recommend against using them.
Seems odd you would need to ask what tools your knowledgeable friend should
use.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"PattiChati" wrote:
|I know that is the general consensus, but I have a person who is very
| knowlegeable in this area, so I am looking for some recommendations.
| Thanks.

Goto www.download.com for registry cleaner programs. Good luck at not
screwing up your registry.

Bob


"PattiChati" <PattiChati.RemoveThis@anywhere.invalid> wrote:

>I cannot find a newsgroup for registry under windows xp, so thought I would
>start here. I want a registry program and was told Registry Mechanic was a
>good, safe one.
>Any opinions on this or opinions on what a good one would be.
>Thanks.
>

"PattiChati" <PattiChati RemoveThis @anywhere.invalid> wrote in message
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>I cannot find a newsgroup for registry under windows xp, so thought I would
>start here. I want a registry program and was told Registry Mechanic was a
>good, safe one.
> Any opinions on this or opinions on what a good one would be.
> Thanks.
>

In my experience, the problem with registry cleaning programs is that each
one seems to find something different to that found by the next one both as
regards what the error is and how many there are.



I have tried "Registry Mechanic" (versions 5.0 and 5.2), "Windows Registry
Repair Pro", "Easy Cleaner", and several others whose names I have forgotten
but none of these has ever agreed with the others as to how many and what
errors they have found. I have, also, used "Regedit" to manually clean the
registry.



At the moment, I have several registry cleaning programs on my computer that
I am trialling in the hope of finding out which is the best and, so far, it
seems to be "Registry Mechanic V5.2".



The largest number of errors was found, a few days ago, by "Registry
Mechanic Version 5.2" - a total of 524. The other programs reported numbers
between 30 and 150. The question is, has "Registry Mechanic" found genuine
errors? Well, a quick check, of the registry, against some of the errors
reported, showed that they were, in fact, there but I haven't checked all
524!



The problem I have had with my computer, many times in the past, is that it
starts to slow down as it goes through the, now, long, long registry.
Checking the registry manually, I find references to programs and shortcuts,
etc., that I uninstalled or deleted many months, if not years, ago.



As far as I understand it, the registry is supposed to keep track of all
software and hardware installed as well as all shortcuts, printer details,
user preferences and anything else that you might want to find. But it doesn't
seem to be all that good at keeping track of the changes that are made when,
for instance, software programs are uninstalled.



You may well know more than I do, regarding the registry, so I apologise if
it appears that I'm talking down to you but I was interested in your email
because what you want to know is exactly the same as I want to know!



A final note, in all the years (probably only about four!) that I have been
using a registry cleaner, I have never had a problem using the programs.



I hope this is some help and, should you find out which is the best and
safest program to use, I would be very pleased to hear as it would save me
doing my own research!



Best of luck,



John

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