Ever wondered how many errors your computer has? Does your system’s registry need cleaning? Well you no longer need to guess!
Click here to download RegistryBooster
This free registry scan will give you a complete diagnosis of your Windows registry, identifying errors and conflicts.
Most computer users, with the exception of optimization junkies and advanced tweakers, never dare to tinker with their Windows Registry. As a matter of fact, most users are clueless when it comes to knowing what exactly the registry does, and amazingly, some are even unaware that the Windows Registry even exists. For the most part, computer users are never required to access or modify the Windows Registry manually, however whenever one changes their computer settings, updates their drivers, or alters an application, they are simultaneously making changes in the registry.
Throughout the week, I’ve been fortunate enough to review Uniblue’s Registry Booster, a dynamic registry scanning, defragmenting, and repairing utility. In the following article, I will detail the features and abilities of this program, test whether or not the Registry Booster improves system performance and stability, and express my personal thoughts toward Uniblue’s Registry Booster.
This review was written in 2006 and we gave this program positive marks (as you will see as you read on). Since then, we have seen a lot of user comments with negative feedback regarding the “free scan” not properly uninstalling from the computer. We specifically asked the company about this issue in an interview with Uniblue. They said the problem has been fixed, and they gave an explanation why it was occurring. Also, we independently checked the free scan here at PCMech since the interview and we have had no issues removing it from our systems.
In my experience, those people who are claiming that Registry Booster is malware and will not uninstall are not that computer literate themselves. In our tests, it DOES remove easily and causes no harm to our test computers. There are differing opinions out there on how effective the software is, but I am confident (at this point) that there is nothing dangerous about their free scan. People need to realize that ANY program that affects the Windows registry has the possibility of messing something up. That is why it is SO important to back up your registry before running any scanning software, whether it be Registry Booster or something else.
With that, I will leave you to read the rest of Ryan’s review…
Acting as a dynamic database that stores both settings and system information, the Windows Registry is an essential part of the Windows operating system. Information on hardware, software, and user preferences are stored in the Windows Registry, and the functionality and stability of one’s system relies heavily on the integrity of the registry. While much more could be said about the ins and outs of the registry, the one thing that I feel readers should know before continuing on with the article is that the Windows Registry isn’t perfect. Over time, unneeded registry entries accumulate and it is quite possible that registry errors will develop. Accumulating unneeded and invalid registry entries can hinder performance, and various registry errors can affect the stability of your applications.
Uniblue’s Registry Booster comes packaged with a boat-load of features designed to not only identify and repair registry errors, but to also help enhance system performance and stability at the same time. Some of these features include:
Unlike much of today’s software, Uniblue’s Registry Booster installs and functions properly on older computer systems very well. The recommended minimum system requirements are as follows:
Installation
Thanks to a wonderfully designed installer, the installation of Uniblue’s Registry Booster was fairly simple and effortless. So simple, in fact, that even the most novice computer user would find Uniblue’s Registry Booster easy to install compared to most other software. Additionally, as the Registry Booster is less than 10MB is size, the installation was extremely fast. Users are permitted to choose where they would like to install the Registry Booster, and whether or not they would like to have desktop and quick launch icons created.
Overall, I was quite impressed with the sleek and intuitive design of Uniblue’s Registry Booster. Using a unique tab-like system, everything was well laid out and easy to find. Having never used this product before, I am happy to say that I was neither confused nor perplexed by the arrangement of features within the Registry Booster’s colorful user interface. As the novelty of the Registry Booster’s interface began to set in, I decided it was time to see how effective Uniblue’s software really was.
Scanning: Uniblue’s Registry Booster comes packaged with a highly sophisticated scanning engine that peruses one’s registry in both a thorough and quick manner. I was surprised at how quickly the utility scanned my entire registry, and shocked to see that it had reported a total of 165 registry errors. While most of the errors were linked to missing paths and unneeded entries caused from adding and removing applications, I was completely unaware that my registry contained a total of 165 errors.
Backing Up: Like most performance enhancing programs these days, Uniblue’s Registry Booster comes with a registry back-up utility, just in case something goes awry. Before allowing the Registry Booster to make any changes to the registry, the software will prompt the user to back-up before proceeding. I found the back-up utility to be a little on the slow side, however I’d rather wait a few seconds longer and allow the program to create a fully restorable image of my Windows Registry. Don’t be excessively bold by not making a backup–you might regret it one day.
Repairing: Uniblue’s Registry Booster repairs the errors it finds, and does so in a timely manner. Furthermore, when an error is repaired, it is repaired for good and doesn’t reappear on subsequent registry scans.
Defragmenting: Until this review, I was completely unaware that my registry could even become “fragmented”. However, when I sat down to think about it, it actually made a lot of sense; hard drives become fragmented even after relatively moderate usage, and since we constantly are making changes to the registry, it can develop fragments over time as well. The defragmenting process was also very quick, and according to Uniblue, defragging one’s registry will improve boot times (read on for more). After running the defragmenting utility, the Registry Booster will prompt you to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
Determined to evaluate the effectiveness of Uniblue’s Registry Booster, I decided to benchmark my test computer both before and after running the Registry Booster’s scanning and defragging utilities.
At this point, I would like to point out that I am only testing the effectiveness of the Registry Booster from within Windows XP. Therefore, I can only assume that similar changes in system performance will occur within other operating systems.
Before testing my machine, I rigorously installed and uninstalled various freeware applications. In doing so, I hoped to create a relatively “messy” registry with various errors, fragments, and missing / unneeded entries. Likewise, after running Uniblue’s Registry Booster it detected a plethora of errors related to the many applications I added and then removed from my system. Most of the errors found were of the missing, orphaned, and unneeded variety. The results of the following tests demonstrate how repairing registry errors (that are associated with adding and removing programs) can affect system performance.
I have developed three unique tests to observe how Uniblue’s Registry Booster affects the performance of Windows XP.
Boot and Start-Up times: How long it takes from pushing the power button to when the Windows XP Desktop loads
Restart Times: How long it takes to restart Windows XP
Add/Remove Program List: How long it takes to load the Windows Add / Remove Program list
Before
| Start Up | Restart | Add/Remove Program List | |
| Trial One | 46 Seconds | 63 Seconds | 10 Seconds |
| Trial Two | 45 Seconds | 61 Seconds | 11 Seconds |
After
| Start Up | Restart | Add/Remove Program List | |
| Trial One | 43 Seconds | 58 Seconds | 10 Seconds |
| Trial Two | 44 Seconds | 57 Seconds | 9 Seconds |
As you can see, both start up and restart times were reduced significantly after using the Registry Booster’s scanning, repairing, and defragmenting utilities. However, there was only a one second average increase in loading the Add / Remove program list. From my tests, I feel confident in the performance enhancing capabilities of Uniblue’s Registry Booster. Being an avid computer enthusiast, even the tiniest improvements in system performance make me ecstatic.
Overall, I was very impressed with Uniblue’s Registry Booster. The software’s appearance, design, and performance enhancing capabilities exceeded my expectations. The scanning, repairing, and defragmenting utilities did exactly what they were supposed to and there was a definite boost in system performance. For a mere $30 download of their software, or $40 if you wish to buy the disk and packaging, I recommend Uniblue’s Registry Booster to all computer users. From what I’ve seen of the software so far, I can imagine that the Registry Booster will help stabilize and improve system performance on even the most erratically-behaving machines.
I give Uniblue’s Registry Booster a 9.5/10.
Ever wondered how many errors your computer has? Does your system’s registry need cleaning? Well you no longer need to guess!
Click here to download RegistryBooster
This free registry scan will give you a complete diagnosis of your Windows registry, identifying errors and conflicts.
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On January 22, 2009 4:55 pm, Kevin Forge wrote:
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Congratulations Uniblue. The new improved 2009 version fixed that uninstall bug.
Now there is no Redistry Booster link in the Control Panel add remove programs list. The only way to uninstall is to
1. Start RB and uncheck both default settings from the Settings tab
2. Reboot and then Delete C:\Program revealedFiles\uniblue
Thanks to this simple little problem, NOTHING that uniblue makes will ever be considered or even evaluated again. Why? Because people who are in the business of registry fixing don’t omit an uninstall routine accidentally.
You acted in bad faith and now your name is mud. Is there anything you can do to repair this? Not really but there is one saving grace:
The untold millions of computer users who will install or even purchase your stuff before asking anyone who has ever used it. As such you will continue in business. You just won’t ever grow to a major player without a serious integrity overhaul.
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Look, that whole post is complete nonsense based on a false premise.
There have been plenty of warnings in this long thread about the dangers of going off half-cocked with incorrect information. If you’re going to publicly make “expert” comments then you better make damn sure that you actually know what you are talking about — particularly if you’re going to use your “findings” to publicly denigrate a person, company or product.
As you are about to find out, all you’ve managed to do with your strident diatribe is reveal your own ignorance of the facts. Hopefully your embarrassment will prompt others to think twice and make sure of their facts before letting loose.
Anyone interested in the ACTUAL FACTS of this situation can refer to my article “Understanding & Troubleshooting the Add or Remove Programs Applet”, which can be found at:
http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/hints-tips/understanding-troubleshooting-the-add-or-remove-programs-applet/#more-347.
Also, hopefully not too many people will follow your recommendation to: “2. Reboot and then Delete C:\Program Files\uniblue”. That’s just plain silly — completely the wrong way to remove any application.
And for the record, after installation *ON A HEALTHY PC*, there is most definitely an option to uninstall “Uniblue RegistryBooster 2009″ in the “Add or Remove Programs” dialog. You will find the reason for this adequately explained in the above-mentioned article. However, on a PC that is in some way compromised or in a state other than “healthy”, anything can happen. The message: Before blaming others for your mess, get your own house in order first.
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
Yes Bill, I should have put the whole post in. I just didn’t know how many characters fit into this dialogue box.
And you are correct on all 3 counts.Or 4?
Windows, Andresson,ETC,ETC,ETC.
I was only trying to make the point that maybe M.S. should address this problem. Not a 3rd party.
That all I meant by re-posting a comment from another forum
P.S. Bill, it was not my quote. I stripped from another forum. I thought I was plenty clear in stating that.
> I thought I was plenty clear in stating that.
You were — and I understood that.
“Selective quoting” means that what you left out was more important than what you included, because it changed the apparent intent of the reference.
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
– BLOG: http://www.ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
@Mr. Bill Hely, If I may ask you this question. Answer if you may?
How important is it to have a registry cleaner if you’re just a casual internet user? If you’re not connected to a network of 25, 50, 100, or a 1000 computers?
If you are like myself, I watch movies on my computer from sites like, Veoh, hulu, joost, ETC,ECT, ECT.
I tried Winamp once. It would stream for 15 minutes. Then it would freeze up my computer. So I uninstalled it.
So as a computer as I am, would just using the de-frag tool, clean C-Drive be OK for the casual user?
I’ve checked out your Web Page. Are you not geared more for the heavy information user, than a web browser type of person?
I don’t know? But isn’t the Windows O.S. designed to degrade from the minute you plug it into the internet?
That a lot of questions, but I’ll certainly try…
> I don’t know? But isn’t the Windows O.S. designed to degrade
> from the minute you plug it into the internet?
“Designed” no, of course not, but I can see how you could be forgiven for thinking along those lines. Any developer, especially Microsoft, setting out today to design Windows from the ground up, wouldn’t end up with a product anything like the versions we currently have to put up with.
Windows today is a victim of its own history and of a cascade of attempts to maintain backward compatibility with earlier versions, and to accommodate legacy applications. Also, some of the most troublesome things about Windows and its suite of internal applications were actually included by design, with the best of intentions.
For example, Microsoft’s programmers intentionally provided many avenues for third-party developers to add extra functionality to Windows and to Internet Explorer and the other ActiveX-enabled applications. In the simpler and less paranoid early days of Windows development, that may have seemed like a reasonable, even commendable, thing to do. Of course, it backfired—badly. With the benefit of hindsight we can say that it was doubtless naive of those Microsoft programmers to think that all those lovely openings would only be used by the good guys to enhance the product and the user experience.
Program size also adds significantly to the complexity. Professional developers and software designers refer to a value called SLOC — Source Lines of Code. It is claimed that Windows XP has 40 million Physical SLOC. And each physical line can have more than one statement, so it’s Logical SLOC would obviously be considerably more. Although some Linux distros are made up of many times that number, Linux has a very different development history.
> I’ve checked out your Web Page. Are you not geared more for
> the heavy information user, than a web browser type of person?
For a decade or so I’ve concentrated mainly on assisting small business — more interesting and less bureaucracy/bull**** than the bigger organizations. There is also much more one-on-one interaction with end users, so there are constant reminders of the problems and concerns of those at the coalface. This is not a lot different to dealing with the serious home user, though that’s something I never do professionally — they simply don’t have the budget.
For the last couple of years I’ve been gradually withdrawing from active consulting, but as I can’t bear the thought of retirement I’m engaged more and more in online e-commerce activities. I have a number of websites plus several books and more on the way. Far from being high-end, I start every book with the goal of reducing a technical topic to terms that the average computer user can come to grips with. For example, there are a squillion in-depth technical books available on computer security, but prior to The Hacker’s Nightmare there was nothing that provided a complete education and an actual step-by-step guide for the average PC user.
> How important is it to have a registry cleaner if you’re just
> a casual internet user? If you’re not connected to a network
> of 25, 50, 100, or a 1000 computers?
While the registry certainly does contain some information about network connections and the like (if applicable to your situation), it is primarily a repository of information concerning your own local PC. Thus, whether or not you’re part of a network is largely irrelevant as far as registry maintenance is concerned.
On the applications side, there is a lot of commonality between the programs used by businesses and those used by home users. While you won’t find too many people using something like Oracle at home, you are likely to find Microsoft Office or Open Office on most business and home installations — plus PDF readers, WinZip, stuff like that is everywhere.
From a troubleshooting and maintenance perspective, on the one hand the stand-alone home PC doesn’t present the same connectivity complexities as an office workstation, but nor is it protected by usage rules laid down by management or an IT department, meaning that the home PC is invariably in some degree of “mess” most of the time and to a greater extent.
The usefulness of a registry cleaner will be greater in a situation where software is frequently installed and uninstalled, and where properly planned and well thought out protective measures aren’t in place.
> So as a computer as I am, would just using the de-frag tool,
> clean C-Drive be OK for the casual user?
Better than ignoring maintenance completely, but in my experience it would be a rare home/home-office user whose registry couldn’t do with the occasional cleanup.
For most of my maintenance and protective tools I have firm automatic schedules set for scans — usually happening sequentially during the night. But for the registry I’m more flexible, manually running RegistryBooster about once per week or so, depending on what sort of use I’ve been putting the computers to. If I’ve been doing a lot of testing, install/uninstall, that sort of stuff, I might run it every day or every couple of days.
Of course there is always the caveat that running a registry cleaner on a badly messed up registry can cause existing problems, that were not previously apparent, to suddenly become so. It might sound like a case of “damned if you do and damned if you don’t”, but in my experience you will benefit by getting your system healthy and running a registry cleaner periodically as part of a regimen to keep it that way.
I hope that helps.
- Bill Hely
- Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
- “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
- BLOG: http://www.ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
Thank you Mr. Hely, that was very helpful.
I’ve been using Uniblue Registry Cleaner and SpeedUpMyPC for a few years without complaints. I recently up graded to 2009 versions. After running SUMP, I started running into random problems and errors. Thinking I did something wrong, I finally reloaded from backup. I ran SUMP again and similar problems occurred. I reloaded from backup and contacted Uniblue. They offered some other programs as a token. I replied that I wondered what went wrong. They sent me some steps that will unload the Uniblue programs and a link to re-install. I have resisted doing this at this time.
I ran Uniblue Registry Booster 2009 today and it found 5 errors. RegCure free scan found about 900 errors and RegFix7 found over 800 errors.
At this point, I’m not sure I want to use Uniblue programs.
> I’ve been using Uniblue Registry Cleaner and SpeedUpMyPC for
> a few years without complaints. I recently up graded to 2009
> versions. After running SUMP, I started running into random
> problems and errors.
Troubleshooting computer problems is straight detective work, requiring careful, logical analysis to form deductions that fit the facts. But there can be so many factors involved that even then coincidence can, and often does, play a part.
What you mean by “random problems and errors”, and what reasons do you have for focusing on SUMP as their cause?
> Thinking I did something wrong, I
> finally reloaded from backup.
Reloaded what from backup?
You may have just been reloading the original problem.
> I ran SUMP again and similar
> problems occurred. I reloaded from backup and contacted
> Uniblue. They offered some other programs as a token.
Curious: What was the other program? What was it supposed to do?
> I replied that I wondered what went wrong. They sent me some
> steps that will unload the Uniblue programs and a link to
> re-install. I have resisted doing this at this time.
Why? A complete removal and reinstall from scratch seems like a very reasonable approach.
> I ran Uniblue Registry Booster 2009 today and it found 5
> errors. RegCure free scan found about 900 errors and RegFix7
> found over 800 errors.
Without hazarding a guess as to which, if any, of those utilities may be correct, I’ll suggest that the question you need to ask is: “What is an error?”
Registry errors can range from critical/crash-causing to minor and of little or no consequence. Often minor errors in the Registry will be cleaned up by Windows’ own internal housekeeping, without any assistance from an external third-party application such as a Registry Cleaner.
I often see people comparing different registry cleaners by the number of “errors” that each detects. Admittedly some cleaners are more aggressive than others, but most often the difference lies in just what the developer considers to be an “error” worth counting?
Some registry cleaners will intentionally ignore (not count) the likes of those very minor anomalies I mentioned above that would be taken care of by Windows’ internal housekeeping. That’s an honest and conservative approach.
Other developers go out of their way to detect and report every minor anomaly so as to make their application look “more thorough” than the opposition, while in reality a lot of what they report is irrelevant.
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
– BLOG: http://www.ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
Outlook would not work (at times), execution times were long, SUMP error message “Fatal error…needs to close”, lots of problems with startup programs.
Reloaded from system backup (prior to installing SUMP2009) on Maxtor external hard drive.
Did not reload previous problem because it worked fine until I ran SUMP again.
Some programs that supposedly help trouble shoot drivers, etc. that are offered by Uniblue.
Reloading from a suspect program seems to be counter productive. I don’t want to spend the time troubleshooting programs that don’t work.
Following is a comment from a respected Microsoft employee:
“Generally speaking, registry cleaners will cause more harm than they fix, but can sometimes be useful if you’re trying to fix specific issues”.
Gary:
> Outlook would not work (at times), execution times were long,
> SUMP error message “Fatal error…needs to close”, lots of
> problems with startup programs.
Well, it’s quite possible that SUMP is changing some configuration setting/s that poses a problem on your particular PC. This is always a risk you face when you run applications that make a range of automated configuration changes. There are many such utilities, some aimed at “tuning” the entire system, whereas others are more targeted, such as those that attempt to tune Firefox (for example) for maximum performance.
Leaving out the fact that some such utilities are “backyard developments” with built-in glitches that are pretty much guaranteed to cause problems, almost universally those programs that are well designed and professionally coded will work on a range of systems and yet fail on many others.
The real problem isn’t that there’s anything wrong with the application per se, but rather that the goal is too ambitious, because Windows configurations can vary so much between individual systems.
Personally I’m not a fan of tuneup-type applications for that reason.
Another possibility which can’t be ignored out of hand is this: Is SUMP just revealing a problem that exists anyway, but that doesn’t become overt until a particular setting (possibly a driver configuration) is modified.
> Some programs that supposedly help trouble shoot drivers,
> etc. that are offered by Uniblue.
At a guess, they may have been offering you a free copy of DriverScanner. Given that drivers are a perennial bane of the Windows user, that’s an offer I would have been inclined to accept. You have to understand what a problem drivers (and the relationship between them) can be, before you can fully appreciate the part they play in so many problems.
> Reloading from a suspect program seems to be counter
> productive. I don’t want to spend the time troubleshooting
> programs that don’t work.
Did you research SUMP to see if other users are having the same problem as you? That’s really the only practical way to to determine if it’s one of those “programs that don’t work”.
On the other hand, troubleshooting a new version of an application that has worked well for you for a couple of years doesn’t sound like a waste of time to me. Still, that’s your call.
> Following is a comment from a respected Microsoft employee:
>
> “Generally speaking, registry cleaners will cause more harm
> than they fix, but can sometimes be useful if you’re trying
> to fix specific issues”.
Well, just to reiterate a few points I’ve already touched on…
1. The efficacy of registry cleaners has been debated ad nauseam for years, and even experts inside and outside of Microsoft can’t agree.
2. Mark Russinovich has been one of the planet’s most respected experts on the Windows architecture for well over a decade. In 2006 Microsoft bought his companies Sysinternals and Winternals so they could get hold of his range of utility products and him, appointing him a Technical Fellow in their Platform and Services Division.
3. Russinovich has publicly supported the use of Registry Cleaners: “So it seems that Registry junk is a Windows fact of life and that Registry cleaners will continue to have a place in the anal-sysadmin’s tool chest, at least until we’re all running .NET applications that store their per-user settings in XML files – and then of course we’ll need XML cleaners”. In my opinion such a claim from someone of Russinovich’s standing outweighs anything to the contrary from some unidentified “respected Microsoft employee”.
4. Although Registry Defragging and Registry Cleaning are slightly different, there is enough of an association to mention that Microsoft still distributes the PageDefrag utility originally developed by Mark Russinovich, thus implicitly giving their blessing to Registry Defragging.
5. Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare includes a REGISTRY CLEANER to (in their words) “help remove invalid or obsolete registry items on your computer”.
- Bill Hely
- Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
- “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
- BLOG: http://www.ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
Thanks. I will forward. I don’t think I should have to research problems with SUMP. I paid for a “good” product! Enough said.
> I don’t think I should have to research problems
> with SUMP. I paid for a “good” product!
With a few high-profile mainstream exceptions, you should research every application you purchase, especially those that come as an Internet download.
If you don’t do a bit of research how do you know you’re paying for a “good” product, and not something that’s already been widely reported as a “dud”?
Not doing their homework and due diligence is one of the common reasons people get into so much trouble with new software.
But quite apart from that, if you have a specific problem, and your research fails to turn up anyone else with the same problem, that’s a pretty good indicator that the problem doesn’t lie with the application. Which in turn is a good indicator that you may have a system problem that it would be wise to track down and fix before it becomes critical.
Prevention is better than cure — and early cure is better than ultimate disaster.
Pre-installation (or better still pre-purchase) research is just plain commonsense.
- Bill Hely
- Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
- “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
- BLOG: http://www.ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
I got an e-mail from PCMech.com that I was wondering about…what caused the reply below. I didn’t see it on the Uniblue Registry Booster review:
Author: Bill Hely
Comment:
> I am out the cost of a brand new computer.
Sensationalist crap, utter nonsense, a physical impossibility and a deliberate lie.
I challenge you to publicly justify that statement.
- Bill Hely
- Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
> I didn’t see it on the Uniblue Registry Booster review:
That’s because you didn’t search for it.
You’re being notified of new posts to the page because you subscribed.
If a post is in *REPLY* to an earlier message then it will appear up there with that message, not down the bottom with the latest new messages. Otherwise replies would be so out of context they wouldn’t make any sense.
To find the relevant message on the page search for some likely unique quote from the message, such as “Sensationalist crap”.
In this case the misinformation was so blatant that I decided to put the record straight even though it was long after the original claim.
- Bill Hely
- Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
- “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
- BLOG: http://www.ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
I found it. Thanks.
Comment: This user was obviously upset. While your knowledge and contributions can be helpful, your arrogance and attitude to users looking for help negates the helpfulness. You’ve been in the business a long time…I’ve been a user (and researcher) a lot longer. You might consider lightening up as you grow older.
> Comment: This user was obviously upset.
Being upset is no excuse for the dissemination of blatant bull****. There’s been too much of that on this page.
> While your knowledge and contributions
> can be helpful, your arrogance and attitude
> to users looking for help negates the
> helpfulness.
POINT #1: While I would much rather educate than denigrate, I have no patience for people who willfully mislead others with false information. It’s usually pretty clear as to whether misinformation is simply an unfortunate error in their own beliefs, or intentional misdirection. In the case of someone claiming their PC had become a doorstop after running PowerSuite 2009, there is no doubt in my mind the intent was malicious, and I don’t want to see any novices harboring any doubts about that.
POINT #2: Nothing negates the usefulness of facts, regardless of how they are presented. While there are some people who are so precious that they need to be cajoled into accepting an education, I have no interest in feeding their delusions of their own value. They accept what I offer or they don’t. I really couldn’t care less, because at least I tried, and any loss is not mine.
> You’ve been in the business a long time…I’ve
> been a user (and researcher) a lot longer.
Then you also go back to the days of punch cards? I don’t know where you got your perception of my age, but I predate the advent of PCs, as you can see from the “About Us” page of my blog. So if you go back that far or further then either you were also a hobbyist/builder or you worked with Big Iron???
And a “researcher” who refuses to research his purchases? How interesting.
> You might consider lightening up as you grow older.
I think it’s widely accepted that we become less accommodating as we get older. We also care a lot less about criticism, but it’s a personal foible of mine that I’m as passionate as ever about seeing that people who are interested in learning aren’t fed crap — intentionally or accidentally.
- Bill Hely
- Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
- “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
- BLOG: http://www.ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
I’ve been reading through… what… three pages of comments and replies? I’ve lost count, as I have also been linking, cross linking, google search/researching, and making a general waste of my morning.
*/-aside: I need to quantify that I originally downloaded, ran and thought about full purchase, then realized that I purchased a new laptop not two hours ago and intend on wiping this one when it gets here in the post… sometime in the next couple of days… so yeah, just an exercise in random learning?-
While I have read Bill’s posts with the trepidation of your average truly cynical/pessimistic internet/windows user, I find everything he has said to be very forward and factual. I’ll point out that I actually surfed Bill’s blog for a little while as well.
I was content with reading and preparing to “fav” the blog for later perusal when I came across a little tet-a-tet that ended with this little jewel:
>I think it’s widely accepted that we become less accommodating as we get older. We also care a lot less
>about criticism, but it’s a personal foible of mine that I’m as passionate as ever about seeing that people
>who are interested in learning aren’t fed crap — intentionally or accidentally.
Bravo… seriously! I just had to commend you for that, Bill. I’m tempted to purchase your book, and the Power Suite here just to solidify my stand behind that last bit of honesty and genius. Thank you, Bill, for giving me a lift… I’ll definitely favorite your blog… likely buy your book… and give some of your recommendations a good researching, in the least. Now I just have to remember what service I was going to use for my online bookmarks before I wipe my drive
Thanks…that is the very reason that I choose to not use Uniblue. I have confirmed that I do not have a “system” problem.
Pre-intallation or pre-purchase research. Have you “researched” the buyers of computers? Most do not have a clue on keeping their system clean.
Bill, like so many amateur end users with a little bit of knowledge this dood can’t be helped because he is in denial. Since he thinks he shouldn’t have to do any research I did it for him, and I couldn’t find the symptoms he describes repeated anywhere else in association with that speed up program. As you said, that strongly suggests that his problems are localized and do not lie with the application. Simple deductive logic.
I support 200+ mixed Windows platforms in a small manufacturing company. We give our users ongoing education so we don’t get many of the usual stupid mistakes, but you’re right about the problems that drivers can cause. As I’m sure you know they can be darn tricky to track down too.
It would be interesting to know how Gary has confirmed that he doesn’t have any localized system problems!
Re Bill Hely’s last post (February 1, 2009 2:39 am): Here Here!! Well said! And there should be more of it! There is an increasing amount of transparently thoughtless and quite useless nonsense being sprouted by some on this thread. Much of it could be very misleading to novices (and even to some experienced but relatively inexpert business users, like myself). I for one (and I know I’m not alone) am very grateful that Bill provides the info he does. I also don’t care how “arrogantly” or otherwise he is in dismissing or correcting those who would (intentionally or inadvertently) mislead us. Thanks, Bill; keep it coming.
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I don’t know if it will show up as a pitcher in this forum?
I also don’t know how to make a link?
But it’s Russian.
It says; Everybody lies, but that doesn’t matter. Because nobody listens.
“Big Iron” ? is that the same as “Big Blue” or IBM. Then yes…I worked with them as a customer. Programming was with punch cards using Fortran or machine language. I programmed the control of a paper pulp mill bleach plant in the 60’s with a IBM 1800 (16K memory).
I did process simulation in the early 80’s.
I did equipment inventory for a multinational paper company using dBase in the early 80’s.
Much more process control utilizing specialized computers after that.
And…I do not have patience to deal with people like you with the lack of customer (I assume you are in bed with Uniblue) care that you have.
Signing off!
Re: “Gary: Signing off!”…Excellent; one less distraction. Sprouting on about how old you are (you’re not the only oldie here, believe me), all the places you’ve worked, or all the things you’ve done is meaningless unless you can demonstrate your compentence with some specific, insightful and, preferably, technical, contribution. Most of the “watchers” of this forum are probably like me – here to learn something. So far there’ve only been a very small handful of contributions that have provided any actual education. By contrast there have been a lot like him who’re more concerned about being treated with kid gloves than with actual education (perhaps he thinks he doesn’t need any education with all his “experience”); although I’d say that’s demonstrably not the case. Good riddance.
> Signing off!
Gary would have us believe he’s taking his ball and going home in a huff. Come on Gary, we all know you’re still lurking!
> “Big Iron” ? is that the same as “Big Blue” or IBM.
Big Iron has been a universally-used generic term for mainframes since not long after minis first appeared on the scene in the mid 1960s. It was a term used to distinguish between the original mainframes and the new minicomputers. Anyone professionally associated with mainframes at that time or since would know that. Of course an end user back then wasn’t much different than an end-user today, and wouldn’t be considered “professionally associated”.
> And…I do not have patience to deal with people like you
> with the lack of customer (I assume you are in bed with
> Uniblue) care that you have.
You assume incorrectly, as I have made unambiguously clear in a number of past messages here. I certainly promote RegistryBooster, just as I promote any quality product that I use myself and recommend to my clients, friends and associates.
But the fact that you even raise that possibility prompts me to ask: “Why would any association between myself and Uniblue even be relevant?”
Facts are facts, regardless of the source, and facts are all I’ve ever presented to answer questions and counter misrepresentation of the product, or to clarify inaccuracies about anything else that has been raised here.
At no stage have I ever used “trust me” or “take my word for it” or any similar unsubstantiated platitude to make a point. Just plain facts and logical analysis based on long experience. Doesn’t mean I can’t be wrong, but a convincing counter would need to be a cogent argument — temper tantrums don’t count.
Although this isn’t a Uniblue website, and it’s certainly not an official Uniblue support site, the real Uniblue support people were once quite active here. They made many attempts to assist people who for the most part couldn’t even be bothered responding to their offer of assistance. Is it any wonder they might not be inclined to appear as frequently as before.
My main concern in volunteering my time in any public forum is to do my best to see that novices (those genuinely trying to learn) aren’t led astray and misinformed — whether by genuine mistake or bogus accusation.
I don’t have to be concerned with presenting a caring bedside manner. As I said earlier, if you are so precious that you need information spoon-fed to you by a caring, coaxing mother figure, then you need an attitude adjustment and as far as I’m concerned you can stay ignorant. I lose nothing.
- Bill Hely
- Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
- “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
- BLOG: http://www.ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
this software is to me a total Junk.
After an unnecessary install of the horrible dotNet framework 3.5 that kept my PC busy for an hour, the optimizer Scan spitted out a list of tweaks some of which I had already done (i.e. it told me to disable services which were ALREADY disabled).
On that note, although quite off-topic: That .net Framework 3.5 installer so sucks! Shame on Microsoft for it.
Have you installed .net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 yet? If not you will need to: It’s a critical update. 258MB at between 158 and 0 Kbs last time I uploaded it. That took more than an hour in itself. It’s a pig to install; but well worth having installed.
(SP1 enhances performance and installs a BHO among other things.)
> After an unnecessary install of the horrible dotNet framework 3.5…
Just to clarify…
The dotNet framework is, among other things, a very large library of code modules. Microsoft intends the framework to be central to future applications development. Without the framework installed on your PC many applications will not run, and that situation will be exacerbated with the passage of time. Thus it is a desirable thing to have installed.
Yes, it’s huge size makes it a dog of a thing to download and, as Sharron said, the installer isn’t Microsoft’s best work.
Of course the size/download problem goes away if you can install it from CD. Unfortunately the dotNet framework is not included with XP, but it is included with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. Even then you will still need to download updates, but Windows Update (which you use religiously, of course!) should take care of that.
The framework can be installed separately on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. There is even a cut-down version for Windows Mobile and embedded CE platforms, including some smart phones.
Installing the dotNet framework is a one-off PITA that pays dividends in the long run, so for anyone that doesn’t already have it, it’s worth downloading and installing when you have the time, rather than when you suddenly find you have to, usually in the middle of installing something else.
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
– BLOG: http://ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
WOW WHAT A MESS, I have been online for days to get rid of registrybooster 2, I Did have the Uninstall option in my control panel, but I guess I partly uninstalled it while some of it was running and corrupted the uninstall option, so I downloaded the same version, an uninstalled the whole program, it seems to have worked so far, I believe it was Hillary who advised of that in this thread.THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A commonsense approach Heather. Re-installation is often a viable option when an uninstall fails for any program.
As a matter of interest, why did you want to uninstall RegistryBooster? It’s one of the applications I run regularly to keep my system healthy.
If anyone is having problems trying to remove this, or any other program, I would suggest getting the FREE uninstaller at http://www.revouninstaller.com. Best uninstaller out there that I know of and it is free, and I have tried them all.
I bought all 3 packages, RegBooster – no problem.
Speed up PC – no problem.
Driver Scanner said there was updated Atheros wireless driver for my XP install on my dual-boot Macbook Pro. I installed and rebooted, now my lovely machine is totally kaput – no display and does not boot.
I rue the day……….now off to the expensive Apple repair depot….trudge, trudge.
Updating drivers is a task that should always be approached with a degree of wariness and trepidation. In other posts on this page Jason-P and I have both warned about the problems that can be caused by drivers.
I train my clients never to update drivers for hardware that is already working fine, without first thoroughly investigating what the update will do for you and whether other users are reporting any problems. Search engines like Google make such investigations quite easy.
That said, it’s wise to keep in mind that drivers are sometimes updated not to provide more functionality but to plug security holes, so a security improvement comes under the heading of “what the update will do for you”, thus making it a desirable upgrade.
There are a number of different software packages and online services that will compare your current driver versions with versions currently available from developers. But COMPARE and REPORT are all they do — they don’t supply the drivers and they aren’t responsible for them.
Like all software patches, driver updates are an important consideration, but they can be problematic.
Your first call should be to the support department of the company that supplied the driver update. This isn’t a problem related to the scanning software.
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
– BLOG: http://ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
Just want to say Great Product!!! I was having blue screen crashes w/sound enabled. Ran product and now i have sound and am online w/no problems! Plus my computer is quicker!! Totally worth it!
It seems that Bill Hey is one brainwashed and therefore useless individual.
I couldn’t find a “Bill Hay” anywhere on this page, so I’ll assume you are referring to “Bill Hely”.
This is my first contribution to the conversation, but I’ve been lurking for a while and I’ve read every single one of the hundreds of messages here.
Something that’s quite noticeable is the regular appearance of abusive juveniles (in mind if not in years) with no manners, obviously no ability and nothing to contribute other than bile and bull%$#@.
Baseless personal attacks are the cowardly refuge of small minds devoid of any original thought, and reveal a lot more about your own murky character than about the person you’re attacking.
Whether you agree with his product preferences or not, no individual has contributed more to this thread in the way of genuinely useful information and assistance to others than Bill Hely. I’ve learnt a lot from his posts here and from related articles on his blog, and I’m very grateful he takes the trouble to explain things so clearly. I’m sure many other silent observers here feel the same way.
IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AT LEAST HAVE THE GUTS TO EXPRESS IT SO THAT IT CAN BE DEBATED.
But keep the petty, small-minded attacks to yourself, as most of us aren’t interested in seeing non-contributors sidetrack the main issue. There’s already been too much of that.
From my own experience, I had trouble with Registry Booster initially but got it sorted out by following instructions from Uniblue. Fairly obvious place to seek help, don’t you think? Now I run RB regularly and my computer is the better for it. Only the extremely inexperienced user will dump a program and start squawking because everything doesn’t go perfectly straight off. S%$t happens!
We all enjoy angry,illiterate responses. It makes reading this dull thread more interesting.
The content of this thread is starting to remind me of the good ole days in Fido or Fight-o-net. There are times I remember fondly the ability to log an EA complaint against a sysop or user, make it stick and get their access cut…ahhhhh progress
I tried this and had no problems uninstalling it or any problems since. It seems to me that those that are having problems do not fully understand how to completely uninstall a program.
I downloaded free scan , it claimed I had 457 registry errors but it could only fix 15. I bought the software and I had the 457 registry errors fixed .
I honestly can’t see any difference in the performance of my computer .
What in the heck does this program do if I can’t see any difference with performance or anything.
I feel like I might have been ripped off.
Toni
Read this article:
http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/hints-tips/choosing-a-registry-cleaner/
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
This program is absolute garbage. I have the registered version, ran it & found 87 errors. I attempted to clean the registry, low & behold I run the scan again & there are still 87 errors.
Downloaded “free trial”. Of course, only the scan was free .To clean you must buy. I don’t want to buy. It keeps starting up every time and takes 4 clicks to turn off. Cannot remove it from startup menu in msconfig. Bad enough. Then all USB stopped working. Brought to my repairman. After many hours and $133.00 bill he fixes it and states it was caused by uniblue and he had a lot of trouble uninstalling it. Not impressed DON’T DOWNLOAD THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO BUY AND IF YOU DO,READ THE HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS ON THIS SITE.
> To clean you must buy. I don’t want to buy.
Yeah man, I know what you mean. I’d like to get Microsoft Office and Dreamweaver and Photoshop all for free too. How dare those companies ask us for money just because they spend thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars developing software. It should all be free for the taking. [Aaaaah .. pleasantly dreaming]
> It keeps starting up every time and takes 4 clicks to
> turn off. Cannot remove it from startup menu in msconfig.
Why would you be messing with msconfig? RegistryBooster provides you with a one-click way of having it start with Windows or not. It’s right there on the Settings tab. It really does pay to explore new programs before getting into a frenzy?
But seeing as you had msconfig running, why couldn’t you disable it there? It’s just a matter of clicking a check-box. Then you need to restart your computer before the change will take effect.
> Then all USB stopped working.
OK, so why didn’t you click on the Restore tab and restore the registry to its pre-cleanup state? You can go back eight cleanups, which should be plenty to recover from any undesirable changes.
> Brought to my repairman. After many
> hours and $133.00 bill he fixes it and states it was
> caused by uniblue and he had a lot of trouble uninstalling
> it. Not impressed
There are only three possibilities I can see here:
Either:
Your repairman is a conman who picked you as an easy mark;
-OR-
He’s incompetent;
-OR-
There’s something you haven’t mentioned, like some grossly inappropriate actions you may have taken trying to uninstall the program, thus completely messing up any chance of easy removal.
*IF* (and it’s a monstrous IF) RegistryBooster did in fact make some inappropriate registry modification that affected USB functionality, there would be no indication at all in the registry as to what made that change. In other words, it would be utterly impossible for anyone to claim “it was caused by uniblue”, UNLESS they carefully analyzed the log files and found such evidence. And to do that I believe RegistryBooster would have to be functional (I *think* the log files are stored on the drive in a compressed/encrypted format). Frankly I haven’t met many service technicians who would know what to look for in the registry when troubleshooting something like that.
Alternatively, if he’s claiming that the RegistryBooster installation itself caused loss of USB functionality (say, a driver or DLL problem) then I’d really like to hear Uniblue’s take on whether that was even possible. I very much doubt there is any possible correlation at all, but I’d be guided by the programmers on that point.
> DON’T DOWNLOAD THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO BUY AND IF
> YOU DO,READ THE HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS ON THIS SITE.
Yeah, and in particular read the messages from those people who clearly know what they’re talking about, as opposed to the novices who could get into trouble turning their monitor on.
And consider this (something I keep coming back to): What’s the Story with those dozens of experienced technical writers who reviewed the product for their magazines, websites, blogs etc and who all gave the product a high rating? Were they all just lucky? Could they all have been on the take from Uniblue?
While I don’t blame you for being upset, particularly if your anger is based on what you were told by the serviceman, such claims really are extremely unlikely. But they are dangerous by virtue of the fact that inexperienced people who don’t know any better just may believe them.
SOME GOOD ADVICE FOR EVERYONE:
If you have problems with ANY commercial program your VERY FIRST port of call should be the publisher’s Help Desk. DO NOT start groping around by yourself because you will almost certainly create new problems. And above all, do not try to “uninstall” by deleting files and folders. Free support is there for a reason, and they can help you best if you call them early.
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
– BLOG: http://ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
what really makes we WONDER is… have any of you looked at the settings tab? have any of you read the user manual?? it explains how to uninstall, change settings etc…
Are you laughing at us? We are consumers, we are too proud to do this kind of stuff…
> what really makes we WONDER is… have any of you looked
> at the settings tab? have any of you read the user
> manual?? it explains how to uninstall, change settings etc…
Spot on Richard!
The first question that should be asked of anyone complaining about a problem is “How many pages of the 74-page manual have you read?”
99% of the time the honest answer would be “Huh! Wot manual?”.
As with most user manuals, actually reading the whole thing is rarely necessary, but at the very least a cursory browse would indicate some attempt to be responsible for their own actions.
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
– BLOG: http://ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
I can’t see any problems installing and uninstalling this product in my computer and I’ve been using this software couple of years ago. This software worth the money. BUT! (Sigh) Why did they discontinue the SpyEraser?
I have add this issue last year, never got resolved, and trying again without much from tech support yet. Since I see representatives of the product here, I figured I give this a go around. Maybe I can be pointed to an individual who has a solution to this nailed down? Here we go…
I tried to download the trials but during install they want to download some components. It times out. I am a tinker and I have tinker until my heard contented with all the tinkering. I have done everything I could to get one of these trials to fully install. Nothing. I wrote to tech support and she suggested I buy the full version product. Excuse me??? So, I wrote back explaining that I would not buy the full version since the trial does not work, taking in consideration that the full will fail to download as well. I asked for advisement but it has been 13 days with no answer.
Without using this as a tech board, as this is not but is a review board, but seeing representatives responding, figured I give it a quick try. Can not hurt.
Thanks for your time. I will check back when the followups come in.
Truther, I’m not with Uniblue, but I am a very satisfied user of RegistryBooster and I have installed it quite a few times on different computers, so I’ll be happy to help you if I can.
If your initial problems go back to last year, you may have been using an early version of RegistryBooster, with which there were some install/uninstall problems. I can’t recall the exact details now but those problems were acknowledged by Uniblue and eventually fixed. I can tell you from multiple personal experiences that there should be no problems encountered either installing or uninstalling RegistryBooster 2009. If you encounter such problems then the cause almost certainly lies with your own system.
I agree with you 100% that advising you to purchase the registered version when you couldn’t get the trial working was a poor response from Uniblue support. In my experience they can usually do better than that, so hopefully you just got the wrong person on the wrong day.
There is one potential sticking point that I should mention, though I don’t think it will apply in this case. Pretty much all trial software, no matter who publishes it, is encoded so that you can only run the free trial once. I haven’t checked this with RegistryBooster, and given the nature of the product I doubt that it applies, but best to be aware. If ever you do encounter this sort of thing you need to contact the developers for a workaround. They may want to know why you’re installing the trial multiple times.
> I tried to download the trials but during install
> they want to download some components. It times out.
Were those “components” the ‘dotNet Framework’? I explained the purpose of the dotNet Framework in an earlier post above — look for a post by ‘Bill Hely’ on February 10, 2009 5:08 pm. Everybody who is ever likely to install any software into Windows should take the time to download and install the dotNet framework. That will save you wasting time with it when some program you are installing demands it.
The dotNet framework is a massive download, which could explain the timeout, in which case that part of the problem at least is nothing to do with RegistryBooster itself.
Once you have successfully installed the dotNet Framework, download a fresh copy of the RegistryBooster 2009 trial and install it.
REMEMBER THE GOLDEN RULE:
Always reboot your computer BEFORE AND AFTER any software installation — whether the installer tells you to or not.
If you need more help please give as much detail as possible.
Best regards,
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
– BLOG: http://ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
Bill, wow, fast reply, thanks.
I do not know what it wants. Just says “download of components fail” or something of the sort.
Yes, all .NETs are good and updated as of last week. What you mentioned about how the trials brought up some old memories…. long ago I tried a copy of the registry cleaner and it worked fine. Oh, this was years ago. Forget the reason but I uninstalled it (back then, using Windows’ ADD/REMOVE . It was not until years later (being 2008 now) that I wanted to the products again but nothing worked. Maybe I do have something lingering in my registry from that older copy that none of my register cleaners I have been using for years see as redundant. Anything and everything else I install works, but these Uniblue products. Maybe I will be lucky and find something in the registry actually named as such (and not BDSUJNIH*H&893huih*&^ deep in regsitry key youarescrewed487509423875, etc) that I can remove and make it work.
I give that a try (seeing if an old entry lingers and needs to be removed manually) and if it fails, I try their support again and see if I do get someone else.
Thanks for the tip.
If you have any problems contacting Uniblue support, or getting the assistant you need from them, try e-mailing Hilary Rogers. She has posted her e-mail address a number of times in this thread as: hilaryr@uniblue.net.
Going by her last post here it was still a valid address on January 14.
But do try the support people first, as I gather Hilary is more of a trouble-shooter than a tech-type.
- Bill Hely
- Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
- “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
- BLOG: http://ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
Hi Truther,
Could you please email me: hilaryr@uniblue.net
I need you to email me so that we can trace any of your support tickets (to do this we need your email address and I don’t expect you to publish it here).
Regards,
Hilary
There are ways to control this program in the settings tab as mentioned before. My only problem with it is it keeps looping, gets stuck on WOW6432 node. And it keeps running on that file forever. I am running vista home 32-64 bit. How do I correct this problem?
Never mind my question. I found out it is a needed file. Instead I uninstalled Registry cleaner. To do this properly here are the steps I used.
1- open Task Maneger and find it in Processes and end it.
2- Use Easy Cleaner by Toni Arts. (Freeware, use Google search to fine) It also has a great registry cleaner and several other very good PC maintenence program included with it. I have never had a problem using it.
3- Uninstall Uniblue. You then need to delete the name from the list.
4- Go to run, type in regedit then click ok. In the edit at the top of the page click find next and type in uniblue and click ok. It should bring up one item. Delete this and click find next once more to make sure. Close the registry. Double check in your program folder to make sure th e unibluefolder is gone and you should be rid of this program forevevr.
I hope this has helped.
Quote, from Bill Hely.There is one potential sticking point that I should mention, though I don’t think it will apply in this case. Pretty much all trial software, no matter who publishes it, is encoded so that you can only run the free trial once. I haven’t checked this with RegistryBooster, and given the nature of the product I doubt that it applies, but best to be aware. If ever you do encounter this sort of thing you need to contact the developers for a workaround. They may want to know why you’re installing the trial multiple times. Unquote.
Bill, you know as well as I know. I mean even better then I know. There is a Uniblue crack out on a torrent site, somewhere. A little searching will find it.
But why would I care Brad?
I don’t engage in shoplifting or other petty theft in the real world, nor do I engage in the online equivalent of dealing with, using or promoting stolen software.
But thanks for the opportunity to post this warning to everyone:
One of the major ways that malware is distributed is in cracked copies of commercial software.
I’m actually very pleased that that’s the case, because it gives every thief an excellent opportunity to get exactly what he/she deserves.
- Bill Hely
- Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
- “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
- BLOG: http://ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com
I’m sorry Bill, I didn’t finish what I was saying in the thread. Yes, you should not download, or search for the crack. That’s stealing. And you should be punished for it.
And that’s the best way to get a little thing called MALWARE onto your computer.
I was only trying to say; You can find a reset. It’s not beyond the realm.
As I have been learning from your wisdom, all things are possible.
You have taught me many things in this thread Bill. Many thanks.
I CAN NOT ACTIVATE MY REGISTRY BOOSTER- SERIAL NUMBER LTK14505216294X. I TRIED TO DO WHAT THEY TOLD ME TO DO YESTERDAY, FAILED——PLEASE DO IT FOR ME,!!!!!!!I AM 70 AND I AM CONFUSED–PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE USERNAME:CRAZYNANA3
Bobbie, you really need to provide full information when asking for assistance. We have no idea what “they” told you to do yesterday, or what happened as a result… “FAILED” could mean many things, and EXACT word-for-word error messages are very useful in sorting out problems.
Did you COPY the serial number from the e-mail and PASTE it into the RegistryBooster registration field? As a general rule you should never try to TYPE in long sequences of letters and numbers such as usually make up registrations. Always copy & paste.
If you’ve tried that without success then you really do need to contact Uniblue support via their website.
Oh, and by the way, NEVER NEVER NEVER publicly post serial numbers, registration numbers, passwords, or anything like that. Such data is private and restricted to your use only.
Best regards,
– Bill Hely
– Author: “The Hacker’s Nightmare”
– “How to keep hackers, worms & other germs out of your PC”
– BLOG: http://ComputerAndOnlineSecurity.com