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02-24-2003, 08:13 PM
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Registry cleaners
Is it really necessary to clean the registry. I have XP home edition.I have read about RegscrubXP and was wanting to know if any one has used it and would like to coment on it? Thank you.
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02-24-2003, 08:50 PM
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I haven't used that particular one but some of them are pretty effective. If you install and unistall a lot of software there can be a ton of orphan entries left in the registry. Most of the time they don't hurt anything but it certainly can't hurt to rid of them.
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02-24-2003, 09:12 PM
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I use RegCleaner. It works real well.
www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml |
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02-24-2003, 09:17 PM
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I like RegCleaner as well. Nice, simple little program. All you have to do is keep track of what you have installed and uninstalled...
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02-24-2003, 09:29 PM
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hey...I just recenetly had this iexpiore.exe virus, and it put string values in my registry that make it want to load it everytime I turn on the computer, and then I get an error msg that says cannot find Iepiorer.exe...would this reg cleaner be able to delete the ones entries that I have missed, cause I have spent hours on it and I am still issing some and getting that error.
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02-24-2003, 11:13 PM
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The registry cleaner that is included with jv power tools seems to work very well. It used to be more thorough than regcleaner which is also by the same people. They are both free.
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02-25-2003, 04:17 AM
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I use Norton's "WinDoctor" and MS's RegClean. Very little is found by the other after a cleaning...
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02-25-2003, 09:35 PM
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I notice every time i create a folder or image file and delete it or move files and folders a registry entry remains. Thats pretty sloppy of a OS to leave stuff behind. Don't understand M$ sometimes. I use more than a few reg cleaners, one finds stuff the other doesn't.
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02-25-2003, 09:38 PM
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I use Regcleaner and Easy Cleaner.
Both have features that are useable. Carl |
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02-25-2003, 09:47 PM
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I use RegCleaner and EasyCleaner and been happy with both.
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02-25-2003, 10:18 PM
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I use regedit....Does anybody know how to backup a registry? No wonder my system is goofy
LOL Just kidding!
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02-28-2003, 10:42 AM
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AU: If its Win98, you run scanreg/backup from Dos.
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03-01-2003, 05:38 PM
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I have downloaded RegscrubXP . The scan showed 115 problems. I removed them and so far no problems.
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03-01-2003, 05:51 PM
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I use RegCleaner and RegSeeker. Regseeker seems to do a better job.
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