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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Configuration / May 2008Registry Cleaners
Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that they would be prepared to recommend? I have a laptop that I have upgraded to XP recently with a clean install, but there are still worrying legacies in the registry of the original user. I have ferreted out quite a bit with Spybot S&D and CCleaner, and have run both AVG and SuperAntiSpyware with nothing found, but there are still things left that I feel uneasy about. The original user is not shown as an identity anywhere, but is still to be seen under Documents and Settings. I have deleted all of the files and folders except one which would not permit deletion as it said it was in use. Any ideas would be welcome. TIA -- Gordon > Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that > they would be prepared to recommend? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Any ideas would be welcome. > TIA Nope. If you did a clean install...which means that the drive was formatted, there would be no previous registry entries... > Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that > they would be prepared to recommend? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -- > Gordon The registry cleaner downloadable from this web site does a good job.. http://www.worldstart.com/weekly-download/archives/reg-cleaner4.3.htm However, you have to be very careful when using any registry editor or get used to re-installing the OS..  SignatureMike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx If their are remnants of an old user you didn't clean install > Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that > they would be prepared to recommend? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -- > Gordon Well. it wasn't following a complete reformat I have to admit, but it was after one upgrade install, a cleanout of everything not needed and then a fresh install from scratch that was supposed to get rid of previous settings. Interesting if XP leaves behind whatever it finds when doing a fresh install - and even includes it as part of the new setup. -- Gordon > If their are remnants of an old user you didn't clean install > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> -- >> Gordon > Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that > they would be prepared to recommend? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > deleted all of the files and folders except one which would not permit > deletion as it said it was in use. There is no such thing as a good registry cleaner, free or otherwise. Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you. The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit it may have. SignatureKen Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup >> Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that >> they would be prepared to recommend? [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit > it may have. Okay - thanks for answers here - I think I get it - don't use Registry cleaners, lol! -- Gordon I have been using a Registry cleaner called Lexun RegScrubXP 3.25. It safely cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry. All changes made to the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition. You can make an exclusion list of registry entries that RegScrubXP will not display as problems. You can sift through a list of file extensions, company names, run upon startup programs, Internet Explorer history, and uninstall programs to delete what you think is junk. Tweak the registry with the easy to use tweaker! Additional Tips & Tweaks help file with dozens of XP tweaks! RegScrubXP is freeware! Fred Langa liked it better than any of the other registry cleaners, including jv16 power tools! It's featured on TechTV in Australia! People are using it all over the world! I have used it ever since I installed WIN XP and I'm using it on two desktops and I've had no problems with it. It's freeware and you can download the latest version at: http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2048 You will appreciate the ease, user-friendlyness, and small size of the 580KB download. > I have been using a Registry cleaner called Lexun RegScrubXP 3.25. It safely > cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry. *No* registry does anything anywhere near safely. And the junk that they clean out doesn't hurt you at all if left there. > All changes made to > the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition. If the result of using the registry cleaner is an unbootable computer, it is far from "completely restorable." My standard post on Registry Cleaners: Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you. The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit it may have. SignatureKen Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup >I have been using a Registry cleaner called Lexun RegScrubXP 3.25. It >safely [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > You will appreciate the ease, user-friendlyness, and small size of the > 580KB download. If it 'safely' works, then it isn't taking out anything that could not have been left in there.. SignatureMike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx > Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that > they would be prepared to recommend? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -- > Gordon |
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