Registry Cleaner

Is there a need for a registry cleaner in Vista? If I have over a period of
time, added and removed programs? Does the registry become cluttered with
leftover entries? Does this slow down performance over a period of time?

windows advanced care professional 2 is a great piece of freeware get it at

http://www.iobit.com/

Advanced WindowsCare Personal 100% Freebie
It does a clean registry sweep as well as spy and adware and temp files. It
made my system run loads faster the disable startup programs options is great
as well. hope it helps .
"Greg" wrote:

> Is there a need for a registry cleaner in Vista? If I have over a period of
> time, added and removed programs? Does the registry become cluttered with
> leftover entries? Does this slow down performance over a period of time?
>

"kurtiscragun" <kurtiscragun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> windows advanced care professional 2 is a great piece of freeware get it
> at


No, it is a worthless piece of garbage. It does absolutely nothing that the
average user can't do for themselves.

Don't waste any time or money on it...

Honu

Hi Greg,

There's been no use for generic registry cleaners since XP was released. The
registry bloat and issues associated with "dead" entries simply do not occur
with this kernel as they did with earlier ones (although advertisers would
have you believe otherwise). There is a use for program-specific ones, like
those that remove interfering bits of incompatible software, spyware,
viruses, etc. Generic ones often misidentify bits and delete them which can
lead to unwanted issues.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Greg" <greg.hays@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a need for a registry cleaner in Vista? If I have over a period
> of time, added and removed programs? Does the registry become cluttered
> with leftover entries? Does this slow down performance over a period of
> time?

"Greg" wrote
> Is there a need for a registry cleaner in Vista? If I have over a period
> of time, added and removed programs? Does the registry become cluttered
> with leftover entries? Does this slow down performance over a period of
> time?

No, automated registry cleaners are not needed in either XP or Vista. They
are mostly snake oil products. Unused/orphaned entries in the registry do
not, as a rule, create problems. If there is an issue related to the
registry the best way to resolve it is to manually edit/remove the problem
entry.

The only way to use a registry cleaner is to let it scan but not fix the
"problems" it finds. Then research a particular "problem" to see if a
change is needed, then make those individual changes.

Bottom line, don't bother with them. they cause more problems then they
resolve.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

A safe registry cleaner does not clean thoroughly, and a stringent registry
cleaner can stop programs and the OS in their own tracks.. your call..


"Greg" <greg.hays@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a need for a registry cleaner in Vista? If I have over a period
> of time, added and removed programs? Does the registry become cluttered
> with leftover entries? Does this slow down performance over a period of
> time?

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

If you are not able to edit the registry manually, then don't bother with
third party registry cleaners. By manually editing the registry you know
'exactly' what you are removing. in most cases third party registry cleaners
create so many false positives and don't always delete the entries you want
anyway.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
Windows - Shell/User

Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
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"Greg" <greg.hays@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a need for a registry cleaner in Vista? If I have over a period
> of time, added and removed programs? Does the registry become cluttered
> with leftover entries? Does this slow down performance over a period of
> time?

Microsoft does have a registry cleaner. You can run it on line by going to
live.onecare and then go to the on live scan utility. It is still in beta
for Vista, but it works.

Richard

Thanks Rick.

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Greg,
>
> There's been no use for generic registry cleaners since XP was released.
> The registry bloat and issues associated with "dead" entries simply do not
> occur with this kernel as they did with earlier ones (although advertisers
> would have you believe otherwise). There is a use for program-specific
> ones, like those that remove interfering bits of incompatible software,
> spyware, viruses, etc. Generic ones often misidentify bits and delete them
> which can lead to unwanted issues.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Greg" <greg.hays@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:33323CDA-B06F-46B9-BC95-A41E4D5EE6F5@microsoft.com...
>> Is there a need for a registry cleaner in Vista? If I have over a period
>> of time, added and removed programs? Does the registry become cluttered
>> with leftover entries? Does this slow down performance over a period of
>> time?
>

Thanks everyone for the information. I tried to do a search for a if
registry cleaners were necessary. But all I got were ads for the registry
cleaners themselves. That should have told me right off.


"Greg" <greg.hays@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:33323CDA-B06F-46B9-BC95-A41E4D5EE6F5@microsoft.com...
> Is there a need for a registry cleaner in Vista? If I have over a period
> of time, added and removed programs? Does the registry become cluttered
> with leftover entries? Does this slow down performance over a period of
> time?