Chris Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 The Registry is a heart and soul of any Windows system. It contains information that controls how your Windows appears and how it behaves. Most applications today use registry to store configuration and other important data. When you install an application, a new registry entries will be created. This entries will automatically be deleted when you uninstall the application. Unfortunately, it is not always work that way. Sometimes, you will find that some applications fail to remove their own registry entries. This entry will become obsolete. After a long period, after installing and uninstalling a lot number of applications, your Windows registry will contain a large number of obsolete entries. This will significantly increase the registry size and thus will slowdown your computer, because Windows will need more time to load, search, and read data from registry. To keep your computer in top performance, it is recommended to periodically clean your Windows registry.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 and More | Here :D http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=8037Bit late powerless ! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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-pops- Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Ever since a total disaster with a Norton reg cleaner many years ago, I have been very scared of using this type of utility.However, this morning I plucked up enough courage to download this and use it (after making loads of backups).It ran through the scan and found 245 obsolete entries there many of which I couldn't remember ever being on this machine. Reassured by having my backups and the inbuilt restore option in the program, I clicked on the delete button.Everything seems to be running OK. I will keep you posted if anything untoward happens. :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 I did ask a question on the previous thread. How does the layman know what to allow it to delete? How easy is it to b***** things up. Any advice??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 I used one once, cant remember which one, and after I couldn't use the find files option in works. Nothing drastic but it could have been, so I dont use them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 I did ask a question on the previous thread. How does the layman know what to allow it to delete? How easy is it to b***** things up. Any advice???For this one - everything in GREEN (=GO) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 As boris says, everything in green - go. There were three yellow entries which were not ticked for deletion so I've left them.I'ts still going OK. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Everything seems to be running OK. I will keep you posted if anything untoward happens. :mellow:Just a spot of RegCompact to compress it a bit and "Robert is your aunt's husband !" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 Following the advice, I downloaded and ran it. Maybe it's my imagination, but the computer does appear to be a little faster, although I was happy with it before. One more question. Everything is clicked for a scan apart from Applications section, which is available only in the commercial version. What, if any advantage, would it be to the ordinary user to have this facility available, and would it be worth while paying for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 Yep, it's worth paying for . :) Bits of old programmes, useless entries from bad applications, temp stuff dug in like fish-hooks, all get swept away with a good reg cleaner. I used two free ones, Easy Cleaner and Reg Cleaner for three years with no problems at all. Each found stuff that the other missed. Then I got put onto RegSupreme ( from Macecraft, the maker of jv16 ) and it's a most very excellent piece of kit. Free to try, v. cheap to buy fromRegSupreme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 I use Regsupreme (thanks for putting me onto that one Ellas!!) It is great and I have never had a problem with it. Plus it makes backups so I can restore anything I clear out if I need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Tweak now found a few items yesterday, and after fixing them the computer did seem a little faster. I have just scanned with Reg supreme and it found 662 items which Tweak now did not find. I admit that I am rather scared of letting it delete these items. They include bits and pieces from Nero, installer patches, Real Player,Diskeeper,media player setup files etc etc. Any advice please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Bin the lot :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Bin the lot :DBit the bullet and did it. At the moment it really does appear to have made a big difference in the time taken to open each program. Just in case though, can you please PM me your home address so that if anything is B******* up I can arrange to have you beaten to a pulp by a local gang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 The security on this ward is very tight. No-one has escaped yet and I doubt that anyone could get in. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 I used one once, cant remember which one, and after I couldn't use the find files option in works. Nothing drastic but it could have been, so I dont use themI'm very wary too! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Everything still appears to be fine except for the slight smell of burning, but I'm trying not to let it worry me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Everything still appears to be fine except for the slight smell of burning, but I'm trying not to let it worry me.:lol2: :lol2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Everything still appears to be fine except for the slight smell of burning, but I'm trying not to let it worry me.:lol2: :lol2: It's better now I've thrown a bucket of water over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Everything still appears to be fine except for the slight smell of burning, but I'm trying not to let it worry me.:lol2: :lol2: It's better now I've thrown a bucket of water over it Thanks andsome, you've had me in stitches this morning :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 :D The bottom line is that you either trust your software or you don't. If Reg Cleaner, jv16 or Reg Supreme tell me that an entry is useless, who am I to argue ? So far, I've always deleted everything that any cleaner has turned up and I've never had a problem at all. I even ran '98SE for three straight years without a re-install. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 never had a problem with reg supreme,in fact so good I paid for it :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Me too. At that price you'd be a mug not to. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Everything still appears to be fine except for the slight smell of burning, but I'm trying not to let it worry me.:lol2: :lol2: It's better now I've thrown a bucket of water over it Thanks andsome, you've had me in stitches this morning :lol: :lol: Hope it was nothing serious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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