PC utilities: Do computer Registry cleaners really work?
- 6/19/09 12:42 PM
A cleaning team
by maartsen - 6/19/09 6:46 PM In reply to: Wrong, wrong, wrong! by rbsjrxYes, indeed, you hire experts to clean an office building. You don't hire a robot programmed by Joey in his spare time, take it out of the box, put a battery in it, and push "Start".
What is absolutely correct is that registry cleaners are dangerous, they can rip your system to shreds, they provide no benefit of any kind, professional or otherwise, and they do not in any way speed up anything, other than the disappearance of dollars from your wallet.
The notion that a cleaned up registry makes the system run faster is ridiculous, as if Windows spends it time parsing registry entries it does not need for a particular program. This is not how Windows works. The best way of dealing with Windows problems is by looking in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, and if there are consistent issues with Windows' running, you bring in an expert, such as myself, and we'll look at your issues, your registry, your installations, and charge you a significant amount to fix whatever it is that went wrong. And we will guarantee our work.
There is no engineering evidence of any kind, anywhere, that proves registry cleaners solve anything, or speed anything up. Most Windows users have no way of answering the questions registry cleaners ask, and there is no way that any registry cleaner can meaningfully determine the validity of database entries - not unless the registry cleaner has Microsoft's seal of approval. They only ever issued a cleaner for Windows 98, and I can tell you one thing: if there were a registry cleaner you could benefit from, that could be run without risk, Microsoft would be trying to sell it to you. Are they?
Tools to find uninstalled registers.
by AndreasTL - 6/20/09 4:53 AM In reply to: Wrong, wrong, wrong! by rbsjrxbut the pointers to them are gone. In that case, the tools to find them, again are readily available.
Could you please indicate the tools to find them and any help for one not used to registry cleaners
Registry Cleaners
by billbbb724 - 6/30/09 9:34 PM In reply to: Wrong, wrong, wrong! by rbsjrxBull, if a registry cleaner "CLEANS" your computer, the stuff is gone once its removed. That's object of clean. Moved from one draw to another is the dumbest way of explaining it i ever heard. The man was right, it is like having someone else cleaning it, its not like you would. If you use one, take the time to get involved. They come with a report, read it, if you don't know, don't do it.
I'm convinced that at least a couple of them do.
by cleomc - 6/5/09 8:01 PM In reply to: Do computer Registry cleaners really work? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I was plagues somewhat by what they like to call "The Blue Screen of Death" It is the blue screen with white letters that is supposedly emptying a crash dump. I tried everything, increasing the cache, paring down the programs running in the background. The usual.
Finally, pursuant to something I read, I bought Reg Cure. Ran it once about a month ago and have seen the Blue screen just once since. Well worth the twenty bucks or so that I paid. George
A waste of time and money
by dknapp - 6/5/09 8:07 PM In reply to: Do computer Registry cleaners really work? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
At the corporate level, where thousands of PCs are used constantly 8 hours a day, we never use such products. I myself do lots of adding, testing, deleting and modifying of programs. In theory they might help, but I have never seen one that did not cause more problems than they solved. Perhaps it would be better to do a clean install of Windoz, add in your favorite apps, then make an image of the C: drive with any disk image program. Once in a while, if you feel the registry is getting hosed up, put that original, clean image back on your PC. If they were any real use, you would see more positive reviews and Microsoft would include one as an included tool. Or, better yet, they would fix the registry problems so there would be no need for such a product.
Do you work in IT?
by rbsjrx - 6/5/09 8:28 PM In reply to: A waste of time and money by dknapp"At the corporate level, where thousands of PCs are used constantly 8 hours a day, we never use such products."
A large part of the job of corporate IT departments is to create this illusion for their users. Windows is designed for enterprise-level maintenance which means that when you're not at work and the cleaning crew is tidying up your office, the IT folks are likewise tidying up your PC.
I must admit...
by JCitizen - 6/21/09 7:35 PM In reply to: Do you work in IT? by rbsjrxWe didn't at first, but at our organization we had to put CCleaner on the machine at least temporarily, to clean up the mess malware left behind. We controlled a lot of the installing and uninstaling on the network, so their isn't a wholelot for a registry fix to do.
So unless there was a specific problem we never used them either. Like you said, the client was probably not even at their desk or already gone home by the time I did the work on it.
We didn't start using CCleaner until we could get the licensing problems out of the way, and by then it was 2005. I don't know what they use on the contract now.
I like using it for pesky programs that won't remove so you have to delete the file folder in My Programs and you definitely have to fix the registry after something like that if you don't want popups an constant error reports flowing all day.
RegCure Version 1.5.2
by musaddeque - 6/5/09 8:15 PM In reply to: Do computer Registry cleaners really work? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Yes use of RegCure Version 1.5.2 is fruitfull. I frequently use this software. If you don't wanna buy you can use a free CCleaner v2.19.901.Its a free version. But if you have Registry Cleaner version 4.0.1.547 that is a registered retail version and if its work fine then i think its not necessary to us Regcure.
Do registry cleaners really work ?
by BillyA. - 6/5/09 8:26 PM In reply to: Do computer Registry cleaners really work? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I would have to say YES on your assumption. Some really work and most of them are out to make a buck with the "will clean the remaining errors when you buy our product."
I found that 'Registry Mechanic' is an excellant tool for cleaning and optimizibg the registry. Give the pro series a free try for a few weeks and if you like it... buy it.
Do registry cleaners really work?
by BillyA. - 6/5/09 8:35 PM In reply to: Do registry cleaners really work ? by BillyA.Also, 'Glary Utilities' and 'CCleaner' have excellent cleaning tools in their products. ALL Completely FREE and they clean 100% of the errors without a word about buying their product to continue cleaning. They have a 1-click option that works really well.
My input on register cleaners
by bobmann101 - 6/5/09 8:34 PM In reply to: Do computer Registry cleaners really work? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This is a good question. I am sure there are people who can give us an answer. I will share with you some of my experiences. I am not going to list all the registry cleaners I have used. both free and ones I paid for. At one time I had 4 on my desktop. I have kept track of the order I run them in. A different order every night. No matter what order I run them they have all found errors left behind by it's predesessor. I would run them all again, different order. No matter how many times I had the patience to run them I have only 2 that said I had no errors. Check this out. I do not care what type of error you have, enter the error into any search engine, I use Google, 99.9% of the time. 99% of the listed links all have ads....."Click Here to Fix the Problem. All are ads for a registry cleaner. Go to those same links the next day and all the links have a different cleaner. Monday...UniBlue, Tuesday... Registry Mechanic....Wednesday... RegCure and so on. They take turns and rotate. So they are all good. Take your pick. It depends on the bells and whistles you want. The program 'registry cleaner' itself are all basically the same. ~(:>D)
Registry Cleaners
by anneship48 - 6/5/09 8:56 PM In reply to: Do computer Registry cleaners really work? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Personally, I think it's hype. As long as my security (AVG) is running well, I delete all excess history & cookies & all temp files both from the net and any trash from my OWN computer on a regular basic, it works fine.
For some reason my Vista will not do restore/recovery - whichever is the one that supposedly fixes snafus & yet keeps my own files - so I just go through and clean out my own. For my mail, I use a small program called Incredimail that lets me write my own macros for what to be deleted and how. I have some things deleted right at the server and others at my computer. All this seems to keep my computer running fairly well - at least better than my old XP, and I had to run the recovery/restore program on it at least twice a month. It seized right before I got the vista. I much prefer this system. It works.
False Errors
by Brethor - 6/5/09 8:59 PM In reply to: Do computer Registry cleaners really work? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
More than likely RegCure is lying to you in order to get you to buy their full version. Don't fall for it. Other companies have been doing this for a long time, namely anti-virus programs. I have had root viruses placed on my computer that generates a pop up ad which then directs me to a program which will remove them, when in fact they are the company who placed them there. They do a 2 min false scan (whereby deploying a few viruses of their own)and report to you a number of viruses, but you have to buy the full version to remove them. It is just a scam which should be illegal but the FCC can't touch them.
sneaky selling
by Dennis Flacy - 6/5/09 9:00 PM In reply to: Do computer Registry cleaners really work? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Over the years I have seen many of the "free" programs like this. The large number of failures/problems is a ploy to get you to buy the program. I don't, and find it offensive that they work like this.
Registry Cleaners........
by pugsley0134 - 6/5/09 9:00 PM In reply to: Do computer Registry cleaners really work? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I believe they do clear out all the clutter that is left behind when you uninstall a program. You can go to your control panel and uninstall and reboot and disc clean up and all and there are still traces left in the computers reg file.
I got a good solution. I have been using it for over a year now... I just got a new Dell in Feb and put it on my new computer too. It's a paid $29 program but made great.
PC TOOLS.com Registry Mechanic. If you want a good safe Reg Cleaner goto PC TOOLS. They let you create a log in when you trial or buy and they keep your download and access code on file the whole year. It creates a restore point automatically and monitors your system which I turn off. I only open my Reg Cleaner and run that once every 2 months and it finds and fixes and compresses and restarts my Windows Vista Home Premium all by itself and it works great. NO PROBLEMS!!! I am using Kaspersky just the antivirus. I have Windows Defender and Windows Firewall. I also use Adaware the free version which does occasionally find 1 or 2 things that Kas missed.
I believe in paying for top quality protection. Kas has built in tech that doesn't slow my PC down. I have 3 Gig of RAM. Duo Core Pen Processor.
A reg cleaner is worth it because after I run mine my computer speed picks up about 20 to 30%.
Thanks
Mikey/PA
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